What do you think is/are the main reason(s) why Rossi is reluctant to ride for Ducati?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kropotkin @ Apr 3 2010, 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>By this logic, Mick Doohan was just a so-so rider who was lucky to have JB around.
Logic is not usually a word associated with Barry's contributions to this forum.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrabbiata1 @ Apr 3 2010, 05:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Logic is not usually a word associated with Barry's contributions to this forum.
I would never have guessed.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kropotkin @ Apr 4 2010, 02:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>By this logic, Mick Doohan was just a so-so rider who was lucky to have JB around.

One has to wonder, but its been theage old question here, how much of the success can be attributed to the rider, the bike, the team etc. etc. etc.

But I think you guys miss my point

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrabbiata1 @ Apr 4 2010, 01:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>you asked for evidence that Nicky ran a 255mm rear disc which I provided and instead of acknowledging this you simply ignored it.

No I asked why you assumed he used the back brake ( whether 255mm or whatever ) to get the back end loose coming into a corner.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BarryMachine @ Apr 5 2010, 11:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>No I asked why you assumed he used the back brake ( whether 255mm or whatever ) to get the back end loose coming into a corner.

Actually, you said:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BarryMachine @ Feb 22 2010, 07:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>can't find a thing on this big rear disc

are you sure you've read it?

cos its kinda against what those two articles say

I then replied:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrabbiata1 @ Feb 22 2010, 08:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>As Nicky has said, on the 990's he used the rear brake to initialise a slide and stabilise corner entry - which at his level of skill is legitimate practice.

Thank you for providing the links and replying in a more constructive manner though. I will do my best to provide a link evidencing Nicky's rear disc on the RCV211v. It's something I remember clearly from the time, both in magazines, from a technical feature on Eurosport, and from interviews with Nicky himself.

Which I then did:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrabbiata1 @ Feb 22 2010, 09:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>There you go Barry, that didn't take long. Found this info on Moto GP brakes and some spec info from '08 on the RCV212V - even better!! Precisely as I thought..read the last two paragraphs - and that last sentence is a gem:

'With the rear brake, riders have their own individual preferences, depending on how aggressively they use the rear brake. Dani Pedrosa, for example, runs a 200mm disc at the rear, while Nicky Hayden uses a 255mm disc.'

'This is, perhaps, a reflection of how the two riders have progressed through the ranks over the years. Pedrosa has come up from 125s and then 250s, while Hayden is used to American dirt track racing, where bikes don’t have brakes at the front wheel…!'

So it would appear that Nicky continued to run the 255mm disc after the demise of the 990's, whereas I speculated this was just particular to the 990.

Also, it gives another acknowledgement to the importance of the rear brake in flat tracking.

Nicky's Rear Disc
I don't believe Nicky does use it to slide per-se, although I have heard the contrary. But I certainly believe that Toni Elias does, and this is what I mean by backing it in:

Craig's backing in thread