Indy 2012 Race
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Joined Apr 2008
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Out of Nowhere
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Tennessee
Nice pics Pov. Its too bad Indy as a track has much to be desired, because as an experience, the city puts on a good event.
Btw, I'm ok with your evolving rationalizations for your infamous boycott decry.
Im glad your ok, but nothing has changed from day one. As long as the bikes are progressing, im in. They go backwards, im out.
Bye the way, after witnessing CRT's up close and personal, they are even worse than i thought.
Joined Jul 2006
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Texas
Stoners foot
Still isn't looking too good at this stage. http://t.co/xOOeTeVi -- Casey Stoner (@Official_CS27)
http://t.co/KENpx1GF -- Casey Stoner (@Official_CS27)
Just pee on it
Still isn't looking too good at this stage. http://t.co/xOOeTeVi -- Casey Stoner (@Official_CS27)
http://t.co/KENpx1GF -- Casey Stoner (@Official_CS27)
Just pee on it
Stoners foot
Still isn't looking too good at this stage. http://t.co/xOOeTeVi -- Casey Stoner (@Official_CS27)
http://t.co/KENpx1GF -- Casey Stoner (@Official_CS27)
Just pee on it
Whats that pink .... in the babys bottle? I'm guessing its not milk so must be Caseys bed time bottle.
Joined Oct 2006
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Midwest USA
I feel like I should be apologizing....but we had a great time. It seems like everyone hates Indy, but since this is the only race my husband and I can get to (financially, schedule-wise, etc.) I manage to enjoy every aspect of it. I love to sit in the grandstands and refuse to wear earplugs and let my hearing get damaged during all the FP sessions and QP. I love to watch the fans, I love walking all over the grounds watching the action from different angles, I love our seats, I love downtown Indianapolis with all of the bikes....I love it all. Yes, the race was, well, fairly uneventful, but I LOVED every minute of watching all of the riders. We've reordered our tickets for next year and I am already anticipating that we will probably only experience this two more times before it will be out of reach again....(well, maybe not, one never knows what changes may come.) So...did I have a point?...I guess not. But seriously....I had SO MUCH FUN!
Joined Feb 2007
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Tennessee
As far as weekends go, Indy is hard to beat. Its the track that is not inspiring, even though you do get chill bumps just walking in the place. So much history.
In what way? I'm assuming your decades of race-bike riding/owning/building experience is talking, right?
Or do you just mean it doesn't look like one in the showroom?
Joined Oct 2006
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Your Mom's House
That's because you are a fan of the sport. Your point was well made. And I appreciate it. Any good pics you can post? I'd love to see them.
Joined Aug 2009
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Vancouver
Seriously? Just because someone hasn't raced means nothing. If you were as knowledgeable as you like to think you are then you wouldn't feel the need to one up yourself over others. If you think the only way to have knowledge is to have actually participated then you are naive or just intellectually inadequate. Hope you don't believe in God because that would make you the ultimate hypocrite. I also hope you have no opinion on politics, unless of course you have been a politician, economics unless you are an economist, music unless you are a musician, dance unless you are a dancer, rally driving unless you have driven a rally car, F1 unless you have driven an F1 car or MotoGP unless you have ridden a MotoGP bike.
Joined Apr 2008
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Out of Nowhere
Great Post - as Jum say's great to hear from a genuine fan of the sport itself and someone not dissuaded from attending due to Rossi's dip in form or traffic congestion. Sounds like you savoured every moment...the Willski award is on its way in the post.
I suspect you completely misunderstood my post.
This would be the key point: "Or do you just mean it doesn't look like one in the showroom?"
I don't believe I 'one upped' anyone. For that to happen I would have had to make some kind of statement about how I did something he didn't - can't see that in my post.
I am interested in why he thinks they look like ..... If you aren't familiar with prototype bikes, it can be a surprise to see how 'rough' they are - including the factory bikes.
Then there's the budget - the CRT bikes don't have the money to waste on making them look all shiny and pretty, they are more interested in function over form.
Judging a prototype race bike by how it looks is like judging someone you don't know on the internet from a position of little knowledge of either the person or their expertise - pointless.
I call ........ on this response. You have rubbed in to at least me how your opinion is more valuable because you raced and you in this case you were clearly doing it to Povol.
I highly doubt, but Povol can correct me, that Povol gives a .... about what they look like. I strongly suspect his comments were based on their performance, which live, I have no doubt looks and sounds significantly inferior to the prototypes.
Joined Aug 2007
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Pomona NY
