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Another shoe dropped!
Fabio Quartararo will remain at Yamaha. From some of the French media, Yamaha made him an offer he could not refuse.
I think it was the best decision for him.
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8 hours ago, activpop said:
oh what weather to be on a bike! Nothing like shirtsleeve weather.
Indeed.... one of the most pleasant Texas weather I remember for this time of the year, to be on a motorcycle. Unheard of... last year, in April we were already fighting sun and humidity throughout.
Houston is really close from Austin, however I would not go against the flow of Eclipse lookers which are going to fight for space everywhere on the path...
Both the 500 H1 and 1000 CBX have already sold!
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It is almost like the seat was not made for that rear design?
Looking at it, battery and electronics are underneath the front of the tank? the head beam seems to be a tad too small compared with the rest of the bike...
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4 hours ago, Weegie said:
What could possibly go wrong, I mean TWA 800 was a fluke right?
Moto Guzzi carefully crafted the system as intrinsically safe. It could never happen. Maybe the tank being in plastic helps?
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5 minutes ago, GuzziMoto said:
So consistency in the first two races hasn't really been there.
I heard through the grapevine that Pirelli's tires have been having a hard time to last for the entire race, Moto3 and 2.
This may explain the lack of consistency.
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The 2025 GP25 Ducati attribution plot thickens....
While Pramac was the single recipient of the identical millesime bikes same as in the factory team, it seems that for 2025, they may only get a single year current bike, while the second GP25 could go to another team.
What do we know?
Fermin Aldeguer will be on a GP25 in 2025, this is a clause included in his contract.
Jorge Martin will be riding at a factory team in 2025, thus no longer with the Pramac Team; he confirmed that much in interviews.
So, which team would get the second GP25 in 2025? VR46 or Gresini?
What do we know?
VR46 is currently negotiating with Ducati to exercise their contract's option to continue with Ducati.
Gresini will continue using Ducati machinery in 2025.
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6 hours ago, po18guy said:
A co-worker at Boeing in the 70s had an H2 750. Scariest bike I ever roe. Never heard what became of him...
The 500 Mach III was actually the scariest, since the engine was a simple derivative of the competition, with no brakes, and a buttery chassis. A bike that was only meant for straight portions.
After the triple got that reputation, all the successive bikes kept it. If you compare the performances with today's H2, you may wonder what was there, to make those bikes so scary.
I remember that we considered H2 owners as "dead men walking", obviously destined for a nefarious end. But like everything, as long as you ride within your limits, you are ok.
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4 minutes ago, audiomick said:
To get back on the topic of Kawasaki triples (that was the topic here, wasn't it?), have I posted this here yet?
I gather it is one of these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_H1R
Watch how many he passes, and how often he gets passed.
So, and now back to the irrelevant stuff about old cars...
when I clicked on the video, it indicated that I had already watched it.....
His tachometer is working like the one on my Quota lol....
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8 minutes ago, audiomick said:
Not original, but doesn't have to be a bad thing if they work well.
There was a bloke in the area of Melbourne that I lived in with the 400 version of those Kawasaki 2-Stroke triples. Done up like a racer, and with expansion chambers on it. I saw him regularly on the street. It sounded great. And went like shit off a shovel. Or he was slightly unhinged. Or both.
Whatever, I would have loved to build one myself. I had a 250, complete but dead, and a 400 as a basket case, but I left Australia before I got around to doing anything with them. It'll probably never happen now, but building up one of them would be fun.
Edit: one mate of mine had a 350 which I'm sure I rode, and another had a 750 which I definitely rode a few times. I love them.
When I was still in France, they had a national competition organized around the Kawasaki 400; a few of my moto-club companions participated the first year. Unfortunately, to win, you had to have the financial means. You had to have enough money to purchase several engines and pick and pair the best components. My friends told me that some of the riders had at least 20 km/h greater speed in the straights, with stock bikes. Also, while my friends rode their S4 to the racetracks, removed the roadworthy accessories for the race, other riders had bikes in vans and mechanics. So nothing was on an equitable level. This ran from 1971 to 1978. It started with the Avenger, then the S3 and S4. It is still happening with the ER6 I think!
