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Offline GD66

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Re: Rossi has gone insane.
« Reply #90 on: November 12, 2015, 02:45:39 pm »
Eek. Unretirements seldom work well, and those toe-in-the-water wildcard exercises always make me uneasy. But the bloke is utterly incredible on a racebike, so wish him all the best.
Didn't realise he was so out-of-kilter with Honda, but it all adds up. Intriguing.... 8)
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Re: Rossi has gone insane.
« Reply #91 on: November 12, 2015, 04:08:34 pm »
Eek. Unretirements seldom work well, and those toe-in-the-water wildcard exercises always make me uneasy. But the bloke is utterly incredible on a racebike, so wish him all the best.
Didn't realise he was so out-of-kilter with Honda, but it all adds up. Intriguing.... 8)

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« Reply #92 on: November 12, 2015, 05:37:02 pm »
Do they still ride brutal real mens 500cc two strokes??? ::) ::) ::) ;)

And somewhat more seriously wonder how the "top echelon" of the current crop would go on above?
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« Reply #93 on: November 12, 2015, 06:51:22 pm »
Do they still brutal real mens 500cc two strokes??? ::) ::) ::) ;)

And somewhat more seriously wonder how the "top echelon" of the current crop would go on above?

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« Reply #94 on: November 12, 2015, 10:38:52 pm »
Thanks Lozza! let all now click and read including the responses from the lowly peasants. :D 
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Re: Rossi has gone insane.
« Reply #95 on: November 12, 2015, 11:34:37 pm »
As per the Ducati story , A young fella's uncle is down here in Tassie . talking about him today atm he is only testing and setting up a Red bike . the company is offering a lot of money for a come back . Iain
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Re: Rossi has gone insane.
« Reply #96 on: November 13, 2015, 02:33:14 pm »
I find it amusing (and incredible) that the only blokes that have been able to put the "Red Bikes" into the pointy end every time they ride them, are 2 Aussies!

Every one else whinges about how difficult they are to ride.

It'd be great to see CS27 back and on a factory Red bike.
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Re: Rossi has gone insane.
« Reply #97 on: November 13, 2015, 03:04:06 pm »
Do they still brutal real mens 500cc two strokes??? ::) ::) ::) ;)

And somewhat more seriously wonder how the "top echelon" of the current crop would go on above?

The last of the 500cc 2 strokes were not that brutal.  The big bang motor had smoothed them out and the current electronics would help too.  Any of the riders who raced 250 2 strokes would be fine.
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« Reply #98 on: November 13, 2015, 03:10:59 pm »
What would b better is the 400cc 2 stroke (Aprilla) against the 800s.
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Re: Rossi has gone insane.
« Reply #99 on: November 13, 2015, 04:16:58 pm »
What would b better is the 400cc 2 stroke (Aprilla) against the 800s.
Another version might be alright, the Aprilia 400 was a right feck up. Was just an over bored 250 instead of a proper 68 x68.5 bore and stroke like the NSR500V. Witteveen wasted millions on that.
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