Rossi tests Nascar @ Charlotte

Elena didn't crash the Suzuki she tried at Indy.

 

Elena was not a 2nd-year WERA Expert.

 

Doesn't she race AMA though?


Not a 2nd year expert by any means

 

same minute...but beat me too it.

 

Perhaps, but I'm not dumb enough to share

 

I know.

 

The car owners for the NASCAR guys probably won't let them ride a race bike, if they get hurt the owners and sponsors will go off the deep end,,,,

 

there's a pic on monsters facebook of busch riding a r1 on pit road of course with no helmet on.. i think monster sponsoring them both helps.

 

I can't say that I agree with Spies on this one. I remember several Moto GP riders saying that the bikes were actually easier to ride than the 250s and Moto 2 bikes. Im sure there's a learning curve, but as long as the 2nd year club expert gave the bike the respect it deserved, and worked themselves up to speed, I don't think that they would automatically put the bike on the ground right away.

I think top level WERA and CCS experts would have no problem beating Schumakers times on the D16.

 

Is this way of thinking still relevant with the new tires they've been using? No one really high sides the way they used to pre 2011...

 

Even then I couldn't concentrate on more than a couple races. Same when Montoya crossed over.

 

Are you sure about that?

 

You know he raced in the German IDM series? He did well against the pros as I recall. I'm not so sure it would be that easy.

 

He probably found some way to cheat.

 

Guys like Jensen, Wood, Batey, etc. could have been ten time German IDM champions if they wanted to.

 

Meli P hopped on the M1 at Valencia2011 and did just fine.

 

was she on carbon brakes? those are a big factor right?

 

Yes MP was on carbon.

Heard BS say that once: unless you are riding within 2-3 seconds of the pace then the bike would be unridable & you'd crash. Because of the tires.

both EM and MP rode GP bikes and had no problems.


Not to mention the numerous journos that teeter around well of the pace.

 

I never said people don't high side. I implied they don have the massive cold tire high sides that used to be common occurrence. Racers used to constantly bitch how slippery the old hard compound tires were even with 5 laps on them.

I can't recall anyone these days saying they slowed down for 3 corners, lost tire heat and high sided ala Rossi 2010. Isn't that stoners crash from Indy? A lot of people were having trouble there because of the pavement, not the stones.