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02-08-2004, 9:11 PM
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| Rossi speaking his mind now Rossi has switched to Yamaha for the 2004 campaign but feels Honda did not give his achievements due recognition. He told Motorcycle News: "Honda did not treat me like I deserved. It's possible they would have won without me, but the RCV was made by me. "Honda Racing Corporation people treat you like a state employee. You can win 30 GPs and all they do is try and belittle the achievements you had." BBC Link | |
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02-08-2004, 9:13 PM
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     Join Date: 02-10-2002 Location: Hoosierland, USA
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now 
__________________ Sith Apprentice CBR929 - VFR800 - VFR800 "There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one..." - Joey Dunlop |
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02-08-2004, 11:14 PM
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| Join Date: 02-14-2002 Location: Sacramento area
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now It's nice to be appreciated, but for $10-$15M a year and the opportunity to ride the baddest bikes on the globe they can bitch slap me and call me their man-gina all day long!! |
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02-08-2004, 11:21 PM
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| Back From the Ashes!!  Join Date: 09-17-2003 Location: Staten Island, NY
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 | Re: Rossi speaking his mind now Quote:
 well said!!Last edited by TGZ13 : 02-08-2004 at 11:21 PM. | |
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02-09-2004, 12:17 AM
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now Rossi's the man. Having said that, I have no sympathy for guys that make more money than they can spend. The bottom line is you're only worth what you can negotiate for yourself and if he doesn't think they were paying him enough, why did he sign? *shrug* The beauty of a free market... |
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02-09-2004, 7:13 AM
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now just another primadonna in todays world of sport. he is italian too, and we all know thier egos are small to begin with (  ) |
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02-09-2004, 7:44 AM
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| Join Date: 02-21-2003 Location: Athens Greece
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02-09-2004, 8:38 AM
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| Shake and bake!  Join Date: 05-22-2002 Location: Quebec, Canada..... for how long???
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now but the RCV was made by me........  That's quite a statement.... |
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02-09-2004, 8:51 AM
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| Join Date: 11-26-2002 Location: S2KI.com
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now it is just YAMAHAs brainwashing techniques finally taking hold, look what those same techniques do to R1 owners. |
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02-09-2004, 9:41 AM
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| Join Date: 01-27-2002 Location: Dallas, TX
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02-09-2004, 11:10 AM
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| Join Date: 04-17-2002 Location: Cool, CA
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now He's starting to sound like Biaggi... |
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02-09-2004, 11:15 AM
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| Back From the Ashes!! Join Date: 09-17-2003 Location: Staten Island, NY
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now Everyone knows he is good but when you have to start blabbing how you didn't get recognized by your team and all that jazz all I start hearing is  |
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02-09-2004, 12:22 PM
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| Join Date: 11-26-2002 Location: Québec, Québec, Canada
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02-09-2004, 1:48 PM
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now That's just Japanese mentality no? Doesn't like upper management sit with the regular staff in factories too? I think one has lost one's privilge to complain when you make that much $. ....and he was winning too. |
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02-09-2004, 5:52 PM
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now Rossi needs a little humility, I think this is the year. It has to be hard when everyone but the japs are kiissing your a-- |
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02-09-2004, 5:57 PM
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now All he's doing is pissing Honda off some more, and they're just not gonna take him back if he keeps it up. |
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02-09-2004, 6:49 PM
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now Excellent riders still NEED excellent teams behind them to win. Maybe Honda just gives everyone involved the credit? Not just the front man... Z... |
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02-09-2004, 7:05 PM
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| Mr. Brownstone Join Date: 02-07-2002 Location: UT
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now I think this MotoGP season should be nicknamed "Days of our MotoGP Lives" with all the soap opera drama queens lipping off. Who's gonna be the next rider to put his skirt on backwards and then run to the media to whine about it? Rossi sure is upping his chances of getting an F1 test drive everyday, isn't he? |
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02-09-2004, 7:18 PM
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02-12-2004, 12:28 PM
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  | Re: Rossi speaking his mind now well, I am not buying another rossi AGV helmet now. that piss and moan talk is so lame! |
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02-26-2004, 1:17 PM
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now Quote:
It's all about winning for Honda. If none of the current guys can get it done, you can bet your ass they'd take Rossi back.And you can't really downplay the involvement of the rider in the development of the race bike. Doohan dominated 'cause he was an excellent development rider with the engineering might of Honda backing him up. Criville won his championship on Doohan's bike, then failed when running the bike they developed for him the next season, 'cause he wasn't a strong enough test rider. All the "improvements" to the bike the past few years were to help their champion go faster, if the 'B' riders went faster as well, that's just a side benefit. Tom
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02-26-2004, 2:01 PM
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now Enough with the talk, LET'S RACE!!!! 
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02-26-2004, 2:03 PM
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02-26-2004, 3:30 PM
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02-26-2004, 3:32 PM
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| Back From the Ashes!! Join Date: 09-17-2003 Location: Staten Island, NY
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now Tired of hearing all the  Lets get this show on the road and let the riders skill do all the talking  |
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02-29-2004, 8:41 PM
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| Re: Rossi speaking his mind now Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo The Texas Tornado. YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa. |
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