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GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: aussiebandit on January 02, 2006, 06:53:34 AM
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After 16 years in the 500/Motogp class Alex Barros can't get a ride, so he's going to be moving to Superbike, I'm not sure what he's going to be riding. Ruben Xaus has also quit Motogp and is going back to superbike riding a Ducati I believe.
Troy Bayliss has signed with Ducati (SBK Factory Team) for 2005.
I wonder what Max Biaggi will be doing in 2006?????
With all this 'talent' moving to SBK it should be an interesting year...
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I think it would be awesome to see rossi go superbike and ride against Mladin.
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I think Rossi is more likely to go F1 racing or Rallying than SBK.....
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And yet another Motogp/250/125 rider jumps to WSBK - Robero Rolfo couldn't get a ride either.
Jeez the way it's going there's not going to be many left. The racing is going to pretty pointless, you'll have Rossi winning most races, or at least on the podium, and with the diminishing field tail enders will pick up a point just for finishing.
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I wonder what Max Biaggi will be doing in 2006?????
I was just reading in Road Racer X magazine that Max has had a falling out with Honda because he bad-mouthed his bike several times during post-race interviews. Despite his good connections with the Camel folks, Honda pretty much says he's NOT going to ride one of thier bikes. With other team slots pretty much full, looks like Max has forced himself into retirement.
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I think it would be awesome to see rossi go superbike and ride against Mladin.
I have the good word on that.
It aint gonna happen, he will be back to take the AMA title once again.
You guys board with this, then stop suzuki USA paying him more than what he would get riding world SBK.
Its all down to the dollars, and can you blame him. :duh:
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It's not the first time Max has pissed of his employer. He did it in 250's and he did it after his first year in 500's. It will be a shame not to see the Roman Emperor racing in 2006....maybe he'll consol himself by buying a Soccer team.
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It's not the first time Max has pissed of his employer. He did it in 250's and he did it after his first year in 500's. It will be a shame not to see the Roman Emperor racing in 2006....maybe he'll consol himself by buying a Soccer team.
Yes it is a shame really, just after he has finished tripping over his ego, I think he has matured into a better racer than ever. Even he admitted that he even enjoyed racing last year. Now that has got to be a good thing, for a racing career, its a shame he aint riding this year, cause I reckon he and Loris on the Ducati's would have made a great all Italian race team.
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True,very true.
I don't think Sete's going to do a lot on the Ducati. I just checked the MotoGP site and the latest poll "Can Gibernau make a comeback with Ducati in 2006?" the result so far is 14806 yes and 24753 no. So I'm not alone.
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I don't think Sete can do it either. And I don't think Max can either, even if he had a good bike. I think Melandri has the best shot at Vale and Nicky was doing a lot better during the last half of the season. I think the US Round was just the boost he needed, even if Rossi did give it to him when he was trying to give it to Colin.
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Really, I think it comes down to which team can develop the best overall package during the off season. The total package isn't just the bike, but the rider, the mechanics, the management even the guy/girl who makes the coffee.
Now, over the last decade or so one Jeremy Burgess has been able to combine all these elements into a winning team, I see no reason why he won't do it again, and unless Rossi does something stupid and breaks himself I can't really see anyone beating him for the championship, which to be honest I find quite boring.
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Sito Pons has now withdrawn his team from the 2006 MotoGp season.....
So once again the Motogp field shrinks - whose next?????
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Well, Superbikes seem to be attracting more top names....
Max Biaggi is going to Superbikes -
Quote from motogp.com
With regards to the possibility of entering the world of Superbikes, Biaggi spoke highly of the series. “I have always appreciated this category, I also have a few friends in there and they have all my respect. So I am considering this opportunity as a very good one. The difficulties grow as time passes though, in light of the fact that since December 15th we have still been trying to reach an agreement with Kawasaki”
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I've got a feeling that Sete is going to do a lot better this season, crap tires or not. The guy is certainly fast, just needs to stay on the track!
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I've got a feeling that Sete is going to do a lot better this season, crap tires or not. The guy is certainly fast, just needs to stay on the track!
I don't think it's his tyres that will be the problem. The fact the Rossi has him completely physched out is going to be his biggest hurdle. He cracks under the slightest pressure and make stupid mistakes - he even started doing a Biaggi and blaming the bike, the team, the coffee boy, anyone but himself.
Don't get me wrong I agree, he is fast and he's certainly talanted, but I while Rossi is there he's f%^&ed.
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Don't get me wrong I agree, he is fast and he's certainly talanted, but I while Rossi is there he's f%^&ed.
I have to agree with you there. You'd think at that level, psych-outs wouldn't be an issue. What else could it be though, what with the obvious bad decisions and seemingly stupid mistakes (as you mentioned).
