Title: The Offseason Post by: Jester on November 27, 2009, 09:05:18 AM Sucks, that is all. >:(
Motogp.com might just rope me into buying some classics packages to scratch the itch. Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: bdfinally on November 27, 2009, 03:06:27 PM Racing Underground! [clap]
Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: Speeddog on November 28, 2009, 09:32:19 AM Racing Underground! [clap] OOOooohh! Can I have an invite? [laugh] J/K Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: Spidey on November 29, 2009, 08:12:37 PM SPEED is replaying the entire WSS season, so I'm catchin' up on racin' I missed. Dayum, there's some good action there. [moto]
Offseason does suck though. [bang] Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: desmoquattro on November 29, 2009, 08:17:00 PM Offseason does suck though. [bang] Tell me about it...I'm trying to run the playstation just for a fix...and it's a playstation 2 so you know I'm fiending. Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: bdfinally on December 02, 2009, 07:12:58 PM SPEED is replaying the entire WSS season, so I'm catchin' up on racin' I missed. Dayum, there's some good action there. [moto] Offseason does suck though. [bang] SPEED...what's that? ;D Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: desmoquattro on December 02, 2009, 07:27:58 PM SPEED...what's that? ;D It's the reason we get to watch shirtless guys with mullets on Cops. Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: gm2 on December 03, 2009, 03:50:54 AM Dayum, there's some good action there. [moto] ...told ya =) Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: Spidey on December 03, 2009, 09:32:13 AM I watched Misano and rewatched Donnington last night. Woohoo . I haven't sleep all week because I keep saying that I'm gonna Tivo the WSS races and then I end up watching 'em when they're on (midnight - 2am or sumptin' like that). It was funny watchin' Crutchlow and Laverty duke it out and then try to shake each other hands after a race, only to have Laverty fall down. [laugh]
I watched the majority of the races during the season. But to watch 'em back to back to back is pretty great. [thumbsup] I'm more excited about Crutchlow in WSBK next year than I was a coupla weeks ago. I wonder if he and Toseland are gonna get along? I think mebbe not so much. Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: gm2 on December 03, 2009, 10:08:33 AM i think there's a strong possibility that cal is gonna hand jt his lunch.
Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: Spidey on December 03, 2009, 10:17:21 AM Definite possibility. Then again, JT was strong on Ben's bike. But Cal can run SBK times on an R6. It'll be good. [thumbsup] I may have some WSBK hang-over from last year though.
McCoy . . . :'( I love that guy but since they got rid of the 500s, he can't ride a bike to save his life (and can't get a decent ride to save his life either). Mebbe he's just not the right guy for the age of electronics. Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: derby on December 03, 2009, 10:24:23 AM Definite possibility. Then again, JT was strong on Ben's bike. But Cal can run SBK times on an R6. It'll be good. [thumbsup] I may have some WSBK hang-over from last year though. he wasn't that strong... Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: gm2 on December 03, 2009, 10:30:55 AM he wasn't that strong... ...like, not as strong as cal was. Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: Spidey on December 03, 2009, 10:31:59 AM he wasn't that strong... I thought he ran faster than Ben's qualifying time (or was it his race time)? Did I remember that wrong? Derb, I konw you have a link for me from testing. Give it up. Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: gm2 on December 03, 2009, 10:34:19 AM I thought he ran faster than Ben's qualifying time (or was it his race time)? Did I remember that wrong? i'm too lazy to go look for the link... and i bet derby is doing it right this second.. but that aint the case. Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: Spidey on December 03, 2009, 10:36:26 AM Apropos of this conversation, JT, WTF are you talking about?
