2013 MotoGP Round 17 - Motegi (Spoilers!!!)

[MadDuck]

to me it looked more like he slipped off the bike transitioning his body in set up for the turn....

That's what it looked like to me too.  Did a big body move and all of a sudden something just wasn't there when he expected it to be. More like he threw himself off instead of slipping though. Probably just pissed at himself. I would be too.

[pesto]

to me it looked more like he slipped off the bike transitioning his body in set up for the turn....

Thank you for saying that, it looked the same way to me and I thought I was crazy. He is saying it was a braking problem though:
http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/197588/1/espargaro_bails_off_after_brake_issues.html

[gm2]

no offense guys... but you are crazy.   

no GP rider is ever going to randomly fall off his bike. 

[pesto]

no offense guys... but you are crazy.   

no GP rider is ever going to randomly fall off his bike. 

I know right, but I swear that's what it looked like!

[DanTheMan]

Throttle stuck open is what the announcers were suggesting.

[gm2]

I know right, but I swear that's what it looked like!

he just did it very well.  rewatch it, you can see him decide to bail. 

never in a million years is one of these guys going to slip off a peg or something to the extent that they actually fall off, at least in a straight line and while not in contact with anything/anyone else. 

[Speeddog]

Crutchlow said that he, Rossi and Espargaro all had brake issues.

Those three are also the heaviest riders on the grid, at a track that they allow 340mm discs at because the track is so braking-intensive.

http://www.bikesportnews.com/news-detail.cfm?newstitle=MotoGP-Motegi:-Crutchlow-smoked-the-brakes-on-lap-one&newsid=10845