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#16 Post by D-Rider » Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:32 pm

.......... and incompetently stupid Yamaha !
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#17 Post by zoidberg » Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:46 pm

agreed!

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#18 Post by robbier6 » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:20 pm

+1 to that

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#19 Post by Paulh » Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:57 am

Don't understand the critiscism of Crutchlows decision.

He's out of contract at the and of the season, both works yamahas are taken for 2014, both works hondas are taken for 2014 and Tech 3 have 2 riders contracted for 2014 according to Crutchlow himself.

What was left for him?

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#20 Post by robbier6 » Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:12 am

Paul, with the way he is currently performing, all three factories had him on their radar, there was a rumour that he was going to get a honda like bradls' works bike.
the thing is even the best CRT is performing better than the ducati.. and i'm sure yamaha would have found a bike for him

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#21 Post by D-Rider » Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:13 am

TBH it's Yamaha that I am disappointed with.
They might have contracts with Jorge and Rossi but we all know how easily they buy people out and tear the contracts up.
The sensible thing would have been to ditch the under-performing Rossi who has walked out on them in the past and is approaching the end of his career and look to the future by employing the quicker rider that wanted to stay with them.

Cal has clearly gone for financial security rather than a bike on which he can achieve podiums. He'll be financially very wealthy but far less likely that his name will go down in history with such prominence ..... unless he can ride that Ducati. He has shown in the past that he can adapt to the bike - another thing Rossi couldn't do - so who knows, he might even manage to perform on a Ducati (though I won't hold my breath)
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#22 Post by HowardQ » Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:06 pm

It's exactly as Paul says, so where did he go, Pol has his Tech 3 bike already. Bradl saved his skin last time out.
Yamaha are too skint to run 5 bikes, (and can't even manage three full works bikes at the moment).
Honda may have been able to run 5 or more bikes, but concentrating fully on the "Production" RC213V bikes, (which look like very good news for MotGP grids).
Which leaves him riding the dead Duck, (sorry Duke)!
He might just do something with it, like another before, (Casey).
The Audi money and technical problem solving ability must help.
Looks bad up front now, but lets wait and see with fingers crossed.
It could just work for him, so keep positive.

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#23 Post by D-Rider » Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:40 pm

HowardQ wrote:It's exactly as Paul says, so where did he go, Pol has his Tech 3 bike already.
Well no it can't be really as according to Lin Jarvis they did offer him a contract direct with Yamaha.

However they wouldn't offer him a seat in the works team in the near future and the money sounds to have been considerably less than Ducati
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#24 Post by Gio » Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:01 am

Well I was wrong and stupid Yamaha and an equally stupid Crutchlow. At least he might be able to afford a proper shaver now.

IMO there's only been one rider who could handle the Duck and he's retired.
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#25 Post by D-Rider » Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:03 am

Gio wrote:Well I was wrong and stupid Yamaha and an equally stupid Crutchlow. At least he might be able to afford a proper shaver now.

IMO there's only been one rider who could handle the Duck and he's retired.
Two (who have won on one) - and they are both retired and both Australian
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#26 Post by Gio » Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:29 am

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Gio wrote:Well I was wrong and stupid Yamaha and an equally stupid Crutchlow. At least he might be able to afford a proper shaver now.

IMO there's only been one rider who could handle the Duck and he's retired.
Two (who have won on one) - and they are both retired and both Australian
But wasn't the 1st one on a 2 stroke?
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#27 Post by D-Rider » Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:00 pm

A 2-stroke Ducati ..... what have you been drinking

Both Stoner and Bayliss have won on the Desmosedici
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#28 Post by Gio » Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:12 pm

D-Rider wrote:A 2-stroke Ducati ..... what have you been drinking

Both Stoner and Bayliss have won on the Desmosedici
So when did Bayliss win the motogp title :smt017

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#29 Post by D-Rider » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:10 pm

Who said "title" ? :smt017

He won a race as a wild-card (he's the only one with a 100% win ratio on the bike!)
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#30 Post by Gio » Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:32 pm

D-Rider wrote:Who said "title" ? :smt017

He won a race as a wild-card (he's the only one with a 100% win ratio on the bike!)
Maybe I wasn't clear enough, but I'm sure that given the fact that Stoner retired as an ex world champion at motogp it would have been a bit obvious.
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