WSB 2009 champion will be ???

You know what, I'll go with Spies.

 

I agree but at the same time what I hear about the Italian team guys that even though they can speak english, they are such hard heads that they'll make english speaking people talk to them through a translator..thus impeding quicker setups. whether its true or not, I dont know, just what I heard

 

has Tom given a ye or ne? do u think yamaha is prepping ben for motogp in 2010?

 

1. Biaggi
2. Haga
3. Corser

 

biaggi? On the aprillia????? You live under power lines as a kid?

 

Still do.....BEYOTCH!

 

POLITICS POLITICS POLITICS
Look at kawasaki.. the team found a spanish sponsor for a third bike, who wants a spanish rider, kawasaki wants a japanese rider, so no third bike... gee that makes a lot of sence, youd think theyd want as much R&D as possible from a third rider. Ive given up on kawi really wanting to win at racing

 

Spies might be able to learn the tracks quick and following Haga and the rest of the vertrans will help him learn too, but these guys have had years to figure out the little secret lines that tracks can have to eak out those few extra tenths. I think Spies has the top 5 in him but Haga is going to be a force and Mad Max the German looked pretty dam fast at times this year and the Beemer and Aprilla could be suprisingly good out of the box, alla RC51.

 

I'll go out on a limb and say two "rookies", Johnny Rea and Spies will battle for the championship. Haga will lose too many points in DNF's adjusting to his new team and bike. The Aprilla will be brilliant at a few races, but will not be dependable this year.

The BMW will be dependable, but off the pace the first half of the season, keeping their riders out of the hunt.

Max Neukirchner will have a great bike, but will be a "nearly man" yet again, fading mid season.

As far as TV coverage, Haga will be talked about 4 to 1 over any other rider, even if he is out of the country during one of the races. Fogarty will be mentioned in relation to Haga a number of times, and Bayliss will only be occasionally mentioned in passing.

 

interesting thought...maybe they are thinking this 09 may be Edward's last season so they want to throw Spies in after him...

 

Kawasaki made the right decision because Nakano was a way better rider than the Spanish rider the sponsor wanted which I think was Alex Debone . Kawasaki did not want ta waste a bike on a team and a rider that had no chance to be competetive.Ben Spies will win the WSBK title easy next year because he and Mat Mladin are 2 of the greatest riders in the world and the AMA was lucky to see them race against each other the last 4 years.Iam still wondering with Suzuki still fighting with the DMG maybe they will have Mladin who is signed for 2009 go race WSBK instead of racing in the AMA next year. I would love to see that happen because Spies and Mladin would finsh 1st and 2nd in the WSBK championship then every one that has put down the AMA the last few years would have to eat crow.

 

Spies has my vote.

He is definately going to suprprise a lot of peeps!!

 

the bmw will never finish a race. At every round, whenever the bike is pointed east, it will immediately take off to join the march on Moscow before winter sets in. It's ingrained in it's DNA.

 

Lol.. Where do you come up with this stuff??

 

Hell if I know, dave. I think maybe a diode in ma' brain done popped.

Gotta go, crack don't smoke itself.