Mat was spectacular yesterday in the AMA superbike series - did a Rossi 3X in one race after 2 red flags.
Both he and Rossi were sweet to watch yesterday.
Rossi? What about Mat Mladin yesterday?
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Rossi? What about Mat Mladin yesterday?
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Acacia,
I respect your opinion but I have to agree with roxrider on this one. In MotoGP, all the riders have won at some other level and have come together to see who is king of the mountain.
Matt is a good rider but he will never know how great of a rider he is until he steps out of this "small pond". From what I understand, he helped do much of the test riding on the Suzuki MotoGP bikes for development. I think he has earned a ride to see how he stacks up against the world. Nothing worse than not ever trying. Got that from my mom
I respect your opinion but I have to agree with roxrider on this one. In MotoGP, all the riders have won at some other level and have come together to see who is king of the mountain.
Matt is a good rider but he will never know how great of a rider he is until he steps out of this "small pond". From what I understand, he helped do much of the test riding on the Suzuki MotoGP bikes for development. I think he has earned a ride to see how he stacks up against the world. Nothing worse than not ever trying. Got that from my mom
Acacia,
Well, you're right, of course. Mladin did "a pick it up from the middle of the pack and carefully pick off everyone ahead of you until you're the lead." There was talk of clutch problems, but once he was rolling he was dominant. That the race was red-flagged twice and he still managed to take control is pretty amazing. An exceptional rider for sure.
Aside from Mladin's unarguable skills, what I wonder is...Why are the GSXs so dominant in AMA and so weak in MotoGP?
Well, you're right, of course. Mladin did "a pick it up from the middle of the pack and carefully pick off everyone ahead of you until you're the lead." There was talk of clutch problems, but once he was rolling he was dominant. That the race was red-flagged twice and he still managed to take control is pretty amazing. An exceptional rider for sure.
Aside from Mladin's unarguable skills, what I wonder is...Why are the GSXs so dominant in AMA and so weak in MotoGP?
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Won't argue about Hopkins skills. But his ride seems to be crap and his exuberance don't help. He's a brilliant rider, but needs to stay on to win. Whether that is Suzuki's fault or not, I don't know. But the kid does deserve a ride on a potential winner. My two cents.
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roxrider
ride next year
Next year he might get a chance.
Honda found out it cant win with only 7 works bike out there.
Next year look for them to have 11 rc211v's on the grid. (just kidding).
7 hondas, its almost like the motogp honda cup.
But I understand the sport needs the bikes out there.
Its not any fun watching a 12 rider grid.
Honda found out it cant win with only 7 works bike out there.
Next year look for them to have 11 rc211v's on the grid. (just kidding).
7 hondas, its almost like the motogp honda cup.
But I understand the sport needs the bikes out there.
Its not any fun watching a 12 rider grid.
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John has just signed up we Suzuki for another year...I hope it's not another year wasted...I wonder who his team mate will be.
Also....News just in on Rossi...there's word that next year he might ride 250's as well as Moto Gp....but the problem is Yamaha don't make a 250.
He's looking at making his own team...I guess we'll find out soon what all this means.
DJ
Also....News just in on Rossi...there's word that next year he might ride 250's as well as Moto Gp....but the problem is Yamaha don't make a 250.
He's looking at making his own team...I guess we'll find out soon what all this means.
DJ
Maybe Suzuki will get back to basics then. I would really like to see Hopkins get a chance to ride at his potential and do some maturing. He's marvelous rapid when the bike is also. But I'd hate to see him end up like Garry McCoy or others. All pinned together with wire and pipe and glue. Stalwart, but stuck with some rotten luck.
Maybe Michael Jordan and Rossi can get together and pool their cash to develop a first rate, across the board GP level team. 125, 250, and the Moto
GP bikes. Rossi could be the rider/director and Michael could be the bag man. Works for me. Actually, I'm surprised that Rossi hasn't been thinking a lot about four wheeled sport...It isn't unheard of for a bike racer to show up as a pretty good car racer.
Maybe Michael Jordan and Rossi can get together and pool their cash to develop a first rate, across the board GP level team. 125, 250, and the Moto
GP bikes. Rossi could be the rider/director and Michael could be the bag man. Works for me. Actually, I'm surprised that Rossi hasn't been thinking a lot about four wheeled sport...It isn't unheard of for a bike racer to show up as a pretty good car racer.
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The word is here is Japan that Suzuki is simply low budget when it comes to development in the MotoGP world. Their theory is that the extremely successful WSB and endurance racing use of their production models do a great job selling bikes without the huge cash layout associated with MotoGP. So far, I suppose they are right. The GSXR 600, 750 and 1000 have been very good selling bikes.
Suzuki is the fourth (in sales volume) selling Japanese brand, and surprisingly they lag pretty far behind Kawasaki who is third.
The other word is that they are laying in wait for the three big boys, and Ducati to introduce their MotoGP styled bikes to the public. Honda has hinted that a V-5, MotoGP type, sport bike might be introduced in 2006. Ducati has said, withdrawn and said again that they will introduce a V4, MotoGP type, sport bike. Look for Suzuki to either get serious or get out of the MotoGP game in one or two years.
Additionally, with the new 800cc rules for MotoGP, Suzuki might even have an upper hand due to their experiments with their GSXR 750.
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Suzuki is the fourth (in sales volume) selling Japanese brand, and surprisingly they lag pretty far behind Kawasaki who is third.
The other word is that they are laying in wait for the three big boys, and Ducati to introduce their MotoGP styled bikes to the public. Honda has hinted that a V-5, MotoGP type, sport bike might be introduced in 2006. Ducati has said, withdrawn and said again that they will introduce a V4, MotoGP type, sport bike. Look for Suzuki to either get serious or get out of the MotoGP game in one or two years.
Additionally, with the new 800cc rules for MotoGP, Suzuki might even have an upper hand due to their experiments with their GSXR 750.
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