<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ooost @ Jun 21 2006, 09:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Thanks for the optimist remark, I try. And as far as the Nicky rumors go, I just post this stuff as I hear it to start conversation. I don't think he's going anywhere.
yeah i know. some people just seem to spout the most unlikely crap.
yeah i know. some people just seem to spout the most unlikely crap.
Montmelo Crash Videos - different angles - that why i posted more links.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A_Cy2azSwU...=motogp%20crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A_Cy2azSwU...=motogp%20crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtTENhzI6WY&search=MotoGP
http://www.autof1.ro/f1/moto_gp/VIDEO__Acc...ant_de_la_.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A_Cy2azSwU...=motogp%20crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A_Cy2azSwU...=motogp%20crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtTENhzI6WY&search=MotoGP
http://www.autof1.ro/f1/moto_gp/VIDEO__Acc...ant_de_la_.html
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Jun 22 2006, 01:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>yeah i know. some people just seem to spout the most unlikely crap.
Talk about it! Nicky on a Ducati? The Kentucky kid? The rough one? Nickys a great rider but you`ll only get away with all that rough, tyre smokin riding on a Michelin RCV. A Duke would be a one way ticket to kitty litter hell for Hayden
Talk about it! Nicky on a Ducati? The Kentucky kid? The rough one? Nickys a great rider but you`ll only get away with all that rough, tyre smokin riding on a Michelin RCV. A Duke would be a one way ticket to kitty litter hell for Hayden
agreed on the duke but its getting better, do u think theyd go bak to michelins now the bikes settling down abit,?
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rossi 46 winner @ Jun 22 2006, 01:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>agreed on the duke but its getting better, do u think theyd go bak to michelins now the bikes settling down abit,?
Aren't they a stuck with the Stones. Unless Ferrari in F1 makes a switch, and I don't think that will happen for a while.
Aren't they a stuck with the Stones. Unless Ferrari in F1 makes a switch, and I don't think that will happen for a while.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capirex @ Jun 21 2006, 04:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Montmelo Crash Videos - different angles - that why i posted more links.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A_Cy2azSwU...=motogp%20crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A_Cy2azSwU...=motogp%20crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtTENhzI6WY&search=MotoGP
http://www.autof1.ro/f1/moto_gp/VIDEO__Acc...ant_de_la_.html
Good finds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A_Cy2azSwU...=motogp%20crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A_Cy2azSwU...=motogp%20crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtTENhzI6WY&search=MotoGP
http://www.autof1.ro/f1/moto_gp/VIDEO__Acc...ant_de_la_.html
Good finds.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Alex @ Jun 22 2006, 07:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Good finds.
Thanks!
Ducati on Michelin? Highly unlikely!! bridgestone are starting to develop...i think they will stick to bridgestone tyres.
Thanks!
Ducati on Michelin? Highly unlikely!! bridgestone are starting to develop...i think they will stick to bridgestone tyres.
why not? they r the best tyre and the bike isnt the sames a it was in 2003.. anyway i was only askingggggggggggggggggggggg
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rossi 46 winner @ Jun 22 2006, 11:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>SO URSAYING THEY HAVE TO DO WOT FERRARI DOES? the dukes was on michalins in 2003.?
Yes. If I remember right Ferrari and Ducati are helping each out. A pack deal of OIL(Shell), rubber(Bridgestone), and death sticks(marlboro).
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Traverser @ Jun 22 2006, 02:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yes. If I remember right Ferrari and Ducati are helping each out. A pack deal of OIL(Shell), rubber(Bridgestone), and death sticks(marlboro).
all about $
Yes. If I remember right Ferrari and Ducati are helping each out. A pack deal of OIL(Shell), rubber(Bridgestone), and death sticks(marlboro).
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Traverser @ Jun 22 2006, 02:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yes. If I remember right Ferrari and Ducati are helping each out. A pack deal of OIL(Shell), rubber(Bridgestone), and death sticks(marlboro).
all about $
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Traverser @ Jun 23 2006, 07:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yes. If I remember right Ferrari and Ducati are helping each out. A pack deal of OIL(Shell), rubber(Bridgestone), and death sticks(marlboro).
all about $
I wonder if they get group discounts on hot red paint too.
