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12r
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 04:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Warning: contains implications of results.

Assen this weekend. Please God let someone else win.
No46
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Hulley
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 08:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Come on 69
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Benm2
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 09:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Can you root for Sete? Seems like a little bit of a whiner, but also seems to be the only one able to keep Rossi's pace. Geez, when Rossi & Giberneau passed Edwards two GP's ago, he visibly shook his head in amazement!

It would be nice to see Sete go after Rossi & mix it up. All the wild-footed, fairing banging, edge of control stunts are one sided, Rossi-only affairs. Where's Schwantz when you need him? Or my favorite race of all time, the last world suberbike race of the 2002 season when Colin Edwards & Troy Bayliss banged, braked & bashed their way to the line. Classic.

What would Hopper do on a Honda? Or, even better, what would Mladin do on the GSVR?
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Daves
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 09:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Get their asses handed to them by Rossi.
Like him or not, the guy can ride!
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12r
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 10:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

He certainly can ride and in the last two races he pulled off the same manoeuvre to win - three laps to go - breeze past Biaggi/Gibbers/whoever on the brakes - put in a couple of hot corners - take chequered flag.

Hopefully the 800cc limit will only apply to Rossi to give the others a chance LOL
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 10:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Did anyone pay attention to the tire choice for Catalunya?
Rossi Hard/Hard
Gibers Med/Hard
Hayden SOFT/Hard...

Now if I was Nicky, and I saw Rossi and Gibers, on harder compound tires then I was on, don't you think I would go to something else? I mean how many races now has Nicky slid backwards down the order in the last few laps due to tire fade...Nicky has the speed and the skill to hang with them and land on a podium, IF he can quit burning out his front tire...
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Trojan
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 10:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Assen is a circuit that really favours the guys who came up from the 250 ranks and still carry high corner speed (or can adapt quickly). For that reason alone I predict a top 3 of:

1. Rossi (no surprise there then)
2. Melandri
3. Biaggi

Gibernau will crash whilst dicing with Colin Edwards for 9th place; )
The organisers are practising the Italian national anthem even as we speak: )
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Jima4media
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 11:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My picks for Assen are....

1. Rossi - obviously
2. Gibernau - the only one who can challenge Rossi
3. Melandri - he is still an up and commer.

Oh, and that happens to be the order they finished at Assen last year.



(Message edited by jima4media on June 21, 2005)
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Blake
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 06:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

No argument here from either of the two above predictions. I gotta root for Capirossi on the Duc and Hayden and Edwards too.

(Message edited by blake on June 21, 2005)
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 08:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I wonder if Nicky's familiarity with the track(Laguna) will come to his aid? I am thinking more forward to the Laguna race.

(Message edited by wyckedflesh on June 22, 2005)
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Jima4media
Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 09:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Do you mean Hayden's lack of familiarity compared with the others listed?

These guys have been on these tracks on 125s, 250s, 500s, and MotoGP bikes for 10 years or more.
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Ingemar
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 01:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Your predictions are asuming sunshine. It may rain on saturday.
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Trojan
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 05:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

OK, if it rains then how about:

1. Jacques
2. Xaus
3. Hopkins

: ) : ) : )
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Ingemar
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 06:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Who the hell are they?!?
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Trojan
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 08:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Exactly Ingemar, I can see the headlines now -sudden heavy thunder storm forces lead riders into the pits to change tyres, backmarkers carry on using slicks in a gamble to get them to the front of the pack. Weather takes a sudden turn for the better and the top riders are forced to pit again. They lose too much time and the guys normally at the back of the field finish at the front: ) BTW Shane Byrne will finish a strong 4th on the KTM.

Stranger things have happened, anyone at Indianapolis last weekend for instance?

(Message edited by trojan on June 22, 2005)
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Benm2
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 11:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Xaus???!!! That guy can't stop crashing in the DRY!!!
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Ingemar
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 11:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

You got a lively fantasy Matt! ; )
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Jima4media
Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 12:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Lets remember back to Shanghai. None of the MotoGP riders knew that track. It was raining. Who comes out on top?

Enough said.
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Trojan
Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 06:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I just like to keep myself amused and not think of the real result, which of course will be Rossi, Gibbering and Melandri....again.
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12r
Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 06:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sensational news that Tamada will be running the race in a Batman suit ! Holy slipper clutch !
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Ingemar
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 08:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Rain, rain, rain and fireworks!

We decided not to go btw.

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Davegess
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 09:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Oh my Assen in the rain, that could be a fun race to watch!
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Trojan
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 10:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Ah haaa: ) See my earlier post.........Xaus is the man
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Jima4media
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 11:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Val Rossi on Pole at Assen...

1. Valentino ROSSI, Yamaha, 1:58.936
2. Sete GIBERNAU, Honda, 1:59.247
3. Marco MELANDRI, Honda, 1:59.632
4. Shinya NAKANO, Kawasaki, 1:59.760
5. Nicky HAYDEN, Honda, 1:59.784
6. Colin EDWARDS, Yamaha, 2:00.006
7. Loris CAPIROSSI, Ducati, 2:00.136
8. Alex BARROS, Honda, 2:00.232
9. Max BIAGGI, Honda, 2:00.281
10. Alex HOFMANN, Kawasaki, 2:00.298
11. Makoto TAMADA, Honda, 2:00.656
12. John HOPKINS, Suzuki, 2:00.810
13. Carlos CHECA, Ducati, 2:00.883
14. Troy BAYLISS, Honda, 2:01.216
15. Kenny ROBERTS, Suzuki, 2:01.836
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Jerry_haughton
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 12:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

GO NICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ingemar
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 03:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Jim,

You got an even more lively fantasy than Matt!

Less than 4 seconds difference between Roberts and Rossi? In the rain?!? Please stop! I can't take anymore!
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 10:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Assen Update
http://www.motogp.com/en/motogp/news_info/news_info_14631_1.htm?menu=home
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Jerry_haughton
Posted on Saturday, June 25, 2005 - 08:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sunday June 26, 3:00 pm Eastern
MotoGP World Championship: Dutch Grand Prix
on SPEED TV
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Coolice
Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 05:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well SSDD at Aussen, at least Colin made the podium. Nicky looked good too, maybe he's saving it for Laguna?
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Fbolt
Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 08:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I ditto this thought:


Did anyone pay attention to the tire choice for Catalunya?
Rossi Hard/Hard
Gibers Med/Hard
Hayden SOFT/Hard...

Now if I was Nicky, and I saw Rossi and Gibers, on harder compound tires then I was on, don't you think I would go to something else? I mean how many races now has Nicky slid backwards down the order in the last few laps due to tire fade...Nicky has the speed and the skill to hang with them and land on a podium, IF he can quit burning out his front tire...
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Benm2
Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 09:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Not sure that the riders know what tires the others are on before they start the race... That may be part of the strategy. Good for Colin to get another podium!!!!
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Jima4media
Posted on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 02:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Don't need a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows.

I guess my lively fantasy is Rossi's Reality.

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12r
Posted on Monday, June 27, 2005 - 08:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

No46
Arrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooooooooo not again !

Has anyone ever seen Rossi & Doohan in the same place at the same time ?
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