Silly Season 2016

[ducpainter]

Seat Reserved.  I wanna see Ducati win again.

It'll take him two seasons.

Don't be holding your breath.

[duccarlos]

I said it before, I'll say it again, I will love to see Ducati win another championship. I will never root for Jorghey, just the bike he's riding.


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[kopfjäger]

Let me be the first to say it. We're all very excited that you sent that from your iPhone using tapatalk.

[DarkMonster620]

I said it before, I'll say it again, I will love to see Ducati win another championship. I will never root for Jorghey, just the bike he's riding.


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that and

Let me be the first to say it. We're all very excited that you sent that from your iPhone using tapatalk.

[ducpainter]

Let me be the first to say it. We're all very excited that you sent that from your iPhone using tapatalk.

Tapatalk just started to charge forum owners to be able to turn off the signature feature.

I won't pay for tapatalk...I will probably uninstall it if members that use it don't turn off signatures in their device.

[kopfjäger]

Tapatalk just started to charge forum owners to be able to turn off the signature feature.

I won't pay for tapatalk...I will probably uninstall it if members that use it don't turn off signatures in their device.

That's bullshit

Easy enough to turn off, although sometimes I still get texts from people that haven't turned that shit off. 

[duccarlos]

I just found it and turned it off, but I only use it on the rare occasions that I'm not in front of my PC

[ducpainter]

I just found it and turned it off, but I only use it on the rare occasions that I'm not in front of my PC

Thanks.

It used to be a forum admin choice so it was a non issue as I had sigs turned off. They recently started to charge both the user and the forum owner and made that a 'pay' feature. I don't use it so I have no idea if it gives a better forum experience on mobile devices, but if they keep messing with the options I won't care. I'll just ditch them.

[triangleforge]

So now my David Emmet standard has been met, with MotoMatters reporting the deal done with Lorenzo.

However, there may be a hurdle to the smooth transition of Vinales to the M1 seat he's vacating - namely, that the kid's so fast he might just podium himself into another year's contract with Suzuki.  From the same MotoMatters story (which is mostly about the private Suzuki test at COTA):

"According to Speedweek – a German-language website with close ties to Aki Ajo (triangleforge note: the agent Vinales just fired) – the contract Viñales has with Suzuki has a stipulation that Suzuki can extend the contract for another year if Viñales gets on the podium in 2016. Given Viñales' strong form so far this year, that seems increasingly likely."

Read the whole thing at https://motomatters.com/news/2016/04/14/suzuki_private_test_on_progress_with_the.html

[Speeddog]

More on announcement of JLo's departure to Ducati:

https://twitter.com/motomatters/status/720994373740015618

[m9hundo]

Wow these shake ups are making me tingle 

[kopfjäger]

Since it's official now, does Lorenzo fight to keep Maverick off the podium this year so he can make the move, or does he want to keep him on the Zuk for another season.?

[Speeddog]

I can honestly say JLo will fight to keep MV off the podium, but only if JLo isn't already there.

I think he's focused on the known devil at the moment.

Tactically, hmm...Vinales on Zuk and ? on other M1, vs. Vinales on M1 and ? on Zuk.
_EDIT_

Depends where Pedrosa goes.
Pedrosa on the M1 or Zuk may be an unpleasant surprise for a Ducati-mounted JLo.
And MM currently has no offers on the table, yes?

[lazylightnin717]

I cannot possibly fathom Honda not trying to retain MM

In an annoyed way, I'm kind of glad to see JLo going to Ducati

I feel like I will have to watch the race and cheer on Ducati without looking directly at JLo riding it

[ducpainter]

I'm gonna root for Marquez.