MotoGP 2015 News & Chat

funkey_monkey

Rossi is on the backfoot for me. Lorenzo is in the groove and I think Silverstone suites his style well. I'd love Rossi to do it, but he really needs to sort qualifying out. He is losing points too many points on Saturday afternoon. Still, in a battle my money would be on him, but he is not getting close enough. Big improvements needed otherwise Jorge will start to ease away.

Max Headroom

Pugzilla wrote: »

Rossi FTW

Shirley you mean WTF Rossi......when he bins it.....:P

Pugzilla

http://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/rossi-searching-for-answers-after-silverstone-practice-problems

Infoanon

The Danny Kent to Pramac deal is off with Pramac now chasing Scott Redding ,both parties have confirmed that Scott must make a decison by Sunday.

Hotblack Desiato

Pugzilla wrote: »

http://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/rossi-searching-for-answers-after-silverstone-practice-problems

Meh. Unless it's a washout tomorrow, Friday times mean nothing.

Pugzilla

A wet race would be a nice shake up.

Hotblack Desiato

Free motogp.com video:

http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2015/08/27/tribute-to-garriga/182726

Lorenzo, Rossi, Marquez etc. were asked at the press conference for their tributes, at least Rossi was old enough to remember seeing him racing :rolleyes: Jorge and Marc were pretty much going 'wtf is this guy but need to make solemn sounding statement anyway'

Apparently he was decent in 250 for a few years in the 80s, was more or less a waste of a 500 ride for a few years, got busted for firearms and drug smuggling :eek: and it turns out he was coked off his tits for most of his time in MotoGP. But still worthy of a tribute :rolleyes:

http://www.visordown.com/features/bad-boy-no3-juan-garriga/16298-2.html

Wizard!

Marqez broke the lap record, and could have done less than 2mins.
We will have an interesting race tomorrow.

CJhaughey

Wet warmup, could be very interesting for sure, Rossi fastest in warmup on a wettish track.

h3000

CJhaughey wrote: »

Wet warmup, could be very interesting for sure, Rossi fastest in warmup on a wettish track.

According to Accuweather which is normally quite accurate it will be dry for the MotoGP race though.

Infoanon

Scott Redding confirmed at Pramac Ducati for 2016, expect Tito Rabat to move up to MotoGP with Marc VDS in 2016

Wizard!

h3000 wrote: »

According to Accuweather which is normally quite accurate it will be dry for the MotoGP race though.

Quite accurate
Wet race!

Max Headroom

Wizard! wrote: »

Quite accurate
Wet race!

They should stick the umberella girls on the backs of the bikes.....Warm up lap board said..."watch out for ducks".....:D

Pugzilla

It's pissing

h3000

Wizard! wrote: »

Quite accurate
Wet race!

I did say normally :P




I'm only just after sitting down now. My heart is pounding.

Pugzilla

Woooooooo!!!!

Wizard!

Good race, full of surprises!
I am not writing about the results, in case some of you have recorded it, to see it later.

Max Headroom

Fogged up visor.....fcuk off...:rolleyes:

Full brit podium....didnt see that comin...

Pugzilla

Max Headroom wrote: »

Fogged up visor.....fcuk off...:rolleyes:

Full brit podium....didnt see that comin...

Yeah, amazing 1st and 2nd for Crutchlow and Miller

Max Headroom

Pugzilla wrote: »

Yeah, amazing 1st and 2nd for Crutchlow and Miller

SPOILER ALERT.............:P

M3 could be fun................

CJhaughey

HJC helmets don't seem to be up to the job of MotoGP racing, Todays fogging issue, Spies leaky helmet issue a few years ago, Qatar this year the lining came away and slipped down.
And these are custom jobbies made for the riders.

Wizard!

