HOW DID PHILIP ISLAND SNEAK UP?? WSB!!
02-28-2010, 10:32 PM
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HOW DID PHILIP ISLAND SNEAK UP?? WSB!!
What the heck happened? Are we all sleeping out the winter? World Super Bike kicked off the season today on SPEED!!!!!!!!! Thank God my dvr was programed!. Wow, my northeast race season will be here before I know it! A few motogp guys on the grid now; toseland, vermulen, guintoli. Not to spoil it but 2 of the podium finishers had high speed crashes in practice.
03-01-2010, 10:18 AM
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What the heck happened? Are we all sleeping out the winter? World Super Bike kicked off the season today on SPEED!!!!!!!!! Thank God my dvr was programed!. Wow, my northeast race season will be here before I know it! A few motogp guys on the grid now; toseland, vermulen, guintoli. Not to spoil it but 2 of the podium finishers had high speed crashes in practice.
Spring Fever: Had my XR out 3 times in the snow so far(with my fabbed chains) and got the hell shook out of me with the deep crudded snow flailing me back and forth rather violently at times. What's that chiropractor's number?
The chains work well in light powder(even at 5 ") and in heavy snow if it's only a few inches or less. However look out for that deep crud-type snow, and ice and other hidden surprises, or you'll be trying to pick the bike up out of the snow yourself as it keeps sliding sideways when you try to lift it upwards. HoHoHo as Santa would say.
03-01-2010, 11:42 AM
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Good races. A few of us got together at my friend's house. Big flat screen and stadium seating for eight. Good times.
03-01-2010, 03:34 PM
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Great racing...Phillip Island always delivers. That turn #1 scares me sh**less, I can't imagine the ***** needed to commit at that speed.
Great win by Leon Haslam (Go Brits!), I watched his dad, Ron, race all through the mid 70's and 80's and he's a bit of a Joey Dunlop in his own right...he can ride anything and make it work.
Leon's uncle, Phil Haslam, was killed late 70's in a freak race accident, but the Haslams never lost their focus...good on them!
And as for race #2, go Carlos! He's been around since Christ was a cowboy and deserves a win...and on a non-factory bike!
Great win by Leon Haslam (Go Brits!), I watched his dad, Ron, race all through the mid 70's and 80's and he's a bit of a Joey Dunlop in his own right...he can ride anything and make it work.
Leon's uncle, Phil Haslam, was killed late 70's in a freak race accident, but the Haslams never lost their focus...good on them!
And as for race #2, go Carlos! He's been around since Christ was a cowboy and deserves a win...and on a non-factory bike!
03-01-2010, 05:27 PM
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Great racing...Phillip Island always delivers. That turn #1 scares me sh**less, I can't imagine the ***** needed to commit at that speed.
Great win by Leon Haslam (Go Brits!), I watched his dad, Ron, race all through the mid 70's and 80's and he's a bit of a Joey Dunlop in his own right...he can ride anything and make it work.
Leon's uncle, Phil Haslam, was killed late 70's in a freak race accident, but the Haslams never lost their focus...good on them!
And as for race #2, go Carlos! He's been around since Christ was a cowboy and deserves a win...and on a non-factory bike!
Great win by Leon Haslam (Go Brits!), I watched his dad, Ron, race all through the mid 70's and 80's and he's a bit of a Joey Dunlop in his own right...he can ride anything and make it work.
Leon's uncle, Phil Haslam, was killed late 70's in a freak race accident, but the Haslams never lost their focus...good on them!
And as for race #2, go Carlos! He's been around since Christ was a cowboy and deserves a win...and on a non-factory bike!
03-01-2010, 08:50 PM
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I was thinking the same thing as I was watching the races, blurry and out of focus much of the time. The lowest rung auto races, seem to use better video feeds than we saw yesterday.
03-01-2010, 09:00 PM
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Me too. Going from The Gold Medal Game on NBC HD to Speed HD, the fuzzyness was really apparent. I even switched to regular (not HD) Speed Channel, and there wasn't a noticeable difference.
03-01-2010, 09:06 PM
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and wouldn't it be nice to have a couple hours coverage to interview riders and others about the bikes, tires engines,riding styles, etc., instead of just stupid bs-ing through the race. And how bout some slow motion shot of passes, lean angle, turns, wrecks. **** poor coverage IMO. We're being summarily starved for chris sakes. 
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