Why no Catalunya smack...?

Baketech · 06-12-2005, 9:58 AM

Why no Catalunya pre-race smack...

Between the Rossi show, Hayden's apparent lagging, and the Texas Tortoise sucking wind, has MotoGP become boring to watch on this side of the pond...

Maybe the SpeedTV programmers hit the nail on head when they predicted the thin attention span of the Amerikan audience...

Will we wake up for the Laguna round, or start watching Nascar...

nhfirefighter13 · 06-12-2005, 10:19 AM

Catalunya? Isn't that a salad dressing?

**smack**

ccwilli3 · 06-12-2005, 10:34 PM

rossi is just the class of the field man...

Frigging hayden sets a new track record only to have rossi better it and ahve it be 1.4 or so seconds faster... Damn the guy is awesome, can't wait till I see him in person in july!

Wow.

G-Force Junkie · 06-13-2005, 2:15 AM

What smack is there to talk...Rossi will win, some people with crash, and the rest might as well be drawn by random numbers

JAMI6989 · 06-13-2005, 3:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Baketech

...and the Texas Tortoise sucking wind...

He's not slow, he's tire testing cuz his setup is so good!

After race 1, it has indeed gotten boring! I do enjoy watching Melandri's season though.

Zeeman · 06-13-2005, 4:01 AM

He also set the fastest lap when he was "having leetle problem with right side of da tyre..."

Z...

drinktoo · 06-13-2005, 9:06 AM

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Originally Posted by JAMI6989

He's not slow, he's tire testing cuz his setup is so good!

After race 1, it has indeed gotten boring! I do enjoy watching Melandri's season though.

people like you are the reason motogp gets so little attention statside

. Just STFU if you don't like it

. I would watch the Ducati cup long before watching NASCRAP.

JAMI6989 · 06-13-2005, 9:36 AM

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Originally Posted by drinktoo

people like you are the reason motogp gets so little attention statside

. Just STFU if you don't like it

. I would watch the Ducati cup long before watching NASCRAP.

phobiaphobe · 06-13-2005, 10:28 AM

The real action was Hayden, Barros, and Melandri fighting it out for third. What a great race.

BDA116 · 06-13-2005, 10:39 AM

Why is that "no-talent ass clown" Hayden even in MotoGP? He doesn't deserve that ride and proves week in and week out that he is the worst American in the series.
Edwards, Roberts and Hopkins are all WAY better than Hayden. At finishing in the back of the pack that is.

phobiaphobe · 06-13-2005, 10:45 AM

I picked up a TWO magazine (best bike mag barring Cycle Canada) this weekend. Edwards writes a column in there, and this month he was going on about how hard it is to be a "smart" rider. He goes on saying he could have pushed it and maybe won or maybe crashed, but he's too smart. He also said that all of the GP riders are basically on even footing, and it's simply the best set-up that wins. He did say in the end though that Rossi could win on anything.

nedro · 06-13-2005, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by BDA116

Why is that "no-talent ass clown" Hayden even in MotoGP? He doesn't deserve that ride and proves week in and week out that he is the worst American in the series.
Edwards, Roberts and Hopkins are all WAY better than Hayden. At finishing in the back of the back that is.

No kidding, the way that ass hat rides, it'll be Brno before he passes Colon in points. But then again, they are all on even footing and it's only the bike set-up.

BDA116 · 06-13-2005, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by phobiaphobe

I picked up a TWO magazine (best bike mag barring Cycle Canada) this weekend. Edwards writes a column in there, and this month he was going on about how hard it is to be a "smart" rider. He goes on saying he could have pushed it and maybe won or maybe crashed, but he's too smart. He also said that all of the GP riders are basically on even footing, and it's simply the best set-up that wins. He did say in the end though that Rossi could win on anything.

Hang on, let me get back up. Edwards could have won but he is too smart?

Oh man, his verbal diarrhea is getting good. He could have won if he was as good or had the balls of the others - maybe.
He really and truly is the Eddie Irvine of MotoGP.

nedro · 06-13-2005, 5:32 PM

I still think Hayden or Edwards would hand Mladen's ass to him if they came back to America. Here's to being a big fish in a tiny bowl.

luvtolean · 06-13-2005, 5:39 PM

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Originally Posted by phobiaphobe

He goes on saying he could have pushed it and maybe won or maybe crashed, but he's too smart.

That is the most stupid thing I've ever heard a racer say.

dB · 06-13-2005, 7:38 PM

Was anyone else waiting for disaster when Checa and Xaus were duelling?

G-Force Junkie · 06-13-2005, 9:43 PM

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Originally Posted by luvtolean

That is the most stupid thing I've ever heard a racer say.

No ****, I could have won or crashed every race I have ever been in

Pete · 06-14-2005, 8:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeeman

He also set the fastest lap when he was "having leetle problem with right side of da tyre..."

Z...

"Ees possible to overtake." Unreal how he set that fastest lap with only three laps left in the race, when his tires are burnt toast.

IMO, what has become boring is discussing Colin Edwards' plight in MotoGP. Sorry to say, but he's obviously way past his prime. There's just no legitimate argument against that.

Pete · 06-14-2005, 8:13 AM

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Originally Posted by phobiaphobe

TWO magazine (best bike mag barring Cycle Canada)

Have you read Road Racer X yet, or Performance Bike, or Fast Bike, or Superbike, or Bike? Hell, even Cycle World, Motorcyclist, and Sport Rider (which all suck) are better than the piece of crap that is Cycle Canada.

BDA116 · 06-14-2005, 9:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete

IMO, what has become boring is discussing Colin Edwards' plight in MotoGP. Sorry to say, but he's obviously way past his prime. There's just no legitimate argument against that.

Huh uh, he's the greatest rider in the world, and by far the fastest American. He's the only one that earned his spot, and could beat every rider on the grid if he were only a little more stupid.
So there.

JAMI6989 · 06-14-2005, 9:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BDA116

Huh uh, he's the greatest rider in the world, and by far the fastest American. He's the only one that earned his spot, and could beat every rider on the grid if he were only a little more stupid.
So there.

OK, now that's phukn funny as hell!

He'd be SO much faster if he just had time to race in between tire testing.

phobiaphobe · 06-14-2005, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete

Have you read Road Racer X yet, or Performance Bike, or Fast Bike, or Superbike, or Bike? Hell, even Cycle World, Motorcyclist, and Sport Rider (which all suck) are better than the piece of crap that is Cycle Canada.

I read them all, but I only subscribe to one. I recommend you try it sometime. Not as flashy as some of the others (and rarely the first to test the latest and greatest models) but always a really good read.