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1 hour ago, audiomick said:
and feel free to buy me the E-Type whilst you are there.
There is an identical 996 Porsche 911 for sale; https://www.mecum.com/lots/1111728/1999-porsche-911-carrera-cabriolet/?aa_id=581502-0
Mine has 50k miles, and it's a manual 6 speeds, however all the rest color, convertible, identical.
Estimated 20,000-25,000 USD.
My assurance company has mine valued 30,000 USD. I am going to follow the auction to see how much it goes for.
There is a Renault Caravelle Convertible which is beautiful. https://www.mecum.com/lots/1115802/1967-renault-caravelle-1100s-cabriolet/?aa_id=577837-0
Unfortunately, not original. The father of one of my friend had one.
By the way, not cheap to go there as a spectator. $30 for a day pass, $22 for the parking....
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9 minutes ago, audiomick said:
Yes, the CBX looks nice. A mate of mine in Melbourne had one of those. Great fun.
And while you're at it, grab this as well. Cultivated insanity at it's best.
https://www.mecum.com/lots/1115784/1974-kawasaki-h1-mach-iii/?aa_id=576255-0
I actually rode on one of these, and the H2...
I don't think these auctions are the best place to grab one. I have seen a few around in FB marketplace. Unfortunately, many owners have replaced the original exhaust pipes with expansion chambers...
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On 4/2/2024 at 11:28 AM, LowRyter said:
iberty Media has confirmed Pirelli, the Italian brand responsible for the control tire in Formula One and in WorldSBK, will become the sole tire supplier for MotoGP, replacing French company Michelin who will be demoted to supplying the tires for the Dorna personnel golf carts seen in the MotoGP paddock.
Kidding aside, the Dunlop replacement by Pirelli in Moto 2 and 3 has not gone smoothly.
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On 4/2/2024 at 1:29 PM, LaGrasta said:
MotoGP, now American owned, but no US pilots, hmmm…
Joe Roberts said that if Trackhouse was in need of someone, he is ready to serve, while admitting that he has not gotten the necessary pedigree to pretend to a place in MotoGP.
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On 4/2/2024 at 10:28 AM, LeMans Fan said:
How's the ergonomics for 6'8 and 250#?
As @Scud pointed out, you seem to have been conceived for a Stelvio 1200 NTX, orange...
I am 6 feet myself, and the first unpleasant feel I get on long rides, and I have done 800 miles on a single day, is the legs which are folded because the pegs are high. At your height, long rides will become painful really quickly.
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This is for you; to be listened at loud volume on a decent HiFi system.
This was recorded in Berlin (Germany), 2015. Lucienne Renaudin is 16 years old here.
This is the very well known (among Trumpet players) Hummel Concerto for Trumpet. For those who do not have a particular affinity with classical music and trumpet in particular, skip to the third movement, the Rondo. The video starts at the second movement, the Andante.
This is a bit personal and nostalgic to me, since I started learning trumpet at her age, and kept at it for seven years. Only, I never liked the instrument. I wanted to play guitar.
Listening to her grandiose and perfect execution makes me want to go back to those days....
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@audiomick Mark Knopfler like many others changed brands for profit.
Many examples, such as EVH who endorsed so many different manufacturers, until he got his own EVH brand, made by Fender.
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On 3/29/2024 at 5:16 PM, motortouring said:
For some reason I always feel a lot of sympathy for Rory Gallagher.
With a lot of good reasons! he was a virtuoso in his own right. Another guitar player who left too early!!
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On 3/29/2024 at 5:05 PM, motortouring said:
Oh, I was talking about Mark Knopfler in the Dire Straights clip.
Only, this is not a Fender one. It is most likely a Pensa Suhr, now only Suhr. He also has a humbucker in the bridge, so his Strat is actually a SuperStrat....
I am guitar fanatic too.... lol....
