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If Nicky gets pole at Laguna as the author predicts, expect to see Jumkie .... in his shorts.
 
Day 1 of testing from Phillip Island. Rain hit session though.

1. Michael van der Mark NED Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 31.510s
2. Xavi Fores ESP Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 31.795s
3. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 31.945s
4. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 32.186s
5. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 32.284s
6. Jordi Torres ESP Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 32.308s
7. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 32.540s
8. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 32.606s
9. Josh Brookes AUS Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 32.714s
10. Alex Lowes GBR PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 32.802s
11. Nicky Hayden USA Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 32.952s
12. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.325s
13. Markus Reiterberger GER Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 33.353s
14. Sylvain Barrier FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.598s
15. Alex de Angelis RSM IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 33.979s
16. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta RC F4 RR 1m 34.127s
17. Karel Abraham CZE Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 34.706s
18. Lorenzo Savadori ITA IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 34.731s
19. Fabio Menghi ITA VFT Ducati 1199R 1m 35.639s
20. Josh Hook AUS Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 35.839s
21. Mike Jones AUS Desmo Sport Ducati 1199R 1m 37.277
22. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 37.483s
23. Dominic Schmitter SUI Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 38.001s
24. Saeed al Sulaiti QAT Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 38.099s
25. Peter Sebesteyen HUN Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 38.925s
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Final results from day 1:

1. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 31.097s
2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 31.293s
3. Michael van der Mark NED Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 31.510s
4. Jordi Torres ESP Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 31.526s
5. Nicky Hayden USA Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 31.558s
6. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 31.583s
7. Alex Lowes GBR PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 31.620s
8. Xavi Fores ESP Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 31.661s
9. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 31.678s
10. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 31.810s
11. Markus Reiterberger GER Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 31.928s
12. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 32.500s
13. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta RC F4 RR 1m 32.707s
14. Josh Brookes AUS Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 32.714s
15. Lorenzo Savadori ITA IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 32.892s
16. Mike Jones AUS Desmo Sport Ducati 1199R 1m 33.051s
17. Sylvain Barrier FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.147s
18. Fabio Menghi ITA VFT Ducati 1199R 1m 33.251s
19. Josh Hook AUS Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.792s
20. Alex de Angelis RSM IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 33.979s
21. Karel Abraham CZE Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 34.706s
22. Dominic Schmitter SUI Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 35.640s
23. Saeed al Sulaiti QAT Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 36.121s
24. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 36.463s
25. Peter Sebesteyen HUN Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 37.927s
Read more at WSBK Results - Phillip Island - WSBK Official testing results [Monday PM]
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Looks like Nicki is fighting the good fight.
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Off topic, but the free WSBK app is pretty nice. May be better than the MotoGP app I paid 20 bucks for.
 
Day 2 results:

1. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 31.249s
2. Davide Giugliano ITA Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 31.400s
3. Michael van der Mark NED Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 31.458s
4. Sylvain Guintoli FRA PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 31.473s
5. Nicky Hayden USA Honda Racing CBR1000RR 1m 31.585s
6. Tom Sykes GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10R 1m 31.885s
7. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing Ducati 1199R 1m 31.938s
8. Alex Lowes GBR PATA Crescent Yamaha R1 1m 31.958s
9. Xavi Fores ESP Barni Ducati 1199R 1m 32.109s
10. Jordi Torres ESP Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 32.202s
11. Markus Reiterberger GER Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 32.272s
12. Roman Ramos ESP GO Eleven Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 32.478s
13. Lorenzo Savadori ITA IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 32.587s
14. Leon Camier GBR MV Agusta RC F4 RR 1m 32.702s
15. Josh Brookes AUS Milwaukee BMW S1000RR 1m 32.903s
16. Mike Jones AUS Desmo Sport Ducati 1199R 1m 33.420s
17. Sylvain Barrier FRA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.314s
18. Alex de Angelis RSM IodaRacing Aprilia RSV4 1m 33.882s
19. Fabio Menghi ITA VFT Ducati 1199R 1m 33.622s
20. Josh Hook AUS Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 33.850s
21. Karel Abraham CZE Althea BMW S1000RR 1m 34.062s
22. Dominic Schmitter SUI Grillini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 35.038s
23. Saeed al Sulaiti QAT Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 1m 34.942s
24. Peter Sebesteyen HUN Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 35.541s
25. Imre Toth HUN Team Toth Yamaha R1 1m 36.150s
Read more at WSBK Results - Phillip Island - WSBK Official testing results [Tuesday PM]
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Thank god they've gone from black to white. The bike doesn't look bad now, but looked totally .... in black.
 
