Suzuka 8hr 2015
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It's not a facebook video ............. no idea why it won't load but give me a few moments and I will try to youtube it
Try here - https://youtu.be/FA1pX6x3e48
Try here - https://youtu.be/FA1pX6x3e48
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And another video - this one is somewhat longer but more or less the same - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H45A_raGLMI
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Out of Nowhere
But these bikes are more than 125cc
..And four strokes to boot. I know, I know, but I couldn't help but mention the be-spectacled one. More of a specialist than Nieto...but I always wondered how he'd go on a 250 himself.
They borrowed it from Motegi
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Crab Key
Nobby was an absolute champ.
Podiuming in his 30s against all the hungry young riders.....not to mention his spring loaded hand. Anyone with mechanical hands is a champ.
Not to mention he ran (runs?) a race team in Japan.
One of the very few riders I've asked for a photo with.
Podiuming in his 30s against all the hungry young riders.....not to mention his spring loaded hand. Anyone with mechanical hands is a champ.
Not to mention he ran (runs?) a race team in Japan.
One of the very few riders I've asked for a photo with.
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The throttle got stuck, so that was it.
However he wasn't riding endurance style. Stoner clocked 2.09 in the first lap (on still cold tires), passed Suzuki's Tsuda on the outside in the first corner, took the lead, apparently he was charging in his usual GP fashion.
However he wasn't riding endurance style. Stoner clocked 2.09 in the first lap (on still cold tires), passed Suzuki's Tsuda on the outside in the first corner, took the lead, apparently he was charging in his usual GP fashion.
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Crab Key
This isn't a 24 hour race, it's hour sessions.
The bike only has to last 8 hours (compare with 5 engines per GP season....).
A mate's brother raced it on a Suzuki. It's flat out from the word go. In stinking heat.
It's generally not whether the bike can take it, but whether the riders can...
The bike only has to last 8 hours (compare with 5 engines per GP season....).
A mate's brother raced it on a Suzuki. It's flat out from the word go. In stinking heat.
It's generally not whether the bike can take it, but whether the riders can...
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Team Nobby! Yeah, he still runs a team in the All Japan GP3 class (basically Moto3). More recently, he's been involved with helping the Japanese Red Bull Rookies riders. An absolute legend!
Can you have cold tyres when the track temp is 60 degrees Celsius?
Also, right now (about 35 mins to go), in the gathering gloom, Nakasuga is lapping consistently in the high 2.08s/low 2.09s. This endurance race is running at a sprint-like pace...
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If not Tech3 you would think that somehow Yamaha will take care of them in 2016 after that .........
From an Aussie view, 2 riders in the top 5 so big congrats to the two Josh's, Hook and Waters
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neptune
A couple more vids but with sound - interestingly you do hear a bike bouncing of the limiter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s51TBrRkLi0
And with commentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpmKYQHrQXI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s51TBrRkLi0
And with commentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpmKYQHrQXI
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NJ
This is so depressing that the whole thing was cut short.
I'm thankful he is ok which matters most, but as a fan, I feel like we've gotten robbed again of him.
I could see this working the inverse though where he decides he doesn't want to be remembered for coming back to race and then going out in that fashion. But I think realistically, that's the last we'll see of him under race conditions unless he wants to go again in 2016.
I'm thankful he is ok which matters most, but as a fan, I feel like we've gotten robbed again of him.
I could see this working the inverse though where he decides he doesn't want to be remembered for coming back to race and then going out in that fashion. But I think realistically, that's the last we'll see of him under race conditions unless he wants to go again in 2016.
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Thailand
FACTORY YAMAHA NOTCHES UP A MAGNIFICENT WIN
26/07/2015 14:15
http://www.fimewc.com/factory-yamaha-notches-up-a-magnificent-win/
At the end of a hotly contested race, the Yamaha Factory Racing bike masterfully handled by MotoGP riders Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith along with Japanese rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga won the day at the Suzuka 8 Hours, opening a wonderful new chapter in the history of this iconic event. It is the first time since 2002 that a MotoGP rider has won the race.
Yamaha hadn’t had a win at Suzuka 8 Hours for 19 years, and not a single MotoGP rider had won the race since Daijiro Kato and Colin Edwards topped the podium in 2002. So the Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s victory will well and truly go down in the history of this race.
