MotoGP | 2022 | Silly Season

That's cheap compared to every other series especially car series.

 

if you are on a quality bike, then thats a fucking deal! Of course, that aint getting you a KTM AJO ride, but a bike capable of winning for 750k? Sign me up! LOL

 

He has raced at about 8 of the tracks fairly recently

 

Knowing that he has that ride, are there any rules against him doing trackdays or the like to learn the tracks?

I remember one of the WSBK announcers mentioning that some of the riders (Ducati ?) took their personal road bikes to a track that was new on the calendar this year.

 

I think the rule is that you have to be on a street bike. Rossi regularly rides an R1 at his track school (misano?) and Marquez has ridden the rc211 or whatever it is on track several times during his recent rehab.

 

oh I know. I was just surprised at the cost of moto2 now. I had heard 250-500k

 

Yeap, I had heard $250K was the buy in. $500K makes sense I guess.

 

If I’ve learned anything about racing, it’s “buy” the best ride in whatever series you can afford and don’t waste your money on an affordable ride in a series you can barely afford.

 

Is the American racing team that much? They seem to be a bargain basement team

 

They run pretty good spec Kalex chassis and if you look at it coldly, they are FAR from a bargain basement team.

They ain't Ajo but they aren't Forward.

 

GP careers, yes but that was not was what was referred to..

 

In fact, that's exactly what was referred to. Read it again.

 

Why did you then quote me?

 

You misunderstood my original post on the topic . I wouldn't have bothered, but you are continuing to labor under a misconception, which perhaps I can remedy.

 

It doesn’t really matter because no Americans have gone to Moto2 at the end of their career, unless you are saying Cameron is at the end of his career. Btw, the only Americans who have have/had/attempted a career are Noyes, Herrin, Roberts, and Cam - that is of course if you don’t count one off-rides like Eslick, Gagne, Beach, DiSalvo, Roger Hayden had

 

I hope they have a Moto2 bike for SDK to ride, A LOT, starting about next week.

 

I hope I’m in the correct thread but where ever I was arguing about Dovi, but I’ll gladly admit I might need to eat my words cause Ducati made a good call on Pecco and they prob saw dovi and were relieved. I know first race and been a while since he was on the Yamaha so I’ll wait till the next few races but I might still be eating my words.

 

I will wait until he is on the same bike as the factory boys to write him off.

 

Oh for sure. But I made some bold statements and if I’m wrong, oh well.

but I was quiet and realistically thought he would be too 10. I was wrong. Lol

 

With 3 different winners on the Duc and them being at the pointy end almost every weekend, it's safe to say that bike is perfectly capable of winning races. Dovi wasn't getting it done. How much of that was him just giving up on a team that gave up on him we'll never know, and until he's on the current spec Yamaha we won't have any answers either. Personally, I think the young guns will outpace him no matter what bike he's on. Whether or not you buy the "Dovi doesn't have the killer instinct to be a winner" argument some make, these young dudes are all hungry and incredibly talented. Look at how they've elevated the pace it takes to win this year. Hell, Bastianini just put it on the box with a 2 year old bike that everyone claimed couldn't turn.
I like Dovi and wish him well, but his prime days are behind him and the Yamaha isn't exactly dominant with anyone else besides Quattro, that is on a whole other alien level right now.