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Jack Miller Motor GP Win.

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  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 months
    See the circle may well complete.....tip is Jack back to Honda next season. He should quit moto gp if he loses his gig and get a competitive ride in Superbikes. Getting a factory gig at Honda is not a win at all.
  • tussuck
    tussuck
    2 months
    Agree.... A Vespa could bet a current Honda!
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    2 months
    Honda used to mean fast
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 months
    And now its got a dual meaning....Crash and fast!...and sometimes the combined inverted words Fast Crash. 
  • Stuart
    Stuart
    2 months
    Showing my age no doubt - but this was/is it for me.
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    2 months
    That was great 😁👍
  • Stuart
    Stuart
    2 months
    Quoting Hilly on 23 May 2024 11:23 AM

    That was great 😁👍

    Kevin Schwantz - my favorite rider from what - for me at least - was a golden era of racing. Bags of natural talent, but was never quite as polished as Rainey, Gardner, Doohan, etc. His do or die attitude got him into trouble as often as it got him out of it. Very entertaining rider.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 months
    Quoting Hilly on 23 May 2024 11:23 AM

    That was great 😁👍

    Quoting Stuart on 24 May 2024 12:16 AMedited: 24 May 2024 12:20 AM

    Kevin Schwantz - my favorite rider from what - for me at least - was a golden era of racing. Bags of natural talent, but was never quite as polished as Rainey, Gardner, Doohan, etc. His do or die attitude got him into trouble as often as it got him out of it. Very entertaining rider.

    Its interesting to see the cornering styles back then compared to current.....knees on the ground back then and its knees and elbows and occasionally shoulders
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    2 months
    I've got scars on my right knee, elbow and shoulder and ankle from riding like that. Of course I was busy falling off at the time.
    You can tell by the scars which way I was sliding.
    Then they hurt like a bastard for 3 months, now they help remind me who I am.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 months
    Three KTM in the second qualifier...Jack is right up there in 4th fastest going for pole position. Les than 1sec between 1st and 19th in final qually before the pole time attack later today. Top speed went to Aprillia with a 355kph trap speed
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 months
    Well same same Jack parked it in the bushes ...now back to 15th in the points.
  • Stuart
    Stuart
    1 month
    Quoting Hilly on 23 May 2024 11:23 AM

    That was great 😁👍

    Quoting Stuart on 24 May 2024 12:16 AMedited: 24 May 2024 12:20 AM

    Kevin Schwantz - my favorite rider from what - for me at least - was a golden era of racing. Bags of natural talent, but was never quite as polished as Rainey, Gardner, Doohan, etc. His do or die attitude got him into trouble as often as it got him out of it. Very entertaining rider.

    Quoting paulybronco on 24 May 2024 09:12 AM

    Its interesting to see the cornering styles back then compared to current.....knees on the ground back then and its knees and elbows and occasionally shoulders

    I'm guessing if you were hanging off a 500 like that, you'd probably quickly find yourself on your arse when you opened the throttle after coming off the brakes :-)
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    1 month
    Yeah it's not a "modern riders have more balls" thing, they rode those things at the limit of the machines as they were back then, if there had been a faster way to do it they would of found it.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 month
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    Now that's getting dooooooooooown...
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    1 month
    They do that so it's not so far to fall when they come off ........
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 month
    Its kinda true when you see them crash its more of a slide down the road rather than thrown down the road via a highside crash. Both still happen but low sides out score high sides now
  • Hilly
    Hilly
    1 month
    A bloke I knew clipped a piece of concrete that had fallen off a truck or the like, straight bit of road doing 60kmh on his honda, he highsided and died right there, you can be very unlucky.
  • tussuck
    tussuck
    1 month
    Vespa are looking for a test rider... I put Jacks name forward.  He may be under qualified, but what the heck.
  • tussuck
    tussuck
    1 month
    Its an artform alright.  no way would i have the sensitivity to tell how close the bike is to slipping out.  then again they get paid a shitload of money to do the job!
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