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*Liam's Wild Ride*

Ay Liam, Congrats on the recent occurrences at work!

On a side note, next time you're in town, the little ugly panda should be ready to roll! Hopefully I can mount the seat and the rest of the lights this weekend and mob it stock-style until I do my frontend :p

USGP perhaps?

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drizz said:
Ay Liam, Congrats on the recent occurrences at work!

On a side note, next time you're in town, the little ugly panda should be ready to roll! Hopefully I can mount the seat and the rest of the lights this weekend and mob it stock-style until I do my frontend :p

USGP perhaps?
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And I swear, you'll have your hardware:teeth
 
Keep it on Liam... :applause

Congrats to you and the team... very cool!

Thought I would take a moment to post.. getting tired of just reading about all the good stuff.

Stay well.

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budman said:
getting tired of just reading about all the good stuff.

:smoking
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Bwahahaha, Thanks Budman - and Happy Belated Birthday!!

This last week has been really hectic - and this is technically still the "easy" part! I am really nervous about the upcoming months because if you look towards the months of June and July, we've got three sets of Back-to-Back races, and that means staying on the hoof the whole time and still managing to keep on top of things while on the road. I am looking forward to getting back to Shanghai, though, which I think is going to be awesome.

I really am going to the races with reasonable and somewhat mellow expectations, because the harsh reality is that Michelin doesn't mis-step twice in a row. In fact, when have they ever had as much trouble as they did in Turkey? Only 2 riders in the top 11? BLOWOUT! You can bet that they'll be coming back strong in China, and remember, this is where Rossi suffered his Front Tire Fiasco last year (pulling into the pits to have his rear changed, only to find out it was the front that had chunked). While many have pointed out that Shanghai's long straights will play towards the Ducati's speed, the really tight and slow stuff after the straightaways is probably going to cause riders to get caught out, and tire selection is going to be critical. Not only does the tire have to be stable enough to handle hyper speed for longer periods than on other tracks, but the edges still need significant grip for the slower corners. Because everyone will be looking to make as much time as possible in the reverse chicanes after the straight, and utilize the 800's massively increased corner speeds and lean angles, tires should really be put to the limit here. I am almost thinking it's going to be a little like Daytona, but longer. Sure, there's no banking, but the tires are going to take a beating. Nervous? Not really - I'm sure we'll do our job the best we can. Nervous? Ok, maybe a little. This is two years after I promised myself while standing in the grandstands that I would be working in MotoGP. I'm nervous because last week's result has filled me with confidence because I know that we can get up front and RUN --> POINT ZERO THREE THREE!!! ARGH!!!

Hahaha, anyway, my ride this afternoon through the city was great - stopped and had some Argentinean pizza and a tarta espinaca (rockin!), because I know that for the next ten days, I will hopefully be eating Chinese food straight from the source. They don't call it Chinese food, it's just food, hahaha. Can't remember where I heard that, but I always think about it. I expect to see less than a handful of Barfers/Americans at this race, and the MTV crew who's filming the Nicky Hayden show is not going to be there. What else . . . . oh! I think Kawasaki might be a factor, because they've got a serious motor under the hood and Randy is only getting stronger. I think with slipperier (spelling?) fairings, they'd be right with the Ducati's - maybe faster!

We'll see - BRING IT ON, CHINA!

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jrace said:
Liam fall down go "shoot me". :D

-jim
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ok, ok. Check out this unscrupulously uploaded video from the Red Bull get-together (Thanks a LOT, Jordan!) - I can't remember if this is me going at it from "You can't touch this", or "Ice, Ice, Baby!"

I think it's the latter.

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Sheesh, funny story from the night? Jordan (Red Bull USA) wants to introduce me to the woman responsible for filming and directing the Nicky Hayden show on MTV. She's at the club with a couple of her cameramen, and I say, no worries, I'll introduce myself. So Jordan and her (Kirtie) are talking across this countertop from me, and they've just finished taking this rather risque photo where Kirtie put her finger in her mouth. Well! I've recently shown BORAT to my italian teammates, and it's the first thing that pops into my head at 3AM. I walk up to them and ask in horrible, horrible Euro-accent, "Are you American?" She looks to Jordan for confirmation and replies, "yes", so I stick my finger in my mouth and say, "Very Nice, How Much? (IN THE BORAT VOICE). She looks at me, completely stunned, and when Jordan (who is pretending not to know me) looks on without blinking or doing anything, she backs away, just repeating to herself, "OMG He thinks I'm a prostitute, a Turkish Prostitute!" Over and over.

AND THEN SHE STARTS BAWLING> NOT CRYING> BAWLING! Tears falling out like the world is ending. I am as stunned as her, because I've never made someone cry unintentionally, much less a grown woman of 35-ish. So - once I realize she is actually crying for real, I rush in with my driver's license at the ready, "Listen, I'm AMERICAN, too! I'm just f'ing with you, it's OK!" She eventually calms down, and insists that I buy her a drink to make reparations. No Problemo! Once we're at the bar, she says I really got her (still trying to dry her eyes out), and that she's going to tell her husband on me, haha. I thought I was out of there after buying the drink, but she stacked them up by ordering a round of Tequilas for the three of us! At 15 Euros a pop, that kind of sucked, but ce la vie. And thus, ladies and gentlemen, this is the person who is going to be responsible for putting together a tv show about the 2006 MotoGP World Champion.

