Glad I spent my afternoon at the theater seeing the Aryton Senna documentary. I'll watch the recorded race some day but it didn't really result any differently than I would have guessed. Hey, when's the next WSBK race?

Next week.  Along with the final AMA Superbike & Daytona class races. All, of which, should be far more entertaining than this MotoGP shit.

Has anyone ever bothered to ask the Ducati brass why they even bother with MotoGP racing? At least in these recent times. I have never compared the lap times in an apples to oranges manner but I bet the WSBK Ducs (Checa & Co.) lap better than the factory MotoGP bikes. Besides, don't they sell 1198 SBKS and Monsters, etc. instead of street legal MotoGP bikes?? Desmo 990 race reps are long gone. What does bad MotoGP results race after race with a racing God like Rossi do for your image? It puts it in the dumpster which negatively effects the "race on Sunday, sell on Monday" FORD motto.

I know Nicky made a bad front tire choice but to see the solo Suzook doing so well was an insult. I'm surprised Suzuki even knows it has a MotoGP team! You think Rossi wants back on the Honda team? Hell Kawi is better than this! Dream team my ass. I feel sorry for Rossi and Burgess. OK, forget the racing nonsense, I hope Burgess' wife is doing well with her breast cancer. Hits close to home. First things first, bike racing crap is a very distant 2nd, 3rd, etc...

Quote from: fastwin on August 28, 2011, 07:31:42 PM
Has anyone ever bothered to ask the Ducati brass why they even bother with MotoGP racing? At least in these recent times. I have never compared the lap times in an apples to oranges manner but I bet the WSBK Ducs (Checa & Co.) lap better than the factory MotoGP bikes. Besides, don't they sell 1198 SBKS and Monsters, etc. instead of street legal MotoGP bikes?? Desmo 990 race reps are long gone. What does bad MotoGP results race after race with a racing God like Rossi do for your image? It puts it in the dumpster which negatively effects the "race on Sunday, sell on Monday" FORD motto.

I know Nicky made a bad front tire choice but to see the solo Suzook doing so well was an insult. I'm surprised Suzuki even knows it has a MotoGP team! You think Rossi wants back on the Honda team? Hell Kawi is better than this! Dream team my ass. I feel sorry for Rossi and Burgess. OK, forget the racing nonsense, I hope Burgess' wife is doing well with her breast cancer. Hits close to home. First things first, bike racing crap is a very distant 2nd, 3rd, etc...

Do you have a point in all this?

Talk about all over the map. 

Quote from: MadDuck on August 28, 2011, 06:48:49 PM
Next week.  Along with the final AMA Superbike & Daytona class races. All, of which, should be far more entertaining than this MotoGP shit.

Quote from: fastwin on August 28, 2011, 06:27:34 PM
Glad I spent my afternoon at the theater seeing the Aryton Senna documentary. I'll watch the recorded race some day but it didn't really result any differently than I would have guessed. Hey, when's the next WSBK race?

You know what the greatest thing about TV is? the on and of switch, if you don't like Moto GP turn it off

Shocker of a race...

Stoner was dominant, Ben got a shit start but recovered, and the Ducatis sucked! 

Stoner was impressive though...amazing to see him lose the front right after passing Pedro, but gather it up and keep pushing.  I just wish someone would challenge him so we'd get a race.

The XR1200 race was very good.  Crazy last couple laps. 

...anyway...

too bad Ben got mugged in that melee into the first few corners.

He had the pace to dice with Stoner.

Quote from: ducpainter on August 29, 2011, 04:58:02 AM
...anyway...

too bad Ben got mugged in that melee into the first few corners.

He had the pace to dice with Stoner.

...yep.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Aug/110828msquotes.htm

And since when did I ever have a point and being a shotgun fan of course I'm all over the place! Note to self: don't watch recorded races with friends while drinking then post on the DMF board!

Quote from: Triple J on August 28, 2011, 09:56:27 PM
The XR1200 race was very good.  Crazy last couple laps. 

Which one? There was one on Saturday that was a serious bumper bike crash fest...I think the only podium requirement in that race was to finish the race. Seriously...like 4 out of the 12 bikes that started actually finished. But I will contend that it was far more interesting to watch than the MotoGP race.

The Moto2 race was another good one...well except for Marquez crushing everyone but the method in which he got his lead was very entertaining.

Quote from: ZLTFUL on August 29, 2011, 10:44:47 AM
Which one?

Whichever one Speed aired!  I have no idea, but O'Hara won it at the very end. It was a great finish.

Quote from: ZLTFUL on August 29, 2011, 10:44:47 AM
Which one? There was one on Saturday that was a serious bumper bike crash fest...I think the only podium requirement in that race was to finish the race. Seriously...like 4 out of the 12 bikes that started actually finished. But I will contend that it was far more interesting to watch than the MotoGP race.

That was a great race.  I got to see all the elbows flying in Turns 2-5 while working parking on the Duc Island.  The first Harley race at IMS in 102 years, and a privateer wins it... just a fantastic story.

This is probably blasphemy, but the XR1200 series was the best part of the whole weekend.  When it was time for those guys to prep, they'd have to move all their crap in and out of the pits on scooters and quads... so you got a whole parade of drivers and staff slide past you with gas cans and stands.  Mechanics pushing bikes that were about to race, just three feet away from you.  The guy that won left the pits after the race with the trophy in one arm and a floor fan under the other one while riding in the back of a Kawasaki Mule... it was all so home-grown that it was just awesome.

Quote from: fastwin on August 29, 2011, 06:53:41 AM
And since when did I ever have a point and being a shotgun fan of course I'm all over the place! Note to self: don't watch recorded races with friends while drinking then post on the DMF board!

Quote from: dropstharockalot on August 29, 2011, 12:49:17 PM
That was a great race.  I got to see all the elbows flying in Turns 2-5 while working parking on the Duc Island.  The first Harley race at IMS in 102 years, and a privateer wins it... just a fantastic story.

This is probably blasphemy, but the XR1200 series was the best part of the whole weekend.  When it was time for those guys to prep, they'd have to move all their crap in and out of the pits on scooters and quads... so you got a whole parade of drivers and staff slide past you with gas cans and stands.  Mechanics pushing bikes that were about to race, just three feet away from you.  The guy that won left the pits after the race with the trophy in one arm and a floor fan under the other one while riding in the back of a Kawasaki Mule... it was all so home-grown that it was just awesome.

I was working gear check but we had 4 guys and nobody was coming or going so I kept ducking around the fence. Got to see the turn 2 pile up first hand. Of course, there were the obligatory "must have slipped in his own oil" jokes but for all of the picking on the Harleys, those and the Moto2 race were the best of the weekend.