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Sign of things to come.

Postby winger » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:13 pm

Anyone see MotoGP practice yesterday,Rossi doing a pratice start, throttle on the stop banging it of the rev limiter just dumped the clutch and the electronics did it all for him!!!.
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Postby bigblackfalco » Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:34 pm

Ah,but has he got reversing sensors,cup holder, and run flat tyres?
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Postby NA1959 » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:34 pm

:D Yip! saw Rossi drop clutch with throttle wide open! Took off like a rocket.

Still needs ba==s to hold on to 250 + BHP in 165kilo bike!
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Postby Archie » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:02 pm

NA1959 wrote::D Yip! saw Rossi drop clutch with throttle wide open! Took off like a rocket.

Still needs ba==s to hold on to 250 + BHP in 165kilo bike!


Well if it worksd for Rossi, I'll give it a go in the morning.

Quick mental rehearsal --- 1st gear, full throttle, dump clutch.

Yep, should work fine. Is it too late for MotoGP qualifying????
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Postby Gromit » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:40 pm

Archie wrote:
Well if it worksd for Rossi, I'll give it a go in the morning.

Quick mental rehearsal --- 1st gear, full throttle, dump clutch.

Yep, should work fine. Is it too late for MotoGP qualifying????


Which ward will you be recovering on??? :D
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Postby winny2 » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:44 pm

Well if it worksd for Rossi, I'll give it a go in the morning.

Quick mental rehearsal --- 1st gear, full throttle, dump clutch.

Yep, should work fine. Is it too late for MotoGP qualifying????[/quote]

Yes, expect to see a replay of Kimi Raikonnan 2 weeks ago, with driveshaft exiting rearwards. :lol: :lol:
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Postby Archie » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:48 pm

Driveshaft on a GSXR??????
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Postby winny2 » Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:08 pm

Sorry, forgot he's no longer one of us!! :lol: :lol:
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Postby BockingBandit » Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:53 am

Well,.. at leat Moto GP is on 'Real Telly', .. and BSB I see too, ......Sunday will be sweet.

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Postby Me-109 » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:25 am

And WRC to follow as well. Never mind Mothering Sunday, it's Motoring Sunday!
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Postby Rob B » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:56 am

Don't forget the BSB from Brands (BBC2) between MGP and WRC.

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Postby winger » Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:36 pm

Thanks heavens that there's a 3 hour program on sky tonight after the 10th rate showing on ITV.

But not to bad a day,with one mans Ducati winning the Supersport and the other one's son second a good day.
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