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I'm sorry, but you seem to have broken my "WTF?!" meter.

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those poor models having to wear mylar sheets.....

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That's all I got.  :P

Is that jor-gay?

Is this Part 2 of his make the beast with two backsing stupid lunar landing/first man on the moon stunt at Laguna? I have no idea what that pic is about or where it was taken but the only words besides WTF that come to mind are weak bullshit!! They couldn't pay me enough to do that crap... or go to Chuck E Cheese!! [laugh] [laugh]

yamaha indonesia (or something like that... it was on the tail of the factory bikes last year) threw a bunch of money into the yamaha team last year.  george is over there making them feel like they got their money's worth.  ok, fine.  but if you're the reigning world champ and the anchor of the factory team, you DO have the power to veto a ridiculous make the beast with two backsing display like that.

unless of course you happen to think it's cool.

...and that right there is the problem. ;)

as i've been saying..  =)

as I understand it...

HRC made Dani do something similar years ago.

He hasn't smiled since. :P

Part 3 actually.  Remember he's already used this twice in race situations.  Perhaps NASA is sponsoring Yamaha MotoGP next year?   ;D

What, no shiny boots.....? How can one dress as an alien when there are......[coffee]

.......Stars & Stripes on the suit....can someone tell him all that happened when his parents were teenagers?

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OK, after seeing ducatiz' post I'm thinking his next stupid gig will be a bad version of the Blue Man Group. Yeah, he's awesome on the track... yada yada yada, but he's a make the beast with two backsing wanker everywhere else. Just sayin' [roll] No offense to George but I hope he doesn't repeat this year. I can only imagine the stupid shit he'd come up with! [bang]

How dare you post my track suit  >:(

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That's just baffling. 

Here's the story. I missed it on sbkplanet yesterday. George is a little full of himself. :P

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Jan/110117a.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Jan/110117a.htm)

Dudes's achieved more at 23 than most of us can ever dream of. He deserves to be full of himself.

That shit he's wearing though, that's unforgivable.

Despite the fact that Lorenzo rapes puppies as a hobby, his diary entries didn't make him sound that full of himself.  A bit silly, but nothing more.

Are you sure about that? I was under the impression it was only endangered species' babies he raped.

Being a 22yo I would probably freaking lose it if I walked into a room of 5000 malaysians screaming for me.

I'm from Indonesia.....and seeing that was just DISTURBING!  :o

agreed on both counts.


i don't think he's an awful person by any stretch.  i just think he's a... doofus.

Despite the fact that he loathes old people, I don't think he's awful either. 

here's another story with King Kenny...

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Jan/110117krlorenzo.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Jan/110117krlorenzo.htm)

it gave me a different perspective for sure...

He almost killed KR.. What a douche....

Interesting perspective. Kenny crashed. Jorge's fault? ? I didn't get that from the story. More like desire & competiveness vs. senior desire & competiveness with a bit of ego thrown in on both sides. No problem with that. They both know what they're doing.

WELL...if he had killed Kenny...it wouldn't be like any South Park episode, that's for sure!

FAIL.





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sarcasm

Lorenzo says Stoner, not Rossi, is his biggest threat this upcoming year.  Despite the fact that he kicks old people out of wheelchairs, I agree.  For now.  ;D

http://crash.net/motogp/news/166007/1/lorenzo_learnt_from_rossi_stoner_biggest_threat.html (http://crash.net/motogp/news/166007/1/lorenzo_learnt_from_rossi_stoner_biggest_threat.html)

at the moment i would agree.

I concur...Stoner's gonna be batshit fast on the RCV. If he can keep it rubber side down, Lorenzo's got a fight on his hands.

Of course, I think Rossi will win a few and be right there...

I would also agree that Stoner is going to be fierce competition for Jorge...

I ask you gentlemen this though....

which makes a bigger impact on the series...Jorge winning a 2nd title in a row on the Yammyhammer, or Casey winning a 2nd title on a different manufacturer...

and as a side note...at what point does Puig's head explode when Casey is consistantly outperforming Danny??

Neither. Dead bike walking, in both cases, and we already know Casey would be fast on anything he rode. The bigger factor is the new technical regs, methinks...and the ever-shrinking grid.

They need a Puigcam for all MotoGP events this year.

yup.

That's damn funny!! [laugh] I like the Puigcam idea! Catch it blowing live. :o

I too think if Stoner keeps it rubber side down and cuts back on the whinning he's going to give George and everyone some fits. [moto] [popcorn] Rossi will be there too. I have no doubt.

i think when we get into the meat of the season, when rossi is healthy and we've been to a number of tracks at which various bikes do or don't work well, there will shake out to be 5-6 aliens rather than 4.  and about 8 that are generally fighting for it. 

before that, lorenzo and stoner will run away.  and ben will be not far behind, assuming he starts to really trust the tires early on.

I think so too. Right up until the time Lorenzo starts banging fairings with him, scares him shitless, and makes him puke in his helmet.

All the while, Rossi will be quietly laughing in the background, developing the duc, and picking up the pieces next to Pedrobot and Spies.

it's dangerous to underestimate rossi...   [evil]

No one is underestimating Rossi. We're just being realistic with the duc.

(I have a feeling this is gonna come back to bite me in the ass.)

I'm thinking that if Stoner can win on the Duc, then Rossi sure as hell can.  [popcorn]

yep.  not to mention that the shoulder issue could be smoke.

You need to remember a couple of things...

Rossi took a dog of a bike and won his first race and turned the bike into the best on the grid against the mighty Honda

Old age and treachery my young friend.... [evil]

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I do remember actually.  :P
Then that would've been a pretty pregnant dog move by the GOAT towards Yamaha last year, dontcha think?

