MotoGP Germany 2014 *** Spoilers ***

[duccarlos]

You can't completely blame the bike for cal's issues. He's definitely had more issues with the equipment compared to Dovi, language barrier maybe, but most of his bad results have to be on his inability to ride the bike. Again, anyone naive enough to think that they'll be able to jump on a bike with the history the Duc has and think he'll win is clearly delusional.

I think if Ducati could take this year's bike and ran it against the Yamaha and Honda fro the first year of the 1Kcc bikes, they might be more competitive. The biggest issue is that Yamaha and Honda simply improve their bikes year over year and Ducati simply has not had a chance to catch up. Radical change.

[Triple J]

I'd really like to see MM ride the Duc...just a test ride. He seems to adapt himself to the bike more than anyone else. I also think that is why Stoner was successful on it.

[ute]

Agreed  I think that he would be amazing on it 

[thought]

I think Cal was looking at the dollar signs vs the wins when he signed onto the team... and no matter what happens to his careers, he knows that he has that much in the bank to retire on.  I doubt he thought that he would jump on and win... but I think he didnt think it would be this bad.  Much like every other rider that's jumped onto the Duc.

[derby]

I think if Ducati could take this year's bike and ran it against the Yamaha and Honda fro the first year of the 1Kcc bikes, they might be more competitive. The biggest issue is that Yamaha and Honda simply improve their bikes year over year and Ducati simply has not had a chance to catch up. Radical change.

that was one of the biggest issues w/ harley's vr1000 program, too.

[Speeddog]

that was one of the biggest issues w/ harley's vr1000 program, too.

IIRC, they took Suzuki's approach.
Spend enough to be there, but nowhere near enough to get the job done.

[duccarlos]

IIRC, they took Suzuki's approach.
Spend enough to be there, but nowhere near enough to get the job done.

That's not the case with the Duc. They dumped a shitload of money and continued even though it wasn't working.

[Rameses]

Rossi was spectacular in his day, but it's time to move on and let the younger blokes have a go.

Why exactly should Rossi move aside for them? He's faster than they are.

Should MM step aside for them too? What does age have to do with this? Faster is faster.

JLo should definitely lose his seat before Rossi does to "make room".