Rossi Boppers, your hero is waiting!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Oct 22 2009, 07:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Hahahaha. Nah i didnt see that one. Sounds hilarious.
gonna look it up for you might take a while...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Oct 22 2009, 03:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>http://www.valentinorossi.com/

for all you rossi faithful!

Thanks Frosty...that's kept me quiet for an hour!

My browser could not load the content inside the center frame .

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Geonerd @ Oct 21 2009, 05:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>He's got a new web site.

http://www.valentinorossi.com/

Both Rossi and Lorenzo's sites are competing for the king of cool. LOL. Stoner's site and even Hayden's boring sites seem like they just are being portrayed as a MotoGP racers. go figure.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Geonerd @ Oct 23 2009, 06:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Who's YOUR Pimp Daddy?


thats what he wears in the commercial too! cant find it. he looks RIDICULOUS

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Geonerd @ Oct 23 2009, 09:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Who's YOUR Pimp Daddy?



undeadprincess has now locked herself in her bedroom. Marijke soon to follow.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SuperShinya56 @ Oct 24 2009, 12:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>undeadprincess has now locked herself in her bedroom. Marijke soon to follow.
cause we girls like pimps ofcourse

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ROCKGOD01 @ Oct 23 2009, 10:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Both Rossi and Lorenzo's sites are competing for the king of cool. LOL. Stoner's site and even Hayden's boring sites seem like they just are being portrayed as a MotoGP racers. go figure.
All about commanding the highest wage packet mate, Im more popular so pay me ,and compared to stoners wage its working

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chopperman @ Oct 23 2009, 11:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>All about commanding the highest wage packet mate, Im more popular so pay me ,and compared to stoners wage its working


And Roger, probably also a very good indication of the relative worth of each in a public sense as well as where each of these riders see themselves in terms of market (ie. large global appeal, racer appeal etc).

Is interesting actually.





Gaz

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Gaz @ Oct 24 2009, 09:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>And Roger, probably also a very good indication of the relative worth of each in a public sense as well as where each of these riders see themselves in terms of market (ie. large global appeal, racer appeal etc).

Is interesting actually.





Gaz

Spot on Gaz and Rog, I'm sure Fiat, Dainese, Yamaha and co are all very supportive of this broader market appeal to help continue to Finance the ridiculous 800's and Dorna's ever more expensive tech regs.

Ducati and CS maybe a little more fortunate as selling smokes is a license to print cash......maybe they should bring back Camel, Gauloise..........depends on what side of the political fence you sit on.......for me, if this is what JL and VR need to do to get money from somewhere other the Cigarette companies so they can get out there week in week out then so be it.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Talpa @ Oct 24 2009, 12:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Spot on Gaz and Rog, I'm sure Fiat, Dainese, Yamaha and co are all very supportive of this broader market appeal to help continue to Finance the ridiculous 800's and Dorna's ever more expensive tech regs.

Ducati and CS maybe a little more fortunate as selling smokes is a license to print cash......maybe they should bring back Camel, Gauloise..........depends on what side of the political fence you sit on.......for me, if this is what JL and VR need to do to get money from somewhere other the Cigarette companies so they can get out there week in week out then so be it.

Talpa,

I think it also needs to go beyond the 'need' to do it and into the 'want' to do it realm as well (irrespective of any ulterior motives).

For me, it is obvious that many riders just want to ride the bike and do their contracted
requirements with regards to sponsor commitments etc as this is within their own personal 'comfort zone' (be that morally, ethically or just attitudinal). I actually feel that the vast majority of riders at world and likely top national levels fall within this category as they are first and foremost motorcycle racers, not publicity machines.

Then of course you have riders like Rossi/Lorenzo who (apologies as this will likely be a bit controversial) treat the racing as a business and as such are prepared to do more in order to market and sell their brand. If this more means being more 'accessible' or 'marketable' these guys will do whatever is necessary to ensure that they remain marketable and will likely also then compete against each other for off-track earnings as well - just like any business.

I suppose I look at it this way.

Some riders are happy being that smaller provider of a service as they are comfortable and content, whereas others want to be the conglomerate or franchiser, but to be the latter one needs to market well and have a product people want.





Gaz

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Gaz @ Oct 24 2009, 07:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Talpa,

I think it also needs to go beyond the 'need' to do it and into the 'want' to do it realm as well (irrespective of any ulterior motives).

For me, it is obvious that many riders just want to ride the bike and do their contracted
requirements with regards to sponsor commitments etc as this is within their own personal 'comfort zone' (be that morally, ethically or just attitudinal). I actually feel that the vast majority of riders at world and likely top national levels fall within this category as they are first and foremost motorcycle racers, not publicity machines.

Then of course you have riders like Rossi/Lorenzo who (apologies as this will likely be a bit controversial) treat the racing as a business and as such are prepared to do more in order to market and sell their brand. If this more means being more 'accessible' or 'marketable' these guys will do whatever is necessary to ensure that they remain marketable and will likely also then compete against each other for off-track earnings as well - just like any business.

I suppose I look at it this way.

Some riders are happy being that smaller provider of a service as they are comfortable and content, whereas others want to be the conglomerate or franchiser, but to be the latter one needs to market well and have a product people want.





Gaz

I agree with you gaz but as a web developer myself no one except the rossi fathfull are going to wait around long enough for all that flash to load so as a marketing excercise it's a FAIL.

I suspect it must have been made by a mate of his as the technology is out ther to start streaming full screen video immediatley if thats what you want to do...it's not like he can't afford it!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chopperman @ Oct 23 2009, 11:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>All about commanding the highest wage packet mate, Im more popular so pay me ,and compared to stoners wage its working
Yeah so I guess the only thing possible left for SToner to do is get his hottie wife to start posing nude on his website. That would be the end of the website battles game, set, match!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ROCKGOD01 @ Oct 24 2009, 08:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yeah so I guess the only thing possible left for SToner to do is get his hottie wife to start posing nude on his website. That would be the end of the website battles game, set, match!


You would love that to happen huh......So that Valentino can retort back with nude pictures of Uccio. You make me sick ROCKDOG01 !

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SuperShinya56 @ Oct 23 2009, 11:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>undeadprincess has now locked herself in her bedroom. Marijke soon to follow.
Super Shinya prematurely ejaculated in his smalls before he could get there

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrabbiata1 @ Oct 24 2009, 01:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Super Shinya prematurely ejaculated in his smalls before he could get there

Now there's an image I could do without. Makes me wish there was one
of those science fiction doohickies that can erase bad memories from the
brain.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Marijke @ Oct 23 2009, 03:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>thats what he wears in the commercial too! cant find it. he looks RIDICULOUS

Its some Spanish commercial for a brand named Barracuda or something. When I first saw it on a Spanish gp stream I was horrified at the sight of Lorenzo actually doing that crap. It was a weird strip tease thing. Disturbing to say the least. I dug the clip off of youtube or google video to show my brother how straight Lorenzo is on opposite day.

I don't know, HeyWhore! Lorentho is not a bad looking guy, but when I see him trying to be a playboy and all.... it just seems out of place and funny to me. Now Rossi on the other hand looks like a chimp, and you all know it too.