Honda's RC213V Engine

Kropotkin · Feb 20, 2013

Dr No

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Ha!

Really?

Litigious? Do tell.

You have the balls to interact with your readers, he spouts an awful lot of crap that goes unchallenged.

A well meaning soul gave me his stinkingly expensive RET magazine. It was an embarrassing disgrace.

He's right about some stuff, and wrong about other stuff, but the teams like having him around. He is what might be described as a useful ...... Spotting the easy stuff, missing the hard stuff. He's very good on Moto2 and Moto3, though, as the teams are more likely to discuss the details of their bikes, whereas Preziosi and Nakamoto (especially Nakamoto) sound more like Hastings Banda.

I engage my audience because I learn from them. I do not regard myself as a useful ....., I regard myself as a useless ...... But I get to learn something every day, which is what I enjoy.

Dr No · Feb 20, 2013

michaelm

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Whether or not spalding had a scoop I think david himself did with his own sleuthing; cf the 1st post in this thread, when no-one else afaik was suggesting the honda 1000 engine was a 90 degree V4.

Credit where credit's due.

Krop sleuthing? Yep. Spalding sleuthing? No. He made a story out of Shuhei's statement and presented it as his own work.

Kropotkin · Feb 20, 2013

Dr No

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Credit where credit's due.

Krop sleuthing? Yep. Spalding sleuthing? No. He made a story out of Shuhei's statement and presented it as his own work.

But he first bullied Nakamoto into admitting it was a 90°V by showing him the photo ...

Dr No · Feb 20, 2013

Kropotkin

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He's right about some stuff, and wrong about other stuff, but the teams like having him around. He is what might be described as a useful ...... Spotting the easy stuff, missing the hard stuff. He's very good on Moto2 and Moto3, though, as the teams are more likely to discuss the details of their bikes, whereas Preziosi and Nakamoto (especially Nakamoto) sound more like Hastings Banda.

I engage my audience because I learn from them. I do not regard myself as a useful ....., I regard myself as a useless ...... But I get to learn something every day, which is what I enjoy.

That's what I was getting at with the whole HRC memory stick schtick. He continually presents speculation/press releases/easy info as his own research. That RET magazine I referred to? A couple of carefully angled photos and a stream of words that never nail anything down. All carefully lacking in real detail.

The Moto2/3 guys have less to hide and more to gain from the free publicity Spalding offers. Every PI round, I catch up with a guy who works for a certain brown/gold/pommy rider team. The amount of stuff they let you know is worth the beers we pay for. Mainly, because there's no real secrets about customer Ohlins forks/airbox ducts/swingarm adjustment...

(the best guys to pick the brains of were the late, lamented Findlay - when he was FIM tech dude - and Roger Keene before his stroke...)

Dr No · Feb 20, 2013

Kropotkin

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But he first bullied Nakamoto into admitting it was a 90°V by showing him the photo ...

Well, given that the photo shows jack-...., either Nakamoto was surprised that no-one had bothered to ask him directly (I stand to be corrected here) or he did a PsyOps misinformation job or doesn't care either way or is giggling with his minions at the kerfuffle it's all caused. Or a combination of the above.

But again, unless I'm missing something, Spalding doesn't present it that way - he doesn't say "I took this photo. Nakamoto couldn't deny it. Check out my influence and sleuthing skills." It's all too cosy.

Good for website hits, though.

Kropotkin · Feb 20, 2013

Dr No

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Well, given that the photo shows jack-...., either Nakamoto was surprised that no-one had bothered to ask him directly (I stand to be corrected here) or he did a PsyOps misinformation job or doesn't care either way or is giggling with his minions at the kerfuffle it's all caused. Or a combination of the above.

But again, unless I'm missing something, Spalding doesn't present it that way - he doesn't say "I took this photo. Nakamoto couldn't deny it. Check out my influence and sleuthing skills." It's all too cosy.

Good for website hits, though.

