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Rossi does not attend award presentation

I have to agree with Jumkie on this Mick. Everyone is saying Marquez 'hit' Rossi, but Rossi is the one who effectively steering into Marquez by going straight on at a right hand corner Marquez was trying to navigate.
As I have stated previously fault lies 100% with Rossi for losing it and forcing Marc out for no particular reason other than being butt-hurt, but I do not believe that Marc had no other options prior to impact.
 
Rossi caught Marc by surprise, blocked his path and to the edge of the track in an astonishing sequence, that not only shocked Marc...
After watching Marc for his entire career I do not believe he was so 'shocked' that he was unable to react this one time. He had plenty of time to process and react. He made a decision. Still all Rossi's fault but don't try to spin Marc into an easily flustered rookie.
 
in NA we went from rds to rzs... not sure about LCs? European nomenclature?
I'd look it up but i'm in a taxi...


Not really! But i am currently spending some time in one of the world's oldest continuously occupied cities, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, and i think the wifi was installed in about 300 B.E.
 
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Good to know,in that case I respect your opinion.

Ever considered getting HarryJones05 to be your crew chief?
Second point first - NO. He probably wasn't born!
First point second... respect it as much as any other .......! Even mgp level riders are divided in their opinions... unless your brain was in the helmet its speculation. Hence why i preface with 'it seems' or 'I believe'.
 
Totally agreed. My point was however, is having raced, you can speak from some experience. Armchair viewers on the other hand....
 
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Being here in an ancient buddhist community and reading PS the last few days has been, to take from the great and powerful Willski, intetesting. Fervent belief in being right or wrong only leads to conflict. Ohm.
 
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in NA we went from rds to rzs... not sure about LCs? European nomenclature?

Yeah, the 350 simply known as the LC (liquid cooled) was an RD pumped with amphetamine testosterone and steroids directly derived from the mono shocked and water cooled TZ250s and the best example of eighties race trimmed technological trickle down from the era. The definitive street legal two stroke racer which humiliated the four stroke muscle bikes at the time and became known as the giant killer - still massively sought after today. A tuned one would throw out 65 horses. Below 6,000rpm sod all happened but when it hit the narrow powerband the thing was demonically possessed. The later YPVS versions had the power valve to boost the mid range. I had the RD400 and got blown to the weeds until I sold my soul.
 
Being here in an ancient buddhist community and reading PS the last few days has been, to take from the great and powerful Willski, intetesting. Fervent belief in being right or wrong only leads to conflict. Ohm.


Fervent belief equals delusion grasshopper.
 
Yeah, the 350 simply known as the LC (liquid cooled) was an RD pumped with amphetamine testosterone and steroids directly derived from the mono shocked and water cooled TZ250s and the best example of eighties race trimmed technological trickle down from the era. The definitive street legal two stroke racer which humiliated the four stroke muscle bikes at the time and became known as the giant killer - still massively sought after today. A tuned one would throw out 65 horses. Below 6,000rpm sod all happened but when it hit the narrow powerband the thing was demonically possessed. The later YPVS versions had the power valve to boost the mid range. I had the RD400 and got blown to the weeds until I sold my soul.
I think in NA we went from rd400s to rz350s with ypvs and skipped the LCs. I remember getting my first street rz and ending up at a stop light beside a first year out gpz750. Had to virtually sit on the bars to keep the front end down but took him to school through first, second and most of 3rd... then his hp advantage started to show... rz wasn't really an effective drag bike but on track or twisties it ruled until the gamma 500 arrived.

My race rz350 was mostly tz250 parts with WP shock, beautiful handmade chamber... it is rotting in a barn in Ontario atm... :(
 
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The first-gen vfr was a great race bike as well (strangely I went from racing 4 stroke to 2...) if a finicky one. That one is sitting in my racing partner's garage and recently we were offered an obcene amount of money for its full HRC factory superbike exhaust system by a guy who was going classic racing.
 
Sorry for my absence bell ends, I've been to Jerez whilst you lot were ripping me to shreds yet again..... I love how someone has 'checked' if I'm tito's 'best mate' when I've said I'm in no way his best mate.... And firstly my first name isn't Harry and my second name isn't Jones....... So thank you once again for being a bunch of ...... And I'll tell you now for nothing, you think all racers wish the best for each other?! I can clarify they absolutely don't! The way I feel and other fans about some riders is no different to how some riders feel....!

I wouldn't mind betting Rossi will take great pleasure in seeing Marquez twist himself up sometime, because it's only a matter of time, dangerous little ....!
 
Sorry for my absence bell ends, I've been to Jerez whilst you lot were ripping me to shreds yet again..... I love how someone has 'checked' if I'm tito's 'best mate' when I've said I'm in no way his best mate.... And firstly my first name isn't Harry and my second name isn't Jones....... So thank you once again for being a bunch of ...... And I'll tell you now for nothing, you think all racers wish the best for each other?! I can clarify they absolutely don't! The way I feel and other fans about some riders is no different to how some riders feel....!

I wouldn't mind betting Rossi will take great pleasure in seeing Marquez twist himself up sometime, because it's only a matter of time, dangerous little ....!

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I think in NA we went from rd400s to rz350s with ypvs and skipped the LCs. I remember getting my first street rz and ending up at a stop light beside a first year out gpz750. Had to virtually sit on the bars to keep the front end down but took him to school through first, second and most of 3rd... then his hp advantage started to show... rz wasn't really an effective drag bike but on track or twisties it ruled until the gamma 500 arrived.

My race rz350 was mostly tz250 parts with WP shock, beautiful handmade chamber... it is rotting in a barn in Ontario atm... :(

You should see my old man's collection, 83 rz350 track bike, 85 rz500 road legal, 91 rz350 barely even ridden, 82 tz250, 85 Gamma 250, 89 fzr400/600 vintage racer, 84 KR1S, and 3 or 4 YSR50s
 
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