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Post by philthewindsurfer on Nov 5, 2019 18:55:14 GMT
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Post by mekon on Nov 6, 2019 6:53:18 GMT
Yamaha riders will be the forgotten men this coming season. Rea talked of a knife to a gunfight with his Kwak but Yamaha will be bringing a letter-opener.
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Post by Droog on Nov 6, 2019 9:23:22 GMT
I think Yamaha will do ok next year. The new bike is a good bike. They won't be a title threat though. It is between Ducati and Kawasaki.
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Post by neilf on Nov 6, 2019 10:35:25 GMT
I think Yamaha will do ok next year. The new bike is a good bike. They won't be a title threat though. It is between Ducati and Kawasaki. ... and HRC  |
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Post by mekon on Nov 6, 2019 11:37:06 GMT
Well Honda certainly has the power now. 215hp as stock isn't to be sniffed at but what are we talking in WSB with a few mods now? 230?
What I wonder about is what HRC have learnt from Motogp to take into this bike? If you discount Marquez we'd be saying they can't produce a bike worth a shit. Sometimes it seems that Marquez is fast inspite of the bike not because of it.
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Post by neilf on Nov 6, 2019 12:36:53 GMT
Well Honda certainly has the power now. 215hp as stock isn't to be sniffed at but what are we talking in WSB with a few mods now? 230? What I wonder about is what HRC have learnt from Motogp to take into this bike? If you discount Marquez we'd be saying they can't produce a bike worth a shit. Sometimes it seems that Marquez is fast inspite of the bike not because of it. Rossi, Lorenzo and Pedrosa are referred to as aliens; for all you Marvel nerds out there, I'd class Marquez as a Celestial The new 'Blade has an HRC logo on the side, last seen on the RC213V-S but at 1/10 of the cost ('ish). |
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Nov 6, 2019 12:50:10 GMT
I think the HRC team will have the largest number of people in the pits and supporting their effort away from the circuit.
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Nov 6, 2019 20:19:50 GMT
Marquez should do motogp and WSB when free. That'd be brilliant.
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Post by pantah on Nov 7, 2019 9:15:38 GMT
I’d love to see Marquez at the limit down Craner Curves and round the Old Hairpin.
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Post by mekon on Nov 7, 2019 9:31:58 GMT
Karel Abrams should do WSB instead of just 'being' in Motogp. He might actually win something. Bradley Smith should do it as well but the thinks it's below him.
Imagine the buzz if Lorenzo, Rossi and Marquez even did one-off rides.
I wonder if Redding could pull off a title win for Ducati, would he be part of 2021 Motogp list? Get rid of Petrucci and Dovi will be getting to stage where he's just in it for the laughs not the title. Would be a good redemption arc.
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Post by neilf on Nov 7, 2019 9:35:02 GMT
I’d love to see Marquez at the limit down Craner Curves and round the Old Hairpin. ... drifting out of Coppice, onto Starkey's Straight and under 'the ghost of the Dunlop Bridge' |
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Post by norbs on Nov 7, 2019 11:15:44 GMT
Karel Abrams should do WSB instead of just 'being' in Motogp. He might actually win something. He had a full season in wsb in 2016 with Josh Brookes on BMWs. The bikes were crap but Brookes still scored three times as many points as Abraham. |
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Post by mekon on Nov 7, 2019 14:39:58 GMT
Ha, forgot about that. Then again I'd forgotten about Brookes' return to WSB. Guess it just proves how poor Lorenzo is at the moment.
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Post by paulg on Nov 7, 2019 15:22:10 GMT
Id completely missed Lowes signing for KRT...Hes swum the channel there.
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Post by norbs on Nov 7, 2019 15:46:32 GMT
With Haslam on the works Honda and Rinaldo going to Go Eleven Ducati there can't be many seats left can there?
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