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TedG

February 14, 2013 5:38 PM

MOTOGP » Dovizioso on Ducati: The bad point is now


The only way to ride the Ducati as fast as the other Mfgs is to risk life and limb. That is not acceptable. Stoner was smart enough to see the light and move on. Even though they tried to develop the bike to suit him, it wasn't near enough. He went from 4th to a run away 1st. They and we know what is wrong with the bike. The engine takes up too much room and can't be moved far enough forward to allow proper balance and a longer swing arm, and they need to replace their firmware engineers with ones that understand how to deliver power to the ground.

TedG

February 09, 2013 12:02 AM

MOTOGP » Valentino Rossi: We can fight


Seems to be a lot of speculation being taken as fact. I guess if one repeats such speculation enough times they begin to believe it. Here is something that most likely is not speculation and was reported by dependable news agencies. The wall went up because Rossi went to Bridgestone and both Michelin and Bridgestone did not want to share their trade secrets, hence the wall. Why is didn't come down has been explained many times by dependable news agencies. And it was not because Rossi didn't want to share data. It was something to the effect that after the wall went up JL started paying attention to what he was doing instead of what Rossi was doing and it was helping his riding, so the wall stayed up. But that could be speculation as well.

TedG

February 08, 2013 8:49 PM

MOTOGP » Valentino Rossi: We can fight


@b, I am not stating that he will take it all. All I said in a nutshell is that he has the tools necessary to put him back at the pointy end. And yes he now has great equipment, so do the other aliens. He now has a bike that suits him, even better. I truly wish all riders had bikes as good and suited them, think of the racing we would be privy to. Look at his history, seldom is he the fastest rider. Seldom did he get great starts. Seldom did he top the time sheets. But many times on race day he and his team found something extra. Now he has his weapons back and most importantly his confidence. All I want to see is some great racing, not just a run away.

TedG

February 08, 2013 8:11 PM

MOTOGP » Valentino Rossi: We can fight


Finally Rossi has the tools at his disposal to get back at the pointy end. His Racecraft will now come back into play. That racecraft is about not making mistakes, pressuring the riders ahead of him, late braking, consistent lap times, and still able to ride hard when the tires go away. I for one will enjoy sitting on the edge of my seat watching him carve through the pack. As for the bike comparison as a tool, for those who have made a living out of a tool box. It is like comparing Craftsmen tools to Snap-on, where the Yamaha is the latter.

TedG

February 05, 2013 11:40 PM

MOTOGP » 'Big relief' as Rossi banishes doubts at Sepang


@Talentfan, We may not see eye to eye on some stuff but this we do: I cut my teeth on Jap 2-strokes, crashing, seizing and rebuilding them, and loved riding them. As it happens I still own a (very scruffy and battered) 1970's 2-stroke today. I just took my 1975 Penton/KTM 400 2 stroke and made a flat tracker out of it to go racing! No longer battered, it is flat beautiful.

TedG

February 04, 2013 11:55 PM

MOTOGP » Gremlins limit track time for CRT teams at Sepang


@TalentFan, well put! Where does the mentality come from that makes some here think they can just throw some parts together and have a competitive bike? The Honda and Yamaha have taken years to evolve and millions of engineering dollars. Guaranteed Honda has spent more on their ECU (fuel, etc) than it takes to re-engineer and build 5 complete CRTs. Frames are a black art, too stiff or too flexible and it will pitch you off, just as Rainey. Not to mention the geometry, center of gravity, etc. They make changes in millimeters. It takes years to get a bike competitive. A bit more fuel isn't going to make up for the specially designed engine that a competitive MotoGP has. And anyone who has written code knows good and well you just don't slap a few lines of code together and all is good. A good embedded system that contains all the functionality these things have, the number of lines of code could easily go into the hundreds of thousands. Not to mention the thousands of hours to debug.


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