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Author Topic: Ben Spies. F%^K YEAH! and maybe some spoilers  (Read 182939 times)
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« Reply #465 on: July 25, 2012, 05:08:46 PM »

You know it would be amazing if he went to the TT and raced ..if he won he truly would be a legend

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« Reply #466 on: July 25, 2012, 05:34:29 PM »

Riders making a statement?

Almost seems that way.
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« Reply #467 on: July 26, 2012, 09:20:39 AM »

Riders making a statement?

team statement anyway.

my guess is that even if the valentino/marlboro deal isn't quite done, jarvis pulled ben's contract off the table just as ben was reaching for a pen. 

...easy to speculate from my armchair.

 
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« Reply #468 on: July 26, 2012, 09:35:30 AM »

team statement anyway.

my guess is that even if the valentino/marlboro deal isn't quite done, jarvis pulled ben's contract off the table just as ben was reaching for a pen. 

...easy to speculate from my armchair.

 
Jarvis was never Ben's biggest supporter.

Maybe Ben will tell his side of it when the time is right.
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« Reply #469 on: July 26, 2012, 12:01:35 PM »

I'd love to see Ben as the new BMW wsbk posterboy and then into their (hopeful) move into motogp.

But yeah... seems like there are a lot more shenanigans going on than previously hinted at.
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« Reply #470 on: July 26, 2012, 12:10:16 PM »

little known fact, ben drove a red convertible bmw m3 in high school. iirc it was a signing bonus from yosh.
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« Reply #471 on: July 26, 2012, 12:31:33 PM »

iirc it was a signing bonus from yosh.

think that's correct
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« Reply #472 on: July 26, 2012, 12:47:20 PM »

little known fact, ben drove a red convertible bmw m3 in high school. iirc it was a signing bonus from yosh.
...and I care about this...

why? Grin
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« Reply #473 on: July 26, 2012, 12:52:00 PM »

little known fact, ben drove a red convertible bmw m3 in high school. iirc it was a signing bonus from yosh.

is there anything you can't remember?
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« Reply #474 on: July 26, 2012, 03:14:47 PM »

is there anything you can't remember?

...the last time he couldn't remember.  Wink
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« Reply #475 on: July 30, 2012, 03:24:50 AM »

Poor Ben, can't buy any breaks.
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« Reply #476 on: July 30, 2012, 10:40:21 AM »

One Yammy fan had a much luckier day than The Ben:

What happened to Ben Spies helmet?
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« Reply #477 on: August 01, 2012, 09:45:20 AM »

So Ben on this in 2013?



http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/bikes/bmw-hp4-tracktuned-bmw-s1000rr/

I wonder how that active suspension is going to work out...
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« Reply #478 on: August 01, 2012, 09:57:45 AM »

I wonder how that active suspension is going to work out...

in WSBK, it's not.  (currently) illegal.
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« Reply #479 on: August 03, 2012, 11:26:42 AM »

latest rumor iteration has him riding the BMW in wsbk for 1-2 years and then returning to MotoGP.  on a BMW.
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