09 Laguna Seca MotoGp picture show...

Thanks to MotoGp Mary I got my pic with the great Valentino Rossi


Rossi Signs Our Book...



Me and Jeremy at the Yamaha Pits


Rossi doing his sticker ritual...


Andrea Dovizioso smiling about his possibilities at Laguna...


The lovey and friendly Repsol Girls trolling Laguna Seca for the good
looking Honda guys...


The current Yamaha 800 M1 sports a 1430mm wheelbase...


You hate to see it but the I4 Yamaha is still 1 inch wider than the
Honda V4...


Simone from Italy charms the ladies at Bubba Gumps...


What does WLF mean??? why Viva La Figa of course...


Larry shut your V4 yap...


Doug Polen is a 4 time World Champion... Doug traded in his 97 GSXR
750 for a 98 RC45 and promptly won the 98 World Endurance title...


Dog Boy on Mr.RC45... if you think Steve looks happy now... just wait
untill he actually rides it...


As Rossi cuts the screw... Alberto and Simone traveled all the way
from Italy to be here at Laguna Seca...


Oh shit... here comes security...


Aprilia's race bred V4... but how would a HRC kitted RC45 stack up
against it???


The Aprilia mechanic thought Mr.RC45's home made parts were special...


Rarely do you get to see under the cover of the MotoGp bikes...


The whole story on Dan Kyle's HRC kitted VFR racer... as it happened,
Dan's buddy had just taken delivery of a brand new 1984 VR750
Interceptor. The boys figured they'd go partners building a hot
Interceptor race bike. Dan would set-up and tune the thing, and his
buddy would bankroll the deal, ending up with a sexy streetbike when
all was said and done. Another buddy, and former Team Honda rider Jeff
Haney, would ride it. Dan promptly hit-up Getl and Schuster for help.
'You want parts for your race bike? Sure, kid.' For $8400 bucks, Dan
scored a race kit front end, exhaust pipes, radiator, and a complete
HRC Superbike race motor. Once completed, they ran the bike in several
1984 AMA Superbike events. By 1985, the bike was well sorted out and
they ran it again in the Daytona 200 and finished third. Outstanding.



Seeing the HRC dry clutch makes the mouth water...


From a 84 to 94... 10 years of V4 development before your eyes... and
it continues today with the RC212V...


Quentin Wilson from the Yahoo RC30 list... wow I was surprised... he
is just a kid... QW worked for Moto Czysz now with Ducati...


Behold the 2009 Laguna Seca champion... Yamaha could not pass the
Honda V4 but they defended 2nd & 3rd very well... I'm proud of both
teams...


BLS's super calibrated tape measure unlocks some of the RC212V
dimensions...


Whoa!!! 645mm swingarm length for the Honda V4... mercy that is a lot
longer than the 570mm of the Yamaha's M1 swingarm... perhaps another
V4 advantage???


570mm swingarm length for the 09 M1...


Kathy Reilly and her husband Shawn...


MotoGp Mary and Lawrence of Veeforia...


MotoGp Mary has a way about her that makes everyone happy...


Even Danny Pedrosa smiles around MotoGp Mary...


MotoGp Mary is true racing fan... not to mention she knows her
bikes... after all she owns half of Mr.RC45...


Ginny Cutler... Ginny discovered riding and roadracing later in life.
She has raced with California's AFM (American Federation of
Motorcycles) for 10 years. She has also served the AFM as a mentor
coordinating and linking new racers with veterans for the past few
years. She has been a professional motorcycle instructor for the past
5 years and it possible she may test hop Mr.RC45...


What luck!!! Honda R&D guys on the Row... I got to preach the V4
gospel to Paul Venture and Matt Cardenas who are employed at Honda R&D
research analyst motorcycle research product planning... they didn't
really get what I was saying about V4s but they did agree to visit the
BLS someday and take a spin on Mr.RC45 to better understand my
passion... however we did discuss cost figures... according to Paul
and Matt Honda can make 600 I4s for 11K whereas an 600 V4 would cost
17K... I challenged them to get it down to 14K and then my voice gave
out...

Paul Venture was fun...


Matt Cardenas had that cold corporate stare going for him...


Mr.RC45 down on the Row...




Motor Morphic's wild metal monster drew big crowds...


The whole 09 MotoGp wrecking crew... Mimi and Marv... Larry and
Mary... Alberto and Simone...


Neil Hodgsen at the Breakfast Club Monday morning... Neil was nursing
a hurt paw from Sundays race...


He asked to ride Mr.RC45 after the paw heals... anytime Neil...

 

Dude, you got the hook-up. Looks like you rubbed elbows with way more folks than I did. Thanks for the pics.

 

I always look forward to your threads, glad you & Mr. RC45 had a good time :thumbsup:

 

Mercy Larry.....you've done it again!
thanx 4 the show!

 

Best Moto GP pics ever- thanks!!

 

Wow . Just goes to show that whenever you think you had a good time, someone somewhere had a better one. heeheee

Not only did you have a great time, you remembered to have someone take pics

I hardly ever remember that second part.