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Oh hey hello MotoGP thread, this is where you are. Lorenzo struggling to adapt the Ducati and Iannone throwing it off the island WHY I NEVER. It was great action though, and you have to back Vinales in with a good chance. The Yamaha is probably the best all-around bike on the grid, Marquez may toss the Honda up himself but the speed of the Tech 3 guys is proof enough. Looks like the satellite Duke might be solid too.
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# ? Mar 29, 2017 11:59 |
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# ? May 16, 2024 17:23 |
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Man I'm getting old I still have trouble thinking of Zarco as anyone other than captain meltdown who couldn't win a 125 race to save his life despite all he's accomplished.
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# ? Mar 30, 2017 01:36 |
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BitcoinRockefeller posted:Man I'm getting old I still have trouble thinking of Zarco as anyone other than captain meltdown who couldn't win a 125 race to save his life despite all he's accomplished. Zarco just needed to go 4 stroke. (and 600cc plus)
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# ? Mar 30, 2017 12:57 |
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Johnny Rea takes race one in Motorland Aragon for WSBK. It was a decent battle between Rea and Davies until Davies lost grip on the second to last lap. The crash looked bad as the bike trapped him and they slid together. They reported he was OK, I hope that's completely true. Xavi Fores had an exciting time, he crashed early on and rejoined the race. Later on his bike caught fire and he rode it into the kitty litter before jumping off. http://www.worldsbk.com/en/videos/2017/MotorLand%20Aragon%20Race%201%20Fores%20Technical%20problem
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# ? Apr 2, 2017 02:15 |
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Wait, since when do the Superbikes have race one on Saturday? Am I really that old and out of touch?
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# ? Apr 2, 2017 03:17 |
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algebra testes posted:Wait, since when do the Superbikes have race one on Saturday? Started recently. Race 1 on Saturday and race 2 on Sunday. Go read about the flipped grid structure for race 2 as well.
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# ? Apr 2, 2017 04:20 |
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Race 2 today, Chaz Davies made a drat good showing. Rea gave Chaz a fight of it, but the Ducati was a bit much in the long straights.
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# ? Apr 3, 2017 00:32 |
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Loved the Qatar race. Great way to start the season. I live in Austin so the CotA race is just in my (figurative) back yard. Been to every GP race at CotA, first year got turn 1 seats which were awesome. Got turn 15 two years ago which was awesome too. You get to see the bikes come screaming down the back straight at 213mph then dump over to a hard left, then you get to watch the rides navigate through ~5 turns. Lots of action there. Turn 19 surprisingly sees a lot of crashes, not sure why. This year I'm super pumped. A buddy of mine has been volunteering as a marshal the last few F1/GP races and hit me up. This year I'll be working media assistance after the race, which gives me access to the paddock and pits during the race.
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# ? Apr 3, 2017 18:32 |
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Skreemer posted:Race 2 today, Chaz Davies made a drat good showing. Rea gave Chaz a fight of it, but the Ducati was a bit much in the long straights. That was a great race by Welshie and a nail-biter toward the end. A little clash in the last few corners.
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# ? Apr 3, 2017 19:04 |
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I thought this was cool. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/850418854434033664
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# ? Apr 7, 2017 19:57 |
Wtf is happening with these practice sessions, why are all the poo poo tier teams in the top ten.
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# ? Apr 7, 2017 21:42 |
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Slavvy posted:Wtf is happening with these practice sessions, why are all the poo poo tier teams in the top ten. Michelin is mandating that 5 race flying laps be made on the hard option tires or suffer a 6 place grid penalty. They are trying to get tire data so a fiasco of a mandatory pit stop doesn't happen like last year.
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# ? Apr 7, 2017 22:07 |
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Huh. Does nobody use V-twins anymore?
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# ? Apr 7, 2017 22:21 |
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Has there ever been a V Twin in MotoGP?
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# ? Apr 7, 2017 22:29 |
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Back in the day, yes. But I am unsure about the modern 4-stroke era. Honda made their cheep and cheerful NSR500V v twin privateer/factory bike until around 2001 or so. E this post is super unhelpful I know, but the smallest cylinder engine I can think of is the Aprillia Cube which was a tripple of some sort. I belive it spent most of its time highsiding its riders. For a while it was thought that v4 was the best configuration and I think it is in terms of power. Also they alternate between screamer and big bang every few years I believe which is hilarious. algebra testes fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Apr 7, 2017 |
# ? Apr 7, 2017 22:44 |
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Holy poo poo KTM not slowest in fp only second and third slowest.
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# ? Apr 7, 2017 23:07 |
algebra testes posted:Back in the day, yes. But I am unsure about the modern 4-stroke era. The Aprilia rotax was definitely a triple, was also the first one to have pneumatic valves. Also the 211v was a v5 back when they let you have more cylinders in exchange for more weight. I don't see how the mandatory five hard laps make any difference at all, everyone was shooting for a time at the end of fp2 on soft tyres and both 25 and 93 performed as normal.
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# ? Apr 7, 2017 23:46 |
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I seem to recall Colin Edwards having some harsh things to say about the 3 cylinder Aprilia. Something about it having extreme vibration issues? Might have read that in Spalding's book on MotoGP Technology (which is starting to get outdated -- wonder if there are plans for a 3rd edition).
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# ? Apr 7, 2017 23:53 |
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I think it was a complaint about it overheating and getting quite hot.
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# ? Apr 8, 2017 00:21 |
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nsaP posted:Has there ever been a V Twin in MotoGP? In the 500cc era, yes. In the four-stroke MotoGP era? Nope. Mostly four cylinders, with Aprilia and Honda as outliers as mentioned.
