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     Court |
P.S. - I am always forgetting this we have so many new Buell folks, but Ross Northwood is a Buell staple for years. Ross has been a key member of TEAM ELVES, been a big help at the Land Speed Record events and is a member of TEAM ELVES DOWNUNDER who just posted another set of Land Speed Records on a stock (well, nearly) Buell XB12 belong to the King of Wicker. Court | ||
| Pilot |
Ask and you shall receive your Courtship.(King of Wicker)I like that.Nev arrives O'Hare 7.50p.m. Sat 23 July (his birthday)And needs to get to Oshkosh for the air show etc.He needs to be back at O'Hare for 4.45p.m. departure Sat 30 July.I really hope something can be done for him as he is a Great Bloke (BMW rider) and fellow pilot.I do not want him to be subjected to hours of waiting in bus terminals etc.Thanks Ross. | ||
| Midknyte |
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| Benm2 |
Rossi's pass, as I saw it: Last turn, Rossi in second place, comes into the corner (left) on the inside with his inside foot off the peg. Basically, he looks to be in waaaaaay to hot and appears to still be going straight. Meanwhile, Sete's turned in and "shutting the door". Rossi T-bones him, bounces off of him like a cue ball, finishes the corner and wheelies across the line. Sete gets a free trip through the gravel and hangs onto second place. Just racing, or over the line? Curious what the badweb thinks before the FIM gets hold of it... | ||
| Akbuell |
Immense credit to them both for keeping the rubber side down!!! Rossi is not known for being a "physical" or rough rider; I would call it a racing incident. I don't believe he would risk a world championship on a truly "win it or bin it" move, especially this early in the season. IMHO. | ||
| Sandblast |
Bad ••• racing is what I call it. I cannot wait until Laguna Seca. Hopefully Nicky will be ready for a win! | ||
| José_quiñones |
Rossi is now the Jeff Gordon of MotoGP... He'll need police protection the next time he's in Spain. (Message edited by josé_quiñones on April 10, 2005) | ||
| Sandblast |
Your right about the police protection- maybe. Has Sete commented on it yet that you have heard? He seems to be pretty laid back in his interviews, maybe he will calm his fans.  . I remember when Rossi lost to him for the first time in dry weather ( I think in Australia?) He looked like he was going to cry. | ||
| Blake |
I saw no T-boning whatsoever. Sete was maybe a foot or two ahead and hit his shoulder into Rossi's Yamaha's right side fairing. In the post race interview, Sete was very cool about it. Sete left the door open on the inside, but Rossi never did get his wheel in front until after they came together. Just good hard tough world class racing for the big bucks. Bottom line, he who has the inside line, rules the turn. I think Rossi was also probably upset with himself for boofing the turn that allowed Sete to pass him and let his emotion dictate his actions. That usually doesn't work out too well. Biggest bummer was seeing Nicky take himself out of a certain podium finish. | ||
| Firemanjim |
Saw this ad on Craigs list and wanted to pass it on.Clean S-2T with low miles.Corbin seat and as you can see--all the recalls done.LOL.SF Bay area. http://www.craigslist.com/nby/mcy/67124586.html | ||
| Buells Rule! (Dyna in disguise) |
Here's the pics of the GP action. I personally dont think Rossi did anything wrong, some have said he should have backed off. I dont think there is any serious racer in the world who would have backed off if they were in the same situation.  | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
FMJ, thought this might interest you Hey guys, new to the site, my first post. I have a very cool race-prepped-but-never-raced RSS. I want to run the bike naked without the front or side fairings. I need to find someone/or a shop to figure out a way to mount the tank (it is designed to mount to the fairing that I want to dump) and also get to get a headlight/taillight/speedo/tach put on as well so I can be (mostly) legal. It would be great to re-wire the bike and dump all the spaggetti, but I guess I can't do the 5-wire job I had on my magneto 1969 Sportster. Too bad! Any ideas? Thanks, Penp ppendleton@rpa.com | ||
| Firemanjim |
Where is he. | ||
| 12r |
I agree with benm2 - Rossi was in way too hot. The camera showed his left foot off the peg and on the tarmac, dirt-track style. He didn't have a hope in hell of getting round until he bounced off Gibbers. There's a fine line between bravery and recklessness and Rossi crossed that line on Sunday. | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
FMJ he says he is in the LA area, I thought he had posted here on this site but hadn't been able to find it, but I did find that post on SportTwin. | ||
| Ara |
My take on the Spanish GP: When Rossi had his brain fart and let Sete by, he was clearly FRANTIC to retake the lead. Sete was riding cooly, and Rossi was jittery and bairly in control. His inside move was marginal. Yes there's a certain about of contact that can be expected under those circumstances (more so at the end of the season rather than at the very beginning), but one racer should never, ever endanger another. That the move was extreme is demonstrated by the fact that it forced Sete off the track. We'd all have much stronger feelings about this if Sete had crashed, but leaving the track is the same thing in principle. Bad move on Rossi's part. Sete exemplifies style and grace in showing Rossi more sportsmanship after being stung than Rossi showed him on the track. BTW, I think that Hayden is several years away from being truly competitive. He's got no 125 GP experience, no 250 GP experience, and has but one AMA superbike championship to explain his presence on a MotoGP grid. Compare that with racers like Rossi, Max, Sete, Milandre and you have to realize that he's young, green, and uncommonly lucky to be there. Wait. He's got a lot of learning to do and I'm sure he'll do the work. Then maybe we'll see an American GP world champion again. | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
