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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SackWack @ Jan 20 2009, 11:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Maybe they were drunk from all the festivities
As far as i know, getting drunk is the only fun activity besides go-karting, at those festivities
let's just be grateful that honda doesnt do this kind of events.... dont wanna know how much more boring(go pedrophile!) a motorcycle event in a ski-resort can be...
As far as i know, getting drunk is the only fun activity besides go-karting, at those festivities
let's just be grateful that honda doesnt do this kind of events.... dont wanna know how much more boring(go pedrophile!) a motorcycle event in a ski-resort can be...
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SuperShinya56 @ Jan 17 2009, 08:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Well...you can stop wondering. Hayden is just slow, period.
Faster than Shinya!
Faster than Shinya!
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ROCKGOD01 @ Jan 21 2009, 02:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Faster than Shinya!
not that difficult, IMHO
not that difficult, IMHO
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Slide @ Jan 20 2009, 10:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>they were being beaten on own territory... it problably hurted seeing some kiddo
doing something better while they, as F1 racer, get paid for it, its their job
They had a more familiar amount of wheels, but thats about all the territorial advantage was in reality. All of them were just having a laugh doing something completely unrelated to their proffession.
They had a more familiar amount of wheels, but thats about all the territorial advantage was in reality. All of them were just having a laugh doing something completely unrelated to their proffession.
Great sales and marketing stuff. Ducati knows that they are on the rise in the US now that they have Nicky on board. They are using MotoGP for every single ounce of exposure they can get and doing it with a fantastic machine, great Italian style and a young set of world champions. Cripes they are writing the book before our eyes.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tom @ Jan 21 2009, 01:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>They had a more familiar amount of wheels, but thats about all the territorial advantage was in reality. All of them were just having a laugh doing something completely unrelated to their proffession.
To be fair, the result of the race may have some relevance to casey's potential as an ice go-kart racer but I doubt this will ever have much appeal as an alternative professional avenue, unless perhaps if valentino is really nasty to him
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To be fair, the result of the race may have some relevance to casey's potential as an ice go-kart racer but I doubt this will ever have much appeal as an alternative professional avenue, unless perhaps if valentino is really nasty to him
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (michaelm @ Jan 21 2009, 02:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>To be fair, the result of the race may have some relevance to casey's potential as an ice go-kart racer but I doubt this will ever have much appeal as an alternative professional avenue, unless perhaps if valentino is really nasty to him
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Someone warn alain prost!
Someone warn alain prost!
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (michaelm @ Jan 21 2009, 03:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>To be fair, the result of the race may have some relevance to casey's potential as an ice go-kart racer but I doubt this will ever have much appeal as an alternative professional avenue, unless perhaps if valentino is really nasty to him
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i think that out of both, rossi will go four-wheeled sooner than stoner...
btw, whats better for an six-time world champ on the big bikes, than going four-wheels and show the world that becoming a motorcycle champ is far more difficult than a car champ....
he has already beaten Colin McRea in a face-off
i think that out of both, rossi will go four-wheeled sooner than stoner...
btw, whats better for an six-time world champ on the big bikes, than going four-wheels and show the world that becoming a motorcycle champ is far more difficult than a car champ....
he has already beaten Colin McRea in a face-off
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Slide @ Jan 21 2009, 08:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>btw, whats better for an six-time world champ on the big bikes, than going four-wheels and show the world that becoming a motorcycle champ is far more difficult than a car champ....
I don't know whats better, but i can tell you it wouldn't be so hot to go car racing only to find it less enjoyable, more stressful and to not be as successful and the hype said you would be.
I don't know whats better, but i can tell you it wouldn't be so hot to go car racing only to find it less enjoyable, more stressful and to not be as successful and the hype said you would be.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tom @ Jan 21 2009, 09:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I don't know whats better, but i can tell you it wouldn't be so hot to go car racing only to find it less enjoyable, more stressful and to not be as successful and the hype said you would be.
no, gettin beaten by a boy on a red bike is like the perfect experience...
sounds more to me that rossi ìs afraid of changes...
i think 2009 will be the discision point: if he gets lapped by pedrophile, stoner and lorenzo, chances will be very high that he will seek fortune in car sports...
p.s: the situation you scetched is hayden's situation at ducati at the moment...
no, gettin beaten by a boy on a red bike is like the perfect experience...
sounds more to me that rossi ìs afraid of changes...
i think 2009 will be the discision point: if he gets lapped by pedrophile, stoner and lorenzo, chances will be very high that he will seek fortune in car sports...
p.s: the situation you scetched is hayden's situation at ducati at the moment...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Slide @ Jan 21 2009, 09:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>i think that out of both, rossi will go four-wheeled sooner than stoner...
btw, whats better for an six-time world champ on the big bikes, than going four-wheels and show the world that becoming a motorcycle champ is far more difficult than a car champ....
he has already beaten Colin McRea in a face-off
I am sure you are correct that rossi is more likely to go to some form of 4 wheel racing in the short term, although I doubt he will do it for nothing and the WRC at least might be lucky to continue let alone lure valentino.
