Squeak 17 #1 September 13, 2011 Fastest, GiddyupYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #2 September 13, 2011 The F1 drivers are phenomenal racers, but these Moto GP guys are crazy mofos. At the end of the season most of them are limping from some crash. Not long ago I download Faster on iTunes and it is a great documentary. I see this is the sequel so naturally I am going to need to watch it too? When does it come out? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #3 September 13, 2011 Quote The F1 drivers are phenomenal racers, but these Moto GP guys are crazy mofos. At the end of the season most of them are limping from some crash. Not long ago I download Faster on iTunes and it is a great documentary. I see this is the sequel so naturally I am going to need to watch it too? When does it come out? Not sure, I got "faster" about the day of its release so I'm keeping eye and ear open for thisYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #4 September 13, 2011 Wow! I have never been interested in riding motorcycles or watching any of the racing but that trailer sure got me interested in seeing the movie when available. Those guys are incredible riders.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #5 September 13, 2011 the answer is 46 scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #6 September 13, 2011 Quote the answer is 46 it used to be 46, now the answer is "not on a Ducati" "You want The Duke....YOU CANT HANDLE THE DUKE"You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #7 September 13, 2011 That's kick ass. Man, when they unass the bike at a zillion miles an hour . . . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theplummeter 15 #8 September 13, 2011 http://youtu.be/w9cA0-CtrMU This is still my favorite Rossi clip of all time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #9 September 13, 2011 Quote http://youtu.be/w9cA0-CtrMU This is still my favorite Rossi clip of all time. +1 Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davelepka 4 #10 September 13, 2011 QuoteMan, when they unass the bike at a zillion miles an hour . The new MotoGP is much friendlier than the old 500GP class it replaced. The new bikes have traction control and workable powerbands, while the 500 two-stroke bikes of the old class were anything but. Super peaky powerbands, and no electionic aides of any kind, made high-side and spectacular crashes part of every race. Multi-time 500 GP world cahmp Wayne Rainey is spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair as the result of a high speed get-off from a 500cc gp bike. Watching the old videos of Rainey, Lawson and Schwantz (espcially Schwantz) it looks like a rodeo rider on a bucking bronco, but it's at 150mph+ and it lasts for 45 minutes. Unreal. Not to detract from the new riders at all. The bikes are faster, more powerful and the competition is even closer. Faster is an epic film, and there was a follow up called 'The Doctor, The Tornado and The Kentucy Kid' (those are three nicknames of some of the top riders). I can't wait for the new one, and I just wish the US didn't suck so bad in terms of motorsports. I would love to see the new one in a theater, but aside from one or two special occasions, it's just not going to happen here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #11 September 13, 2011 The Doctor, The Tornado, and the Kentucky Kid is really the story of MotoGP's return to the US and the first US grand prix at Laguna Seca (I was there!) It's a fun one, too. If you ever get the chance to go to a motorcycle road race, esp. a motoGP race, do. It's like nothing else. I've been to car races, and trust me, if you've never been to a motogp race, you are missing out. My hubby used to race 250gp bikes here in the states, I love it!Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 801 #12 September 13, 2011 plus chicks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #13 September 13, 2011 QuoteThe Doctor, The Tornado, and the Kentucky Kid is really the story of MotoGP's return to the US and the first US grand prix at Laguna Seca (I was there!) It's a fun one, too. ! It was the RETURN to Laguna Seca, and only the premier class. Laguna Seca was taken OFF the GPO circuit due to the track being to dangerous, allot of the corners had no "run off" and concrete barriers to stop the slide. The fixed a lot of DORNAs concerns and re established the track on the GP list. The "corkscrew and into Rainey corner" are my ALL TIME FAVE corners of any at any circuit.You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BikerBabe 0 #14 September 14, 2011 QuoteQuoteThe Doctor, The Tornado, and the Kentucky Kid is really the story of MotoGP's return to the US and the first US grand prix at Laguna Seca (I was there!) It's a fun one, too. ! It was the RETURN to Laguna Seca, and only the premier class. Laguna Seca was taken OFF the GPO circuit due to the track being to dangerous, allot of the corners had no "run off" and concrete barriers to stop the slide. The fixed a lot of DORNAs concerns and re established the track on the GP list. The "corkscrew and into Rainey corner" are my ALL TIME FAVE corners of any at any circuit. well yes, the return, but 1983 is ancient history! they did a TON of work at the track to make it motoGP-ready. Turn 2 has a HUGE runoff now (like, they carved out half the damned mountain), as does 11. The best part about that first one was my hubby bought me a ticket for the "parade lap". So you think they set a pace car in front of us and we had to poke around the track on our street bikes at 25 mph? NOPE! The pace car was going about 90, and I got my sv650 up to about that on the front straight. I was too chicken on the back straight, because i knew the scary as hell corkscrew was coming up. Holy shit...i can't imagine taking that thing at motoGP speeds!Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #15 September 14, 2011 Quote well yes, the return, but 1983 is ancient history! they did a TON of work at the track to make it motoGP-ready. Turn 2 has a HUGE runoff now (like, they carved out half the damned mountain), as does 11. The best part about that first one was my hubby bought me a ticket for the "parade lap". So you think they set a pace car in front of us and we had to poke around the track on our street bikes at 25 mph? NOPE! The pace car was going about 90, and I got my sv650 up to about that on the front straight. I was too chicken on the back straight, because i knew the scary as hell corkscrew was coming up. Holy shit...i can't imagine taking that thing at motoGP speeds! You lucky lucky cowoh and BTW 83 is NOT ancient history for some of us, I've been watching GP bike since before then You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
