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MotoGP Off-Season Thread

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firstbuell said:
where in the world [UK?] does Bird get the $$ to compete as CRT in the entire series [vs only wildcards]?

he's like Stamboli x 2 bikes x 6 times the events + int'l travel = mega $$
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pretty sure Dorna subsidizes quite a lot of those costs, ie travel and tires.

PBM has this, the BSB team, and apparently a rally effort, so they are def doing something right.
 
http://manziana.motocorse.com/blog/33324_90_VS90_____ENG_version.phpj

Thank goodness for the technically minded Italian press... for it
shows just how close the two "ideal 90s" are but the right alchemy of
dimensions and flexibilities is what you can not see and that is the
way the two frames flex under a real corner load... the right flex
brings harmony to front and rear contact patches and unbridles the
maximum out put of the engine... but if a rider feels less and less
harmony they back off the berries and start to cruise instead of
fighting for position... to reach the right harmony it takes about 20
frames per engine design using the old trail and error and hit and
miss approach in frame building to begin to see that this much metal
applied this area produces a improved harmony for the rider or not...
sadly Duacti is 15 frames behind the competition in that regard...
question is... will the new owners authorize enough funds for that
degree of R&D???
 
motoGP averaged 68,000 viewers on SPEED in the USA per race in 2012. (from @motomatters on twitter)

that is the problem right there ...... really poor in a country of 310 million. No money in it for the channel as they must have to give the ad slots away.
 
I wonder what SpeedTV's weekly viewership #s are for SX? CBS', too?

that's a 3-hr live/1 hr taped package with a long history & [bigger?] fanbase
 
i wonder if there are more ppl watching the GP feed in the US than SpeedTV. id guess not, but the feed def has a lot of hardcore viewers that Speed is missing out on cuz their product sucks.
 
fast4ward said:
motoGP averaged 68,000 viewers on SPEED in the USA per race in 2012. (from @motomatters on twitter)

that is the problem right there ...... really poor in a country of 310 million. No money in it for the channel as they must have to give the ad slots away.
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Because Speed's coverage is a putrid pile of steaming feces. I would rather wait for and download a virus-laden torrent from my favorite midget porn site than suffer through speed's coverage live.
 
augustiron said:
Because Speed's coverage is a putrid pile of steaming feces. I would rather wait for and download a virus-laden torrent from my favorite midget porn site than suffer through speed's coverage live.
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basically what he said.

i have speed channel upstairs, but i consistently waited for the race to be uploaded a few hours after it was aired just because bbc/motogp's commentary was leaps and bounds beyond speed/nascar channel's horrible attempt at motogp. i think i watched the assen race on speed and was so dumbfounded by the audible diarrhea coming out of the commentator's mouths that i literally havent turned on speed channel since.
 
BTW have subscribed to MotoGP online for the last 3 years, but I would used to torrent before that. I have ony had the misfortune at seeing speed a couple of times while away from home.
 
Motogp.com subscription really is the way to go. Only complaint I ever hear is it costs 130-150. how much money do you spend every year on dumb stuff you probably can't even account for? Once you get it and use it for the whole year, you understand. it's some of the best money I spend every year. Hopefully Dorna does the same for wsbk soon.
 
yep, this is the first year ive got a motogp video pass and its already proven to be awesome. all the classic races and the interviews. i cant wait for the season to start. my school work will definitely be suffering from staying up until 4am to watch races live.
 
kelsodeez said:
yep, this is the first year ive got a motogp video pass and its already proven to be awesome. all the classic races and the interviews.
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Dorna took over MotoGP in 1992, so they have all the races available to watch from 1992-2012. So fucking awesome! Last year I started with '92 and watched all the races in order, season by season. So fucking awesome part 2!
 
Kurosaki said:
Motogp.com subscription really is the way to go. Only complaint I ever hear is it costs 130-150. how much money do you spend every year on dumb stuff you probably can't even account for? Once you get it and use it for the whole year, you understand. it's some of the best money I spend every year.
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+1 :thumbup
 
Zerox said:
So true.
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Except for the crumby pre-season testing this year, I have never regretted one dime that I have spent on MotoGP. The only other thing that is consistently better is new donuts for a bike, whether I need them or not. I love the smell of new rubber in the morning. It smells like victory, or at least it doesn't smell like a ambulance ride. :thumbup
 
sidewazzz said:
Again Pedro had a year that he hasn't had before. there is no way to telling if the added weight helped or didn't. Signs point to it helping.
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There is no telling only if you are an idiot.

The weight increase severely affected the Honda; causing serious catter problems. Ask Stoner, Ask Nakamoto, Ask Pedrosa. This isn't secret information and this isn't rocket science. Cognitive Dissonance. You know you are wrong. You know that every person who has some clue knows you are wrong and yet you cling to your belief.



Kurosaki said:
It's well documented the added weight was a problem for the hondas. And also that the problem was not so problematic once next year's bike was tested and used mid season... when Pedrosa really started having a great season.

It's not like the weight thing is guess work.
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And there you go. This shit was sorted out a long time ago.
 
JO EBRMC said:
There is no telling only if you are an idiot.

The weight increase severely affected the Honda; causing serious catter problems. Ask Stoner, Ask Nakamoto, Ask Pedrosa. This isn't secret information and this isn't rocket science. Cognitive Dissonance. You know you are wrong. You know that every person who has some clue knows you are wrong and yet you cling to your belief.

And there you go. This shit was sorted out a long time ago.
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Jerry, my prev post on the matter pretty clearly exemplifies why sidewazzz keeps going with this. an invalid argument, but an interesting thought at the very least.

stangmx13 said:
p.s. - i disagree that the weight helped Dani, ie he'd still have ended the season w/ more points without it, but i cant rule it out as a possibility. HRC DID ramp up development and bring their 2013 chassis to fix the issue... who knows if Dani would have dominated the latter half of the season without that development.
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