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It's the last race of the year, and I know it doesn't matter too much as the championship is already won, but anyone have any wild speculations?
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Rossi wins? Actually I'd quite like to see Pedrosa win it, only because he's the eternal bridesmaid, and one win at the end would just be gravy.
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Nov 18, 2018 03:58
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Redvenom posted:Rossi wins? Marquez will win. https://youtu.be/yJxCdh1Ps48
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Nov 18, 2018 11:35
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Very tense Moto3 race, glad of the result though
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Nov 18, 2018 11:50
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builds character posted:Marquez will win. https://youtu.be/yJxCdh1Ps48 Or not.
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Nov 18, 2018 15:11
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KTM breaks Miller's live feed f-bomb record 
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Nov 18, 2018 21:31
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Nov 19, 2018 05:56
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Any guesses at the odds someone other than Marc winning next year? I feel like his crashing is finally catching up to him in the form of injuries, something I figured would happen to him eventually. Regardless I'd put less than a 10% chance Dovi or Lorenzo wins next year and I'm not sure there would be any other realistic competitors.
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Nov 19, 2018 15:48
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I think Dovi has a strong chance if the Ducati is the best bike but I can’t see them carrying that big of an advantage into next year.
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Nov 19, 2018 17:05
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Depends how bad Marc's injuries are, but his and crutchlows injuries might stall Honda's testing program. If that happens I wouldn't rule out Dovi or the Yamaha guys being serious contenders, with Suzuki nicking the odd podium and maybe a win here or there.
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Nov 19, 2018 21:13
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Moto2 and Moto3 will go to a Q1/Q2 format next year. Not sure if that's too big a deal for the Moto2 riders, but it'll definitely help the Moto3 traffic jams. Who's ready to see if the new Triumph engines will stand up to the conditions like the Honda engines did?
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Nov 19, 2018 22:37
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I've gotten a big kick out of watching more Moto2 and Moto3 this last season, so looking forward to more of that. New Triumph engine apparently sounds great, so should be interesting to see what they do with it.
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Nov 19, 2018 23:53
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Disintegrate, most likely.
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Nov 20, 2018 00:30
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Carth Dookie posted:Disintegrate, most likely.
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Nov 20, 2018 01:09
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Don't get me wrong, I like triumphs and they make fine road bikes, but I can't remember the last time they were responsible for an entire grid's worth of high strung race engines. Even Honda had a few go pop over the years and they are absurdly dedicated and have decades of experience.
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Nov 20, 2018 01:26
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:If they have any remote relation to the 675 street motors I've worked on, that's gonna be fun to watch, yeah Literally a daytona motor with a bigger top end so yeah it'll be a clownshow. My pick for next season if marquez is horribly injured by a shoulder surgery gone wrong is dovi and/or the yamahas depending on how testing shakes out for them. I think rins is far more likely to win a race or two than lorenzo, I'll be amazed if he does better in his first year at honda than he did at ducati.
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Nov 20, 2018 03:36
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Am I the only one who can’t see Vinales being able to mentally hold it together for a title challenge? The dude is as quick as anyone else on the grid but I’m pretty confident he’ll fold under the pressure the second it looks like he’s a legit title contender.
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Nov 20, 2018 03:43
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1500quidpoocati posted:Am I the only one who can’t see Vinales being able to mentally hold it together for a title challenge? The dude is as quick as anyone else on the grid but I’m pretty confident he’ll fold under the pressure the second it looks like he’s a legit title contender. Depends how much of his problems stemmed from finding himself on such an unexpectedly uncompetitive machine and the issues with the chief engineer. He's trying to get back into his groove with changes, and if the new bike is competitive, I can see him making a legit challenge.