http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/155114/1/exclusive_toseland_i_didnt_fail_in_motogp.html (http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/155114/1/exclusive_toseland_i_didnt_fail_in_motogp.html) Of course you failed. Unless " to fail" means something other than . . . well . . . "to fail." Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: gm2 on December 03, 2009, 10:38:30 AM Apropos of this conversation, JT, WTF are you talking about? http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/155114/1/exclusive_toseland_i_didnt_fail_in_motogp.html (http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/155114/1/exclusive_toseland_i_didnt_fail_in_motogp.html) Of course you failed. Unless " to fail" means something other than . . . well . . . "to fail." http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=25778.msg565960#msg565960 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=25778.msg565960#msg565960) ;D Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: Spidey on December 03, 2009, 10:40:36 AM i'm too lazy to go look for the link... and i bet derby is doing it right this second.. but that aint the case. Ah, you're right. Mebbe I replaced JT for CC in my head. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/154107/1/portimao_wsbk_test_times_-_wednesday.html (http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/154107/1/portimao_wsbk_test_times_-_wednesday.html) http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=25778.msg565960#msg565960 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=25778.msg565960#msg565960) ;D Dick. :P ;D Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: gm2 on December 03, 2009, 10:56:08 AM Ah, you're right. Mebbe I replaced JT for CC in my head. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/154107/1/portimao_wsbk_test_times_-_wednesday.html (http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/154107/1/portimao_wsbk_test_times_-_wednesday.html) yeah.. you can't really blame jt. i mean, not that much. he just got off a very different bike; getting back into the sbk frame of mind is going to take some time, i'm sure....well, except for the fact that on the flipside, ben didn't do too shabby in the valencia GP. or the testing the followed. and he burned shit down when he got on nori's R1 on day 0 of the 2009 season. but he's The Ben. ;) Dick. :P ;D [laugh] Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: Spidey on December 04, 2009, 07:48:43 AM The offseason also leads to stupid filler articles:
http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/155129/1/jarvis_hat-trick_will_be_hard_work.html (http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/155129/1/jarvis_hat-trick_will_be_hard_work.html) Really, Yamaha, the hat-trick is gonna be hard work? The other manufacturers want to win it to? (In truth, I'm not really complaining, and at least I get to read some moto-news. The off-season does that too--redirects my rage to random outlets like crash.net articles rather to Crashy McPintsize, douchebrizio, and JT where it belongs). Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: EvilSteve on December 04, 2009, 07:54:34 AM I'm guessing that we'll be seeing a lot of JT running into people and pushing them off the track again next year because I doubt he'll be outright fastest.
Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: gm2 on December 04, 2009, 07:55:20 AM if he returns to some portion of his 2007 form i'll be pretty stoked.
Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: Spidey on December 04, 2009, 08:01:11 AM I'm with ya, gm2. He was pretty damn impressive in '07 (and in the very beginning of GP in '08).
BTW, I really like the WSBK bump and grind (mainly from and between the Brits -- they just seem to have a different standard of what's close racing). The weird thing is that somehow it seems ok when folks do it in WSBK and less ok when they do it in GP. Dunno why. Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: EvilSteve on December 04, 2009, 08:02:16 AM If by "form" you mean running into people because he can't pass them cleanly then I'll hate him just as much as I did then. I hope that he's quick and doesn't resort to dirty riding because that shit pisses me off.
I know I'm in the minority though, lots of people just seem to think that's cool. I think it's substituting balls for skill. Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: derby on December 04, 2009, 08:05:19 AM BTW, I really like the WSBK bump and grind (mainly from and between the Brits -- they just seem to have a different standard of what's close racing). The weird thing is that somehow it seems ok when folks do it in WSBK and less ok when they do it in GP. Dunno why. they're downright gentlemanly compared to the mid 90s. if you can, check out the british wildcards in the mid-90s worldsbk races. Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: gm2 on December 04, 2009, 08:09:57 AM If by "form" you mean running into people because he can't pass them cleanly then I'll hate him just as much as I did then. I hope that he's quick and doesn't resort to dirty riding because that shit pisses me off. I know I'm in the minority though, lots of people just seem to think that's cool. I think it's substituting balls for skill. he did that in the beginning of his GP career, for sure. but are you talking about 2007? no doubt he was banging elbows a few times; it's required there. but he was also very fast. he didn't win via block & tackle. Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: gm2 on January 10, 2010, 09:23:32 AM re offseason doldrums, this month's RRW is packed with very readable articles. bmw intro (wow), back to back comparison of last year's wsbks ridden by noyes (he went fastest on The Ben's bike), a how to beat rossi/M1 analysis, a ride on mladin's 2009 gsxr, and an article about the revitalized yamaha champion's school.
oh, and a random article about why the honda ridgeline is a perfect daily driver/race hauler vehicle... ;) Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: derby on January 10, 2010, 10:05:45 AM oh, and a random article about why the honda ridgeline is a perfect daily driver/race hauler vehicle... ;) hahahha! Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: Spidey on January 26, 2010, 08:28:18 AM Maybe the offseason isn't so bad (NSFW):
http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2010/Backstage+with+Lorenzo+for+the+Barracuda+2010+Calendar+shoot (http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2010/Backstage+with+Lorenzo+for+the+Barracuda+2010+Calendar+shoot) Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: Speeddog on January 26, 2010, 08:56:52 AM Man, that music combined with the jerky camera work was pretty brutal. :P
Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: Spidey on January 26, 2010, 09:08:31 AM Didja miss the part with the girl in it?
Title: Re: The Offseason Post by: zooom on January 26, 2010, 09:42:44 AM I don't see how it was NSFW unless it had to do with Lorenzo being topless
I did like the windscreen used as a hair/head piece... |