Farewell Nicky

I was just thinking, the real shame in the whole Hayden to Ducati arrangement is we will never get to see Hayden on a Bridgestone shod Honda.

Nicky loves to ride with the back wheel, who knows maybe Bstone could have made a huge difference?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mylexicon @ Oct 26 2008, 01:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I was just thinking, the real shame in the whole Hayden to Ducati arrangement is we will never get to see Hayden on a Bridgestone shod Honda.
As others have speculated we are quite possibly only now after 2 years or so seeing how he performs on the top michelins. As he seems to have had a particular problem with tyre wear in the 800 formula I agree that bridgestones may have helped him on the current honda.

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Going on the top speeds in practice nicky may also be leaving honda just as they have sorted their pneumatic valve engine also.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Babelfish @ Oct 26 2008, 09:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Or maybe he confirmed that the electro800 age also needs it's set of special skills?

Yes but that is an argument that changes its premise after an unsatisfactory conclusion.

The original premise of the electro 800 arguments was that the bike took no great skill (not a special skill) to ride.

The Duc is still among the hardest bikes to ride out there

I'm still of the opinion that the hard working, pragmatic and resilient attitude of Nicky Hayden will place him streets ahead of other contenders on that bike. Not to get any more race wins on average than now or 2006, but to be up there at the pointy end.

Pedro had better perform next year or he’ll be Marco’s teammate at Kawasaki.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Andy Roo @ Oct 26 2008, 07:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yes but that is an argument that changes its premise after an unsatisfactory conclusion.

The original premise of the electro 800 arguments was that the bike took no great skill (not a special skill) to ride.

The Duc is still among the hardest bikes to ride out there

I'm still of the opinion that the hard working, pragmatic and resilient attitude of Nicky Hayden will place him streets ahead of other contenders on that bike. Not to get any more race wins on average than now or 2006, but to be up there at the pointy end.

Pedro had better perform next year or he’ll be Marco’s teammate at Kawasaki.

You're right there, the Ducati does take great skill to ride, and I even agree in your opinion about hayden. He might not be the fastest out there on the Honda but he try harder than anyone, and trying and dearing seems to be part of the Ducati key.

You know what i would really like to see Nicky do.After he is thru in Gp,go to WSBK,win a title and become the only rider to have ever won a GP title and a WSBK title. With an AMA title allready in hand, that would be a helluva career.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Oct 27 2008, 12:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>You know what i would really like to see Nicky do.After he is thru in Gp,go to WSBK,win a title and become the only rider to have ever won a GP title and a WSBK title. With an AMA title allready in hand, that would be a helluva career.
now there's a record that's worth going for achievable and unlikely rossi will ever get

I'm surprised that Puig let Nicky out of his contract so that he could start early and test on the GP9