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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JohnnyKnockdown @ Jul 2 2009, 08:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>No it's not. The talent in GP is the best 250 riders in the world. CE, Hayden, Vermeulen and
Toseland are obsolete in MGP. If Spies fails it just further proves that you have to be a 250
rider in order to be successfull.
Agreed. I don't think it's right to say one series is the "right" series and the other the "wrong"
one. To my mind Moto GP is to Superbike - what Tennis is to Racket Ball.
250 racing and Moto GP evolved side by side (remember when they were referred
to as F2 and F1?). When the 990s were downsized to 800s the bikes (in a sense)
became truer to their GP roots because riding them successfully required
old-school F2 style riding technique.
While huge budgets and unlimited technology seems to some people be what defines
Moto GP - I always thought it had more to do with the refined riding technique
needed to master the bikes and of course - the requisite development skills.
It's why Hayden, Edwards, Vermulen and Hopkins all belong in SBK.
Toseland are obsolete in MGP. If Spies fails it just further proves that you have to be a 250
rider in order to be successfull.
Agreed. I don't think it's right to say one series is the "right" series and the other the "wrong"
one. To my mind Moto GP is to Superbike - what Tennis is to Racket Ball.
250 racing and Moto GP evolved side by side (remember when they were referred
to as F2 and F1?). When the 990s were downsized to 800s the bikes (in a sense)
became truer to their GP roots because riding them successfully required
old-school F2 style riding technique.
While huge budgets and unlimited technology seems to some people be what defines
Moto GP - I always thought it had more to do with the refined riding technique
needed to master the bikes and of course - the requisite development skills.
It's why Hayden, Edwards, Vermulen and Hopkins all belong in SBK.
