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Old 10-18-2006, 10:15 PM
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Yamaha has done a better job than Honda? Repsol Honda have given their riders a bike that can get them on the podium every round. Camel Yamaha 3 mechanical DNFs. Without Rossi they'd still be a 3rd rate team. Rossi is just Rossi... he's Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan. He will win by a comfortable margin. Nicky had a great run and capitalized on the bad luck of Rossi Melandri and Capirex. He may yet win a championship but not with Rossi as a competitor. edit: or with Pedrosa as a teammate
Rossi is good, but take Burgess away from him for a year and see what happens.
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Rossi is good, but take Burgess away from him for a year and see what happens.
It would be more difficult for him, but he'd still be right there.

I think some people want to get a stab at him any way they can. They used to say the same type of **** about Jordan. Some people just are that good.

Actually, when he left Honda he asked Burgess to come along. But he also told Jeremey he'd go with or without him.
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Since everyone gets confused that MotoGP is about who the better rider is, then just for fun I'll argue that Hayden is a better rider, and Rossi is a better roadracer...

If you had an old school Grand National with roadracing, supermoto, and speedway, he'd clean Rossi's clock...
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It would be more difficult for him, but he'd still be right there.
Take your favorite band and have them put on a show without their sound engineer. See how well they do...
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I'm going to go with Bayliss at the line!
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Take your favorite band and have them put on a show without their sound engineer. See how well they do...
Is that the best you got?

Well my favorite band is my little bro's band, Ghostland Observatory. They are about to get signed as XL, Sony, Virgin, Beggar's Banquet, Capitol, and many more have all expressed interest. They are just trying to figure out who to go with.

Anyways, Thomas could take care of the sound if he had to, he has done it before.
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Since everyone gets confused that MotoGP is about who the better rider is, then just for fun I'll argue that Hayden is a better rider, and Rossi is a better roadracer...

If you had an old school Grand National with roadracing, supermoto, and speedway, he'd clean Rossi's clock...
Man those hooks of yours sure are rusty as ****
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Since everyone gets confused that MotoGP is about who the better rider is, then just for fun I'll argue that Hayden is a better rider, and Rossi is a better roadracer...

If you had an old school Grand National with roadracing, supermoto, and speedway, he'd clean Rossi's clock...
MaYbe but have you seen Rossi in Supermoto and Speedway? Me either, nevertheless he is a gifted racer on any machine... Even cars.

Deez is right. Rossi signed with Yamaha after Burgess told him flat out that he was staying with Honda. It wasn't until later that Burgess changed his mind. Take him away and Rossi is still the best.
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Me either, nevertheless he is a gifted racer on any machine... Even cars.
I think everyone understands that Rossi is gifted racer, in fact, that concept is the basis of this thread, so do we really need to keep saying it to get our point across?

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Rossi signed with Yamaha after Burgess told him flat out that he was staying with Honda. It wasn't until later that Burgess changed his mind. Take him away and Rossi is still the best.
What is this, Master of the Obvious day....

If Burgess had stayed, of course he would have still been the best rider, but he would not have won the championship...
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Is that the best you got?

Well my favorite band is my little bro's band, Ghostland Observatory. They are about to get signed as XL, Sony, Virgin, Beggar's Banquet, Capitol, and many more have all expressed interest. They are just trying to figure out who to go with.

Anyways, Thomas could take care of the sound if he had to, he has done it before.
From the stage while he was playing/singing, huh? Interesting. I think I've seen people attempt that before.
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From the stage while he was playing/singing, huh? Interesting. I think I've seen people attempt that before.
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From the stage while he was playing/singing, huh? Interesting. I think I've seen people attempt that before.
I've seen him do it once as the board was close enough to the stage and he was getting tired of the shitty sound engineer not knowing witf he was doing. so he walked over there and took care of it. I'm definitely not saying every venue that would even be remotely possible. But for one show only I think he could definitely figure out a way to take care of it.
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Camel Yamaha 3 mechanical DNFs.
Meant to ask you this earlier...does this mean you buy into the mech failure at Laguna myth....
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Unless Rossi gets taken out by another rider or has a mechanical failure, he will be crowned the world champion!
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Just for kicks...

Valencia 2005 (Dry)

1st Melandri..25pts
2nd Hayden...20pts
3rd Rossi......16pts
4th Checa....13pts
5th Barros.....11pts
6th Biaggi......10pts
7th Capirossi..9pts
8th Edwards...8pts
9th Tamada....7pts
10th Elias.......6pts
You forgot Roberts. I think they have gotten things dialed and will make a respectable show (top 10 at a minimum, more likely top 5)
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That was the results from 2005, where Hayden beat Rossi, but only by one position...
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I think Rossi will win it. As much as I like Nicky and want to see him do well, I don't think he'd be a "true" champion at this point. He hasn't dominated like Rossi can/and has.
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That was the results from 2005, where Hayden beat Rossi, but only by one position...
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I hope Nicky wins it and forgoes the #1 plate and keeps in #69.

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MaYbe but have you seen Rossi in Supermoto and Speedway? Me either, nevertheless he is a gifted racer on any machine... Even cars.

Deez is right. Rossi signed with Yamaha after Burgess told him flat out that he was staying with Honda. It wasn't until later that Burgess changed his mind. Take him away and Rossi is still the best.
I saw a very short clip (just a couple turns) of him on a supermoto, looked pretty damn good to me passing multiple guys.

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Meant to ask you this earlier...does this mean you buy into the mech failure at Laguna myth....
myth is this one of those rusty hooks? was his bike not blowing smoke out of the pipe? did others riders not say the track was getting a little slick because of his oil in the last couple laps?
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