Was the theme song of the children's cartoon, Mighty Mouse. And I felt a bit like MM yesterday. About lunch time I got a call from my brother (the owner of the blue VFR pictured above) saying that … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2012
Lots happening
photo by my good friend, John Stanley The racing season may be over but you can trust the personalities and companies involved in the sport to keep it before the public eye with all sorts of … [Read more...]
Whither Suzuki?
In amongst all the shenanigans that has been going on in MotoGp in the last few months, the fate of the "other" two Japanese manufacturers seems to have barely been mentioned. Kawasaki seems to be … [Read more...]
If you build it………
The GFC has forced all motorcycle manufacturers to withdraw into the realm of "safe" design and product development (and even then, for some, it hasn't been enough to save their bottom line). Nowhere … [Read more...]
Report card Pt3
Before begin my report on the Moto3 students, I should apologise for the fact that my analysis of the MotoGp contenders failed to mention that Stefan Bradl (who had his factory-supported contract … [Read more...]
Report Card Pt2
Yesterday I graded the MotoGp top 10 riders for their performances in 2012. Today I'll look at Moto2. With much bigger fields and with a more even spread of riders, filling out a report card for this … [Read more...]
End of year report
The season is over in the two major classes of international racing so it's time for me to send the riders out their Report Cards for their efforts. I'll start with MotoGp. Here goes. A+ Jorge … [Read more...]
..and you’re….OUT!
Last night's announcement of new technical regulations for MotoGp come 2014 makes it clear that this has been a complete and total knockout by DORNA. All the talk of compromise has gone completely out … [Read more...]
The troublesome Senor Marquez
It seems that Marc Marquez has got himself in hot water again. In FP1 yesterday at Valencia, Marquez, pressing on on a hot lap, aimed for a gap that was JUST there and tipped Simone Corsi off into the … [Read more...]
Max hangs it up
As foreshadowed in my posting yesterday, current WSBK champion, Max Biaggi, announced his retirement from motorcycle racing last night, aged 41. At an age where most serious riders have already … [Read more...]