MotoAmerica | Pittsburgh | AUG 07 - 09

New drinking game......

Take a shot every time Greg White says "like a dirty tracker". Try not to be in liver failure by the end of the race.

 

Herrin put in a nice ride there against Toni and Kyle.

 

Man this track is obviously pretty physical and all the superbike riders look like they’re fighting the bikes all the way around. Except cam. Cam looks like he may as well be out on a gold wing for a casual Sunday afternoon ride. It’s amazing how effortless he is making this look.

 

He certainly did. I think Kyle beat up his rear tire battling Josh.

Did Jake have brake fade issues? He fell off the pace quite a bite.

 

He has the most composed machine out there by far.

 

He was adjusting the brake dial so must have had bad fade

 

EDIT: in the post race interview Gagne said it was clutch issues not brake, so I guess it was the clutch lever adjuster, not the brake remote adjuster he was reaching for.

 

M4 missed a trick with Toni, bet they wish they would have went with Josh!

 

I’m sure he does considering the performance of his teammate and scholtz as well. But even compared to those 2, cam just looks so comfortable.

 

I think it was Suzuki that forced their hand. Toni had a contract directly with Suzuki.

 

Why? Toni absolutely smoked josh in the championship last year. Plus I don’t think m4 had a choice with Toni. Toni’s contract is with Suzuki and it was good through this year. I get the feeling that if M4 was gonna run the factory effort, they weren’t gonna have much of an option other than to put Toni on the bike.

 

My streaming was perfect through the Hulu app.

Fun to watch Herrin/Kyle/Elias play around even if it was the second group. Man I wish Can could find something decent in WSBK.

I'm not convinced Herrin would be doing any better than Elias on the M4. That bike is clearly not what it was. I hope they get it sorted.

 

Are there no R1s in superstock because it would need an engine build to be competitive?

 

Dunno, but Herrin managed to make it work a couple years back

 

I’m loving the fact Roger is busting on Floyd. Totally done with his bullshit

 

This. If, in fact, Floyd was called in last minute, maybe it’s time to educate himself and stop trying to “be clever”.

EDIT - it’s my understanding the new woman announcer came from other Motorsport area, she seems to be ramping up and learning, so I think the coming from elsewhere (especially after a year) is a thin disguise.

 

The dad joke crack was funny.

 

Yes, that is 100 percent true Toni had a contract. However, Josh seems to have more upside and able to do more with less. He has an old bike and privateer level support and is podium contention every race. Im guessing Josh and Bob would have shared data a bit more than Toni does and helped build the bike together. Also wonder, and yall might have more info, if Josh would have accepted what m4 was doing with the bike and not changed it like Toni did thus making it easier for the team. Josh def brings the fanfare more than Toni does and in my opinion has gotten his bike up to speed faster than Toni has.

 

Rogers comeback was classic

 

I watched Live + the whole weekend, couple of glitches, went down early Friday and cut out for a few seconds during Supersport yesterday but the rest of it was great.