Comments on: Rossi Rides Aluminum at Aragon This Weekend (News)

By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:07:53 +0000

re: “Rossi’s new-improved-version faster in a straight line than a satellite Yamaha or a satellite Yamaha, but slower in several corners”

meet the new boss… same as the old boss.

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:03:11 +0000

re: “Anyone who continues to think the Hondas aren’t far and away the fasted bikes on grid, hasn’t been watching. Stoner passed Spies on the long straight like he was standing still.”

like i said at the start of the season, zeroshift technology would rule the day at any track having a 6th gear straight. barring a crash or other malady, a honda would win. it can’t be beaten as the other bikes currently sit. and as rossi found at indy, it’s not plug and play. you can’t just throw it in to your gearbox and take bets on how it all comes out. it has to be developed and honda’s already spent the 3 or 4 years doing this in secret. soichiro smiles from the afterlife. advantage HONDA.

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By: anti claus

anti claus — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:59:50 +0000

The miracle material carbon fibre may have a fatal flaw. Is this why b0eing is having so many delays with their new generation of jets?

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:44:59 +0000

they are different bikes the GP10 and GP11. they were different (at least externally) before vale even threw his leg over it. what reference corse used to generate these initial changes (casey?) would probably be a question best answered by preziosi.

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By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:16:58 +0000

It’s hard to know what is different from one year to another. If Stoner was faster last year on the Duc then we know it’s something more than just the bike. Different conditions? tires perhaps?

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:12:44 +0000

Hope so. I’ve always been a fan, just seems like his season has passed. He rode well despite challenges this weekend.

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By: Stinky

Stinky — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:08:01 +0000

I like reading about the new bells & whistles on bikes with trickledown technology. The technology has made people question who the best rider is or who has the best computer techs.
I don’t think I wanna own one with all the trickledown stuff.I realize that the bikes I now own has old racetech on it. I just wonder where it’s gonna stop or when I’ll not be able to afford it. I look down the road a decade (or 2) whenever I mess with a bike. I see most of these bikes being parted out that far down the road with fried ECUs, bad unavailable sensors, one year only parts.

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By: The Baron

The Baron — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:31:29 +0000

Well, didn’t Aragon throw up some interesting perspectives… Hayden on the factory bike battling with a satellite Ducati; Rossi’s new-improved-version faster in a straight line than a satellite Yamaha or a satellite Yamaha, but slower in several corners, so he gets beaten by a MotoGP rookie on a satellite Yamaha. Hayden is absolutely correct about the bike being slower this year. In fact, Hayden was a staggering 25.689 seconds slower over 23 laps this year than he was in getting on the podium last year – more than one second per lap. Now, forgive me, but I would have thought that a professional team could do better than that. If Hayden had his 2010 bike at Aragon, would be have performed better this year? Judging by Hector Barbera’s effort on a satellite Ducati (presumably based on the 2010 machine) one would have to say he would. Also, has anyone else bothered to do the arithmetic and worked out that Stoner was actually faster last year on the Ducati? Question: “Has Rossi taken Ducati down a blind alley?”

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:10:53 +0000

Just watched the start at Aragon. Anyone who continues to think the Hondas aren’t far and away the fasted bikes on grid, hasn’t been watching. Stoner passed Spies on the long straight like he was standing still.

By the way, as I watch, Rossi has moved up to 11th already, after starting from pit lane 10 seconds after everyone else. With the aluminum frame, might the Doctor actually be back? By the time I finished typing this paragraph, he was already up to 9th. Given the right bike, the old guy’s still got it.

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:04:19 +0000

i didn’t think rossi would set foot in motegi, but he’s proving me wrong and now says he’s attending with bells on. WTF…? goes to show the guy can’t ever be written off. maybe he’ll do the same for for you…?

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