<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BarryMachine @ Feb 16 2010, 11:38 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Edit: I just noticed this Gem Arab
That goes down in the "Book of Stupid" alongside Babels famous Gyro theories
We aren't talking " kids skids" on their pushies here, You have absolutely no idea
It would be useless me trying to "tutor" you Arab. You are a Pomm aren't you?, and it is usually so difficult to extract the couch from a Pomm's arse, that there is no time left for riding
Actually I'm only joking, I actually feel for you guys, we are lucky here with a modicum of "space" to ride still, I know its hard for you guys and I think its a big reason why there aren't many Brit. riders at the top these days
Great...can we see some footage of you backing in your 749 now? As you yourself said:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BarryMachine @ Feb 16 2010, 11:17 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Post away with the snapshots of such skip outs ........ but that video is indisputable
Taken out of context you're right it does sound like an extract from the "book of stupid" - but as you are quite aware, I am referring to a road bike. If you meant that I was stating the obvious, I apologise - going by your post, you were suggesting that sliding into a corner was largely achieved by locking the rear on the downshift - purely through engine braking. Downshift induced slides, much like slides off the throttle are not commonplace amongst road riders, and are usually accomplished using the back brake as opposed to the downshift which as you were initially so eager to inform us,
as a road rider, you can execute in your sleep on your 749 - (or more precisely, in your dreams).
In racing, Nicky opts for the much larger 255mm rear disc size, compared to say the 200mm option favoured by Dani. Why could that be Barry?
I would love to be 'tutored' by you Barry. Name your fee..I'd like nothing more to hand over the keys to my bike so you could show me how to peel off that perfect slide. You'd struggle to peel a satsuma mate.
. I can't really argue with you when it comes to the 'Book of Stupid' being as you authored it Barry. Not only is it your finest work - but the excerpts which you have seen fit to serialise on here in the form of your posts are occasionally highly amusing - (albeit as Talpa say's, painfully embarrassing). Could I have a limited edition signed copy shipped over?
The notion that Vale is incapable of sliding a bike is almost as ludicrous as your last paragraph.
Aren't so many British riders at the top these days????
There's a little series called World Superbike commencing in your neck of the woods in the next few days - why not have a look, you might be quite surprised. The lack of British riders in GP on the other hand, is due to the paucity of personal sponsorship and the relative indifference toward bike racing as a sport in this country. This is why Dorna actively charged Alberto Puig with the task of recruiting British raw talent for the Moto GP Academy.
At 61m people and counting you are correct this country is chronically overcrowded and it does feel very claustrophobic in comparison to Oz - you live in a very expansive and beautiful country. Over here, it is not all paved with concrete yet, and yes it is still possible to ride off road here as your own boy Casey discovered when he came over in '01 with the sole purpose of
furthering his career
The one thing I won't dispute with you is the fact you do indeed look a complete ... by the way - and although that would follow, I still doubt that's you in the picture.
