Anyone else talking RACING?! <--- of the motorcycle type

Maybe something, maybe nothing, could be, possibly, the guy in the team, the guy with the bike, but who knows.....all the anti-spoiler talk ruins the conversation. If you don't wanna know, don't look in this thread. Expecting the conversation to be held for a week for a couple people is bullshit. Fair warning to those people, you know who you are, I'm gonna start talking about the actual riders , teams, and results....view at your own risk. For the last time - spoiler alert.

 

FYI, I created a thread for those who want to discuss this topic in real time. I'll be posting stuff there if it contains spoiler info.

 

Fuck that, I'm posting that shit here...they can start their own thread. Call it the snowflake non discussion of racing thread.

 

Well, your call, but I created a thread and started posting.

http://vfrworld.com/threads/racing-talk-with-spoilers.53507/

 

You're right and I made it. It starts tomorrow.

 

Well, maybe I will give it some time.....too busy drinking beer to type up a story right now

 

GREAT racing, all three classes!

 

Watched WSBK superbike races, going to watch the 600's tonight. Hope they are better.

 

On a side note, the Skerries 100 meeting has just finished in Ireland, it's where the Dunlops learned to race, this shows why they're not bothered by the Island of Man TT


No commentary, just the noise of the bikes

 

That is some tight road racing! Crazy!

 

I thought you'd like it Drew, I'm trying to find an onbike video of Kilarney, the only place with a tree in the middle of the track ....so Irish

 

Motorcyclist had an article on the Stuter MMX 500. Its been out for a while but it was fun to read about it again. Who says a V$ has to be heavy? 280lbs, 195 HP of V4 2 stroke heaven.

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/s...1082285476&spReportId=MTA4MjI4NTQ3NgS2#page-2

 

Great link Drew, loved the write up, got a bloodied nose from the bike for not paying 100% attention ...priceless

 

You have to pay attention when riding those two strokes.
I looped my RD 350 back when I was a teenager. I would have much preferred a bloody nose. Lol

 

BSB for us this weekend, from Brands Hatch, using the longer Gran Prix circuit, the Fireblade with Dan Linfoot on led for several laps before the Ducati of Shane Byrne took the lead, shortly before the race was red flagged

Looks like they've finally got the Fireblade to go, they've also sorted the handling out, the bike was a lot more controlled than even 2 weeks ago, a bit late in the season to be of much use this year ... here's hoping they pass the info on to the WSB teams

 

Shakey on a Duc! I hope that the CBR will also get better in WSBK.

 

Yup, he's been riding the Panigale for a couple of years now, Paul Bird who finances the team, gave Shakey a blank cheque, "get what you want" .. he gives that bike such a caning when he decides it's time to take the lead that despite all the electronics it still wheelies on him quite alarmingly, Dan Linfoots bike was spitting so much fire out the exhaust at almost every turn that Shakey had to wait for him to just drift a bit wide, then he shot through avoiding the Honda flame thrower

The man in action at the Brands Hatch Clubmans circuit with team mate Glen Irwin

 

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport...oads-honda-confirm-cause-of-mcguinness-crash/

 

I saw that and put a link up elsewhere, not good news for Honda

Meanwhile in Japan the Suzuka 8 hour celebrated its 40th anniversary with a win for Yamaha, 2nd place was Kawasaki with the leading Fireblade 1 lap behind

Haslam came to the rescue for Kawasaki doing 5 of the 8 hour sessions, the Malaysian rider was so far off the pace he never went out in the race, all the more credit to Leon after breaking 2 vertebrae 5 weeks ago ... he finished the race then went straight to the medics and asked for a rehydration drip

After 208 laps and 8 hrs of racing the Kawasaki crossed the line just over 2 minutes behind Lowes and Guintoli on the Yamaha

Save of the year from Josh Brookes, the slow motion replay is breathtaking

Old man Honda must be spinning in his grave at the current racing fiasco, he only had Suzuka built so his bikes could win

 

Hats off to Haslam, a very gutsy ride.