When you watch the footage, Rossi's line never changes, yet Sete's does with Rossi right next to him. Honestly, I don't think Sete was expecting Rossi to be right there, and went for the tighter Apex only to find Rossi right next to him. The pass was very much like the one he put on Hayden, he just picked his line and held it. As to Hayden, your correct in that he needs to learn, but watch him when he gets behind a faster more experienced MotoGP rider, he pays attention to them, and takes notes as he is racing. You can actually watch his racing lines change to those of the faster riders. He may have thrown it away, but I didn't get to see what happened so I can't say if he had over used his tires by that point or a simple lack of concentation. With the fact the MotoGP bikes are 4strokes, I don't think not having the 125/250GP experience is going to hurt him. He is used to racing 4strokes and handles his GP bike exceptionally well. Now its just a learning curve to deal with the extra power. | ||
| Ara |
Wycked, Mladin's not my favorite guy by a long shot, but Rossi could benefit from his long-view approach: You don't have to win every *#%@&! race to win the championship. I think Sete was very, very generous. I take your point about 2 vs. 4 stroke experience, and it's a good one. It seems that there's a serious disconnect between 250GP and MotoGP now. Maybe the leap is no more for Hayden than it is for Marco Milandri, but I don't think so. Milandri, Max, Sete, and Rossi have been racing on those tracks for years and years, for one thing. For another, there are serious and perhaps difficult lifestyle changes associated with an international racing career. Some terrific North American racers (Scott Russell, Miguel Duhamel, and Ben Bostrum to name just three) couldn't successfully make the transition, and they had more racing successes than young Nicky Hayden. We'll see. Time will tell. | ||
| Doncasto |
SmokeEater Jim: Thank you for ruining my day. Since reading your post about the "fully recalled" S2T (and following the link) I have been suffering an elevated level of anxiety trying to figure a way to gather enough green rectangles make acquisition. This is the perfect bike to facilitate my long protracted return to the realm of Buell ownership. It would even make re-exposure to the still apparently very "hot and cold" HD dealership experience worthwhile. General Questions: Does anyone know how much they are paying for kidneys these days? Is there any remote possibility that some sperm bank would be willing to pay for regular energetic donations from a gray haired, waistline enhanced, arthritic knee'd, semi-retired Buell sport touring Jonesin' person of questionable genetic background? Don Casto Boulder, Colorado | ||
| Davegess |
The clash as Superbikeplanet is calling it; A dangerous move, maybe but than motorcycle racingis dangerous and these guys are hard wired to ignore danger. (If somebody did that in club race they should get a wrench upside the head but this is a world championship) Would Rossi make the turn without contact, Yes but he would have run so wide that Sete could have gone under him on the exit. I think it was a desperate move and he only did it because Sete gave it to him. Sete left the door open by taking the normal line. SuperbikePlanet reports that Sete won't talk about it in 3 different languages. In that situation I think your first concern is defending position not riding the fastest line. The both of them are lucky Nicky had his brain fart and crashed. If he had been close behind he would have passed them both! | ||
| Mikej |
'post about the "fully recalled" S2T (and following the link)' Post and link? Got a link to the link? And how have you been Don? | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Don, Great to hear from you! You DO need to get back on a Buell. The S2 would suit you perfectly... About the kidney thing.. too bad you're not in India, I hear tell that they fetch a good number of "green squares" over there..... Brad | ||
| Rex |
Jim, thanks for posting the s-2. I sent it over to Jon, since Jon has an appetite for one of these bikes, and would make a good Buell S-2 owner. RSS for racing...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....To valuable....Sell it to one of us, and then go out and buy an old M2 or something to race, not the RSS...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Rossi....It looks like the leader had the line and he tried to go in under him....If I was the leader I would have been following my line, not worrying about my rear view mirrors to see if I could stay on my line. Looks like sete was just leaning in for the curve and there was Rossi...Racing for sure, but not setes fault....rex | ||
| Josh_ |
Don, Glad you might be back into the asylum. You think you can swing buying an S2 and a kidney? Did you see BDs RS? | ||
| Jersey_thunder |
Rossi is not known for being a "physical" or rough rider; I would call it a racing incident.  | ||
| M1combat |
I wouldn't... Rossi followed Sete out to the dirt, then banked back into the turn... That's a pretty wide piece of tarmac. Rossi turned in too soon so he could get the inside line. Sete wasn't on a defensive enough line. The bottom line is that Sete's wheel's were in front of Rossi's so he owned the track. Rossi shot up the inside in a desperate move and Sete turned in at the right spot. Rossi then drifted out much further than I think he needed to. It's not like Rossi was right on the strip either... | ||
| Iamike |
Don- Leave your gate unlocked so some fool from Iowa can come in your yard. Have your dog come out and pretend the F.F.I. (fool from Iowa) attacks him so you can sue the F.F.I. and score big bucks to buy that nice machine. It's nice to hear from you again. I keep hoping to make it back to Colorado so we can ride again. My son is dating a girl from Pueblo so I hope we can ride out there for a visit this summer. | ||
| Rocketman |
Those pic's say it all. Rossi can't get turned in (one can see how wide he is) because he's coming in too hot. What makes Rossi smart is he knew in a split second Gibernau was perfectly placed to act as a buffer. All things considered Rossi did a deal with the devil to beat Gibernau this time. I think his fame and talent have gone to his head. I hope he gets his arse kicked this season or I fear we'll be faced with another Schumacher scenario that had millions switching off from F1. Bottom line. On Sunday Rossi cheated the win and I don't think it will show well for his diplomacy in the long run. Rocket | ||
| Rocketman |
Don if anyone deserves to own a Buell it's surely you. If you find someone willing to buy one of your kidneys let me know and I'll donate one of mine to your cause. Lovely to see you  Rocket | ||
| Firemanjim |
Don,I'd be happy to retrieve and store said S-2 at my place for you. |
