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MotoGP 2015

Okay the first races were already amazing, but it just keeps on getting better. Nice to see variety of maufacturers up front. Espagaro on the first row with the Suzuki in development was terrfic. But Rossi, the absolute greatests of all time, was just BRILLIANT !!!
 
jcbarnar said:
Suzuki is killing Aprilia lol I don't think the camera showed them once
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I'm impressed I got to see a suzuki in the lead! Now as for the why aprilia is better than suzuki I'll leave it up to shaman to tell you. He's going to anyways :D
 
Oh man... I am excited to watch it now, because I don't like that guy either... was it worse than Melandri on Haslam circa factory BMW double take out??
 
No. Keenan is just hard to like. The commentary guys say he's very approachable and nice in person. As a viewer I only know him based on his riding and interviews, and he sure makes it hard to like him.


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jcbarnar said:
Suzuki is killing Aprilia lol I don't think the camera showed them once
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Please don't comment without knowing the fact my friend, it's embarassing. Aprilia's original plan was to enter MotoGP next year but they decided to use this year to collect as much data as possible to build their prototype bike for 2016. They also want to take advantage of the regulations, not to mention this year will be a transition year for the ECU and also tire manufacturer.

Suzuki on the other hand had started their prototype bike project 2 years ago with RDP doing all the donkey work but they didn't join the race until this year. There is an advantage of doing the race and test at the same time, they will be able to collect more data but the downside is that it might hurt their brand because some people who aren't aware of this fact will think that the bike sucks.

It's not easy to develop a good bike/car, definitely not like building Lego in your bedroom. It takes years to achieve that and there's a possibility that they may never get there like what happened to Toyota F1, BMW F1 and also BMW in WSBK. There will be an engine upgrade for Suzuki in June that will give 10 or more hp, but people like you would probably ask "Why wait until June? And why not 50 more hp?".
 
GixxerL2 said:
Please don't comment without knowing the fact my friend, it's embarassing. Aprilia's original plan was to enter MotoGP next year but they decided to use this year to collect as much data as possible to build their prototype bike for 2016. They also want to take advantage of the regulations, not to mention this year will be a transition year for the ECU and also tire manufacturer.

Suzuki on the other hand had started their prototype bike project 2 years ago with RDP doing all the donkey work but they didn't join the race until this year. There is an advantage of doing the race and test at the same time, they will be able to collect more data but the downside is that it might hurt their brand because some people who aren't aware of this fact will think that the bike sucks.

It's not easy to develop a good bike/car, definitely not like building Lego in your bedroom. It takes years to achieve that and there's a possibility that they may never get there like what happened to Toyota F1, BMW F1 and also BMW in WSBK. There will be an engine upgrade for Suzuki in June that will give 10 or more hp, but people like you would probably ask "Why wait until June? And why not 50 more hp?".
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Come on, get off the Kool-Aid. While all of this is true, it doesn't change the fact that, as has been stated, "Suzuki is killing Aprilia". Having the handicap doesn't make them any better.

That being said, Aprilia deserve a commendation for putting in the investment to come out as strong as possible next year.
 
Bermuda said:
Come on, get off the Kool-Aid. While all of this is true, it doesn't change the fact that, as has been stated, "Suzuki is killing Aprilia". Having the handicap doesn't make them any better.

That being said, Aprilia deserve a commendation for putting in the investment to come out as strong as possible next year.
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BMW only made motors for F1, Williams built the car... I will accept Honda F1 in it's stead, however. :D

Poster is right though, Aprilia is way behind in terms of development length... should get interesting.
 
Take it easy. I'm aware of their development efforts and their own expectations. I would not rule them out in the next couple of years, still many people have questioned Melandri being so far off the pace there's no doubt about that
 
jcbarnar said:
Take it easy. I'm aware of their development efforts and their own expectations. I would not rule them out in the next couple of years, still many people have questioned Melandri being so far off the pace there's no doubt about that
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Yes... well, just look at how he was doing in WSBK and you can start to see where all the negative thoughts are coming from, especially when Bautista is ahead of him, as an example, in Q1 of Argentina, Bautista beat Melandri by .575 seconds yet Melandri had 5kph more top speed on Bautista in the speed trap. Melandri is just sucking, right now... people are perhaps confusing a lack of confidence with a lack of effort?
 
When you don't feel right on a motorcycle you just don't feel right, I had a zx6rr that wanted to kill me and her and I never got along. I feel better on my current race bike during the rain than on my old bike in a sunny day
 
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ZX600 said:
When you don't feel right on a motorcycle you just don't feel right, I had a zx6rr that wanted to kill me and her and I never got along. I feel better on my current race bike during the rain that on my old bike in a sunny day
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a perfect example... everyone knows Melandri is fast on the right machine.
 
For those of you with a Moogp subscription - I don't know where to find the Onboard full race, I was able to watch every race on board last year and i can't find the videos anymore. Do they no longer post them or am I missing something?
 
Just finished watching all three races.

Moto3: Any rider that can build a lead like that in moto3 has to have some skill. That's 2 weeks in a row that Danny Kent dominated

Moto2: Great to see Johan Zarco get a win. He's been riding well this season. Championship contender maybe? Although he didn't win, I am glad to see Sam Lowes up front on the Speed Up. It will keep some variety in moto2 and will prevent it from becoming a purely spec Kalex-Honda series.

MotoGP: What can you say. Great comeback from Rossi, regardless of the tire situation. I thought the contact was ultimately a racing incident, but I do think Rossi was pretty aggresive. Not saying he should have done that, but I do think he still had time to make a clean(er) pass.

Crutchlow's last lap pass on Iannone was the pass of the race for me.

What's up with Lorenzo?

Petrucci is having a good season. Definitely validating his ride with Pramac

Good to see Suzuki being on the top half of the final results. Looks like they are building this program up better than how they did in their last motogp attempt.
 
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I feel bad for Lorenzo, because its his head that is getting in the way of his riding. He was extremely competitive the second half of last year, failing to podium once, so its not a skill issue. Hopefully he can be up front and challenging for podiums again soon once we get to tracks he feels more comfortable riding on. And I don't think Rossi was that aggressive really, he made a clean passing attempt off the back straight, Marquez tried to take him at the end of the corner on the inside where he didn't have enough room and bumped him. Marquez should have backed off at that point and looked for a different corner to try and get around him on. Instead he stayed hard on the gas and got clipped being where he shouldn't have been. It's a shame he didn't score any points, but I think if anything it was 93 who was being pretty aggressive, not 46
 
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