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« Reply #20 on: November 29, 2012, 05:52:03 PM »
Quote from: veefer800canuck on November 29, 2012, 05:43:19 PM



Uh yeah, sorry, I forgot.  Embarassment

Lesse then. I predict that at the last minute, Troy Bayliss will come out of retirement, and win the championship for Ducati.  Bigok

There, is that better?  Bigsmile


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« Reply #21 on: November 29, 2012, 05:54:56 PM »
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Lesse then. I predict that at the last minute, Troy Bayliss will come out of retirement, and win the championship for Ducati.  



Corser!  Oh, hell, let's go for it -- B Boz makes a world stage comeback!

Wait...   King Kenny on his garage built CRT!




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« Reply #22 on: December 23, 2012, 10:23:28 PM »
News shocker: John Hopkins to have surgery!

(I know it's not really MotoGP news, but Hopper in the hospital doesn't seem worth it's own thread.)

This is big time surgery for a bike racer, though. He's going in for hip replacement. That's a lot of rehab. I wonder if he'll be on a track next year?
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« Reply #23 on: December 23, 2012, 11:39:03 PM »
Zombie Joey Dunlop to win the Isle of Man tt on Oct 31st.
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« Reply #24 on: December 24, 2012, 08:47:09 AM »
Quote from: squeezer on December 23, 2012, 10:23:28 PM

News shocker: John Hopkins to have surgery!

(I know it's not really MotoGP news, but Hopper in the hospital doesn't seem worth it's own thread.)

This is big time surgery for a bike racer, though. He's going in for hip replacement. That's a lot of rehab. I wonder if he'll be on a track next year?


Hip replacement is pretty good these days. My neighbor had his done, he's 50, overweight,out of shape and doesn't do what he is told.. Recovered completely in 3 months Headscratch
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« Reply #25 on: December 24, 2012, 09:29:46 AM »
Hopkins announced that he is taking all of 2013 off to recover. http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=49964

Whether or not he had a ride for 2013 or beyond is another matter.
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« Reply #26 on: December 24, 2012, 09:32:39 AM »
Quote from: DogBoy on December 24, 2012, 09:29:46 AM

Hopkins announced that he is taking all of 2013 off to recover. http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=49964

Whether or not he had a ride for 2013 or beyond is another matter.


Seems odd?  My buddy Ed layed out the course for the pine ridge enduro (on his bike) six weeks after hip replacement .. He was in his 60's?    Must be more to hoppers story
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« Reply #27 on: December 24, 2012, 09:40:16 AM »
There is a chance that MotoGP or Superbike racing is more physically demanding than your buddies' activities (no disrespect to Enduro riders of any age). Or the press release was a polite way for Crescent Suzuki to say "Hopkins' 2012 WSBK results were well below expectations and we're letting him go."
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« Reply #28 on: December 24, 2012, 11:26:01 AM »
Both of those things are likely true. But I also read that his surgery is unusually difficult. He's not only injured that hip several times but he's also broken that femur twice. Those injuries tore away a lot of the soft tissue, making rehab especially hard.
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« Reply #29 on: December 28, 2012, 08:57:20 PM »
Colin Edwards will say "fuck" in a press conference.

Eboz will emerge from the South American jungle, pass the drug screen, and clean up in DMG/AMA XR1200 Cup. Dude's gotta start back at his roots, doncha know? Dude. He'll have a wild-card ride at the 3 US MotoGP rounds aboard something cobbled together over serious drinks at Kenny's ranch in Modesto. Theories will be tested on XR100s. The result will fail but it will be hilarious. The Brit scribes will love it and wax lyrically how they miss the crazy Yanks while the rest of the world's press leeches will scratch their heads in bewilderment.

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« Reply #30 on: December 29, 2012, 12:37:29 AM »
What's to stop KR and Eboz from massaging a KR211V to meet this years rules? Unless Kenny had to give all the engines back that is.  Lol

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Dammit, forgot that with the 81mm bore rule, maximum # of cylinders is 4.
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« Reply #31 on: December 29, 2012, 01:01:43 PM »
Perfect thread fodder:

Q: What is more useless than a 2012 MotoGP Quiz from Crash.net?

A: Nothing.



http://www.crash.net/motogp/quiz/28/1/motogp_quiz_a_final_look_back_over_2012.html

6/10 for me.
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« Reply #32 on: December 29, 2012, 02:18:16 PM »
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« Reply #33 on: December 29, 2012, 02:29:42 PM »
Also 3/10.
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« Reply #34 on: December 29, 2012, 02:55:23 PM »
4/10. Lucky guessing I guess!  Lol
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« Reply #35 on: December 29, 2012, 03:23:47 PM »
3/10.  Guess I don't really pay much attention.  Story of my life.
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« Reply #36 on: December 30, 2012, 06:16:17 AM »
Not bad. 6/10
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« Reply #37 on: December 31, 2012, 10:50:53 AM »
Happy New Year   Prior contracts officially over. Rossi, Spies & Dovi can start discussing the upcoming season with their new teams...

FYI: BRI Episode 46 - Interview with Larry Lawrence (Rider Files, Cycle News Archives column, Ben Spies biography) is up on the site. See BRI link in sig line below.
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« Reply #38 on: January 02, 2013, 06:47:36 AM »
5/10 but I guessed on all of them.
The CRT championship standing points question was interesting (useless).  
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« Reply #39 on: January 02, 2013, 09:18:51 AM »
Quote from: motodog650 on December 31, 2012, 10:50:53 AM

Happy New Year   Prior contracts officially over. Rossi, Spies & Dovi can start discussing the upcoming season with their new teams...


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