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yamfan said:
I think you know I meant the number board on the bike buddy. All the riders wear a small number on their leathers or helmet as a token, but most keep their personal number. Maybe there's nothing legally stopping someone else taking it if they use #1, although you'd expect them to respect the champion and his brand.
Imagine the hullabaloo if Rossi won and wore the #1, whilst someone stole #46. LOL
It would be crazy!!!
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This is what I meant mate.
 

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Jumkie said:
I thought the #"JL" was creative. I wonder what caused him to change his mind. Was anything publicly ever said about it? Would be a good question to ask him.
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I think because he had a 'Bad' year in 2011 defending his title, he was superstitious about using it again in 2013 and 2016

Daniboy said:
I think it's more the corporate hq that decides to run the #1 plate , Stoner would have preferred #27 but Ducati wanted #1. Can't remember if Jorge only used it once and then reverted to #99. Nicky definitely wanted #1 as far as I know.
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I'm sure I read an interview with Stoner somewhere once where he believed that it should be mandatory for the champion to wear the #1 plate. Can't for the life of me find it though. Maybe it's in his book?
 
Jumkie said:
Oh ..... I forgot about that. WTF?! Why hadn't this been talked about? We discuss everything, how did this fall through the cracks?

Btw, I would have run the #1 in bright neon yellow!
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JL should have had the #1 done in the shape of boot using that color, with it kicking the #99 off the front fairing. ;)
 
Jorge did ask his fans about the #1 or sticking with 99 most people wanted Him to stay 99 as far as I remember no idea if this influenced the final decision. I wanted him to stay 99 as that's how he rocks :)
 
libby said:
Jorge did ask his fans about the #1 or sticking with 99 most people wanted Him to stay 99 as far as I remember no idea if this influenced the final decision. I wanted him to stay 99 as that's how he rocks :)
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Yeah, he did this time Libby, apparently he asked the question to his team in Valencia after the race. Most of them said stay with 99, he also asked the fans as you say. His bike wouldn't look the same without 99.
 
I personally liked what Stoner did:

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I know we're derailing Libby's thread (sorry!), but I love seeing a champion running the #1 plate. You've worked so damn hard to get it, I see it as a nod of respect to the history of the championship and the greats who have gone before you.

Now it's all about commercial branding and rider's merchandise sales. Mick Doohan & Wayne Rainey bossed that number 1 plate.

Doohan kept it classic in Times Roman Font. His number 1 bike had it in the Repsol blue of the day (petrol colour), number 2 bike had a red one on there.

I remember an interview with Luca Cadalora after Doohan was injured in 1999, I'm paraphrasing here as I don't remember the exact quote, but it was along the lines of:

...you'd roll up to the grid after the warm up lap, glance around and see Mick with that number 1 plate coming up, he'd pull up to pole (usually), set his visor closed, take a slow look around and if he made eye contact, in that one moment, you knew he had you!

I always loved that, it typified the type of Champion Mick was; there to crush you.
 
MdubSTYLIE said:
The only cool thing that guy ever did. Well that and marry a smoking hot chick and punch a french guy. But those are the only cool things he has ever done.
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I also liked the "out weigh your ambition" ..... slap to VR, and when he stood on the side of the track clapping for VR as he rode by. It's the closest anybody has ever come to telling Rossi '.... you'. I wish more riders did that.

I'm serious, I wish Marquez would have said .... back to the media like Rossi does. Marquez only tried to defend himself from the accusations, instead he should have gone a step further and said, Rossi is inventing .... because he too slow or he's angry with himself because he can sleep from nightmares of me being faster, etc. .... just too throw it back in his face. None of them do it. .... the JL thumbs down has made him worse than child rapists. But I wish they'd go full on talking ..... Remember when Nicky basically said FU to Alberto Puig by putting a sticker on his bike with his Nicky font that said "HYPOCRITE"? Then chickenshit Honda made him remove it. It seems to me Rossi has been the only one to get away with talking ..... Everyone else who attempts it gets smashed for it. I honestly think JL's production celebrations were poking fun at Rossi. Nobody really ever appreciated this notion. But I think Rossi at some point figured it out when Lorenzo pulled up a chair that looked in between neon yellow and green, sat in front of a jumbotron and ate popcorn as he watched the race highlights. That's my favorite celebration because it annoyed Rossi. I believe most of JL's celebrations were aimed at doing just that.