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Nov 20, 2018 03:57
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new bike testing:pre:TEST1 Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Lead. Gap 1 VIÑALES, Maverick Yamaha Factory Racing 1:31.416 2 MARQUEZ, Marc Repsol Honda Team 1:31.718 0.302 3 ROSSI, Valentino Yamaha Factory Racing 1:31.845 0.429 4 DOVIZIOSO, Andrea Ducati Team 1:31.846 0.430 5 BRADL, Stefan LCR Honda 1:32.015 0.599 6 MORBIDELLI, Franco Petronas Yamaha SRT 1:32.085 0.669 7 ESPARGARO, Aleix Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1:32.095 0.679 8 PETRUCCI, Danilo Ducati Team 1:32.100 0.684 9 ESPARGARO, Pol Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1:32.179 0.763 10 PIRRO, Michele Ducati Team 1:32.220 0.804 11 BAGNAIA, Francesco Alma Pramac Racing 1:32.396 0.980 12 RINS, Alex Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1:32.402 0.986 13 NAKAGAMI, Takaaki LCR Honda IDEMITSU 1:32.539 1.123 14 MILLER, Jack Alma Pramac Racing 1:32.555 1.139 15 MIR, Joan Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1:32.787 1.371 16 RABAT, Tito Reale Avintia Racing 1:32.834 1.418 17 ZARCO, Johann Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1:32.835 1.419 18 LORENZO, Jorge Repsol Honda Team 1:32.959 1.543 19 IANNONE, Andrea Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1:33.291 1.875 20 ABRAHAM, Karel Reale Avintia Racing 1:33.301 1.885 21 SMITH, Bradley Aprilia Racing Test Team 1:33.709 2.293 22 FOLGER, Jonas Yamaha Test Team 1:33.810 2.394 23 QUARTARARO, Fabio Petronas Yamaha SRT 1:33.850 2.434 24 SYAHRIN, Hafizh KTM Tech 3 Racing 1:34.233 2.817 25 OLIVEIRA, Miguel KTM Tech 3 Racing 1:35.118 3.702 TEST2 Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Lead. Gap 1 VIÑALES, Maverick Yamaha Factory Racing 1:30.757 2 DOVIZIOSO, Andrea Ducati Team 1:30.890 0.133 3 MARQUEZ, Marc Repsol Honda Team 1:30.911 0.154 4 MILLER, Jack Alma Pramac Racing 1:30.939 0.182 5 PETRUCCI, Danilo Ducati Team 1:30.959 0.202 6 MORBIDELLI, Franco Petronas Yamaha SRT 1:30.974 0.217 7 RINS, Alex Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1:31.254 0.497 8 NAKAGAMI, Takaaki LCR Honda IDEMITSU 1:31.304 0.547 9 ROSSI, Valentino Yamaha Factory Racing 1:31.371 0.614 10 ESPARGARO, Aleix Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1:31.400 0.643 11 BAGNAIA, Francesco Alma Pramac Racing 1:31.405 0.648 12 LORENZO, Jorge Repsol Honda Team 1:31.584 0.827 13 ESPARGARO, Pol Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1:31.628 0.871 14 MIR, Joan Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1:31.714 0.957 15 RABAT, Tito Reale Avintia Racing 1:31.940 1.183 16 QUARTARARO, Fabio Petronas Yamaha SRT 1:32.091 1.334 17 IANNONE, Andrea Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1:32.124 1.367 18 FOLGER, Jonas Yamaha Test Team 1:32.265 1.508 19 PIRRO, Michele Ducati Team 1:32.376 1.619 20 ZARCO, Johann Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1:32.509 1.752 21 ABRAHAM, Karel Reale Avintia Racing 1:32.906 2.149 22 SYAHRIN, Hafizh KTM Tech 3 Racing 1:33.008 2.251 23 SMITH, Bradley Aprilia Racing Test Team 1:33.028 2.271 24 OLIVEIRA, Miguel KTM Tech 3 Racing 1:33.798 3.041 NC BRADL, Stefan LCR Honda
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Nov 22, 2018 09:32
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Interesting. I was expecting more from KTM and I'm surprised by Aprilia.
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Nov 22, 2018 09:47
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Bacon briefcase
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Nov 22, 2018 19:48
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Carth Dookie posted:Interesting. I was expecting more from KTM and I'm surprised by Aprilia. I think KTM is gonna have to go through what Ducati went through and learn that everyone does things a certain way for a reason in a very hard and painful way. Zarco looked like he was riding something out of the 1970s from the footage I saw.
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Nov 22, 2018 19:57
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Someone who is less lazy than me should look up times between P1 and P15 from 10-15 years ago. Crazy how close those times are.
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Nov 24, 2018 06:50
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n8r posted:Someone who is less lazy than me should look up times between P1 and P15 from 10-15 years ago. Crazy how close those times are. 2.5 seconds QP2 in Valencia 2003 between Rossi and Jeremy McWilliams 1.8 seconds between P2 Sete and McWilliams. 0.8 of a second between P2 Sete and P7 Edwards (on an Aprillia at the time). I'm not claiming a single Qualifying session would be definitive proof of anything, but it's good to remember how loving Good Rossi Was In His Prime and also how stratified that period of MotoGP could be.
