Comments on: Spies Horrible Season Ends With Shoulder Prognosis (News)

By: TheRandyGuy

TheRandyGuy — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 01:27:39 +0000

When neither Rossi nor Haydan can make the Ducati work, well, I hope Spies saves his salary. You only get so many first line rides. Undeniable talent, but it takes more than that to be a MotoGP champ.

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By: NJ Bears fan

NJ Bears fan — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:05:41 +0000

I agree completely with what Al said above:

“I like Ben Spies but I think he is out of his depth in MotoGP…”

There are only so many times everything other than Spies can be blamed for his poor performance. He’s been on top machinery for three years in MotoGP, two of which were on the official factory and he has ONE victory. That’s just terrible. Even riders like Marco Melandri (five wins I think) had many more.

Anyway, I’m sorry to see he’s injured (been there), but he should go back to WSBK.

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By: RBen

RBen — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:17:01 +0000

Way to many DNFs this year.. I bet Ben will do a lot better with a Ducati team. I really thank something is going on within the Yamaha team. Things like a cracked swing arm I mean really this is the top of the top moto racing and is so post to be the best bike REALLY and then has a DNFs like a cracked swing arm.Ben is a world class rider Ben is going to Finnish 10th this year in points. I bet he will do better next Year even on a Ducati… I just hope Rossi is not walking into a mess .

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By: soi cowboy

soi cowboy — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:30:34 +0000

Any bets on how long it will take for D o r n a to destroy WSB, either by design or by generally screwing up?
Spies is yet another victim of the anti- US prejudice in europe ( latest victim- L Armstrong)
I am cdn btw

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By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:55:40 +0000

This is (or was) Spies 3rd year in MotoGP. 1 year with the Tech 3 team and 2 years with the factory Yamaha team.

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By: Provalogna

Provalogna — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:21:47 +0000

Woah! “10-12 weeks” is longer than any injury I’ve had, and I’ve had my share. That sounds quite serious.

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By: ROXX

ROXX — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:18:14 +0000

I wish MotoGP had a rule to weigh both riders and bikes together.

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By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:04:48 +0000

I feel for Ben. The worst way to end a bad season. So many strange things happened, but to lose out on the post-season test in Valencia is the worst way to end a bad season and start a new one 10 steps behind the competition, especially with the GP13…
I hope he adapts to it the way Stoner did, but I’m not holding my breath. At least he can’t look any worse there than he did on Yamaha this year, I hope.

Just praying the racing next year isn’t as boring.

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By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:55:00 +0000

Unless the pay disparity is very large, it’d be a better overall career move too. WSBK has a lot of momentum, MotoGP is receiving nothing but criticism.

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By: bikerrandy

bikerrandy — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:52:50 +0000

The year Spencer raced for Yamaha and did so poorly was because he had an ear/balance issue. He also tried to make the Yamaha like a Honda instead of adapting to it.

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