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# ? Apr 8, 2017 01:18 |
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Rather bizarre question but does anybody have any info on old aprilia rotax 125cc two stroke engines? I've always heard that they were the basis for Rotax's modern kart engines.
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# ? Apr 8, 2017 03:41 |
The question thread would probably get you a lot more replies.
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# ? Apr 8, 2017 04:34 |
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Vinales had a moment in FP1 on the turn 13/14 combo. In turn 13 the bike compressed and when he went to move on to the other side to set up for the next corner, the bike snapped up and he had a head shake so violent, that even though he didn't crash, the airbag in his suit went off. turn your speakers down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvdqnGZHxlU Skreemer fucked around with this message at 08:55 on Apr 8, 2017 |
# ? Apr 8, 2017 08:52 |
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Lmao I didn't realise the Texas Tornado was doing Moto3 practice commentary for BT. algebra testes fucked around with this message at 13:32 on Apr 8, 2017 |
# ? Apr 8, 2017 13:30 |
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Slavvy posted:The Aprilia rotax was definitely a triple, was also the first one to have pneumatic valves. Also the 211v was a v5 back when they let you have more cylinders in exchange for more weight. I can't find the chart browsing on the phone but I'm 90% sure the weight categories in 2002 were for 2,3,4, and 6 cylinders and honda was able to go with the max 4 cylinder weight because no one accounted for anyone making a wacky v5 engine. Here we go 4 and 5 cylinder weight allowance was the same at 320 pounds because why even try to figure it out no one will do it. BitcoinRockefeller fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Apr 8, 2017 |
# ? Apr 8, 2017 19:24 |
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Pedrosa, Rossi, and Lorenzo had to go through Q1. Lorenzo was 6th in Q1 meaning he didn't make it to Q2. In Q2 Pedrosa got 5th and Rossi got 7th. Marquez got pole. In everyone's defense, it is raining out and no one likes the surface when it's dry. Look at the first few rows: 1 93 Marc MARQUEZ 2 17 Karel ABRAHAM 3 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW 4 9 Danilo PETRUCCI 5 26 Dani PEDROSA 6 25 Maverick VIŅALES 7 46 Valentino ROSSI 8 41 Aleix ESPARGARO 9 76 Loris BAZ 10 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA 11 94 Jonas FOLGER 12 29 Andrea IANNONE Skreemer fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Apr 8, 2017 |
# ? Apr 8, 2017 20:43 |
BitcoinRockefeller posted:I can't find the chart browsing on the phone but I'm 90% sure the weight categories in 2002 were for 2,3,4, and 6 cylinders and honda was able to go with the max 4 cylinder weight because no one accounted for anyone making a wacky v5 engine. Skreemer posted:Pedrosa, Rossi, and Lorenzo had to go through Q1. Lorenzo was 6th in Q1 meaning he didn't make it to Q2. In Q2 Pedrosa got 5th and Rossi got 7th. Marquez got pole. Ye olde ducke must be absolutely exceptional on a drying rack is what I'm getting from qualifying.
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# ? Apr 8, 2017 21:31 |
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Moto3 top3 are the same in the same order as Qatar. Good riding and dicing though. Lorenzo attempted to spear Ianone in the first lap partly around corner one, and only took himself out. The Marquez family is having a rough day. Ianone gets a jump start penalty. The battle for 4th in the GP class is pretty good. Skreemer fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Apr 9, 2017 |
# ? Apr 9, 2017 17:58 |
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Any race where marquez eats poo poo is a good race in my book.
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# ? Apr 10, 2017 14:59 |
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toot toot, just another stop on the vinales bandwagon. slavvy, you wanna get onboard? Plenty of room.
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# ? Apr 10, 2017 15:55 |
No thanks, I'm still convinced it's gonna be a Marquez championship. Also: lolrenzo.
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# ? Apr 10, 2017 20:01 |
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Slavvy posted:No thanks, I'm still convinced it's gonna be a Marquez championship.
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# ? Apr 10, 2017 20:27 |
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builds character posted:toot toot, just another stop on the vinales bandwagon. slavvy, you wanna get onboard? Plenty of room. All four Yamahas in the top six I'm shocked Zarco has any rear tire left though.
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# ? Apr 10, 2017 23:50 |
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Big wrecks in all three races. My inner American race fan was enjoying it all a bit too much
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 01:05 |
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Good to see Zarco and Crutchlow finish, that battle for 2nd was nice
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 03:41 |
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harperdc posted:All four Yamahas in the top six Yeah, but the top two from honda and ducati all crashed out and suzuki's best italian (TM) got a ride through penalty doing god's work cutting off lorenzo so that's five bikes that really should be in the top six that were out. It'll be interesting to see how fast Zarco is over the course of the year because he's pretty ridiculous so far. I do think eventually Lorenzo will figure it out and get fast again too.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 17:01 |
Iannone got penalised for a jump start, Lorenzo crashing was his own dumb fault.
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# ? Apr 11, 2017 19:36 |
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Slavvy posted:Iannone got penalised for a jump start, Lorenzo crashing was his own dumb fault. Lorenzo saw an opportunity to "pay back" Iannone for last year's spearing. Only Lorenzo doesn't have nearly the skill or precision that Iannone does and just did a really piss poor job of the whole thing. Yes, yes I know, Lorenzo's front wasn't gripping and he was standing up the bike/widening his line and ran into the back of Iannone.
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# ? Apr 12, 2017 02:23 |
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I'm still kinda sad that they added the age limit to Moto3. It used to be fun seeing old dudes get cut up by young 'uns in 125s.
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# ? Apr 12, 2017 06:51 |
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# ? May 16, 2024 17:23 |
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So, who's going to the GP in Austin? I had some stuff come up and couldn't swing the tickets.
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# ? Apr 19, 2017 13:57 |