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Ouch.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2010/Jan/100114-21.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2010/Jan/100114-21.htm)

What's that saying about 'you can never go home...'?

nice to have some form of confirmation of what was previously alluded to...

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=33153.msg579556#msg579556 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=33153.msg579556#msg579556)

Maybe the pace/safety car will keep him from getting injured.

 [laugh] [clap] [cheeky]

It's not a safety car, it's a safety bike! Hey, wait a minute... Buell's out of business. Guess they have to go back to the safety car. Probably will be a Yugo with Edmondson driving. [bang] [laugh] Hope Hopper stays out of it's way. [moto]

You want irony?  I watched Faster again the other day.  Remember when John Ulrich says that John Hopkins might be the second coming of Kevin Schwantz??

 [roll]

I wonder if he never got a chance to really shine (injuries, uncompetitive rides, etc.), or if he's just not alien material?

he's earthly...

no alien there.

You've seen him smile. You're sure those things are made of this Earth?

;D

If only his riding ability were as special.

Has anyone here beat him in a race?   [popcorn]

Nope...

he's a professional rider.

I'm an amateur keyboard jockey.

He still will never beat the fab four...that's all this bs is about...not whether we can keep up with him.

Exactly. He is a professional.  ;)

I did once, I cut underneath him at Goddards and pipped him by wheel at the line. Then I woke up and ate a hearty breakfast. [coffee]

Have you ever beaten Johnny Rock Page? Me either ;D

Come on, racing needs armchair opinions--its part of the fan experience ;D.  After all, I can't cook, but I have all kinds of opinions about food.  I can't sing better than Celine Dion, but I don't like her music.  I couldn't beat Hopkins in a hundred lifetimes, but I can still consider whether he lived up to the hype from the Faster movie.

let's see. crashed a lot... lots of injuries... yup, just like schwantz!

I just want to see him go head to head with Mladin....that's the litmus test for me...but since Mladin ain't coming back...

Of course.  I lapped him. 

On the other hand...if he was riding a Buell...

ok, so where do you guys think hopper is gonna place in superbike next year...

anybody care to wager some money?

Who is running in superbike next year?!?

let's see.. presumably: blake, tommy, josh, bboz, hopper.  uhh.. chris ulrich.  yates?  jrp?

not many.

he'll definitely be within the top ten.

you're assuming he finishes the season at all.

huh?

http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/17/fb_corse_reaffirms_hopkins_will_be_ridin.html (http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/17/fb_corse_reaffirms_hopkins_will_be_ridin.html)
 
;D

The main team the American has been associated with is the brand new FB Corse project, which is to field a three-cylinder 800cc bike designed by Oral Engineering

Does that mean the bike and the rider will suck?

..not like there's that many AMA events...  ;)

http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/26/hopkins_announces_intention_to_race_in_a.html (http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/01/26/hopkins_announces_intention_to_race_in_a.html)

For at the Anaheim Supercross round on Sunday, John Hopkins announced to the assembled crowd...


 [cheeky]

<:: in Jedi mindtrick fashion::> Hopper must subscribe the the GM2 philosophy of himself and fulfill his destiny as sayeth by GM2.

Very Benjamin Buttonesque. Daytona Sportbikes next?

I'm thinking MotoGP Rookies Cup ;D

apparently nothing has been signed yet since the guy he's "going to be racing for" is only reporting the heresay:

http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=39238 (http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=39238)