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21 hours ago, FreyZI said:
Maybe too little, too late, but I've been in touch with my aunt. They would have done patches, and it seems they could do plenty of other things, too. Not sure if I'm allowed to do this here, but I'll act first and beg forgiveness later: the outfit my aunt and uncle run can be contacted at stitchedcrafts [the Arabic number for MMX] [the symbol that kinda looks like an "a" with a circle] [Google's email service brand name] [the terminal punctuation somewhere known as hard stop] com -- no spaces. Let's see the programmers and AI figure that out! Just the two of them running a fancy embroidery machine out of their house -- not a big, bad company -- so presumably they will handle smaller orders and deal with customers personally. And, as noted, they are motorcycle people, so they'll appreciate what you're in to.
As you correctly figured, I already was in the closing stages with the Colorado based company which I decided to entrust to manufacture our precious patches.
I am certain all those patch companies use the same machinery, computer driven, to simply embroider woven patches. The major difference between them, is their ability to help you design the patch. In our case, we did not have to use the services of an artist or a designer. We supplied our own design, in a format their computer driven machine could directly use.
The patches will be sent at the end of this month, around the 29th.
50 patches should go easy, given the theoretical number of forum participants.
Then I will start looking at stickers, and I will get my Béret in Merinos wool with a Moto Guzzi emblem directly embroidered, not a patch.
Finally, I will look at making a leather vest representative of our obsession with the Moto Guzzi brand, or the V11, whichever if any.
My past involves the military, and being in the oil business. I always wore a uniform of sorts, with a béret or a hard hat.
I guess this is why I continue to wear outfits...
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As a long time inline skater, including urban outings, I quickly learned that protecting your wrists, knees and elbows was essential. Of course, that includes the head.
As I got better and better, I ditched elbow and knee pads, and later the wrists protections. Always keeping the helmet. Then during a marathon race in Houston, in a pack, I failed to see a pothole, and I took a tumble.
I was happy to have been wearing my safety gear.
I think FortNine is saying in case of a catastrophic or major accident, body armor is not going to prevent you from breaking things.
True, if you land on your knees or elbows, having pads will help.
I own an Alpinestars Tech5 airbag, and it is probably the best protection against a percussive hit. That being said, the airbag does not protect your elbows. Although, they have since came up with Airbag pants which are even more uncomfortable than their vests' counterpart.
My goal is to purchase an Helite Backpack airbag, mechanical deployment. This should increase my survival factor, combined with all the rest.
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The Liberty vision for MotoGP has been revealed:
- Leverage Liberty’s Ability to Scale Leading Global Sports Assets
- Expansion Opportunity Especially in Key Growth Markets including US
- Amplify Marketing Support and Storytelling Capabilities
- Broaden MotoGP Reach and Appeal to Drive Competition and Boost Commercial Partnerships
- Expose Sport to Wider Fanbase and Fuel Value of Entire Ecosystem
- Improve Hospitality and Fan Experience
Sounds like someone with an MBA has presented the 3 years look-ahead plan to substantiate revenue.
One of the way to expose the sport to a wider fan base would be to diversify the pilots' origin. The majority of today's MotoGP is basically Italian and Spanish, with a few exceptions. If we exclude Brad Binder and Takaaki Nakagami, all the riders are European. It is natural to want to support someone from your country. Moto2 is a bit more eclectic, with a larger span of nationalities, however the MotoGP material seems to always revolve around the same countries.
Jorge Lorenzo offered a very good point. Rivalry captures interest. Doohan versus Criville; Biaggi versus Rossi; Rossi versus Lorenzo; Rossi versus Marquez;
Today the field is more leveled; Bagnaia, Binder, Martin, Marquez, Acosta, Bastianini, Bezzecchi.... it feels aseptic. Maybe it is going to change.
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I placed the order for the 50 patches this morning, April 2nd, 2024.
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I removed mine to fly to Phoenix. I did not need to remove those in my jacket, because it goes in the tray, but those in my pants. I had already been singled out by TSA's wrath in 2023, when going through the full body scan with my motorcycle padded pants.
After watching FortNine's laius, I think I agree this is another way to stifle competition from non "motorcycle" brands.
Is body armor pads part of your attire?
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I think it takes from the Norton Commando, if I am not mistaken...