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In reply to Post #659
Yeah bad one for Sykes as you say leg is bad as well by the sound of it.
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WSB on Sunday for me, some great racing and JR in the mix and after the last race TR rides straight past me at the foggy esses on the front wheel and then stops it mid air, got a great picture ✊
Just read, Tom Sykes had a massive high side at the Coppice in the last race, red flagged it, took Rinaldi out too, sadly, says 10 broken ribs and some other damage, that’s him done I guess, dangerous game when it all goes wrong 
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In reply to Post #656
Agreed but sadly the future is electric and even Ferrari have hybrid road cars now that out perform their petrol cars.
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In reply to Post #656
Agreed but sadly the future is electric and even Ferrari have hybrid road cars now that out perform their petrol cars.
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In reply to Post #655
How could anyone be proud of owning a electric vehicle 100% 
Hairdryers 
For me a bike is, what it looks like, what it sounds like and what it goes like! 
Long live petrol 
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In reply to Post #654
I think unless they can get an electric commuter model
You had to use that word didn't you   doing my best 'spit the dog' impression, aka a Carragher to us ex Mancs
Oh, you've started me off......How could anyone be proud of owning a electric vehicle, the claim of saving the planet while paying for companies to employ modern day slaves mining Nickel on 30p a hour (if they're lucky) some as young as 6...but if you were part of the slave trade from the 1800's your pure evil and any modern descendants must pay retributions...hypocrisy.
Or mining Cobalt from deep sea areas that haven't even been explored yet, where their attention was drawn by crustaceans (unknow to science) that decorated their bodies with the bright blue stuff.
The day GP goes electric will be the day I switch off, as have most reading this 
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In reply to Post #653
Asia is a massive market and honda are being pushed further down the sales leader leader every year and I think unless they can get an electric commuter model to compete with the Chinese they will slip further behind.
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In reply to Post #651
I cant see monies affecting Honda too much, I would imagine it pales into insignificance compared to worldwide moped sales/revenue 
Has the U.k market changed a lot since the mid O's? It was nearly all Asian back then, Ducs were expensive to service...and the intervals 
I'd love to see BMW and Kwakkers in the mix, naturally Suzis back too.
I'm not sure where the GP is going tbh. There clearly aren't enough manufacturers to make it a full field, the answer, concessions and satellite teams.....hmmm.
Quite frankly I don't care who finishes past say 6th unless its a tight field.
Is GP getting above its station, prohibitively too expensive?
I think GP would be more interesting if the bikes were the same base with tweaks and riders making the difference.
To that end the Mrs said it'd be interesting if there was a race where all the bikes were the same, rotated through manufacturers/satellites per race and it was the riders who made the difference.
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In reply to Post #651
I wouldn’t be surprised if Honda were not back at the top in a couple of years, massive funding and they can’t say it’s the V4, they have been running one for years!
I would love to see Aprillia win one too, stunning bike that sounds immense. Yamaha needs something radical by the looks of it, they have the rider if they can keep him, already lost TR in WSB. Donnington this weekend for me
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In reply to Post #650
Personally I think the future isn't to bright for the Japanese manufacturers in Moto GP unless they have a big resurgence in sales to fund development and invest in bringing riders on like Rossi is doing with his race school. Would love to see April's get some serious funding long term to invest in more development.
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In reply to Post #648
Be interesting to see how it pans out for Honda and MM, as they say, nobody bigger than the name over the door 
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In reply to Post #648
love it
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In reply to Post #647
Think a 100k is conservative bearing in mind an engine is 200 to 250k and frame and swing arm 500k brakes 70k all in euros but who knows what it actually costs honda.
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In reply to Post #644
maybe there should be a rule limiting the number of times you can crash at each venue.
Maybe that’s Hondas bank balance, got to sell a lot of bikes to fund that lot, say 100k a crash
Anybody hear Neil Hodgson comments about the Ducati, even on the slower tracks they are still quick now due to them squaring off and just using the power to drive out of them
Rat boy and Honda just seem in a total mess, don’t know where they are going and as for Yamaha, gone!
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In reply to Post #644
I think mm will leave Honda for another team next season. Or listen to his grandad and retire.
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