Do you cheer for your favorite rider(s) rivals as well?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SuperShinya56 @ May 3 2009, 11:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I cheer for any rider who can beat Valentino Rossi, not only beat him but also break him down mentally.


You must be a real pissed off person then

I don't cheer for the rivals but I do a loud "ohhhh noooo!" when they crash as the rivalries are the most exciting stuff.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (levigarrett @ May 4 2009, 12:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I'm all about Ducati so of course I cheer for Stoner and Hayden(hard to do lately). On the other hand I just can't cheer against Rossi. He deserves everything he gets and is a class act all the way.
You and I are in the same boat with this. I just wish we could get Vale on a Ducati so when he wins the WC all of Italy will be in a state of extacy!!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ROCKGOD01 @ May 4 2009, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>You and I are in the same boat with this. I just wish we could get Vale on a Ducati so when he wins the WC all of Italy will be in a state of extacy!!!
and while he is at it why doesn't he take residence in Australia then we can all be happy

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ May 4 2009, 09:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>and while he is at it why doesn't he take residence in Australia then we can all be happy
The heck with that!!! He needs to be in Italy on a DUcati!!!!!!!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SuperShinya56 @ May 4 2009, 12:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I cheer for any rider who can beat Valentino Rossi, not only beat him but also break him down mentally.


Then you must be torturing yourself as it happens rarely. do you like SM too ??



I try to remain fair to the rivals of my favorites, but sometimes it doesn't work that way, or i can't help it.

for exampel when riders talk bs. even if thats Rossi, but i try to forget it asap, exept if that rider is always talking bs.

i wasn't glad when Stoner went off track at Laguna Seca and brought that very exiting race to an end.

Then I enjoyed it when he crashed at the next race in San Marino after he had said:we'll see to Rossi in LS. but i wasn't happy when he crashed in Berno, because the championship was almost over.So it

depends on the situation. In last weekend when Lorenzo crashed i had 2 feelings one happy that he couldn't overtake Casey and again Vale and Casey came on the top of the championship table, and the other one that we were rubbed of a good fight for the 3th podium place.


But fortunatly unlike F1 i dont dislike or hate anyone in Motogp.

my favorites are: 1.Rossi 2.Stoner 3.Lorenzo 4.Pedrosa 5.Dovisiozo 6.Capirossi 7.Melandry and my list gets longer and longer.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ May 3 2009, 07:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>i bet most stoner <u>fanboys</u> did ! i think we all new it was only a matter of time before he passed stoner.

Maybe the morons did. I admire Stoner for what he's accomplished - but
when Lorenzo crashed I was shocked. There was something about Lorenzo
when he was in 250s that rubbed me the wrong way - so I can't say I liked
him very much - but I still felt for the guy when he crashed. He may be a
bit goofy and childish - but he's talented and dedicated and I thought it was
a shame that he crashed in front of his home crowd.

I never could stand Biaggi. He's a pissy little man wearing an insipid looking
goatee to try and make himself look manly. He's vain and insecure - but I
wouldn't ever go so far as to cheer his crashing.

I was a mid-pack club racer in the 70-80's and I know how much blood sweat and
tears are involved in being even a weekend warrior in AMA-CCS series so
I generally cheer for any rider who outperforms the expectations of others.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SuperShinya56 @ May 3 2009, 03:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I cheer for any rider who can beat Valentino Rossi, not only beat him but also break him down mentally.
I guess that narrows down who you cheer for to ZERO.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>superShinya56 @ May 3 2009, 03:14 PM)
I cheer for any rider who can beat Valentino Rossi, not only beat him but also break him down mentally.

ive read some stupid .... in my time mainly from tom and barrymachine but this takes the biscuit.

My cheering ideaology is `credit where credit is due`,but I admit to tears of joy when Nicky won it in `06.

we got some great comic relief on this forum...

Mostly for everyone, don't really like it though when Spies beats Haga.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (heyhuub @ May 6 2009, 09:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Mostly for everyone, don't really like it though when Spies beats Haga.
Its gonna be a long season for you then.

The only Rider I really hate is Pedrosa and ill cheer for Canepa before i do for him other than that i really dont care I like Edwards but that doesnt stop me from liking Toseland even though they hate each.other. I also dislike stupidity like crashing into unsuspecting riders like takahashi . Now a days it doesnt really matter you only have 4 riders wining races so take your pick

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (heyhuub @ May 6 2009, 12:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Mostly for everyone, don't really like it though when Spies beats Haga.

Are we seeing a pattern here? Is it that you only like riders from Asia?
Is that a fair assessment?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Keshav @ May 6 2009, 10:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Are we seeing a pattern here? Is it that you only like riders from Asia?
Is that a fair assessment?

Hardly

Huge respect for all riders, just a big fan of Haga ever since i started watching SBK about 10 years ago.
So there where times i didn't cheer for Edwards, Toseland and sometimes even Bayliss , but normally i do cheer for these guys, especially when they are in Motogp. Especially Edwards who really seems somewhat of an underdog among all the hyped American riders.