We are not the only ones digusted

I wasn't sure where to post this, I debated two threads: This one or the positives only thread.

I decided this one.

LINK

Interesting.

Mat will pull into the pits if it rains.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ May 7 2009, 11:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I wasn't sure where to post this, I debated two threads: This one or the positives only thread.

I decided this one.

LINK

Matt:
"In the end, if Europe is your dream, and racing GP is your dream, then Valentino Rossi can bust anyones balls as good as I can, and while he might smile to your face (unlike me) you can be assured he is thinking of ways to make you feel really bad."

Regardless of how you feel about Mladin, you have to respect his riding,and you have to respect his [ I say what i mean, and i mean what i say] attitude. Even thought he can be a prick, i think he is an honest prick and the youngsters probably should take note of his attitude towards THEIR safety. One of the unforgivables that Edmondson has made, is when he made the statement that, just because your fast, doesnt make you smart. You might think its dangerous to race but i might not and i have a payday on the line. .... YOU RE,these guys have their lives on the line,take your ....... payday and jam it up your ....!!!!!!!

I feel better now

He is 100% right about Blake Young. At an age where he needs to move to Europe for some racing. Whether it be Moto2, WSS, WSBK. Even if it is not on a factory bike. He needs to get his name known, as the only way you get noticed in AMA from MotoGP/WSBK teams, is if your like Mladin, Spies, Hayden, and win the title in a dominating fashion.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ May 7 2009, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>.... YOU RE

I feel you Pov.

This had me yelling at the screen:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>On Sunday afternoon, the racing / practice was stopped because of a tornado warning at the track. The crazy decisions started happening straight after that. The warning had just expired, and the 600 supersport class, (the kids) I call them, are given a time for the start of their race. At this time, the track wasn't fit for the best riders there, let alone the least experienced.

Besides the condition of the track, the lightning and thunder was very prevalent. These were no conditions to force a bunch of kids into. It is things like this that shakes your confidence re the decision makers. Business is business, I know that very well, but peoples lives are more important than a few fans that would be whining because they didn't get to see all the racing they were promised.

I'm starting to wonder if Emund isn't drowing puppies for the fun of it.

(BTW, did you read Nicky's take on Emund?)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ May 8 2009, 04:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I feel you Pov.

This had me yelling at the screen:



I'm starting to wonder if Emund isn't drowing puppies for the fun of it.

(BTW, did you read Nicky's take on Emund?)
No... did I miss a link somewhere?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mick D @ May 10 2009, 06:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>No... did I miss a link somewhere?

..."When I first heard about DMG, and the changes I was like, "Great, the AMA needed something." But I don't like the way they came in and wanted to change everything the first year. I'm no race promoter, but the could have come in the first year, did some tweaks and progressed more in the second year. That would have been better. Also, like it or not, without the manufacturers the AMA is nothing. So they have go to make them happy.
... "I'll tell you, that Edmonson guy lost me when started talking about "safety." Early on, I thought he had some stuff, But after reading his comments about riders' margin for error and running in the rain, I haven't read anything else he had to say. Obviously, he hasn't slid into any walls or had to go to any funerals for a fellow rider and had to look his wife and kids in the eyes."

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Mar 27 2009, 09:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Lex ,the more you post about DMG,the more you come off as someone who has something to gain from their existance. Face it,Bike racing in America is far more ...... up now than it has been in decades. Your missing the big picture.Yes,some of the things brought up in the article are little things but the cumlitave effect is what he is talking about.Its the combination of silliness on DMG's part that has gotten us to this point,where a HUGE majority of fans and the major players have had it.Yes,im sure the backmarkers and smaller teams are happy but lets face it,we dont give a .... if they finish 30 seconds off pace or 1 minute and 30 seconds,THEY ARE NOT THE SHOW,they are like extras on a movie set for a scene that requires a crowd. I cant remember if it was this board or another that i posted on about requiring riders to to attend autograph sessions.I have never understood aurograph seekers in the first place but who the .... would want an autograph from someone who loathes the fact that you are taking up his valuable off time. There are people who really enjoy mingling with the masses,like John Force,and there are people who would just as soon stay in their motorhome and rest,like Matt Mladin. I dont give a .... either way,i have never in my life asked another human being for his autograph and i certainly dont think ANYONE should be forced to attend something as meaningless as an autograph session if he doesnt want to. It goes back to that Nascar control mentality where if you dont like what we do,you can go find another place to race.What DMG has failed to understand is the mental make up of bike people. They tend to want to do their own thing and not march to the same beat as the rest of the world. They tend to be rebellious by nature and are not corporate sponsorship dreams, they tend to be in your face and competitive,they tend to speak out when maybe they shouldnt but thats who they are,they refuse to be society robots. They tend to stick with their own because they are understood in those circles. DMG are not bike people,they are car people in business to make a buck and the motorcycle community has rejected them,pure and simple. Henny was right when he talked about passion for roadracing,its something you either have or you dont. I have taken many people to races who just didnt get it,stand around in the hot sun for 2-3 days, watch a pack of bikes go by every minute in a half and stand and wait for them to come by again. If the Harley crowd that DMG wants was interested in road racing,they would have been there long ago.When i go to the track,there are always some guys on Harley's and other big cruisers, they are race fans,not the biker poser setting down on mainstreet pretending to be a biker bad boys. To get that customer,you will have to open a strip club and a bunch of bars in the infield of every race track, thats their idea of a good time.Nothing wrong with that, I like ....... and beer myself, but i would rather watch a roadrace first, and then go look at ....... and drink beer.Bottom line, DMG has gotten itself into a sort of cultural war that they are losing at the moment,time will tell if they can turn either side.


^^^Please read the folowing: A paragraph (from the Greek paragraphos, "to write beside" or "written beside") is a self-contained unit of a discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea. The start of a paragraph is indicated by beginning on a new line. Sometimes the first line is indented; sometimes it is indented without beginning a new line. At various times the beginning of a paragraph has been indicated by the pilcrow: ¶.

A paragraph typically consists of a unifying main point, thought, or idea accompanied by supporting details. The non-fiction paragraph usually begins with the general and moves towards the more specific so as to advance an argument or point of view. Each paragraph builds on what came before and lays the ground or run the length of multiple pages, and may consist of one or many sentences. When dialogue is being quoted in fiction, a new paragraph is used each time the person being quoted changed. Joking. I have been boycotting the AMA series.

Thanks Cankles... Nicky, like every other rider I've heard speaking on the current AMA/DMG, seems to have no love lost for Edmonson.