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November 15th, 2018, 09:23 AM | #1 |
Senior Member Joined: Mar 2015 From: Chertsey, Surrey, UK Posts: 1,579 Likes: 297 I Ride: A bicycle. | Dani Pedrosa
I've never seen this before, a legend before you retire? Surely that should be after the race on Sunday. |
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November 16th, 2018, 02:11 AM | #2 |
Senior Member Joined: Feb 2018 From: Italy Posts: 556 Likes: 453 I Ride: Honda CRF250 (modified for Dirt Track) |
I'll probably get a lot of flak for saying this but I think he is a legend indeed. He had a pristine career and only bad luck didn't allow him to clinch at least 1 premier class title. |
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November 16th, 2018, 02:15 AM | #3 |
Senior Member Joined: Mar 2015 From: Chertsey, Surrey, UK Posts: 1,579 Likes: 297 I Ride: A bicycle. | |
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November 28th, 2018, 11:33 AM | #4 |
Senior Member Joined: Jun 2016 From: Santa Cruz, Cal Posts: 606 Likes: 224 I Ride: BMW, Honda, and another Honda | Okay, well pristine if you ignore him taking out Hayden, when his teammate was fighting for the championship. And you ignore that he took himself out in P.I. when he was fighting for the championship. Otherwise, I will only give him a one/half "pristine" since he had all of HRC on his side and couldn't ever get the job done. As far as other "legends" go, he is as good as some already there. So if you are grading on some fan curve then, yep he belongs. Pretty soon that section will be bigger than the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
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November 29th, 2018, 12:24 AM | #5 | |
Senior Member Joined: Feb 2018 From: Italy Posts: 556 Likes: 453 I Ride: Honda CRF250 (modified for Dirt Track) | Quote:
He did not take out Hayden on purpose. He was a rookie that year and made a mistake, which is a common thing for rookies. Never in his racing life was he "hard" on a rider and IMHO a single incident does not influence a 15+ year racing career. And believe me I was (probably the only person in Italy ![]() However. Every year except 2018 (so we are talking from 2001 to 2017) Dani has won at least one race per season. That alone makes a career pretty fucking pristine in my opinion ![]() Last edited by Holypuck; November 29th, 2018 at 12:31 AM. | |
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November 29th, 2018, 02:07 AM | #6 | |
Senior Member Joined: May 2007 From: sydney australia Posts: 10,623 Likes: 2132 | Quote:
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November 29th, 2018, 03:49 AM | #7 | |
Senior Member Joined: Feb 2018 From: Italy Posts: 556 Likes: 453 I Ride: Honda CRF250 (modified for Dirt Track) | Quote:
Of course, but again: is it enough to stain his career? Cmon guys ![]() | |
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November 29th, 2018, 05:32 AM | #8 | |
Senior Member Joined: May 2007 From: sydney australia Posts: 10,623 Likes: 2132 | Quote:
Jumkie, a great and prolific poster who sadly no longer engages in the forum was the ultimate Hayden tragic, and took a long time to recover from that Pedrosa torpedo on Hayden, but even he softened towards Pedrosa in recent years. | |
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November 29th, 2018, 06:08 AM | #9 |
Senior Member Joined: Feb 2015 From: Southport England Posts: 1,347 Likes: 645 |
An accident, a racing accident, that's all there was to it, I wouldn't give a damn if my teammate was fighting for the title, a racer wants to win. That's where I lost respect for Colin Edwards, he was a ferocious racer when racing with guys like Foggy and Bayliss, then got a top ride in GP and was happy just to kiss ass and roll out funny quotes for the journos. Pedro's a great racer, 125cc 2x250cc champion, one of the best riders never to win the big bike class who maybe in a weaker era may well have won several. |
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December 18th, 2018, 05:39 PM | #10 |
Senior Member Joined: Mar 2016 From: FNQ Posts: 833 Likes: 594 I Ride: DRZ400E | |
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