I think it would be a bad move for Ducati to go back to Michelin. Sure, theyre the superior tyre, but that didn`t help Tamada did it? The Duke has improved since 2004, a lot of work has been done, a lot of development. Development on Bridgestones. Wasn`t one of the reasons Ducati left Michelin in the first place the fact that they were way down the Michelin pecking order, as opposed to being on top with Bridgestone? The bridgestone hoops have been developed for the Duke, and the Michelins have been developed for the RCV and the M1.
It would also be a bad move for the tyre war as that would make Kawasaki Bridgestone`s primary development team. Ducati are a lot more competitive. I think they should stay. They`re not french rubber, but they`re not Dunlops either. They`re getting better, they have their advantages and you never know when the tide in the tyre war could change, and being the only really competitive team on Bridgestones, that could really work in Ducati`s favour.
all about $
I wonder if they get group discounts on hot red paint too.
I think it would be a bad move for Ducati to go back to Michelin. Sure, theyre the superior tyre, but that didn`t help Tamada did it? The Duke has improved since 2004, a lot of work has been done, a lot of development. Development on Bridgestones. Wasn`t one of the reasons Ducati left Michelin in the first place the fact that they were way down the Michelin pecking order, as opposed to being on top with Bridgestone? The bridgestone hoops have been developed for the Duke, and the Michelins have been developed for the RCV and the M1.
It would also be a bad move for the tyre war as that would make Kawasaki Bridgestone`s primary development team. Ducati are a lot more competitive. I think they should stay. They`re not french rubber, but they`re not Dunlops either. They`re getting better, they have their advantages and you never know when the tide in the tyre war could change, and being the only really competitive team on Bridgestones, that could really work in Ducati`s favour.
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Richo is spot on here. They left Michelin because they were always behind the factory Honda and Yamaha teams and perhaps even behind Gresini Honda. Bridgestone gives them undivided attention and their product is improving.
Also, I did hear rumors when Ducati switched to Bridgestone that there was a deal in the works between Marlboro, Shell, Bridgestone, Ferrari and Ducati.
Also, I did hear rumors when Ducati switched to Bridgestone that there was a deal in the works between Marlboro, Shell, Bridgestone, Ferrari and Ducati.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Traverser @ Jun 22 2006, 06:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Aren't they a stuck with the Stones. Unless Ferrari in F1 makes a switch, and I don't think that will happen for a while.
Ferrari will be staying on Stones as will the rest of the grid in F1 come next season.
Ferrari will be staying on Stones as will the rest of the grid in F1 come next season.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ooost @ Jun 24 2006, 12:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Also, I did hear rumors when Ducati switched to Bridgestone that there was a deal in the works between Marlboro, Shell, Bridgestone, Ferrari and Ducati.
And everyones happy, with their own jobs to do. Ferrari go fast, Ducati go fast in a way that`s not boring, Shell lubricate and fuel, Bridgestone separate rims from tarmac and Malboro kill people and give blood money to everyone.
And everyones happy, with their own jobs to do. Ferrari go fast, Ducati go fast in a way that`s not boring, Shell lubricate and fuel, Bridgestone separate rims from tarmac and Malboro kill people and give blood money to everyone.
Seems like after the crash in Barcelona the Ducati's dua were the most affected. And from the title challenger Loris comes off worse of all
Pedrosa -untauched
Melandri seemed worse but performed miracles and finnished in good position the races.
Sete -missed the races but he wasn't a contender
And Loris after coming in the as a leader inBarcelona he's now on 5th at a gap of 46 points to Hayden.
I feel for him, he deserved more from this races then he got but that's racing...
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/motorcycling/er...sto919740.shtml
Pedrosa -untauched
Melandri seemed worse but performed miracles and finnished in good position the races.
Sete -missed the races but he wasn't a contender
And Loris after coming in the as a leader inBarcelona he's now on 5th at a gap of 46 points to Hayden.
I feel for him, he deserved more from this races then he got but that's racing...
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/motorcycling/er...sto919740.shtml
I hope Loris is still riding injured. I know that sounds bad but that could explain his bad results, right? If he`s starting to get back up to full health and not at the top again, I hate to say it, but maybe Capriex is losing his edge
Bad for him, bad for Ducati. There`s no heir to the king Capirossi throne at Ducati. He really is the only rider ever to have mastered the Duke. Ducati still need him for good results while they build up a rider who can be as fast and smart as Loris on the bridgestone Ducati. I really hope he gets back to his usual self
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