I think he is saying that the severity of his shoulder currently could be a smoke screen to veil some expectations out of him and the Ducati as a ploy coming out of the gate....

loookey...big surprise....Yor-Ghey makes another deal for himself and demonstrates how not to be a team player!

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Jan/110122a.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Jan/110122a.htm)

ya know....it just strikes me as odd when someone who is in the position he is in, would makes deals and moves for himself only when the bike is in need of sponsorship and his position could garner major bonus points with Yamaha for doing so...what a self absorbed arrogant prick...

Recognized world wide, Jorge Lorenzo - The Spartan - is one of the fastest men on the planet, and has the most dynamic personality in the sport.

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I love to be different than the others in my sport and I believe I've got that with ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK. This is my first American sponsor ever, and no other rider in MotoGP has an endorsement deal with ROCKSTAR.

Oh boy...I was starting to warm up to Jorge...until now.

I wonder who he learned that from, oh yes, his last teammate.

Damn, haters gonna hate, huh?

It's not Lorenzo's job to get sponsorships for yamaha, it's Yamaha's job. So he's supposed to turn down a sponsorship bc the sponsor didn't want to fund an entire team? Get real dude.

The part of the dynamioc personality is hiilarious though, that's a very delicate way of putting it

personal sponsors vs team sponsors...

if you think this is anything new, you haven't paid attention since, well, the dawn of time.

not hating...and I am being real and accept that personal sponsorships to a degree come 1st...and about his previous teammate...he brought sponsorship to the team...he brought on board Fiat for example when Yamaha was in the same boat they are now in the terms of whether to be flying their own bill and footing it all...money isn't flowing around the paddocks like it used to in the days of alchohol and tobacco sponsorships when anything can and did go in terms of getting financial support....what I am saying though is, if he was a champion and a team player looking to really fly the flag for Yamaha, he'd be out there using his champion chips to gain a team sponsorship...and this is for the team that in 2010 had the triple crown....instead, it seems the Yammy will go sponsorless and the rider(s) will have all the endorsements on his leathers/helmet and that will be that...and thus will be a lackluster year of development in terms of how this year will roll for them unless he plays the team card and helps gather some funds for the future....GP racing is far from cheap and the manufacturers only have but so much of an R&D/Racing budget to expend in the coffers since vehicular sales #'s seem to still be in a declining state...it ain't the same game it was 10 years ago...boyo Jorge needs to put some of himself out there for the team cause, unless he just doesn't care....

As I said before, not his responsibility. If you think for one second that any rider, even (or especially) Rossi, is gonna go out to find sponsorships for the team out of the goodness of his own heart, you're very very mistaken. This falls on Yamaha. If they were serious about getting a sponsorship, they would be PUTTING their champion out there, waving the flag, as you said. At the end of the day, the checks come signed by Yammy, and the riders will do what corporate tells them. If Yamaha is sitting on it's very plump ass, not doing what they need to get the sponsorship, the ENTIRE blame falls on them. 

And I seriously doubt that it was Rossi who brought on Fiat. It was yamaha selling Rossi to Fiat.

Yeah Lorenzo is just an employee of Yamaha.  He doesn't run their race department, nor is he in any way shape or form responsible for securing sponsorship for the bike.  Yamaha's job is to find funding for their race department through sponsors.  Jorge will wear rockstar gear away from the track and year round, so its a different ballgame for them to sponsor him personally.  Also, I'm sure the price is a bit steeper to slap your name on the side of the bike anyhow.

Regardless of why Fiat sponsored Yamaha, there was no way they would stick around without the Italian cash cow representing an Italian automaker.  I don't know if Yamaha pitched Rossi to them, or they approached Yamaha just due to who Rossi is, but the simple fact is that Jorge lacks the same charisma and garners less interest for overall sponsorship opportunities.  Race celebrations are one thing ( and most are ridiculous enough to be entertaining ), but he just doesn't have the "it" factor when it comes to entertaining a world audience.

while I know that Rossi wasn't "charged" with the job officially for to find a sponsor for the squad, he used his connections to build that bridge for Yamaha(probably after someone came to him and maybe suggested in a friendly fashion that they need some help, since Camel his just signed off due to that aforementioned ban)...and remember, at that time, Furosawa and him and Yamaha were the best of friends and there was not a glimpse of any kind of disdain or future seperation...Lapo Elkann is very close friends with Rossi, and the head of Fiat's promotions/marketing department....so he, I am sure, used that network to introduce the right people for to make the team sponsorship happen via his F1 testing with Ferrari at the time...

another?  aren't these the same Rockstar dollars we were talking about 2 weeks ago? 

and your take on the rest of it is way off, imo.

That's a whole lotta speculation in that paragraph.

Can't argue with that...

but almost everything in this board is speculation/opinion.

Except when derby says something....that make the beast with two backser is always right. :P

the dots pretty much connect themselves once you put em all out on the table and really look at em though...so as speculative as it may be...it doesn't look that far fetched really...at least..not to me...

so sayeth the Derby...and thus it shall be...LOL

thank

HUH? 

spammer...

I edited his profile to remove his link after someone else banned him.

no worries.

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I'm not really a fan, but I gotta admit that the "JL" is kinda cool.

i agree.  however i constantly find myself saying jennifer lopez in my head when i see it.

the hat however.....

it's a sponsor, it may have been shooped into the pic

...isn't any worse than Hayden.  :-\ At least You're-Ghey's ears aren't tucked in.
  
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i agree and nearly said something to that effect... his hat has been discussed many times.  but he gets a pass for generally not being an idiot.

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Ya...but we may have to reconsider if he pulls this shit again though!  I can support the mohawk...but the line? C'mon man!!  [laugh]

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