Anyone else talking RACING?! <--- of the motorcycle type

Watching live qualifying...track does not look bad at all. As long as it doesn't rain, it will be a great race.

 

John McGuiness - 2015 Senior TT

This has got to be the best on board video of a lap of the Isle Of Man, John McGuiness on the Honda, he broke the lap recored from a standing start and went on to break it again in the same race
[video=youtube;KFJSVtsckyI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFJSVtsckyI&app=desktop[/video]

 

Well that was terrifying, thanks for that! His bike is in the air a lot! Freaking amazing.

 

I like he still blips the throttle on down shifts even with a slipper. I can't get out of the habit myself.

 

Ken Hill 2nd pod cast.
https://soundcloud.com/ken-hill-534763963/ken-hill-coaching-2-different-rider-different-technique

 

Jerez 1st practice. Nicky looking pretty good out of the gate. Wsbk might be good for him.

1 Tom Sykes KRT Kawasaki ZX10R 1:40.882
2 Chaz Davies Aruba Ducati Ducati Panigale R 1:41.041
3 Jon Rea KRT Kawasaki ZX10R 1:41.210
4 Nicky Hayden Honda CBR1000RRSP 1:41.371
5 Alex Lowes Yamaha PATA Yamaha YZF-R1 1:41.505
6 Davide Giugliano Aruba Ducati Ducati Panigale R 1:41.792
7 Michael van der Mark Honda CBR1000RRSP 1:41.891
8 Xavier Fores Barni Ducati Ducati Panigale R 1:41.900
9 Sylvan Guintoli Yamaha YZF-R1 1:42.165
10 Leon Camier MV Reparto Corse MV 1000 F4 1:42.896

 

It'll be good to see what he can do against those top 3 guys, they spent the last 26 races battling with each other

Meanwhile in MotoGP, both Crutchlow and Marquez are not pleased with the 2016 Hondas, both engine and new tyres, Bradley Smith and Rossi meanwhile have said the same about the Yamahas

Much talk in the pits about Honda coming out with a new, possibly totally reconfigured engine

Now that's got to move the new road bike forward

 

Xavier Zayat at just signed a two year contract with Team Hammer to ride a Supersport 600 GSX-R.http://www.roadracingworld.com/news...iketrackgearcom-suzuki/#.Vqj7F5MSh-s.facebook

 

I hope Nicky's interview where he alluded to a new bike is true. I'm guessing at the end of the season this year we will see a V4.

 

Interesting interview with Stoner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi5yZ_6OS2s

 

GP news. Though way off his last years times JL is a second ahead of Rossi. The new sealed ECU and Michelin tires are making the whole field a bit slower so far.

 

The Michelin soft tire has been taken out of the field after Baz crashes at 180mph on the straight. Tire blew. Bet he crapped his pants.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016...ash-for-loris-baz-in-motogp-test/?intcmp=hpff

 

Endless speculation as to how the air got out....doubt the truth will ever be publicized.

 

Perhaps publicized by Bridgestone? lol

 

This is a better video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=on2mgiv4TxA

If you watch carefully in the last few seconds the bike is thrown back across the track and only just misses him

He carried on the testing session although all the soft tyres were pulled and only hard compound ones used

Wednesday final practice shaped up like this
http://m.crash.net/motogp/results/226425/1/sepang-motogp-test-times-wednesday-final.html

 

Thanks John. The bike came very close to really doing harm. Looks like he jumped right up after he stopped sliding.

 

So far JL is looking good, so I guess he actually earned his title, with or without MMs help! Did anyone notice that JL is now wearing a Shark helmet? I assume he dropped HJC? I know there was a rumor that they parted company but thought that was proven to be false.

 

Soft tires/qualifying tires, same thing. The roundy round boys down South use soft/qualifying tires that are good for only 2-3 laps for grid positioning.

Same in Moto-GP or do they vote on who gets pole or the hole? IMO Moto-GP should be more democratic and develop a system using whose umbrella chicas with the best tits as a baseline.

One thing is for sure. ATGATT works.

 

One could explain using a combination of the three most popular gas laws.

 

I think after the 2nd major fuck up with HJC he tossed them. The Shark's are suppose to be excellent helmets.