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UncleSam

January 08, 2013 1:29 PM

MOTOGP » Ben Spies: The moment I decided to leave Yamaha


@Motojunky As I stated earlier, I don't see any posts here that state Spies should have retained his mount. In reference to the blinkered comments of Separated, Spies one lucky win, as he puts it, was a complete domination of a weekend, fastest in practice, only prevented from the pole by a crash by another rider, and completely controlled the race from start to finish. That is not luck, sorry. His spin on the 2011 points is simply dumb because of the far greater number of full factory bikes on the grid, or is that too much for Spies haters, like yourselves, to consider? What is baffling is why you and Separated can't post in support of your favorite riders instead of trolling on a Spies thread, explain that....

UncleSam

January 06, 2013 9:54 PM
Last Edited 137 days ago

MOTOGP » Ben Spies: The moment I decided to leave Yamaha


@Codger Thanks for the compliment, I will admit that at one time I was among the trolls though. I would impose my views on others, with little respect for their views. For those reasons Separated does not want to talk with me, as we have had our issues in the past, but today I try to be fair and I am open for discussion. You are very fair in your comments as well. I agree Spies will need to up his game, but the environment at Ducati already seems more positive and supportive than that which Yamaha provided. A point not raised by many in regards to Spies struggles last year is the overwhelming silence by Yamaha. I cannot believe that they would not rally behind Lorenzo if he had befallen the same situation as Spies. There would have been press releases, voices of support, parts modified, but Spies got nothing but negative reinforcement and silence. For me, not the type of environment that breeds success. I know Spies did not perform.....

UncleSam

January 06, 2013 8:01 PM
Last Edited 137 days ago

MOTOGP » Ben Spies: The moment I decided to leave Yamaha


@Separated I scanned back through a fair amount of the posts here, I can't seem to locate the ones where people are saying Spies should have retained his mount at Yamaha. There are many wishing Spies well, many saying good riddance, several go back to AMA, but I failed to locate the ones you are referring to. As a Rossi fan you should be slightly concerned, as the culture has changed at Yamaha. Rossi is not being brought back to win a title and if he threatens Lorenzo, he will suffer the same fate as Spies.

UncleSam

January 06, 2013 4:22 PM

MOTOGP » Ben Spies: The moment I decided to leave Yamaha


@Separated I also take exception to your double standard in regards to injuries. In one breath you bash Spies for missing races due to injury, and lets face it he had some rather huge crashes last season, then you defend Rossi by playing the injury card. Please attempt to exercise some fairness in your posts, not just what you can spin to suit your argument.

UncleSam

January 06, 2013 3:14 PM
Last Edited 137 days ago

MOTOGP » Ben Spies: The moment I decided to leave Yamaha


@Separated Here is my problem with the comments that you have expressed. You clearly view Spies as a no talent hack, completely undeserving of a place on the grid, yet his situation and that of Rossi are fairly similar. Rossi has spent two years attempting to adapt his style to a bike that did not suit him, despite many revisions it simply did not work. Spies on the other hand, ran respectable in his first year on the factory bike. The following season leadership chose to force a riding style on him to try and mimic that of Lorenzo. Spies could not ride with Lorenzos settings. It is not a reflection of Spies ability only that his likes are different than those of Jorge. If HRC would have thrown Pedrosa's set up on their bike for Simoncelli it would have been the same struggle, because they had very different styles. I hope that Ducati will be open to letting Spies get back to his style, just as you hope a return to Yamaha does the same for Rossi.

UncleSam

January 05, 2013 4:40 PM
Last Edited 137 days ago

MOTOGP » Ben Spies: The moment I decided to leave Yamaha


cont. CNC time is far too valuable to waste on faulty parts, but somehow this single part slipped through. The following race at Indy, the place where Spies owns Lorenzo, he suffers an engine failure while he was taking points away from the golden child. When was the last time a factory Yamaha suffered an engine failure? I can't remember a single time. EDIT by CRASH.NET! Allegations removed.

UncleSam

January 05, 2013 4:38 PM
Last Edited 138 days ago

MOTOGP » Ben Spies: The moment I decided to leave Yamaha


The comments that ring loudest for me, on this matter, was the one made by Jarvis at the end of 2011 where he expressed his disappointment in Spies and that he needed to ride more like Lorenzo in 2012, and the other was Spies comment prior to Laguna, where he expressed his relief that he was finally being allowed to run his own settings for the first time in 2012. It seems to me, that Spies was being forced to run Lorenzo's set-up for half the season and it did not work. In the mean time, he lost all confidence in the bike, while wrecking frequently. He was upbeat prior to Laguna and displayed decent pace prior to the race, but was nearly killed by a swing arm with a micro fracture in it, a failure admitted by Yamaha themselves. For those of you whom believe it was damage from a previous wreck that caused the failure, you are wrong. Micro fractures occur during the casting process and are usually detected by ultrasonic testing prior to fabrication of the piece.


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