King Kenny Kicks Butt!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BEN @ Apr 6 2006, 02:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>yer I know.....its only practice blah blah blah
But WOW those times are impressive! Kenny And Casey inside Loris' pole from last year. I don't think ANY of us saw that coming. Were they on qualifiers?

Don't read too much into these times, Rossi went a half second quicker than Kenny's time in winter tesing. I don't know how conditions compare but I think there is more from the Camel boys.

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It's good to be the King!
too bad he sits on a honda though, I guess they have the correct chasis set up and a good rider.

i think the other web site says his qualifing time was faster than loris' best flying lap last year.
do they start the qualifing lap from a dead stop?
i dont think they have to push the bikes to bump start the motor at the beging of the race any more.

how long is rossi taking to go round the track?

predictions

1 rossi
2 kenny jr
3 loris
4 nakano

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BEN @ Apr 6 2006, 03:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>yer I know.....its only practice blah blah blah

FREE PRACTICE - COMBINED TIMES
1. Kenny Roberts (USA) Team Roberts 1'56.905;
2. Casey Stoner (AUS) LCR Honda +0.006;
3. Marco Melandri (ITA) Fortuna Honda +0.105;
4. Colin Edwards (USA) Camel Yamaha Team +0.119;
5. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Ducati Marlboro Team +0.126;
6. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Camel Yamaha Team +0.236;
7. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda Team +0.455;
8. Toni Elias (SPA) Fortuna Honda +0.487;
9. Nicky Hayden (USA) Repsol Honda Team +0.547;
10. Sete Gibernau (SPA) Ducati Marlboro Team +0.664;
This could be the genuine top 10,with a reshuffle,come end of race.I sincerely hope Kenny stays on the pace!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (thirty4 @ Apr 6 2006, 12:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%random banter from a madman

It's good to be the King!
too bad he sits on a honda though, I guess they have the correct chasis set up and a good rider.

i think the other web site says his qualifing time was faster than loris' best flying lap last year.
do they start the qualifing lap from a dead stop?
i dont think they have to push the bikes to bump start the motor at the beging of the race any more.

how long is rossi taking to go round the track?

predictions

1 rossi
2 kenny jr
3 loris
4 nakano
Yeah Kenny is under Capirossi's 2005 pole time but is about a hald second slower than Rossi's winter test times so today probably doesn't mean a whole lot. Qualy is an hour session so each lap is a flyer other than in and out laps. The bike are started in the garage and driven out and are running during a race start. I can't remember the last time a race began with bump starts. I have a Dunlop ad hung in my room back home of Kenny Senior's last race and the picture was the start of guys like him and Freddie Spencer running along their bikes. Good stuff.

sumone must know when bump starts went out of fashion late 70,s with kenny and barry they was doing it and they wasnt in the 90,s so pick a year i guess about 89

I remember watching push starts when I was a kid so I'll say 1981?

Stoner on Pole..Dani in a Hayden and Rossi sandwich on Row 2

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rossi 46 winner @ Apr 7 2006, 03:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>i guess about 89 ??? was before this. but damn i can't remember

that`s why my old `81 GSX250`s starter motor never worked. Suzuki mustve been giving their bikes that `gp feel` back then.