When Jorge tweeted about his problem in Qatar, I responded to him to get rid of the HJC and get an Arai... He did not listen

Max Headroom

Wizard! wrote: »

When Jorge tweeted about his problem in Qatar, I responded to him to get rid of the HJC and get an Arai... He did not listen

..you spelt AGV rong their mait....:P

Pugzilla

Lorenzo should get a helmet sponsorship with these guys. Would be an improvement over HJC.
http://www.nlo-moto.ru/helmet/predator-3/

Frank Bullitt

Any images of his visor all fogged up? You could see the riders eyes with the visors they were wearing yesterday.

Infoanon

As Julian Ryder put it on BT Sports - this is what happens when you have a non premium brand paying you huge sums to use their helmet.

Apparently Lin Jarvis read the riot act to Jorge after the Qatar incident.

I liked Cals comment about Jack Miller - if it had been anyone else there would have been a scrap in the gravel !

Max Headroom

Infoanon wrote: »

As Julian Ryder put it on BT Sports - this is what happens when you have a non premium brand paying you huge sums to use their helmet.!

Wonder will Ben Spies come out and blame his lid too...:rolleyes:......Ryder doesnt half talk sh1te sometimes...

Quote from Sportsbikeshop.uk....

Today HJC helmets are available in every corner of the globe and are, quite simply, the world's biggest helmet brand, producing more motorcycle helmets than any other marque. The range now encompasses the full spectrum of helmet types, with the widest selection of graphics, materials and price points

Frank Bullitt

Thats a fair point. HJC have nothing of a premium quality at all really, especially when you compare them to AGV, Shoei, Schuberth and Arai.

pablo128

CJhaughey wrote: »

Have a good one man! Hope it stays dry for your camping but a wet race would suit Rossi:pac:

You weren't wrong! It only started raining as we took the tent down Sunday morning. I even got a bit of sunburn on Saturday. We had stand tickets for the race though so it was grand. Woodcote B just coming onto the start/finish straight.

DaveD wrote: »

Biking it?

I've an early start tomorrow, flying over and renting a car before setting up camp.

Enjoy - weather looks like it might be ok.

C'mon Vale

No, the 4 of us drove over. The car was absolutely rammed full. We had a bit of crack all the same on the ferry.

I have to say it was a great weekend. There's some bark off the machines, with the Moto2 sounding the sweetest. The entertainment in the campsite was well worth the money. I'd recommend it to anyone. We weren't even home and we were planning next year.

I've a few video's to sort out and I might post a few of them here later on.

DaveD

Not long in the door - what a weekend.

Flew into Birmingham, hired a car and camped at Dadford Rd campsite. 5 minutes walk to Club corner.

Weather was great on Friday & Saturday, Sunday rain certainly suited Rossi and was delighted to see him take the win. He had huge support throughout the weekend.

It was my fist MotoGP - what a sound off the bikes - TV doesn't do them justice. We stood at the Hangar straight as the bikes entered Stowe where they're hitting over 200mph - what a sight, especially watching Marquez throw it into the corner.

We managed to catch a few of the riders by chance too exiting the media centre on Friday evening.

Will defo be heading over again.

tommyboy26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmT_vnJ1jzw

this looks interesting

Max Headroom

tommyboy26 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmT_vnJ1jzw

this looks interesting

Looks like a heap of stuff, mostly what we've seen already...sad looking at Marco again though..:(

Pugzilla

Is there any Moto GP riders with Schuberth helmets?

Wizard!

Pugzilla wrote: »

Is there any Moto GP riders with Schuberth helmets?

Nope. Only car drivers
http://www.schuberth.com/en/motor-racing/our-drivers.html

CJhaughey

Lorenzo previously had a helmet contract with X-lite which is a part of the Nolan group, he had no issues with them over the last few years but since he moved to HJC he has had two issues this year!
I bet there will be a change of helmet on Lorenzo next race.
Yamaha ultimately pay him to win races and if **** helmets stop them from winning or podium or even finishing then its not good for Yamaha Racing.
Spies Leaky HJC in Le Mans also stopped him from doing anything but that year was so terrible for Spies that the helmet thing was really only small compared to the rest of the year.
I've never seen any other helmet brand have as many problems in racing as HJC.
I even remember that a few years ago Yamaha were complaining that the chinbar on the HJC was too deep and affecting the top speed by .8kph or something due to drag.