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#22 said:
If Nicky gets pole at Laguna as the author predicts, expect to see Jumkie .... in his shorts.
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True


Speaking of ...., good to see de Angelis riding again. I remember reading doubters that he would race at this level again. I didn't doubt it. These guys are tough.
 
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I've been following MotoGP for several years but I'm actually pretty new to WSBK.
Bear with me if I ask stupid questions.
 
Motokitty said:
I've been following MotoGP for several years but I'm actually pretty new to WSBK.
Bear with me if I ask stupid questions.
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Same boat here. Only check in on WSBK from time to time. Never kept up to date or watched. Figured since Nicki is running in it now, I have to do a better job from now on.
 
Motokitty said:
I've been following MotoGP for several years but I'm actually pretty new to WSBK.
Bear with me if I ask stupid questions.
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Wsbk:

● Production based platform as opposed to pupose built, that means theoretically you could go buy a bike from showroom then build it up to a Wsbk spec, slightly slower motorcycles than GP, a few years ago were at a point of rivaling GP but a bit eroded now (because Dorna owns it, a result of a capital group investment misfortune, series has been dumbed down so as not to compete with MotoGP) Superbike: 1000cc 4 cyc, or 1200cc twins, etc.

● Factories and pseudo factory teams: Kawasaki, Ducati, Aprilia, Yamaha, Honda, BMW, MV Agusta (in order of parity, Suzuki not entered this year)

● 2 races per event, used to be 2 on Sunday, but a change this year, 1 on Saturday & 1 on Sunday

● the 'racing' is generally better than GP, very important

● no divas or rider's getting over the top preferential treatment by the organizers (one of best things about series is there is no Rossi-centric element)

● spec tire, Pirelli, not as great as GP-Bstones but probably as good as current GP-Michelins

● qualifying (like GP has changed over years) called 'Superpole' top lap riders from practices advance to 2 groupings, top 10 go directly to Superpole 2, Superpole 1 has 12 riders, the top 2 advance to Superpole 2. until last grouping of 12 riders, fastest lap of last group gets pole (similar to GP). Note: lower categories don't have tiered qual system.

● main support class is WSS (World Super Sport) 600cc 4 cyc or 800+cc twins, theoretically 675 for triples (note, you won't see this class at Laguna because MotoAmerica is support class). Note, there is also a "stock class" called STK1000. Which I don't know .... about.
 
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Jumkie said:
Wsbk:

● Production based platform as opposed to pupose built, that means theoretically you could go buy a bike from showroom then build it up to a Wsbk spec, slightly slower motorcycles than GP, a few years ago were at a point of rivaling GP but a bit eroded now (because Dorna owns it, a result of a capital group investment misfortune, series has been dumbed down so as not to compete with MotoGP) Superbike: 1000cc 4 cyc, or 1200cc twins, etc.

● Factories and pseudo factory teams: Kawasaki, Ducati, Aprilia, Yamaha, Honda, BMW, MV Agusta (in order of parity, Suzuki not entered this year)

● 2 races per event, used to be 2 on Sunday, but a change this year, 1 on Saturday & 1 on Sunday

● the 'racing' is generally better than GP, very important

● no divas or rider's getting over the top preferential treatment by the organizers (one of best things about series is there is no Rossi-centric element)

● spec tire, Pirelli, not as great as GP-Bstones but probably as good as current GP-Michelins

● qualifying (like GP has changed over years) called 'Superpole' top lap riders from practices advance to 2 groupings, top 10 go directly to Superpole 2, Superpole 1 has 12 riders, the top 2 advance to Superpole 2. until last grouping of 12 riders, fastest lap of last group gets pole (similar to GP). Note: lower categories don't have tiered qual system.

● main support class is WSS (World Super Sport) 600cc 4 cyc or 800+cc twins, theoretically 675 for triples (note, you won't see this class at Laguna because MotoAmerica is support class). Note, there is also a "stock class" called STK1000. Which I don't know .... about.
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All good info and to add to it, SBK has Super sticky qualifying tires, GP doesn't , which makes times seem a bit closer than they are.
 
I looked at the analysis of this test and one thing that jumped out was the extra top end speed the Honda is showing. Yamaha and Ducati were both slower, BMW and Kawasaki were faster. I know top speed means next to nothing, but that was the glaring weakness in the Honda .
 
Tom Sykes the most boring rider to watch next to Lorenzo, will be shitting his pants if/when 69 comes breathing down his back. That guy was the single biggest reason why my subscription was not utilized 100% in 2014. Watching that guy ride is like watching paint dry.
 

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