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Go to Vietnam or Thailand and it's like 100 motorbikes to 1 car, so I don't know what Jorge is going on about.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SuperShinya56 @ Oct 2 2009, 05:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Go to Vietnam or Thailand and it's like 100 motorbikes to 1 car, so I don't know what Jorge is going on about.

that post was just stupid
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SuperShinya56 @ Oct 2 2009, 09:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Go to Vietnam or Thailand and it's like 100 motorbikes to 1 car, so I don't know what Jorge is going on about.
Yeah dammit cause we all know howmuch vietfuckinnam and thailad contribute to the motogp masses and market share of the companies that race. Great post supershitty!
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ROCKGOD01 @ Oct 2 2009, 08:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Thay boy just ain't hhhright!

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i wish i thought of that
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mastodon @ Oct 3 2009, 12:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>
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i wish i thought of that
Don't worry mastadon this one leaves the door wide open for alot.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Wander @ Oct 3 2009, 02:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>To be fair, he's been off the bike for 9 weeks. It'd be ridiculous if he was suddenly faster after the break than back then.


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Even the Mdub rossifan wankfesters would have to live with the fact that irrespective of what "fairytales" they create for Stoner ....... he beat their idols
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as it is .... its pretty amazing a guy can not ride for 3 rounds and then come back and be right up there with the top guys
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BarryMachine @ Oct 2 2009, 07:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>
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They are just being nice to him, after all their moms told them to. Because if not, he’ll spew, make a tantrum, say he does not want to play anymore, go home, and call in sick… (Just joking).
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Good call by jorge, a naked statement of the truth. Perhaps ducati have belatedly engaged a public relations consultant for casey and taken george's. Valentino's mooted consideration of an F1 or wsbk career would also seem to be rather on the backburner given recent comments by him.

I do think anyone who is a serious motorsport fan eventually comes to the realisation that the racing in bike racing is better than in F1 (for the last several decades anyway).
 
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Honestly, I never doubted that he would come back and be as fast as he was before. What I do doubt is his ability to cope with not being faster than before, and still possibly unable to fight for the win on a regular basis. We will see. And yes he beat our idols, but that was then and this is now.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SuperShinya56)<div class='quotemain'>MotoGP will never get as big as F1, that's it. F1 has such a rich racing history that MotoGP is not even on the same map.

This is an exceptionally ignorant statement, even by your standards.

Guys like John Surtees, Geoff Duke, Mike the Bike, Leslie Graham, Liberati, Ago, Redman, and many more raced and died in epic style. Imagine racing at the old Solitude, Bremgarten, or Spa tracks (blindingly fast, bumpy, and swoopy, with trees substituting for guardrails), riding a flimsy bike with primitive suspension and forklift quality rubber.... in the rain. These riders may have received less press, particularly in the US, but their accomplishments are no less historic and respect-worthy than those of Nuvaroli, Clark, Rindt, Fangio, etc.


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>And Jumkie ain't helping the cause of motorcycle racing either.... riding around in his neon-lit bike doing burnouts at his local grocery parking lot.

WTF is this, a lame attempt at a cheap racial slur?
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ROCKGOD01 @ Oct 3 2009, 07:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yeah dammit cause we all know howmuch vietfuckinnam and thailad contribute to the motogp masses and market share of the companies that race. Great post supershitty!
Maybe you don't being in insu-.......-lar USA but the in global market share SE Asia makes NA and European markets look like an afterthought. The ratio there is at least 10 bikes to one car. Contributions to MGP? Right now Wilairot and Petronas come to mind.

FYI, from Freedonia:

Two separate motorcycle markets exist. The first is centered in the industrialized Triad (i.e., the US, Japan and Western Europe), where motorcycles are seen as pleasure vehicles by consumers who already have one or more automobiles. These motorcycles on average tend to be larger, more powerful machines which cost on average about $5,000 to $6,500 (in the US and Europe), and somewhat less in Japan. The other, much larger market in unit terms, is found in the emerging economies of the Asia/Pacific, Latin America and Africa/Mideast regions, where motorcycles are seen as primary family and work vehicles. These vehicles are cheaper, smaller and less powerful than Triad motorcycles.

Demand shifting toward motorcycles in key Asia/Pacific region

Numerous motorcycle original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) exist, especially in the Asia/ Pacific region, which represents the heart of global motorcycle demand. However, competitive intensity is increasing, as evidenced by ongoing price wars in China, Vietnam, Indonesia and other Southeast Asian markets. Furthermore, restrictions on motorcycle use in large metropolitan areas of China and some other Asia/Pacific countries is causing a shift in demand away from urban areas to rural markets, which is causing a resulting change in product mix. Demand is moving away from scooters, mopeds and minibikes toward more robust and powerful light motorcycles, which better suit rural transportation needs.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Geonerd @ Oct 3 2009, 10:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>WTF is this, a lame attempt at a cheap racial slur?
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I think it was a shot at Jum using a squid reference - don't have to have a particular enthic background to be a squid... never pictured Jum as a squid though... wierd post...
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MdubSTYLIE @ Oct 3 2009, 03:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Honestly, I never doubted that he would come back and be as fast as he was before. What I do doubt is his ability to cope with not being faster than before, and still possibly unable to fight for the win on a regular basis. We will see. And yes he beat our idols, but that was then and this is now.
Perhaps this is making excuses ahead of events, but casey would probably have to be faster than he has ever been before to win this race given that estoril is not exactly his and ducati's happiest hunting ground; he only finished 3rd even in 2007, and 6th in 2008.

I have never contended that he would have won the world championship this year (or last year for that matter) but for health problems, bike problems or whatever; it is part of the game to maintain your health and ensure you are on a good bike, which valentino has fairly conspicuously managed to mostly do over more than a decade now.
 
Don't mean to be rude (although that is my general nature) but anybody want to post some times. Fp2 is on now and the fun nazis at dorna put the timing up via flash which doesn't work on my phone
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