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Mag

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« on: 7 Mar 2026, 09:24 am »
  I've started watching MotoGp while listening to the stereo. Talk about having a Death Wish! These Riders have no fear of meeting Jesus, I noticed that they are youngens in their 20's.
 The closet I've come to experiencing MotorGP is Road Rash Warrior on Sega Atari. In the game you race to finish first, as you race you try to knock opponents off their bike as they try to knock you off your bike.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew4-cN1tEc0
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Re: MotoGP
« Reply #1 on: 7 Mar 2026, 12:49 pm »
That's a young man's sport, for sure.
Dave Aldana gave an interview and he was talking about the different bikes he rode in his career.
He said the current ones are like Warp Speed 9 in Star Trek - open the throttle at the start of a straight and you're at the corner almost instantly.
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Re: MotoGP
« Reply #2 on: 7 Mar 2026, 02:00 pm »
Who started that suicidal driving style was Freddie Spence in the 1980s when won his first championship against Kenny Roberts on the last corner.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=freddie+spencer+vs+kenny+roberts
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Re: MotoGP
« Reply #3 on: 7 Mar 2026, 02:23 pm »
Another driver difficult to beat was the Australian pentachampion Michael Dooham.
And after that accident he became even faster.

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Re: MotoGP
« Reply #4 on: 7 Mar 2026, 07:41 pm »
I pop in to MotoGP from time to time (more a motocross fan) but watching the riding styles change with the bike over the years has been fun. Years back the bikes were very centrally planted and it was a simple knees out and weight the front end for grip. Now it's a full dangle at the end of the pendulum off the side to get these bikes turning sharper. Marquez really was one of the firsts to hang it out there and it's been fun to watch.

And yeah, proper race watching motoGP or F1 is on the stereo.  :thumb:
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Re: MotoGP
« Reply #5 on: 7 Mar 2026, 09:41 pm »
Quote from: Mag on  7 Mar 2026, 09:24 am
  I've started watching MotoGp while listening to the stereo. Talk about having a Death Wish! These Riders have no fear of meeting Jesus, I noticed that they are youngens in their 20's.
 The closet I've come to experiencing MotorGP is Road Rash Warrior on Sega Atari. In the game you race to finish first, as you race you try to knock opponents off their bike as they try to knock you off your bike.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew4-cN1tEc0

For a number of years I've watched all the MotoGP races including the sprints, my wife even got into with me last year. I used to ride Kaw 550 GPZ, moved up to a 900 Ninja waaaaay back in the day - even at speed (watch for those polizei, you can't outrun a radio!) they were NOTHING like the bikes in MotoGP. MotoGP is a excitingly great sport, with world-wide appeal, plus huge fan turnout for races. Thankful YouTubeTV carries the entire season. The riders have some serious stones, for sure. Plus the related crews working tirelessly to try to get the right set up, they'll go bald early from all the stress. Not to mention the multi-lingual fluency of the Euro drivers as seen in the post-race interviews.

Re: last weekend's opening race in Thailand - was crazy how Mark Marquez's rear rim/tire got destroyed. Speed thrills!
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