2014 Silly Season?...maybe spoilers

[duccarlos]

Hate to say I told you so, but...

WSBK is where good riders go to restart their careers. I would love to see him back on a competitive ride.

Hopefully Cal is not that desperate to get on a factory bike.

Cal has proved that he's extremely desperate for a factory ride, but he was bit last year by Ducati. Unfortunately it's the only factory ride available next year unless Yamaha provides a third factory bike.

[zooom]

Yammy won't provide a 3rd factory bike....and Cal was partially bitten by Ducati because they were in the midst of some major managerial upheaval...like the old CEO who is now gone for example...I am sure there are some different strides being taken in that negotiation now...

as far as Nicky in WSBK, as an additional thought, he might be allowed ( time/schedule permitting of course) to finally chase that Grand Slam title by getting his Mile flat track race dream as well as being a GP and potential WSBK champion all under 1 belt

[gm2]

there's been plenty of chatter about cal's factory requirement possibly having as much to do with a factory salary..

nick should go to wsbk.  not that i can watching that make the beast with two backsing series.

[ducpainter]

there's been plenty of chatter about cal's factory requirement possibly having as much to do with a factory salary..

nick should go to wsbk.  not that i can watching that make the beast with two backsing series.

You don't get to see SBK or you don't want to?

[duccarlos]

http://motomatters.com/analysis/2013/07/11/motogp_silly_season_update_how_ducati_be.html

[gm2]

You don't get to see SBK or you don't want to?

i don't get to.  could watch it online in realtime but never can, logistically.  not available on u-verse.

of course there are other options, but i haven't gotten around to it..

[duccarlos]

Is it just me or has this year's WSBK season looked more like the MotoGP parade? Sykes is running away with it and we've seen a lot less battles than what we saw before.

[fastwin]

Rumor is Carlos will hang up the leathers at the end of this season.

I hate to admit it, but I'm with fastwin on this one. It would be nice to see Nicky competing again rather than trying to herd the turd around the track.

I hate it when DP has to admit that he might agree with me!

I can surely see Carlos retiring after this season. Better to go out on top ala Bayliss, Max, etc. but that is not always possible. He has nothing more to prove. I love Checa and I would hate to see him hurt trying to push the Duc too hard for no good reason.

Nicky on an Ape or Kwacker... hmmm. Would also like to see that mile flat track win for the records.

[Triple J]

Is it just me or has this year's WSBK season looked more like the MotoGP parade? Sykes is running away with it and we've seen a lot less battles than what we saw before.

The last couple races sure, but the ones before that have been fantastic.

[ducpainter]

Sykes has been possessed lately.

[fastwin]

Sykes has been possessed lately.

In a good non-zombie kind of way!

[derby]

http://superbikeplanet.com/2013/Jul/13071135.htm

[OT]

Cal's gonna have to buy his own parts, again, if he goes to Ducati in 2014 and expects to be competitive....

[Raux]

If LOrenzo keeps going the way he's going, Cal might get his factory ride sooner than he thinks

[TitanMonsterS4R]

No factory ride for Nicky in 2014
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/MotoGP/2013/July/jul1613-hayden-told-no-factory-ducati

"The universally popular American was told by Ducati during last weekend’s German MotoGP round at the Sachsenring’s of the Bologna factory’s plan not to offer him a new deal to keep on a Desmosedici for a sixth season."