BSB » Ellison wins after controversial finish

Strange how there's all this talk of anti-Aussie feelings, yet no-one bad mouths Corser, Bayliss, Muggeridge, O'Halloran, Richards, McConnell or Roberts... He'd be getting as much stick whether he was from Oxford or Outer Mongolia because he's ridden like a trackday hero with all the gear and no idea on two seperate occasions, leaving havoc in his wake. Simple as.

BSB » Brookes receives two race ban

Tony C - it's nothing to do with Honda, they're Brembo brakes, which most of the top teams use. The way some people are going on it's like Honda are making faulty brakes. It's the riders who're responsible for thses crashes, not the braking systems...

BSB » Ellison wins after controversial finish

All this talk about Honda's brakes seems pretty daft to me, as HM Plant use Brembo systems. Hondas come with Nissin brakes, the brand of stoppers the race teams use is nothing to do with what Honda supply them... I don't see any other teams in BSB OR WSB having so-called problems with their brakes. HM Plant are spinning us a yarn. Funny how they've not petitioned with the outcome of the post-race inquiry. When Beltram was interviewed after the original Donington incident, he spoke with all the traits of someone lying their t1ts off. I used to admire HM Plant, but this season they've really let the sport, other teams and the fans down.

BSB » Brookes forced out by injured thumb

The damaged thumb now goes with his faulty brain... It seems that it can't receive depth of field from his eyes or send motor signals to his right hand in time. I'm off to Brands for the first time in a few weeks, hopefully this pr1ck won't be riding. Then that's just an ounce of justice compared to robbing other riders of wins/podiums and a whole season of racing.

BSB » Ellison wins after controversial finish

Yet again Brookes is the cause of more havoc. I think Jack Valentine and Nick Morgan did bl00dy well to not say anything more than they did, but hit the nail on the head. Brookes was no way in control of his bike when he robbed Simon Andrews of his first BSB win. It stinks, simple as that. There's no justice when Sylvain is watching from pitlane and Brookes is still racing, giving everyone a serious sense of deja-vu.

WSBK » WSS: Imola - Combined Wednesday times

In the group test for this year's 600's, Performance Bikes stripped all the bikes down and made a point of saying that apart from a couple of cosmetic differences the '08 and '09 600RR's are identical. This was confirmed by Guy Martin, who tested the bikes and happens to know the '08 and '09 *fairly* well after thrashing the nads off them round that little island in the Irish Sea. All this talk of getting the '09 bike by Ten Kate earlier in the season was just trying to upset Laverty and Crutchlow's already apparent pace, which gave Sofu and Pitt something to panic about. Which, looking at their results, it kinda shows... Consistently getting beaten by Yam, Kawasaki and another Honda team.

WSBK » Imola - Combined Wednesday times

Nice to see Max N. back on track, although i'm not sure Makoto should be back on track. He's had his chance and hasn't exactly set the world alight. Hacking definitely was showing more promise and had nothing to lose in the twilight of his career.

BSB » Agostini to appear at Brands Hatch BSB

My old man went quiet too when he found out about this. Then he shuffled off to the toilet...

BSB » Agostini to appear at Brands Hatch BSB

They should give Ago the Crescent ride! Seriously though, that will be superb. People whine about not getting enough for their money, then when MSV give extra races to make up for the lack of Mondello Park and get the greatest ever bike racer to do a few laps on one of the most iconic race bikes ever as well as a handful of other classic bikes on show all weekend, they carry on pi$$ing and moaning. I just don't get it... I for one would love to bump into Giacomo in the paddock at Brands. Just to shake the hand of a true great and a real gent would make my weekend and distract me from watching the Airwaves cup.

BSB » Tommy Hill to Worx Suzuki at Mallory.

pp916 - he only got on pole because of weather. just have a look at his race results that weekend: two 12th places from pole position... great results there. He didn't exactly set BSB alight either. I know he was on Pirellis when everyone else was on Dunlop and Michelins, but his performances in the R6 cup and on a supersport bike points towards him being a bit of a Karl Harris or Andrew Pitt IMHO.