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Watrousmark
Posted on Monday, November 17, 2008 - 08:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

www.superbikeplanet.com/ Buell has an add for two race mechanics in their classifieds. Now why would they need to hire race mechanics unless....they're going racing?
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Court
Posted on Monday, November 17, 2008 - 09:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Actually they currently have a pretty good group. They have, in the past, hired within. This is a rare outside posting. They just filled several other very interesting position from within . . . I think.

Maybe I'll apply . . . .

: )
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Bud
Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 05:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

any body want to marry me ?




( only for a green card ; ) )

a rare chance to a really nice job
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Watrousmark
Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 05:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hot off the press, Buell 1125 Rs are legal for the Daytona 200. Jeremy McWilliams and Gary McCoy are persons of interest. http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2008/Nov/081121fr.h tm
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Blake
Posted on Friday, November 28, 2008 - 09:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Only a complete moron or someone utterly ignorant about racing rules and motorcycle performance would say something like
DMG will be striving to make the Sport Bike and Supersport grids as equitable as possible. How this parity is accomplished with 130-140 horsepower motorcycles racing against 600s making dramatically less power may be interesting, to say the least, to watch.


I guess Mr. Adams thinks that 100 HP machines are capable of 180 MPH performance as seen in AMA Formula Extreme racing at Daytona the last few years.
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Blake
Posted on Friday, November 28, 2008 - 09:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That would make him a moron or utterly ignorant of racing rules and motorcycle performance.
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Davegess
Posted on Friday, November 28, 2008 - 11:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Aw blake he just needs to pick on H-D and by extension Buell. Willie G must of run over his dick at some point during the VR days.
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Watrousmark
Posted on Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 08:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Buell WILL be testing at the upcoming December tire test at Daytona. This test is pretty much mandatory if you are going to compete during the season. They haven't named a rider yet.
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Watrousmark
Posted on Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 08:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It doesn't look like Suzuki or Kawasaki will be there.
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Blake
Posted on Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 09:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Dave,

Your logic may be flawed, since he'd have to have had one in order for it to get run over.
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Diablo1
Posted on Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 11:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The only possible reason for DMG to allow 1125cc twins to race against 600cc 4-cylinders, is to hand a championship to Buell. Why else would they exclude Ducati's big twins?
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Elvis
Posted on Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 07:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Why else would they exclude Ducati's big twins?

1. Because Ducati's big twins are proven, race-designed bikes.

2. Because Ducati offers an 850 twin that Larry Pegram has already raced and refined in FX and should be (with the money that comes from sponsors and factory when "Ducati" is on the tank) able to compete at this level.

Honestly, which would you rather have: A 600 cc Honda that has been DRASTICALLY modified from stock and raced and refined in this class over the past (20 years?).

. . . or a larger displacement but relatively un-refined Buell?

When it comes to racing, there are advantages much more significant than displacement.

In the AMA, Honda and Suzuki have been successful. That success has led to more money. More money leads to more success . . . etc.

It's a cycle that needs to be broken up if you want to see a racing series that may offer some actual surprises.

If Buell does dominate, the rules will be changed to reign them in, but considering the money and experience backing up the teams that will be opposing the Buells, I think Buell dominance is unlikely.

Buell needs to get their foot in the door and DMG clearly recognizes the value of an American brand competing in an American series that has completely lost its audience.
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Watrousmark
Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 10:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I agree with your last line especially Elvis. Just as Mat Mladin said that the premiere class will be the fastest bikes with the best riders. Latest update is that Buell will have TWO riders at the tire test this weekend. Neither one has been identified yet. Right now it looks like no Kawasaki, no Suzuki, no Jordan Suzuki, maybe no Hondas testing. You really can't crow too much about winning a championship if no one else cares to participate.
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Elvis
Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 08:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Regarding Jordan, there was an interesting (though likely baseless) rumor here:

http://nascar.speedtv.com/forums/viewthread/339662 /

I see Buell trying to get into the big-time racing scene a little like someone trying to merge into fast moving traffic on a freeway.

If you try to do it from a stand-still (like Harley did with the VR-1000), you're going to have a lot of trouble.

Buell has got a little speed going now with some of their success in ASRA, WERA, Moto-ST, Canadian Superbike, French Pro-Twins etc, and now, with the DMG situation in AMA, they may have gotten a nice break in the traffic.

I'm not going to pound my chest and brag if the 1125R beats 600's, but it will be great to see a true production based American bike racing in the big-time for really the first time ever that I've been able to watch. And I'll just see that as the beginning ( - maybe not so much a beginning as a next step in a very long, difficult process, but a very important next step).

Now if they actually take a shot at the Superbike class (as has been suggested by the tire testing), that would be very cool, but I'm not holding out too much hope until we see more than the vague rumors.

(Message edited by elvis on December 03, 2008)
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Watrousmark
Posted on Friday, December 05, 2008 - 09:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I've just read that Michael Barnes is testing for Ritchie Morris racing along with Shawn Higbee. Jeremy McWilliams was there but not riding yet, maybe we'll see him on something during the night time test for bikes competing in the Daytona 200.
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