Well, consistently finishing second to a former long-time MotoGP racer capable of top-five finishes as recently as last fall obviously proves beyond a doubt that Rea never deserved a shot MotoGP, but then what else are we gonna discuss here?
Rea is a great rider and there is no way in hell he hasn't been offered somewhat of a decent ride in GP until now I think he doesn't want to do it, why leave a championship you dominate (used to) and his finishing midpack every Sunday? That's his logic probably, But I think if you've dominated WSBK, you have to move on and try your hand at GP, otherwise you're a pussy.
I don't quite understand the selling point of WSBK. Production-based bikes that are damn near prototype machines and cost hundreds of thousands? Eh, rather just watch GP at that point. IMO, they should be allowed to swap bodywork (for sponsorship opps), rearsets, clip-ons, exhaust, tune and nothing else. Make those bikes legitimately stock with minor modifications that most owners would do. THAT would be interesting. As it is, meh.
Davies has it dialed in? What are you smoking? He is no where near dialed in. Go check his post race comments. He's not close...
Only us club racers would have taken that career killing job at Aprillia in GP. He's had made. Winning, plenty of family time, good money. He'd be stupid to go to GP knowing he's flushing it all down the drain. Now AB has been his plumber on the Duc. As far as Bautista dominating, I can't wait to see him at some technical tracks. All of his passing has been done without a draft and on a long straight. I think the crash thread may be revived
LOL, you do realize the rev limits for the kawasaki are already higher than the street bike max by 3% right? Even if the drop the Ducati by the 3% they added, the would still be 1500rpms + higher.
Valvetrain on the ZX wouldn't survive no holds barred RPM limits unfortunately. The Duc is a monster in a straight line, but I don't see Alvaro having nutty corner speed compared to Rea. Hell, he's not even out braking him. He just gets on the gas and rides past him on every straight.
I highly doubt that was the only seat he was offered after dominating WSBK the way he did over the past few years. He probably might have gotten a second LCR bike if he had shown enough interest in it, with Crutchlow providing some encouragement for it with Lucio and Honda. Hypothetical of course but given his achievements, he must've been offered something better at one point or another. Don't forget HRC gave him an RCV to ride at Aragon once.
I forgot this year's zx10rr counts as a new model. https://gallery.mailchimp.com/828d0...1a3c/Rev_limits_for_2019_Superbike_models.pdf
Same reason Sofuoglu stayed on the 600s. No one ever called Dale Earnhardt a pussy for not moving up to F1. Js
That's completely false. It was just some website twisting an interview of JR where Rea thought he could be as successful as Cal in GP if he was offered competitive equipment .