Comments on: Sepang Testing Ends with Pedrosa Quickest and Rossi in the Mix (News) http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/02/sepang-ends-with-pedrosa-quickest-and-rossi-in-the-mix/ Motorcycle News, Editorials, Product Reviews and Bike Reviews Tue, 21 May 2013 06:30:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Nathan http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/02/sepang-ends-with-pedrosa-quickest-and-rossi-in-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-163050 Nathan Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:48:47 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26260#comment-163050 The recent WSBK Phillip Island test results have the top 12 within a second and top 7 within .5 second. MotoGP 7th is 1.5 seconds off the pace. This tells you all you need to know and is why MotoGP is essentially unwatchable. It looks like monotonous parade laps. It was fun to go see and hear it in person at Indy, but I wouldn't do it again and I don't watch it on TV anymore either. The recent WSBK Phillip Island test results have the top 12 within a second and top 7 within .5 second. MotoGP 7th is 1.5 seconds off the pace. This tells you all you need to know and is why MotoGP is essentially unwatchable. It looks like monotonous parade laps. It was fun to go see and hear it in person at Indy, but I wouldn’t do it again and I don’t watch it on TV anymore either.

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]]> By: Norm G. http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/02/sepang-ends-with-pedrosa-quickest-and-rossi-in-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-162826 Norm G. Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:59:08 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26260#comment-162826 re: "I buy Motorcycles." happily from your local dealer at msrp...? or used from craigslist consumed with finding "rollback prices" like so much walmart shopper...? craiglisters, walmart shoppers, oh, and forum group buyers angling for discounts on a hobby they actually can't afford need not apply. re: “I buy Motorcycles.”

happily from your local dealer at msrp…? or used from craigslist consumed with finding “rollback prices” like so much walmart shopper…? craiglisters, walmart shoppers, oh, and forum group buyers angling for discounts on a hobby they actually can’t afford need not apply.

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]]> By: Brian http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/02/sepang-ends-with-pedrosa-quickest-and-rossi-in-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-162790 Brian Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:32:02 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26260#comment-162790 Being part of the solution? We attend the IMS in San Mateo. We watch on Satellite TV which gets sponsorship money. We go to the races in Laguna and until this year Infineon. I buy Motorcycles. Not sure how else to put money into the system... Being part of the solution? We attend the IMS in San Mateo. We watch on Satellite TV which gets sponsorship money. We go to the races in Laguna and until this year Infineon. I buy Motorcycles. Not sure how else to put money into the system…

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]]> By: Norm G. http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/02/sepang-ends-with-pedrosa-quickest-and-rossi-in-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-162736 Norm G. Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:33:01 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26260#comment-162736 Q: "I stil dont get what Honda gets out of losing a 2 horse race?" A: the option of winning a 6 horse like they recently did in 2011. Q: “I stil dont get what Honda gets out of losing a 2 horse race?”

A: the option of winning a 6 horse like they recently did in 2011.

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]]> By: Norm G. http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/02/sepang-ends-with-pedrosa-quickest-and-rossi-in-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-162735 Norm G. Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:26:55 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26260#comment-162735 re: "The 90 degree motor is too long in the realm of the MotoGP world. 65-70 degrees would benefit this bike with better mass centralization." squawk squawk...! quoth the raven. the only thing 65-70 degrees would do is ensure multiple millions of dollars got spent on creating ANOTHER boat anchor. see entry for a decade of suzuki's 60 and 65 degree GSVR's, the latest 65 degree aprilia CRT wobblers, and the wake of 30 engines that gave up their lives to make max worl' champeen. re: “The 90 degree motor is too long in the realm of the MotoGP world. 65-70 degrees would benefit this bike with better mass centralization.”

squawk squawk…! quoth the raven.

the only thing 65-70 degrees would do is ensure multiple millions of dollars got spent on creating ANOTHER boat anchor. see entry for a decade of suzuki’s 60 and 65 degree GSVR’s, the latest 65 degree aprilia CRT wobblers, and the wake of 30 engines that gave up their lives to make max worl’ champeen.

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]]> By: Norm G. http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/02/sepang-ends-with-pedrosa-quickest-and-rossi-in-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-162733 Norm G. Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:14:19 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26260#comment-162733 re: "Read David Emmet’s very nice article at motomatters.com" pfft, laymen. rather IGNORE david emmets article on motomatters. "his conclusions are all wrong ryan" (capt. ramius voice) this is where all this began and you have placed your faith and gave credence to inherently bad info. re: “Read David Emmet’s very nice article at motomatters.com”

pfft, laymen. rather IGNORE david emmets article on motomatters. “his conclusions are all wrong ryan” (capt. ramius voice) this is where all this began and you have placed your faith and gave credence to inherently bad info.