Given that Spalding will have sold that story to a Spanish mag, an Italian mag, and presumably MCN, he'll have done very tidily out of it. And I'll take options B and C.

cliche guevara · Feb 20, 2013

Kropotkin

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He is what might be described as a useful ...... Spotting the easy stuff, missing the hard stuff.

thank you so very much for that. i've had a hard time because i let it slip that i think hes an ...... feels good to be confirmed

Tom

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You must either be a seriously arrogant genius or a ....... ......

BJ.C · Feb 20, 2013

michaelm

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Yep, as BJC similarly demonstrated in saying that re-designing engines is what honda does.

I must have read it on google or wiki or something... apparently.

BJ.C · Feb 20, 2013

Andy Roo

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Too much emphasis on the kick (points) and not enough on a try. You should never be able to win a game off the boot (this maybe the Australian Johnny Wilkinson syndrome).

League limited its kick penalty opportunities and got much better ball play and line play. Bigger hits, desperation play (especially in defence). Better to watch - hasn't always been that way but league evolves better. Union is a game for monkeys in the time of chimpanzees.

I agree about kicks - should be a single point - two at the most, not enough to be worth more than half a try and more free kicks should be given than penalties. I mean wtf is it that a fat feller falls on his knees is worth a penalty? If he consistently does it, the ref can warn him that a yellow card is the next option, but in the increasingly technical game that is Union, it seems that any slipup is a penalty offence, which slows down the game and makes a yawn for spectators..

It's .... in the Wobblies at the moment - I don't know that I entirely blame Robbie Deans, he has been successful in every other coaching role he has had... I can't see that he would become a bad coach as soon as he arrived in Sydney. I blame that other Kiwi, Quade (......) Cooper.

.......... needs to go... hopefully his boxing career will leave him unable to tweet.

BJ.C · Feb 20, 2013

#22

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What other sport in the world is it considered a "good move" to kick the ball out of play?

That's not the sport, that's Wales... they do it so they don't get hurt or give away a hundred points

Dr No · Feb 20, 2013

At the 2011 Australian GP, I was forced to share the house that I usually stay at with some beardie-wierdies who double booked on us.

Being a generous type who sometimes gets bored with the isolation of a tropical island with a million dollar fishtank, I was - initially - OK with the new faces.

Until their grey bearded faces started grimacing with aggression and their work-a-day voices raised a level at the Rugger Championship that was on telly that weekend.

Deeply unpleasant.

The slab in the fridge helped.

Mick D · Feb 20, 2013

#22

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What other sport in the world is it considered a "good move" to kick the ball out of play?

Well let's see... Footy/soccer when you're defending; American football so there is no runback opp; ice hockey - clearing the puck out of the zone or rink while defending; Baseball - the 'pitch-out' is a long-standing strategy... need I go on?

#22 · Feb 20, 2013

BJ.C

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That's not the sport, that's Wales... they do it so they don't get hurt or give away a hundred points

......!

#22 · Feb 20, 2013

Mick D

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Well let's see... Footy/soccer when you're defending; American football so there is no runback opp; ice hockey - clearing the puck out of the zone or rink while defending; Baseball - the 'pitch-out' is a long-standing strategy... need I go on?

Smartarse ......

BJ.C · Feb 20, 2013

#22

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......!

Succinctly and accurately put

Jumkie · Feb 20, 2013

BJ.C said:
Yep, as BJC similarly demonstrated in saying that re-designing engines is what honda does.

I must have read it on google or wiki or something... apparently.

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Pigeon · Feb 21, 2013

more Ladies

http://manziana.motocorse.com/blog/33325_90_VS_90__version_ESP.php

Jumkie · Feb 21, 2013

Simply connect the ley lines.

lil red rocket pilot · Feb 21, 2013

Pigeon

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more Ladies

http://manziana.motocorse.com/blog/33325_90_VS_90__version_ESP.php

Talk about telling Duc where they are going wrong to some extent.

lil red rocket pilot · Feb 21, 2013

Jumkie

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Simply connect the ley lines.

I'm good at dot to dot,

Do you think I should apply for a job at Duc?

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