My point, obviously not well made, is that go-kart racing on ice to me at least would seem to approach the level of the extremely obscure as a motorsport and probably has little relevance to most other forms of motorsport, and perhaps in the case of the light entertainment in question was even chosen for this reason, particularly since there were conveniently no scandinavian participants.
btw, whats better for an six-time world champ on the big bikes, than going four-wheels and show the world that becoming a motorcycle champ is far more difficult than a car champ....
he has already beaten Colin McRea in a face-off
I am sure you are correct that rossi is more likely to go to some form of 4 wheel racing in the short term, although I doubt he will do it for nothing and the WRC at least might be lucky to continue let alone lure valentino.
My point, obviously not well made, is that go-kart racing on ice to me at least would seem to approach the level of the extremely obscure as a motorsport and probably has little relevance to most other forms of motorsport, and perhaps in the case of the light entertainment in question was even chosen for this reason, particularly since there were conveniently no scandinavian participants.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Slide @ Jan 22 2009, 11:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>still, it's a pretty good indication of driving skill....
Don't get me wrong, I am a fairly rabid stoner fan. He does like to win everything, even every practice session which some consider strategically unsound but kind of appeals to me, and to draw a somewhat long bow his ability to work out a way to ride a new bike like the gp09 quickly almost immediately would appear to extend to at least one other form of motorsport.
Don't get me wrong, I am a fairly rabid stoner fan. He does like to win everything, even every practice session which some consider strategically unsound but kind of appeals to me, and to draw a somewhat long bow his ability to work out a way to ride a new bike like the gp09 quickly almost immediately would appear to extend to at least one other form of motorsport.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (michaelm @ Jan 22 2009, 11:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Don't get me wrong, I am a fairly rabid stoner fan. He does like to win everything, even every practice session which some consider strategically unsound but kind of appeals to me, and to draw a somewhat long bow his ability to work out a way to ride a new bike like the gp09 quickly almost immediately would appear to extend to at least one other form of motorsport.
IIRC it was in 2006 at laguna during the race and the eurosport guys were talking to Chaz Davies on air about casey. he said then that casey was fast and it didnt matter what was being raced. he was one of those types that is at or near the front always. some people have this ability and stoner is one of them, along with rossi, loeb, pastrana etc...
IIRC it was in 2006 at laguna during the race and the eurosport guys were talking to Chaz Davies on air about casey. he said then that casey was fast and it didnt matter what was being raced. he was one of those types that is at or near the front always. some people have this ability and stoner is one of them, along with rossi, loeb, pastrana etc...
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tom @ Jan 22 2009, 03:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I don't know whats better, but i can tell you it wouldn't be so hot to go car racing only to find it less enjoyable, more stressful and to not be as successful and the hype said you would be.
Well Tom, we all already know that a "cage" (biker slang for "car", for those who don't know!) is WAY less enjoyable and WAY more stressful than ridin'. But "hype"? The only "hype" I've heard is from from our rabid Rossi fans. "Hype" by definition is a self-promotion thing (Hype - verb [ trans. ]
promote or publicize (a product or idea) intensively, often exaggerating its importance or benefits : "an industry quick to hype its products". Rossi, and/or his people have never "hyped" his four wheel forays.
Well Tom, we all already know that a "cage" (biker slang for "car", for those who don't know!) is WAY less enjoyable and WAY more stressful than ridin'. But "hype"? The only "hype" I've heard is from from our rabid Rossi fans. "Hype" by definition is a self-promotion thing (Hype - verb [ trans. ]
promote or publicize (a product or idea) intensively, often exaggerating its importance or benefits : "an industry quick to hype its products". Rossi, and/or his people have never "hyped" his four wheel forays.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Slide @ Jan 26 2009, 12:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>you're talking rubbish... you cant hype yourself. a hype is a reaction from the media that they think sonething will be great...
if you can make a hype by yourself means you can make things populair by yourself... quite unrealistic, isnt it?
Right... so multinational corporations, politicians, music, movie and sporting stars pay obscenely large amounts of cash to "media consultants" for no reason... there just dumb ..... who don't realise you can't hype your own product!!!
if you can make a hype by yourself means you can make things populair by yourself... quite unrealistic, isnt it?
Right... so multinational corporations, politicians, music, movie and sporting stars pay obscenely large amounts of cash to "media consultants" for no reason... there just dumb ..... who don't realise you can't hype your own product!!!
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Slide @ Jan 25 2009, 05:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>you're talking rubbish... you cant hype yourself. a hype is a reaction from the media that they think sonething will be great...
if you can make a hype by yourself means you can make things populair by yourself... quite unrealistic, isnt it?
You can't hype yourself???????
Do you inhabit a different universe to this one, and if so is there any room for me? We occupy the most obscenely self obsessed hubristic shallow periods in the history of mankind and you're suggesting that people don't hype themselves. Our narcissic society is so in love with its own image it's about to topple in for good. You can't hype yourself?...tell that to self promotion gurus such as Max Clifford, tell that to reality TV contestants, go tell that to Curve
if you can make a hype by yourself means you can make things populair by yourself... quite unrealistic, isnt it?
You can't hype yourself???????
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrabbiata1 @ Jan 25 2009, 07:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>You can't hype yourself???????
Do you inhabit a different universe to this one, and if so is there any room for me? We occupy the most obscenely self obsessed hubristic shallow periods in the history of mankind and you're suggesting that people don't hype themselves. Our narcissic society is so in love with its own image it's about to topple in for good. You can't hype yourself?...tell that to self promotion gurus such as Max Clifford, tell that to reality TV contestants, go tell that to Curve
