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*Liam's Wild Ride*

MotoLiam said:
You just know I had to get in on this!
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Hey look it's Ponchus Pilot!
 
Some Kawasaki guy waving down pit lane. The '06 looks amazing in race trim!

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MotoLiam said:
Anyone want to comment on these beautiful, conical shaped, scalloped forks? I've never seen anything like this before, and it's absolutely *Gorgeous*!
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Is that a damper on the shocks!? And yes , those are frickin' sweet! Gotta figure the scallops are simply for weight savings?
 
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My gut instinct tells me this Ducati might win some races this year.

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MotoLiam said:
Anyone want to comment on these beautiful, conical shaped, scalloped forks? I've never seen anything like this before, and it's absolutely *Gorgeous*!
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I read about those. That is supposed to give the upper fork the ability to *flex* a little. The thinking behind it is this; Conventional forks are plush, because of the fork flex. Upside down forks are very *NOT PLUSH* because of the inherent rigidity of the design (they're stiff). This new Ohlin's design gives you the rigidity of an upside down fork WITH the plushness of controlled flex. The best of both worlds, in theory.
We'll see.


Good stuff as always Liam,
Lonster
 
A final farewell from Foggy Petronas this year. Foggy was still looking as serious as ever at lunch today. I can't imagine how much he wants to get back on a bike and compete, especially after seeing the old-timers doing so well lately.

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Had a chance to chat with Anthony Gobert today while my rider was practicing. Nice bloke, and all around very gracious. Here's what he had to say when I asked him to say something to his American fans,

"I'm not sure what I can say, except that I'm really excited to be here! Anything to be in the World Scene! I just wish that it wasn't so last minute. I didn't know anything until they called me last Friday (today was Thursday, less than a week later - Liam)! Just wish I had more time on the bike."

See you guys tomorrow. Oh, and I expect that HRC is heavily behind Barros this season, as Carlo Fiorani was there. . . .

more tomorrow!

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Dude. I LIVE for this thread. Many thanks to you for the continuous updates. I get my raceing fix through your life and experiances. You rock Bro.

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fatshady said:

Thanks man thats cool. but if you really want s**t weather come to Donnington in July and the last two years the disorganizers have allowed us to see it for up to 6 hours after the event . what nice chaps.
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I was at Donnington years ago when it snowed for the WSBK:wow Camping the night before was a bit chilly to say the least:cry :laughing
 
J-BONE said:
Is that a damper on the shocks!? And yes , those are frickin' sweet! Gotta figure the scallops are simply for weight savings?
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If you mean the Ohlins steering damper, its just in a different position. If you mean that thing in parallel with the forks, thats a linear potentiometer. It outputs a signal from 1-5V, varying with the length. Data Aq. records the voltage, and via the calibration curve tells you exactly what the position the shock is and how fast its moving. Hugely usefull in tuning the suspension. BTW- shock = damper.
 
Thanks man thats cool. but if you really want s**t weather come to Donnington in July and the last two years the disorganizers have allowed us to see it for up to 6 hours after the event . what nice chaps.

Hehe..too right!

How everyone laughed when I decided to take us there in a borrowed motorhome for the day.

They weren't laughing as they waited in the miserable conditions to get out for hour upon hour.We just went to sleep or played on the X box!

We felt sorry for the car park marshalls though, so we made them cups of tea. :) :angel
 
Busy day today, what with practice, qualifying, and SuperPole! Still, we managed to find one of these laying around the track, and it still had the keys in it! Some poor track official must've forgotten where he left it :wow

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We took turns adjusting the suspension and verifying that there was air in the tire :)

Paco got first crack, and showed off some of his impressive trials abilities.

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Think all Superbikes are the same? Or that teamates use the same equipment? This is Corser's fuel cel.

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This is Yukio's tank. Note the longer bottom section, presumably because he likes a different shape up top and also to distribute the front to rear weight bias of the bike.

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Winston's running white this year, but even being clean and tidy couldn't keep them off the floor :( Always nice to check out the carbon fiber that people are running. I believe this piece is from Holland.

*edit - sidenote*
At the end of the race weekend, the teams were throwing out their crashed bodywork. They said I could have the entire fairing set from the bike if I wanted, but because I couldn't get it on the plane I had to abandon it! Pains me 'eart to see carbon fiber going to the bin, especially when you could cut it in half, lengthwise, and mount it on the wall with the pretty side showing. Bummer :(


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I wish I had a Kawasaki this magnificent (then again, maybe I do)! Bumped into this little guy and almost pulled him out of my way until I realized it was Laconi, who I didn't recognize because of the "Mr. Clean" hair-do :laughing

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