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

Never been a huge Rossi fan, but I have HUGE respect for the man himself.

 

MotoGP kicks off for real on Wednesday in Malaysia...all the guns will be out on their new machines for Day 1. Should be interesting.

Not a lot of info about the shakedown test for the rookies and the concession teams this past weekend. Times were posted on MotoGP.com. Yamaha got a little snippy already and got the paddock gates locked down to keep the press out on Day 3.

Did think it was pretty cool that Bradley Ray got a couple 15 min sessions on the GSXRR. I think this guy is going places.

 

Looks like Bautista has found an excellent setup on the new V4 Duc.

http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/201...content=Feb19_ReportWSBK&utm_campaign=Traffic

 

I really think they could have come up with a better reference than "starlet" for Razgatlioglu. Lost in the translation.

 

Nice looking Honda with factory support in WSBK.
http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2019/Moriwaki+Althea+Honda+reveal+striking+new+2019+colours+0

 

Interesting...Nissan brakes. I'd like to have a peak behind the curtain.

 

Yeah they have different products under another wrap many times. Wonder if that is a Termignoni exhaust too.

 

It has a Termi badge on it...don't know why they would put that on there, if it wasn't really a Termi piece. It could be Termi assembled from an HRC or Moriwaki Suzuka 8 hour spec design.

 

I'll have to ask LDH, he told me about some Termi's that were not Termi's, I just can't remember what race org it was.

 

Mike just got back to me, he said that it happens all the time. Also said the Yamaha GP bikes had Termi badges on Japanese manufactured exhausts.
Going of for decades. AMA RC 51 had Jardine stickers on Akra exhausts.

 

Wasted on Kyonari though he’s past his best went from winning to 12-20th in 3 years in BSB, can’t see what he can bring to WSBK

There’s lots of young guys out there could use the ride, Camier is up to date as a development rider, Kiyo isn’t

 

I don't really believe that a development rider is critical at this point in the evolution of the CBR1K. Camier took the ride only because he had nothing else.

 

Well that didn't take long. Looks like the other manufacturers are protesting Ducati's new aero package they used this past weekend. http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2019/...ts-referred-to-motogp-court-of-appeals/286459

I have to say, not quite the passing fest of a few races last year but it did have some interesting moments. Some of the rookies did quite well too. Both Quartoraro and Mir were fantastic IMO. Based on the final finish, looks like we'll have a few more tight finishes this year.

 

You mean "protesting".

 

Anyone have a pirate link for the GP race?

 

Yeah, damn auto-correct. Fixed it.

 

My top 3 best rides of the weekend:

Kaito Toba - Moto3
Tom Luthi - Moto2
Alex Rins - MotoGP

Top 3 What Happened?:

Romano Fenati - Moto3
Xavi Vierga - Moto2
Andrea Iannone - MotoGP

 

Ten Kate set to return.....

https://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news-detail/ten-kate-racing-confirm-return-to-worldsbk-in-2019

 

thats good news, maybe the way the Fireblade is it may be a blessing for them,I I know it is a new model but it has been hard work for the past couple of years

 

WSBK news had this in an email this morning but not the speculation of probably Suzuki or Yamaha or possible riders. Salvadori and Baz. I think Baz on a Yamaha might be very interesting.