Quote from: Spidey on February 09, 2010, 08:02:53 AM
He crashes though. 

huh?  two mechanicals, but i don't think he crashed at all last year.

WELL.....let me throw out a different bit of idea for yall...Corser + Tardozzi + BMW = results moreso than last year....and I think Troy has had a bit better time acclimating to and getting adjustments done to the Beemer over Ruben, even though I like Ruben alot.

Quote from: gm2 on February 09, 2010, 08:16:38 AM
huh?  two mechanicals, but i don't think he crashed at all last year.

I thought he crashed like 3-4 times last year.  Looking at the results, I'm wrong -- just two DNFs.  I coulda sworn he crashed out with a huge lead at one race?

That BMW *might* get close (but I don't actually think so) and it'll do better than last year (assuming they *finally* figure out Superpole), but it's not gonna be championship bike.

Quote from: Spidey on February 09, 2010, 08:25:38 AM
That BMW *might* get close (but I don't actually think so) and it'll do better than last year (assuming they *finally* figure out Superpole), but it's not gonna be championship bike.

yep.  but let's keep in mind this is season 2 of that bike even existing at all.  they're doing pretty damn great.

Quote from: Spidey on February 09, 2010, 08:25:38 AM
I coulda sworn he crashed out with a huge lead at one race?

sounds like you're thinking of laverty @ Magny-Cours

No Crutchlow did crash out big time....lost the front on a very fast, downhill right hander.  I can't remember if he was leading, but there was no one around him.  Imola maybe?

Quote from: BastrdHK on February 09, 2010, 06:05:15 PM
No Crutchlow did crash out big time....lost the front on a very fast, downhill right hander.  I can't remember if he was leading, but there was no one around him.  Imola maybe?

mechanical at imola.  gearbox went kaplooey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzZs0-0QwzY&feature=player_embedded#at=49

...ok, what's that hat Corser is wearing?

Best.  Hat.  EVAH!  He didn't sound too psyched about the bike.  And JT sounds like he's still pretty (understandably) butt-hurt.

Man, there's a great 10 min recap of 2009 in the vid.  I forget exactly how much drama there was in the first half of the 2009 season with Spies.  

Quote from: gm2 on February 10, 2010, 11:52:10 AM
...ok, what's that hat Corser is wearing?

the energy drink sponsor he picked up last year:

http://www.pussydrinks.com/home.html

Pussy: Natural Energy

Quote from: Spidey on February 10, 2010, 11:55:41 AM
Best.  Hat.  EVAH!  He didn't sound too psyched about the bike.  And JT sounds like he's still pretty (understandably) butt-hurt.

Man, there's a great 10 min recap of 2009 in the vid.  I forget exactly how much drama there was in the first half of the 2009 season with Spies.  

you really oughta watch assen race 1, like, weekly.  

and re JT, i think i mentioned this recently somewhere else: you should read the spec tires article in the new RRW.

I was wondering about that hat, the video is a bit IZ_ and I wasn't sure I was seeing what I thought I was. 

Indeed, Corser didn't seem all that excited about the bike.
Maybe that's just his style in pre-season?

Which issue of RRW?

Quote from: gm2 on February 10, 2010, 01:00:15 PM
you really oughta watch assen race 1, like, weekly.  

and re JT, i think i mentioned this recently somewhere else: you should read the spec tires article in the new RRW.

I can't watch Race 1 anymore.  It makes me touch myself innappropriately, which violates a couple of standing court orders preventing me from doing exactly that. 

I saw that article from wherever it was that you linked it.  Interesting.