Once again Kirtie, I'm sorry (we've exchanged emails about it already). The upside to all of this? My Italian teammates are quoting Borat all the time now, and with their English/Italian accents, it's AWESOME.

It's NIIIIICCCCE.
 
jrace said:
D'oh. How many drinks? ;)

MotoGP Standing: 8AB,14AH

-jim
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Just a couple. And you should know that I track the overall MotoGP World Championship Position/Standing :)

1 race out of 18 is only 5.55 percent of the whole season. We're currently sitting in 8th place overall with Alex Barros, and 14th with The Hoff. I guess some might say Barros is in 7th, since Edwards and Hayden are tied for 6th (with one point more than us {LET'S GO CHINA}), but if there are two people with the same points, I say the next person down is behind both of them, thus 8th position.
 
MotoLiam said:
ok, ok. Check out this unscrupulously uploaded video from the Red Bull get-together (Thanks a LOT, Jordan!) - I can't remember if this is me going at it from "You can't touch this", or "Ice, Ice, Baby!"

I think it's the latter.

video

Sheesh, funny story from the night? Jordan (Red Bull USA) wants to introduce me to the woman responsible for filming and directing the Nicky Hayden show on MTV. She's at the club with a couple of her cameramen, and I say, no worries, I'll introduce myself. So Jordan and her (Kirtie) are talking across this countertop from me, and they've just finished taking this rather risque photo where Kirtie put her finger in her mouth. Well! I've recently shown BORAT to my italian teammates, and it's the first thing that pops into my head at 3AM. I walk up to them and ask in horrible, horrible Euro-accent, "Are you American?" She looks to Jordan for confirmation and replies, "yes", so I stick my finger in my mouth and say, "Very Nice, How Much? (IN THE BORAT VOICE). She looks at me, completely stunned, and when Jordan (who is pretending not to know me) looks on without blinking or doing anything, she backs away, just repeating to herself, "OMG He thinks I'm a prostitute, a Turkish Prostitute!" Over and over.

AND THEN SHE STARTS BAWLING> NOT CRYING> BAWLING! Tears falling out like the world is ending. I am as stunned as her, because I've never made someone cry unintentionally, much less a grown woman of 35-ish. So - once I realize she is actually crying for real, I rush in with my driver's license at the ready, "Listen, I'm AMERICAN, too! I'm just f'ing with you, it's OK!" She eventually calms down, and insists that I buy her a drink to make reparations. No Problemo! Once we're at the bar, she says I really got her (still trying to dry her eyes out), and that she's going to tell her husband on me, haha. I thought I was out of there after buying the drink, but she stacked them up by ordering a round of Tequilas for the three of us! At 15 Euros a pop, that kind of sucked, but ce la vie. And thus, ladies and gentlemen, this is the person who is going to be responsible for putting together a tv show about the 2006 MotoGP World Champion.

Once again Kirtie, I'm sorry (we've exchanged emails about it already). The upside to all of this? My Italian teammates are quoting Borat all the time now, and with their English/Italian accents, it's AWESOME.

It's NIIIIICCCCE.
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That's brilliant man! :laughing :laughing
That was a good one, ESPECIALLY her reaction. You made a grown woman cry!
 
I have to admit...

I'm not sure which is more funny. :confused The lady who doesn't want Nicky Hayden to know she's actually a prostitute :angel or the notion that you think Kawasaki might be a factor.:wow :clown :rofl Really. What next? Borat: Factory Kawasaki fill in? ;)
 
Been a while since I said hello Liam but it doesn't mean I'm not checkin' up on 'ya broham. Keep your head the next few weeks and hang on for the ride. :teeth
 
jorbar1551 said:
when is somebody going to beat stoner. That bike is unstoppable
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Yeah, the bike pretty much seals the deal . . . because Capirossi is kicking everyone else's butt with the other Factory machine :laughing

Sorry I haven't posted a lot lately, I'm still in Shanghai (Boo-Yah!!) because I was able to hang out here for a couple days and get some work done via the internet from my hotel. Due to the six hour time difference between here and Bologna, I'm emailing when I wake up, and then checking my email a couple times a day in between going for long walks through the city. And I'm always eating righteous food!

Met up with a Barf couple, and another is flying in tonight for a dinner with me because I'm leaving tomorrow morning back to Frankfurt, then Barcelona. I'll try and put some kind of report together about the bad luck/racing incident that took place in China before I'm off to Le Mans next week, and all I can say about it now is "sometimes that's how the racing goes." Both my riders went off-track when Toni took his tumble, and Barros got caught up with the worst of it, his front end sticking to Toni's bike and the track marshalls not really giving him any assistance to unhook his bike from Toni's. Much less, he stalled and had to pull his bike back and off the Honda while wearing full gear in the dirt and grass, (now that's slippery! hahaha). Actually, Barros is the first Ducati rider in their history in MotoGP to push-start a Desmosedici, and he did it all by himself (thanks track workers!!) because he was lucky to have a small hill he could use. He straddled the bike and ran it down the hill, and the bike fired up on the third try. I'm amazed by his efforts, and that he went out and hammered the bike as hard as he did afterwards with those incredible laptimes, well, he really made us all proud in the garage.

Time for lunch . . . . catch you guys when I'm back in BCN! That's H-O-T!

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