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Nov 24, 2018 07:20
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Anyone interested in the New MotoE? It looks like they are lapping about 4 - 5 seconds a lap slower than the Moto3 bikes(testing MotoE compared to Moto3 FP3 pace during the 2018 season at Jerez):pre:1 DI MEGLIO, Mike 1:51.623 4 / 4 1:51.623 2 DE PUNIET, Randy 1:52.204 0.581 0.581 3 / 3 1:52.204 3 FORAY, Kenny 1:52.261 0.638 0.057 3 / 3 1:52.261 4 CASADEI, Mattia 1:52.447 0.824 0.186 4 / 4 1:52.447 5 FERRARI, Matteo 1:53.428 1.805 0.981 2 / 2 1:53.428 6 TEROL, Nicolas 1:53.834 2.211 0.406 3 / 3 1:53.834 7 RAFFIN, Jesko 1:54.372 2.749 0.538 4 / 4 1:54.372 8 HOOK, Josh 1:54.997 3.374 0.625 3 / 3 1:54.997 9 GIBERNAU, Sete 1:56.094 4.471 1.097 3 / 3 1:56.094 10 MIRALLES, Julian 1:58.861 7.238 2.767 3 / 3 1:58.861 Also, I'm digging a few of the names trying to get back to the paddock, Gibernau, Di Meglio, and De Puniet as "blasts from the past".
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Nov 24, 2018 09:47
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Skreemer posted:Anyone interested in the New MotoE? It looks like they are lapping about 4 - 5 seconds a lap slower than the Moto3 bikes(testing MotoE compared to Moto3 FP3 pace during the 2018 season at Jerez): I'm interested but God drat that's slow. Hopefully it's just growing pains and they'll get up to at least moto3 speeds by the end of the year.
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Nov 24, 2018 15:31
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It's a has-been who's who! It'll be interesting to watch as a prelude to the future but those bikes are pigs. 200+kg.
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Nov 24, 2018 18:01
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Minto Took posted:Anyone itt brave enough to wear this? 
Dirt Road Junglist fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Nov 26, 2018 |
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Nov 26, 2018 19:55
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Nov 26, 2018 21:19
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Lol “Anyone brave enough to say they love pussy??”
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Nov 26, 2018 22:46
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It's a bit uncouth to be brazen about it, to be fair.
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Nov 26, 2018 22:58
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Minto Took posted:It's a bit uncouth to be brazen about it, to be fair. this guy does NOT gently caress
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Nov 27, 2018 00:15
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I could wear that hat every day for a year in the US and I don't think a single person would know what it meant. I've watched MotoGP for over a decade and I only remember when someone mentions it. I hope JL is just sucking because of injuries still. I guess he improved a ton in test 2. hayden. fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Nov 27, 2018 |
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Nov 27, 2018 17:18
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hayden. posted:I could wear that hat every day for a year in the US and I don't think a single person would know what it meant. I've watched MotoGP for over a decade and I only remember when someone mentions it. I've seen quite a lot of 46 gear around Portland, and I've gotten stopped on the street before in my Nicky Hayden hoodie and in my Rossi jackets, so I figure someone will notice the hat eventually. I also have a Seattle Supersonics hat that gets a lot of attention, and I occasionally run into another Mets fan while sporting the ballcap...but we mostly refuse to make eye contact and apologize to each other for no reason.
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Nov 28, 2018 02:16
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My kart club president is a big MotoGP fan and a second generation Italian immigrant so I’m quite sure a WLF hat would raise some questions
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Nov 28, 2018 02:31
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Has anyone got a lazy 250,000 Euros they can give me, I need a new track day bike... http://www.mcnews.com.au/buy-genuine-ktm-rc16-motogp-machine/
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Nov 29, 2018 00:28
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Pretty overpriced for a top ten bike at best
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Nov 29, 2018 01:47
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Should Rossi give up on two wheels as a racer and transition to 4 wheels? https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/december/monza-show/page/5946--12-12-.html MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi completed a clean sweep of stage wins to secure his seventh Monza Rally Show victory ahead of WRC star Teemu Suninen on Sunday.
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Dec 10, 2018 22:11
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I'm sure that when he's finally done with bikes he'll do rally for fun and keep his toe in the bike scene with his junior teams. Dude seems to have it all worked out
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Rossi tested with Ferrari years back but Ferrari went with Kimi. Low energy team. Sad.
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