Frank Bullitt

Pugzilla wrote: »

Is there any Moto GP riders with Schuberth helmets?

My mistake, they do motorcycle helmets and some of the super stock and super bike riders use them.

You can see them on their Facebook page. - https://www.facebook.com/SchuberthHelmets/photos_stream

What I was getting it at though is their quality over HJC. I can see HJC's days being limited in MotoGP.

Kat1170

Arai don't pay anyone to wear their helmets. They provide free servicing and possibly helmets. Says it all really.

Frank Bullitt

I own a Corsair V, solid as a rock.

Wizard!

I own an Arai RX-7 Corsair. This is my second one. The first one saved my life.

frostie500

Infoanon wrote: »

As Julian Ryder put it on BT Sports - this is what happens when you have a non premium brand paying you huge sums to use their helmet.

Apparently Lin Jarvis read the riot act to Jorge after the Qatar incident

The main issue for Jorge was that he didn't use the ventilator on Sunday which meant that his helmet was always likely to fog up given the conditions. Also, hadn't heard about jarvis post Qatar. Where'd you read about that?

Pugzilla

Shoei and Arai all the way.

AGV are made in China just like HJC.

h3000

frostie500 wrote: »

Also, hadn't heard about jarvis post Qatar. Where'd you read about that?

Julian Ryder (possible Huewen) said it in BT Sports.

Frank Bullitt

Pugzilla wrote: »

Shoei and Arai all the way.

AGV are made in China just like HJC.

AGV have great quality control though, doesn't matter if they are made in China.

Pugzilla

Gintonious wrote: »

AGV have great quality control though, doesn't matter if they are made in China.

Maybe for race helmets, but their lower tier models aren't up to scratch.

Infoanon

frostie500 wrote: »

The main issue for Jorge was that he didn't use the ventilator on Sunday which meant that his helmet was always likely to fog up given the conditions. Also, hadn't heard about jarvis post Qatar. Where'd you read about that?

Julian Ryder on BT

Wizard!

Gintonious wrote: »

AGV have great quality control though, doesn't matter if they are made in China.

Personally, I won't trust my life to a chinese product, no matter how good their quality control is. If it is not so good, I will pay with my life.

AGVs are NOT equal to ARAIs and SHOEIs. But, since Italian legends, Agostini & Rossi, promote them (I am not against promoting, they are Italians promoting an Italian company), they are well known, but their quality does not meet the expectations. HJCs are much better in terms of safety.

Take a look at SNELs official list of helmets that meet the safety standards.
I don't see any AGVs there... Do you? On the other hand, there is the full ARAI line up... Even the cheaper models.

http://www.smf.org/certlist/std_M2015

Max Headroom

Wizard! wrote: »

Take a look at SNELs official list of helmets that meet the safety standards.
I don't see any AGVs there... Do you? On the other hand, there is the full ARAI line up... Even the cheaper models.

http://www.smf.org/certlist/std_M2015

Ahem...........;)

http://www.smf.org/cert

click on manufacturer and AGV.....

Wizard!

Max Headroom wrote: »

Ahem...........;)

http://www.smf.org/cert

click on manufacturer and AGV.....

Did you read the years? The latest model that passed SNEL certification is 2005..

CJhaughey

I'm not sold on Snell certification, the testing procedure involves some unrealistic tests in my view.
Its a US centric test as well, not that relevant for the rest of the world where Snell certification is not mandatory.
HJC are Korean IIRC

Pugzilla

AFAIK Snell certification is only mandatory in the US for helmets used on track, not public roads.