Nicky Hayden on MTV

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sheri @ Feb 12 2007, 08:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>MTV you say...

prepare for some topless hayden shots whooo hoooo!!

God bless america lol!

BWAHAHAHA! indeed. woooooo!

i hope they show it over here...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (krazy91 @ Feb 13 2007, 12:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>We alreaady have an example with SpeedTV and their Superbikes! show. Of all their episodes, only one was spent on the road racing scene, the rest was on hooligan riding. Remember, this is coming from a network dedicated to the promotion of motorsports racing
i beg to differ on your assesment of speed tv..... it's dedicated to the promotion of nascar racing.

I'm pretty sure the Hayden crew and Nicky's PR team would try and do justice to him and the sport – also it’s worth noting that it was Nicky’s PR team and a production company that pitched the idea to MTV.

Hopefully this will give them a little autonomy from the mind numbing tentacles MTV’s teenie bopper/wanna be thuggish/Road Rules season 54 modus operandi.

Also speaking as a track day addict and soon to be amateur racer – I would REALLY enjoy the general American public having some idea what we do. If I had a $ for every time someone said “so you race around in like a big circle” or “so you jump off those big dirt hills” I could run my own MotoGP team.

Oh and cool site btw - this is my first post

Team Drinking Liberally - MotoGP fantasy CHAMPS!

Today when I was telling my friend she said
"so he will be the David Beckham of Motogp"

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Uglyduc @ Feb 14 2007, 09:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Oh and cool site btw - this is my first post

Team Drinking Liberally - MotoGP fantasy CHAMPS!

welcome matey

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sully @ Feb 13 2007, 05:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Today when I was telling my friend she said
"so he will be the David Beckham of Motogp"



LOL...good point! Hopefully Nicky has better taste in women, though.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Uglyduc @ Feb 13 2007, 06:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Oh and cool site btw - this is my first post

Team Drinking Liberally - MotoGP fantasy CHAMPS!
welcome duc!......... dream on!

When will this actually air? Or did I already miss it? I haven't heard a word about it.

the news on this show has been pretty quiet for a long time now so i'm not sure if it's going to see the light of day.

also, the show is not about motoGP, the show is about the Haydens. it's going to be like the Osbournes where the focus is the family and it just so happens that the family races motorcycles (Roger Lee, Tommy, and Nicky).

i think the powers that be were hoping that Nicky would have had a better season and that Tommy would be up front in his new team in AMA SBK on the all conquering Yosh Suzuki. Sadly, neither of those things have come to fruition.

i think the show is shelved for now.

again, even if it does make it on the air, you're all going to be sorely disappointed as it's going to be about the Haydens and not motoGP.

Can Nicky pass some of his cast offs to me! I dont mind!

I guess I had the idea that they were going to follow him from circuit to circuit...something like that.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sylviapearl @ Jul 2 2007, 07:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I guess I had the idea that they were going to follow him from circuit to circuit...something like that.

yes, they actually already did that last season, but the bulk of the show was to be based on this year. i think the cameras last year were to shoot the pilot or similar.

again, it's not that there won't be any racing or shots of racing in the show, but it's to be about the Hayden family which has 3 boys racing; 1 in motogp and 2 racing against each other in AMA SBK (1 of which conveniently/coincidentally moved to a 3rd spot on the Yosh team this year).

you have to think about what drives reality shows; it's not a racing program; it's about the up and downs that the family goes through as their 3 boys attempt to ascend to the top of their respective sports.

if you're a (RL, T, or N) Hayden fan, it'll be really interesting to watch because like the Osbournes, you'll get a behind the scenes look at the family. if you're a racing fan, you may get a few tidbits of behind the scenes gold in motogp and/or AMA SBK, but they'll be few and far between.

like another posted said above, how much actual concert footage did you see in 4 seasons of the Osbournes?

i'm all for more coverage in the US for motogp and WSBK, but the way to do it is through intelligent and exiciting profiling of the respective sports, histories, and the colorful personalities and rivalries either via a short series on ESPN/major network or do quality, lengthy, informative broadcasts like they have for F1.

you will get an initial interest in motorcycle racing simply because it's visually exciting to watch guys leaning the bikes over, but you don't get real fans that will continue to follow the series unless they become aware of the riders personal stories/triumphs/rivalries/accomplishments. when "they" can create awareness of the riders' backstories then people will take much more interest in the sport beyond "look how far leaned over that guy is"