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« Reply #225 on: December 20, 2011, 08:05:54 AM »

He showed that he had a marked advantage on the starts. There was no doubt about that, but his general bad luck and the fact that he's fragile, caused him more than one possible championship. We have never truly seen him 100% throughout a whole season.
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« Reply #226 on: December 20, 2011, 02:38:38 PM »

True that. If he didn't have shitty luck he wouldn't have any luck at all. Although he did manage quite a few podiums and at least three wins if I remember right. I bet a lot of folks would like that kind of shitty luck. Wink He's just so damn breakable, so many injuries. That's got to be frustrating as hell.
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« Reply #227 on: December 21, 2011, 02:55:00 PM »

tiny man or not, he had more than his fair share of brutal get-offs.  i would call him tough as nails before i'd call him fragile.
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« Reply #228 on: December 22, 2011, 07:21:08 AM »

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« Reply #229 on: December 27, 2011, 11:59:50 AM »

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/817/11818/Motorcycle-Article/How-Will-CRT-Work-in-MotoGP-.aspx?WT.i_e_dcsvid=1464739915

interesting op/ed piece about that 800lb pink elephant in the GP press room...
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« Reply #230 on: January 12, 2012, 11:42:14 AM »

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/Jan/120112mk.htm

...the longer version: http://www.motomatters.com/analysis/2012/01/11/ezpeleta_on_the_future_of_motogp_bikes_c.html
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« Reply #231 on: January 12, 2012, 03:43:27 PM »


With Argentina already on the schedule for 2013, I would love to get a race in Chile.
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« Reply #232 on: January 12, 2012, 03:46:19 PM »

With Argentina already on the schedule for 2013, I would love to get a race in Chile.

no you gotta go to Argentina and eat entrana and churrasco and dont forget the chorizos ...
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« Reply #233 on: January 17, 2012, 08:48:33 AM »

Convergence...

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/Jan/120116b.htm
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« Reply #234 on: January 17, 2012, 09:05:22 AM »

no you gotta go to Argentina and eat entrana and churrasco and dont forget the chorizos ...


I'm already planning on going to Argentina for the race. It's the perfect excuse. Having another race in Chile would be the icing on the cake.
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« Reply #235 on: January 17, 2012, 09:37:56 AM »


Aprilia has always been able to tap dance around rules and seeing how "anti big 3 manufacturers" MotoGP has been going recently, I don't see how Ducati would win by throwing a hissy fit. So, for now, they sit back and see how the Ape does. I doubt they'll get it right for the first few years. By the time they get it all sorted, MotoGP will most like be a different animal all together.
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« Reply #236 on: January 17, 2012, 09:58:56 AM »

I think Honda will pitch a fit faster than Ducati...perhaps even Yamaha....you think Suppo or Jarvis are going to sit idley by if the Ape makes any kind of serious headway result?
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« Reply #237 on: January 17, 2012, 12:31:45 PM »

if they

 - can prove the frame.. in some way.. is a prototype, and they
 - sell, not lease, the bikes to the teams

as the rules read today, the OEMs have nothing to complain about.  operative word being 'today'.

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« Reply #238 on: February 23, 2012, 07:01:13 AM »

http://superbikeplanet.com/2012/Feb/120223d.htm

Ago chimes in....
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« Reply #239 on: February 23, 2012, 09:55:40 AM »


Thank you Ago, or should I call you Captain Obvious?
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