If you noticed, Rossi is much more susceptible to being goaded. Look at how ballistic he got over the thumbs down. He can't get over it. You can see it still on the podium or press conferences. He looks so uncomfortable now. I love it. I wish Marquez and Lorenzo did that .... all the time. Lorenzo should have replied when asked about the booing, yeah, they're booing me because Rossi is still angry I beat him, so they're obviously expressing their displeasure. .... it really. At this point decency is gone, why try to be the bigger man? I know .... like this gets under Rossi's skin way more than it ever has under Marquez and Lorenzo.
 
Jumkie said:
I also liked the "out weigh your ambition" ..... slap to VR, and when he stood on the side of the track clapping for VR as he rode by. It's the closest anybody has ever come to telling Rossi '.... you'. I wish more riders did that.

I'm serious, I wish Marquez would have said .... back to the media like Rossi does. Marquez only tried to defend himself from the accusations, instead he should have gone a step further and said, Rossi is inventing .... because he too slow or he's angry with himself because he can sleep from nightmares of me being faster, etc. .... just too throw it back in his face. None of them do it. .... the JL thumbs down has made him worse than child rapists. But I wish they'd go full on talking ..... Remember when Nicky basically said FU to Alberto Puig by putting a sticker on his bike with his Nicky font that said "HYPOCRITE"? Then chickenshit Honda made him remove it. It seems to me Rossi has been the only one to get away with talking ..... Everyone else who attempts it gets smashed for it. I honestly think JL's production celebrations were poking fun at Rossi. Nobody really ever appreciated this notion. But I think Rossi at some point figured it out when Lorenzo pulled up a chair that looked in between neon yellow and green, sat in front of a jumbotron and ate popcorn as he watched the race highlights. That's my favorite celebration because it annoyed Rossi. I believe most of JL's celebrations were aimed at doing just that.

If you noticed, Rossi is much more susceptible to being goaded. Look at how ballistic he got over the thumbs down. He can't get over it. You can see it still on the podium or press conferences. He looks so uncomfortable now. I love it. I wish Marquez and Lorenzo did that .... all the time. Lorenzo should have replied when asked about the booing, yeah, they're booing me because Rossi is still angry I beat him, so they're obviously expressing their displeasure. .... it really. At this point decency is gone, why try to be the bigger man? I know .... like this gets under Rossi's skin way more than it ever has under Marquez and Lorenzo.
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Did you know its six years ago today that you took me to the back of Rossi's garage so I could touch him?
 
Jumkie said:
I also liked the "out weigh your ambition" ..... slap to VR, and when he stood on the side of the track clapping for VR as he rode by. It's the closest anybody has ever come to telling Rossi '.... you'. I wish more riders did that.

I'm serious, I wish Marquez would have said .... back to the media like Rossi does. Marquez only tried to defend himself from the accusations, instead he should have gone a step further and said, Rossi is inventing .... because he too slow or he's angry with himself because he can sleep from nightmares of me being faster, etc. .... just too throw it back in his face. None of them do it. .... the JL thumbs down has made him worse than child rapists. But I wish they'd go full on talking ..... Remember when Nicky basically said FU to Alberto Puig by putting a sticker on his bike with his Nicky font that said "HYPOCRITE"? Then chickenshit Honda made him remove it. It seems to me Rossi has been the only one to get away with talking ..... Everyone else who attempts it gets smashed for it. I honestly think JL's production celebrations were poking fun at Rossi. Nobody really ever appreciated this notion. But I think Rossi at some point figured it out when Lorenzo pulled up a chair that looked in between neon yellow and green, sat in front of a jumbotron and ate popcorn as he watched the race highlights. That's my favorite celebration because it annoyed Rossi. I believe most of JL's celebrations were aimed at doing just that.

If you noticed, Rossi is much more susceptible to being goaded. Look at how ballistic he got over the thumbs down. He can't get over it. You can see it still on the podium or press conferences. He looks so uncomfortable now. I love it. I wish Marquez and Lorenzo did that .... all the time. Lorenzo should have replied when asked about the booing, yeah, they're booing me because Rossi is still angry I beat him, so they're obviously expressing their displeasure. .... it really. At this point decency is gone, why try to be the bigger man? I know .... like this gets under Rossi's skin way more than it ever has under Marquez and Lorenzo.
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Also the subtlety of Lorenzos shark helmet deal was brilliant. Talking about the big VR shooting himself in the foot. It's hilarious
 

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