Rossi to call it quits after 2021 season.

Garry McCoy... Off-topic, but I remember one race (in France I believe) where he seemed to be defying physics in one particular corner. I watched it over and over (VCR tape back in those days) and it was a head-scratcher. The camera was a front-view of a big left turn. He would come to the corner and the bike would drift from the left to the right with no (apparent) big inputs from him, just an amazing controlled slide.

 

Love this clip of McCoy

 

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It reminds me of my passage from "adulthood" to frail dotage!

 

It means "thank you" in French, you ignoramus.

 

Ok, serious question though: why isn't it in Italian? Rossi is no cheese-eating surrender monkey.

 

I don't wish for much, but I wish I had the talent to do that without a subsequent trip to the moon!

 

A bunch of shirtless guys hugging, hmmmmmm.

 

Classy…

 

This. Especially on a 500 2 stroke. He was dancing on a very narrow line between lowside and highside.

 

Tire smoking fool for sure.

Heh, all snarkiness aside it's amazing to me that aside from all the riding talent few of us appreciate how multi-lingual many of these top racers are. I don't know if Vale is conversant in French but it wouldn't surprise me.

 

Because I saw the news posted on a French FB page first, which prompted me to post this thread.

 

In the immortal words of a country music and rodeo legend, Mr Chris Ledoux:

“When you ride your last one
Make sure he's the best one
Jump while he's movin'
Tip your hat boys and walk away”

 

He's not. Two guys are, among the starters on the MotoGP grid tomorrow: Oliveira and Pedrosa.
Actually, let me amend that: among the guys who have scored points in MotoGP on a regular basis and get interviewed on French TV. I would have no way to know if Savadori or Lecuona speak any French.

 

You mean besides Zarco and Quateraro!

 

For a rider to stay at the level of racing he has for so many years while others have come and gone is an achievement. Maybe him and Colin can put together a Suzuka team sometime for the heck of it.

WLF

 

Lol, that's true, and both of them speak French, Spanish, Italian and English.

 

Oh speaking of languages, Ai Ogura's English is really coming along...