i guess he did'nt like it

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Racejumkie @ Aug 25 2007, 09:26 PM) [snapback]86892[/snapback]<div class='quotemain'>
Oh crap, you're gonna get it once antfan reads this.


Bring it.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ThePhorest @ Aug 26 2007, 11:19 AM) [snapback]86891[/snapback]<div class='quotemain'>
Shinya made that bike what it is (was). He had a falling out with the team management when they left him high and dry while all the other teams were out testing their 800s.

That management is gone now, and he has seen the 800. Bring him back and give him a second chance. He's certainly earned it more than West has!


Shinya bailed on Kawasaki without even waiting to see the 800 to gague its potential! Whyd he do it? To get on board 'the best bike on the grid' .. Umm, how wrong that turned out to be.. He's made his bed, he should lie in it.. Shinya's had his chances and has been nothing but average this year, he's made Tamada's efforts look reasonable and he's been comprehensively beaten by Checa ffs!

West has struggled for years and years and even beat Nakano a few times in the 250s when he was a privateer and Nakkers was a full factory rider.. Im not going to go into this again in detail, but to say that Nakano has 'earned' it more than West is just plain ignorant, seriously, it shows you know jack sht about the politics and struggles that some motorcycle races have to deal with..

Anyway, the latest rumour ive heard is that Kawasaki will run three factory bikes next year, two Monster energy Kawi's for Hopper and West and a third Konica Minolta (Dorna ) Kawi for Nakkers.. That would be one helluva lineup..

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(antfan @ Aug 25 2007, 10:58 PM) [snapback]86898[/snapback]<div class='quotemain'>
Shinya bailed on Kawasaki without even waiting to see the 800 to gague its potential! Whyd he do it? To get on board 'the best bike on the grid' .. Umm, how wrong that turned out to be.. He's made his bed, he should lie in it.. Shinya's had his chances and has been nothing but average this year, he's made Tamada's efforts look reasonable and he's been comprehensively beaten by Checa ffs!

West has struggled for years and years and even beat Nakano a few times in the 250s when he was a privateer and Nakkers was a full factory rider.. Im not going to go into this again in detail, but to say that Nakano has 'earned' it more than West is just plain ignorant, seriously, it shows you know jack sht about the politics and struggles that some motorcycle races have to deal with..

Anyway, the latest rumour ive heard is that Kawasaki will run three factory bikes next year, two Monster energy Kawi's for Hopper and West and a third Konica Minolta (Dorna ) Kawi for Nakkers.. That would be one helluva lineup..


What would you do in the same situation? You've busted your ... for Kawasaki and they leave you high and dry with no bike to test while everyone else is starting to come to grips with the 800s. Not cool. On top of that, there was all the .... going on with Eckl and the restructuring talks. He got out of a potentially bad situation at the Eckl Kawasaki team by going with the "big dog" in the paddock, who had incidentally already released their 800 and had tests running on it. Of course he bailed when Honda gave him a call. Wouldn't you in that situation?

Woop-de-doo...West beat Nakano a couple times in 250s. That's great, where did he finish in the standings again? I am saying that he has earned it because he pretty much single handedly kept Kawasaki on the map. He rode the friggin wheels off their 990 nail, putting it higher on the starting grid than it really should have been several times.

West jumps in on a lark mid-season and has a few somewhat decent results. Great. Which of those two would you say deserves a ride more? The guy who is practically synonymous with Kawasaki's MotoGP effort (even today...and for a reason) or the guy who got the wrong end of the "political" stick for a while and has jumped in and had a couple flashes of slightly-less-than-crap riding?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(antfan @ Aug 26 2007, 12:58 PM) [snapback]86898[/snapback]<div class='quotemain'>
Anyway, the latest rumour ive heard is that Kawasaki will run three factory bikes next year, two Monster energy Kawi's for Hopper and West and a third Konica Minolta (Dorna ) Kawi for Nakkers.. That would be one helluva lineup..


Where did you read this mate?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ThePhorest @ Aug 26 2007, 04:02 PM) [snapback]86907[/snapback]<div class='quotemain'>
What would you do in the same situation? You've busted your ... for Kawasaki and they leave you high and dry with no bike to test while everyone else is starting to come to grips with the 800s. Not cool. On top of that, there was all the .... going on with Eckl and the restructuring talks. He got out of a potentially bad situation at the Eckl Kawasaki team by going with the "big dog" in the paddock, who had incidentally already released their 800 and had tests running on it. Of course he bailed when Honda gave him a call. Wouldn't you in that situation?

Woop-de-doo...West beat Nakano a couple times in 250s. That's great, where did he finish in the standings again? I am saying that he has earned it because he pretty much single handedly kept Kawasaki on the map. He rode the friggin wheels off their 990 nail, putting it higher on the starting grid than it really should have been several times.

West jumps in on a lark mid-season and has a few somewhat decent results. Great. Which of those two would you say deserves a ride more? The guy who is practically synonymous with Kawasaki's MotoGP effort (even today...and for a reason) or the guy who got the wrong end of the "political" stick for a while and has jumped in and had a couple flashes of slightly-less-than-crap riding?


Are you sure the Kawasaki's been a nail? Or is it just that Nakano hasnt been up to the task... Judging by his year on the Honda so far, id say he's nothing more than average.. He's being beaten regularly by Carlos Checa, nuff said, oh and why cant he 'ride the wheels' off his POS nail of a Honda and put it higher up the grid; if he's the so called riding god you make him out to be? If all three riders end up on Kawa's next year, Shinya will be the lowest placed in the championship come the end of the season..

Oh and i didnt 'read' the rumour anywhere.. I have my sources..