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]]> By: Norm G. http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/02/sepang-ends-with-pedrosa-quickest-and-rossi-in-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-162732 Norm G. Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:06:44 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26260#comment-162732 re: "Everyone here should send an e-mail of complaint to both Speed, and their service provider!" wake up, we are in competition. you/me/we/us are not important against the likes of nascar, football, baseball, etc. however, send a PAYPAL and you just might accomplish something. money talks, the rest pound sand. re: “Everyone here should send an e-mail of complaint to both Speed, and their service provider!”

wake up, we are in competition. you/me/we/us are not important against the likes of nascar, football, baseball, etc. however, send a PAYPAL and you just might accomplish something. money talks, the rest pound sand.

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]]> By: Norm G. http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/02/sepang-ends-with-pedrosa-quickest-and-rossi-in-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-162731 Norm G. Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:57:47 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26260#comment-162731 re: "no AMA and no World SBK. holey cow. thanks Fox." ok guys enough. time has come to stop pointing fingers at anybody and everybody else and take responsibility for this fiasco. if not us, who...? if not now, when...? our behavior has gotten BEYOND embarassing. http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=50822 i've only been warning for some time (and you know i have) about our devaluing mentalities and now our free range... err... "free lunch" chickens have come home to roost. the irony is even worse than any of us could've imagined, 3 domestic grandprixs...? but not a lick of TV coverage a week out to the start of the season...? can't imagine what motorcyclists thought a decade of myopically failing to come off the dime was going to get us...? better question, is anyone still delusional enough to think we are going to have multiple grandprixs in this country 2 and 3 years from now without the promotional juggernaut of television...? hell, even WITH the aid of television we had a snowball's chance in texas. re: "My brother in law knows how to get motoGP with commercial free BBC coverage. I need to learn this." tell your brother in law to quit being part of the problem and start being part of the solution. what we need to be doing is PAYING for things if we are to have any chance of being a blip on the radar of business. re: “no AMA and no World SBK. holey cow. thanks Fox.”

ok guys enough. time has come to stop pointing fingers at anybody and everybody else and take responsibility for this fiasco. if not us, who…? if not now, when…? our behavior has gotten BEYOND embarassing.

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=50822

i’ve only been warning for some time (and you know i have) about our devaluing mentalities and now our free range… err… “free lunch” chickens have come home to roost. the irony is even worse than any of us could’ve imagined, 3 domestic grandprixs…? but not a lick of TV coverage a week out to the start of the season…?

can’t imagine what motorcyclists thought a decade of myopically failing to come off the dime was going to get us…? better question, is anyone still delusional enough to think we are going to have multiple grandprixs in this country 2 and 3 years from now without the promotional juggernaut of television…? hell, even WITH the aid of television we had a snowball’s chance in texas.

re: “My brother in law knows how to get motoGP with commercial free BBC coverage. I need to learn this.”

tell your brother in law to quit being part of the problem and start being part of the solution. what we need to be doing is PAYING for things if we are to have any chance of being a blip on the radar of business.

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]]> By: Hefner http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/02/sepang-ends-with-pedrosa-quickest-and-rossi-in-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-162724 Hefner Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:43:58 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26260#comment-162724 Sad indeed! Everyone here should send an e-mail of complaint to both Speed, and their service provider! I know with Comcast at least Speed used to be an al a carte channel, so threaten to cancel it if you can! Sad indeed!

Everyone here should send an e-mail of complaint to both Speed, and their service provider! I know with Comcast at least Speed used to be an al a carte channel, so threaten to cancel it if you can!

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]]> By: Hefner http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/02/sepang-ends-with-pedrosa-quickest-and-rossi-in-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-162723 Hefner Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:42:18 +0000 http://www.motorcycledaily.com/?p=26260#comment-162723 They may not have won the championship, but their performance in the last half of the season could hardly be considered 'losing'. Plus all the free press they get about their superior technology (seamless gearbox? Rocket on the straights?) is probably worth the cost of admission, even if they never win the championship. Although I don't agree with it, the general consensus seems to be that Honda has the best bike, while Jorge is the best rider. They may not have won the championship, but their performance in the last half of the season could hardly be considered ‘losing’. Plus all the free press they get about their superior technology (seamless gearbox? Rocket on the straights?) is probably worth the cost of admission, even if they never win the championship.

Although I don’t agree with it, the general consensus seems to be that Honda has the best bike, while Jorge is the best rider.

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