Oh the drama. Man, can't wait for March!! :beers: :motorsmile: :banana:
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Too true, roll on March, infact roll on late Feb for the WSBK. At least Pay TV is replying each round from last season, and if that isn't enough I have every WSBK and MotoGp race from 1997 to 2005 on tape....I know I know, I need to get a life....
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I used to really look foward to watching the races and keep up with the racers positions (Watch out for Marco Meladri) But now that Speed Cannel isn't worth a crap anymore I don't have much of a chance. Do you get good coverage down under?
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If you have Pay TV you get great WSBK and Motogp coverage live (unless they're racing at the same time then you get a delayed telecast of the WSBK, but bugger all AMA or British SBK. They do show it, but they don't advertise it, so you have to take your chances.
Free to air TV cover the MotoGP late at night, but only highlights of the 125 and 250 races and a half hour highlights package of the WSBK 2 weeks after the event
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Too true, roll on March, infact roll on late Feb for the WSBK. At least Pay TV is replying each round from last season, and if that isn't enough I have every WSBK and MotoGp race from 1997 to 2005 on tape....I know I know, I need to get a life....
What A Country! All bike enthusiasts!! No wonder you folks can ride!!! I don't think you can find a bike race on the teli pay or free... Big money corps or ted turner has it locked up here... :beers:
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Hey what is up with this? Its like these are only found on your island?? http://www.speedtv.com/programs/85/
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I have every WSBK and MotoGp race from 1997 to 2005 on tape....I know I know, I need to get a life....
No, you need to get a DVR (or better yet, a DVR with a hard drive so you can edit).
Tapes are so "last millenium." :stickpoke:
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What A Country! All bike enthusiasts!! No wonder you folks can ride!!! I don't think you can find a bike race on the teli pay or free... Big money corps or ted turner has it locked up here... :beers:
I've got Dish Network, and Speed carries MotoGP (250 & 125 class coverage may be spotty - I never looked at the Dorna schedules to see for sure), WSBK and AMA Road Racing on Sundays during the season. Most are replayed on Tuesdays. Each race is a 1 hour show (~40 minutes once you edit the commercials out). I got most of the MotoGP 990 class on disc, but missed a couple. I watched most of the WSBK & AMA airings, but didn't record many of them.
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A DVR is on the shopping list, and I've got to go through all the tapes and record the 'good' races on to DVD.
However, there are some go fast bits the wife wants for her M750, and there's some bits and pieces I want for the B12, so the DVR will have to wait.
Unfortunately we're not ALL bike enthusiasts, the Governments (Federal and state) are all trying the damndest to regulate bikes of the road.
Their latest attempt is the banning of Lane Splitting - the basic arguement is two fold - 1 safety (they feel too many bike riders are dying from lane splitting - what a crock of shyte) and 2 - Cars and trucks can't lane split so why should bikes.
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Their latest attempt is the banning of Lane Splitting - the basic arguement is two fold - 1 safety (they feel too many bike riders are dying from lane splitting - what a crock of shyte) and 2 - Cars and trucks can't lane split so why should bikes.
I wish them NO success in their attempts!
Heck, we're trying to get it IMPLEMENTED here. California is currently the only state that tolerates it. It's not even because it "legal" - it's just not illegal. Seems all the other states have verbage forbidding two vehicles from being in the same lane at the same time, just CA doesn't have that language.
If you guys become successful in making it illegal, it would just be ammo the antis would use to argue against it.
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In California if they want to get you for risky lane splitting they just use the good old " following too close" :duh: if they can catch up :shock:
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Gibernau has beaten Rossi before. And Rossi has made some stupid mistakes too, just less mistakes than the rest of the competition. I like all those Moto GP guys. I like Sete, would be nice to see Hayden win the championship. Too bad Hopkins is staying with Suzuki cause I think he'd be near or on top with a honda or yamaha ( suzuki must be paying Hopper a lot? ). Some say in Moto GP the rider is 80 percent and the bike 20. But I tend to think it's a 50 / 50 deal. The bike has to be there. I doubt Rossi could win a world championship on the current suzuki or kawasaki GP bikes? I love motorcycle racing. 2006 will be fun.
Warren
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I read that Hopper had recieved offers from others for the '06 season, but chose to stay with Suzuki because they had been good to him coming up, he liked his crew and he wanted to be a key player in the development of their GP bikes (this interview seemed to hint that Suzuki may have something up their sleeve for '07 when the GP bikes get smaller). He has led in the rain for a few laps, which seems to show he has what it takes, just doesn't have a machine as good as the Honda, Yamaha or Ducati.
It would be interesting to see what Rossi could do with a Suzi or Kawi - Yamaha didn't have a competitive GP bike until Rossi joined them.
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Rumour has it that Suzuki have already developed their version of a 800cc Gp Bike, and will be testing this year. I don't know how true this is, but if the can get a jump on the others, then maybe Hopkins and Chris V will have good chance when the 800's come in.