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littlesparrows said:
how the .... could redding lose any weight? he's a twig when he's not in his leathers! their skinny-ness is so similar!

so ....... weird. i will say, that redding probably has more of a physique than rossi.

but i fell in love with that ...... when i saw him at the bar after indy, his girlfriend is beat though.
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Rossi is 148lbs and Redding is 171lbs.

He can lose more lol.
 
Jumkie said:
Im not sure what is meant by "exciting", Dovi is said not to be "exciting" but I rate him highly, and he is not shy to scrap for positions.

Crazy Joe scrapped with Marquez in Moto2, in the occasion they could given the parity of the machines, which did make that exciting. Unfortunately in GP Marquez has an absolutely better machine, so we don't see those scraps (bar Mugello). I agree with you Sparrow, we could be see Smith have a bit of a revelation. Though Lotus and 22 make great points, that it took Smith quite a long time to get up to speed, even by his own admission.

I mentioned this back when Iannone was promoted, that it would have been good for GP fans if he had taken Pedrosas seat. Because Andrea Iannone would have taken it to Marquez. So far Marc has been fairly free from scrapping with a teammate, bar his torpedo of Dani. Iannone next to Marquez on equal footing....now that would be exciting!
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Where do you think Petrucci slots in versus the two factory Duc riders?
 
JPSLotus said:
Rossi is 148lbs and Redding is 171lbs.

He can lose more lol.
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Ben Spies emaciated himself. I contend it was detrimental to his health and contributed to his career end injuries and career ending injury.
 
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littlesparrows said:
how the .... could redding lose any weight? he's a twig when he's not in his leathers! their skinny-ness is so similar!

so ....... weird. i will say, that redding probably has more of a physique than rossi.

but i fell in love with that ...... when i saw him at the bar after indy, his girlfriend is beat though.
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Beat? As in beaten up? Sorry I'm just a humble farmer boy, I'm not down with the rapper gangsta lingo...

JPSLotus said:
Where do you think Petrucci slots in versus the two factory Duc riders?
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Easily better than Davi I say, and more than a match for Iannone. Between those two? I couldnt give you an answer.
 
Jumkie said:
Im not sure what is meant by "exciting", Dovi is said not to be "exciting" but I rate him highly, and he is not shy to scrap for positions.

Crazy Joe scrapped with Marquez in Moto2, in the occasion they could given the parity of the machines, which did make that exciting. Unfortunately in GP Marquez has an absolutely better machine, so we don't see those scraps (bar Mugello). I agree with you Sparrow, we could be see Smith have a bit of a revelation. Though Lotus and 22 make great points, that it took Smith quite a long time to get up to speed, even by his own admission.

I mentioned this back when Iannone was promoted, that it would have neen good for GP fans if he had taken Pedrosas seat. Because Andrea Iannone would have taken it to Marquez. So far Marc has been fairly free from scrapping with a teammate, bar his torpedo of Dani. Iannone next to Marquez on equal footing....now that would be exciting!
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i will say that i've learned that Bradders & Asparagus, don't like each other & are constantly competing. as we can all see, Bradders is by far more consistent on the tech3 compared to his team mate. so the way i see it, even though Bradders isn't so "in your face" about competition - he has the drive to better himself in his GP career without being reckless.

butttt, i'm not even that big of fan of Bradders...it was just that i think sometimes he's over looked on the grid.

.... jum - if iannone got dani's seat. that would be an amazing year.
 
Bradders get's extra credit when bearing in mind that as a Tech3 rider, he doesn't get the latest updates that Asparagus has gotten as a YAMAHA contracted rider in the last 2 years. I believe they will be equal for 2016 though as Bradders mentioned insisting on it.
 
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JPSLotus said:
Rossi is 148lbs and Redding is 171lbs.

He can lose more lol.
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hahah - no. he can't.

what i'm saying is, rossi is skinny fat...where redding is skinny "i have no fat".

we all know from health class that muscle weighs more than fat.

but outside of their leathers, if you were to look at them side by side...in my opinion...you would NEVER think they have that much of a weight difference.
 
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JPSLotus said:
Rossi is 148lbs and Redding is 171lbs.

He can lose more lol.
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I think you may be working with an older weight for Redding. He shed lbs prior to this season and is about 70kg (154lbs) at the moment... Baz on the other hand is 80kg currently...
 
They're all fat ...... Anyway the important thing here is to find out what the term "Beat" means...LS has declined to answer me and my day won't be complete without knowing.
 
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I'll have to use that in future, sounds like she's from South Wales. Maybe she's great in the sack?

FYI. I'm a whopping 64kg, up until last yr I was in the mid to high 50's. Just call me Pedrosa!
 
#22 said:
I'll have to use that in future, sounds like she's from South Wales. Maybe she's great in the sack?

FYI. I'm a whopping 64kg, up until last yr I was in the mid to high 50's. Just call me Pedrosa!
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holy .......i'm 60kg! you must be ....... tiny.
 
littlesparrows said:
hahah - no. he can't.

what i'm saying is, rossi is skinny fat...where redding is skinny "i have no fat".

we all know from health class that muscle weighs more than fat.

but outside of their leathers, if you were to look at them side by side...in my opinion...you would NEVER think they have that much of a weight difference.
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Christ, I hope McGuinness doesn't lurk on this forum!!!

Find a picture of Vale in 2005 and compare him now. The guy has no timber on him whatsoever...practically zero body fat. The contrast is striking.
 
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I'm 104kg, but I'm also 6'3. :p

There was a time when I was 79kg at that height.

I should get back to it.
 
Arrabbiata1 said:
Christ, I hope McGuinness doesn't lurk on this forum!!!

Find a picture of Vale in 2005 and compare him now. The guy has no timber on him whatsoever...practically zero body fat. The contrast is striking.
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zero body fat as in skeletal or zero body fat as in "mother fuckers built"?
 
Arrabbiata1 said:
Small wonder you ride a tractor from Milwaukee then.
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:D

Yeah, the supersports are not built for people like me. Though I've seen people bigger than me on them, I think many people ride them because they want to be cool, or don't know that you can actually get a motorcycle that is comfortable.

And that doesn't even factor in my question as to what logic there is in riding a bike that makes all of it's power north of 10K RPM when you are riding around on the street? The only sport bike I have seriously considered was the Yamaha FZ-09 since that's got far more practical street use, but I didn't want to have to replace the front and rear suspension right out of the gate to fix the issues it has. Maybe in a few years when I can find one dirt cheap with the work done.
 

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