Riding a near-perfect race on a machine specially prepared for the event, the three factory Yamaha riders – Pol Espargaro, Bradley Smith and Katsuyuki Nakasuga – showed great consistency, determination against all odds and exceptional team spirit.
“I feel like I’m flying!” Pol Espargaro exclaimed after the finish. “This team is like one big family, and I’ve made friends. I gave it 200%, and considering it’s the first time we’re taking part in the event, this is a fantastic outcome. I must apologize to the team because I got awarded a stop-and-go penalty for overtaking under the yellow flag, but we made up quickly for lost time. I’m very proud of being part of this first Yamaha win in 19 years!”
“Yes, we managed to exploit all the potential of the bike,” Bradley Smith added, “and the whole team deserves this win. We were under a lot of pressure, but we showed a united front, and my two teammates were really fast!”
Honda, which is on home ground at Suzuka, had to make with second place this year. It was the F.C.C. TSR Honda ridden by Josh Hook, Dominique Aegerter and Kyle Smith that finished second. “It was an incredible race, very tough both physically and mentally,” Hook commented.
There were several falls in the course of this year’s race, with safety cars coming on track no fewer than six times. But the biggest shock was Casey Stoner’s crash on the Musashi RT Harc-Pro during his first stint, just over an hour into the race. The factory Honda was destroyed, and the rider sustained a broken right shoulder blade and left tibia. It was very unfortunate for the MotoGP icon, who was participating in the Suzuka 8 Hours for the first time.
26/07/2015 14:15
http://www.fimewc.com/factory-yamaha-notches-up-a-magnificent-win/
At the end of a hotly contested race, the Yamaha Factory Racing bike masterfully handled by MotoGP riders Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith along with Japanese rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga won the day at the Suzuka 8 Hours, opening a wonderful new chapter in the history of this iconic event. It is the first time since 2002 that a MotoGP rider has won the race.
Yamaha hadn’t had a win at Suzuka 8 Hours for 19 years, and not a single MotoGP rider had won the race since Daijiro Kato and Colin Edwards topped the podium in 2002. So the Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s victory will well and truly go down in the history of this race.
Riding a near-perfect race on a machine specially prepared for the event, the three factory Yamaha riders – Pol Espargaro, Bradley Smith and Katsuyuki Nakasuga – showed great consistency, determination against all odds and exceptional team spirit.
“I feel like I’m flying!” Pol Espargaro exclaimed after the finish. “This team is like one big family, and I’ve made friends. I gave it 200%, and considering it’s the first time we’re taking part in the event, this is a fantastic outcome. I must apologize to the team because I got awarded a stop-and-go penalty for overtaking under the yellow flag, but we made up quickly for lost time. I’m very proud of being part of this first Yamaha win in 19 years!”
“Yes, we managed to exploit all the potential of the bike,” Bradley Smith added, “and the whole team deserves this win. We were under a lot of pressure, but we showed a united front, and my two teammates were really fast!”
Honda, which is on home ground at Suzuka, had to make with second place this year. It was the F.C.C. TSR Honda ridden by Josh Hook, Dominique Aegerter and Kyle Smith that finished second. “It was an incredible race, very tough both physically and mentally,” Hook commented.
There were several falls in the course of this year’s race, with safety cars coming on track no fewer than six times. But the biggest shock was Casey Stoner’s crash on the Musashi RT Harc-Pro during his first stint, just over an hour into the race. The factory Honda was destroyed, and the rider sustained a broken right shoulder blade and left tibia. It was very unfortunate for the MotoGP icon, who was participating in the Suzuka 8 Hours for the first time.
Great question Shovel. Noone here really gives a .... because they were too busy masturbating over an ungratefull has been that left them at the alter years ago. This thread was never about the actual race, it was all about the pathetic fantasies of a few fanboys that spend their days dreaming about the glorious return of their messiah. In all the years I've been on this forum I don't recall ever seeing any interest or threads about Suzuka.
I feel bad for VanDer Mark and Takahashi. These seasoned endurance racers were trying to defend their hard earned titles and it was all thrown away because a bored millionaire had a selfish whim. Not his first selfish whim either. He tried the same horseshit with the V8 Supercars until he got bored and left his team at the unemployment line.
Congrats to Yamaha. Nice to see Honda get beat at their own event
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