Go Back   Motorcycle Forum > Motorcycle.Com General Discussion > Motorcycle News
Reload this Page Buell 1125RR in AMA American Superbike
Register Forum Active Topics Forum Active Topics Mark Forums Read Mark Forums Read FAQ

Reply
Page 8 of 8 « First < 6 7 8
 
Thread Tools
Old 07-20-2009, 04:26 PM   #71
longride
Super Duper Mod Man

 
longride's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Anywhere they let me
Posts: 10,484
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by MOKE1K View Post
I think the term will be Nasbike
They wish it could be Nasbike. They would take 1/10th of the NASCAR crowd. Hell, they would take 1/50th of the NASCAR crowd.
__________________
I'm a knucklehead
longride is offline   Reply With Quote

Sponsored Links Remove Advertisements
Motorcycle Forum
Advertisement
Old 07-28-2009, 11:18 AM   #72
bbtowns
Founding Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 540
Default Ding Ding Ding
Quote:
Originally Posted by MOKE1K View Post
Roadracing dude whos taking about flat track? As much as you want to make this about Mladin it has really nothing to do with him. Its about jacking around the rule book to your advantage, but then really never making a difference anyway, other than pissing off the sponsors, fans, teams, and riders that are in attendance already.
Best post of the bunch. It's not that Mladin hasn't made racing boring, but that there doesn't seem to be anyone capable of running with him. Till this year, he wasn't in contention this weekend. The only guy who routinely gave him problems in the past, Spies, is now kicking butt in WSB when he doesn't crash. I'm a race nut, when I'm not out at the local track riding I sometimes go just to watch the amatuers race. I'm happy Buell is in the game, just not happy they have to abandon homolgation to do it.
__________________
What kind of man can abandon his family like that?
Seriously, who is he, I'd like lessons.
bbtowns is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-29-2009, 03:09 AM   #73
cloud9
Registered Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 124
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenneth_Moore View Post
For chrissakes, it's:

AMA (American Motorcyclist Association) Pro Racing American Superbike class.


It's not the Axis Superbike class now is it? The Japanese ought to be grateful we're lettin race anything at all. Not to mention the Italians.
Apparently it is the Axis superbike class because buell was nowhere to be seen for years with a competitive motorcycle. Without the italians and japanese we would'nt have much racing going on period. Buell just entered the game this year with there sportbikes.
cloud9 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-29-2009, 04:54 AM   #74
seruzawa
The Toad

 
seruzawa's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: 8501 ft.
Posts: 17,444
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by cloud9 View Post
Without the italians and japanese we would'nt have much racing going on period. Buell just entered the game this year with there sportbikes.
Don't be ridiculous. You are saying that there was no motorcycle racing prior to WWII?
seruzawa is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 07-29-2009, 06:23 AM   #75
Kenneth_Moore
Registered Member
 
Kenneth_Moore's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: VIsiting the GIft Shop in the Pit of DIspair
Posts: 7,118
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by cloud9 View Post
Apparently it is the Axis superbike class because buell was nowhere to be seen for years with a competitive motorcycle. Without the italians and japanese we would'nt have much racing going on period. Buell just entered the game this year with there sportbikes.
You missed my point. America has a long and revered tradition of stacking the deck at the races to ensure our bikes win, or are at least competitive. We cheat, and we're damn proud of it.
__________________
www.kennethmoore.org
Kenneth_Moore is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-29-2009, 08:09 AM   #76
acecycleins
Founding Member
 
acecycleins's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Georgia
Posts: 4,129
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenneth_Moore View Post
You missed my point. America has a long and revered tradition of stacking the deck at the races to ensure our bikes win, or are at least competitive. We cheat, and we're damn proud of it.
Manipulation of rules that are on paper is not cheating. It's creative engineering.

What's that NASCAR quote: "If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'!"
__________________
"Slack" - a state of being in which everything flows smoothly.....a frame of mind so at ease that the universe naturally cooperates.
acecycleins is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-29-2009, 09:23 AM   #77
seruzawa
The Toad

 
seruzawa's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: 8501 ft.
Posts: 17,444
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by acecycleins View Post
Manipulation of rules that are on paper is not cheating. It's creative engineering.

What's that NASCAR quote: "If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'!"
We Americans got to do something to even the odds. Look at the way those furriners started WWII as part of a nefarious plot to lose the war and eventually take over the industrial world while we pay for it all. You gotta really work hard to beat such clever competitors.
seruzawa is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 08-02-2009, 04:58 PM   #78
Kenneth_Moore
Registered Member
 
Kenneth_Moore's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: VIsiting the GIft Shop in the Pit of DIspair
Posts: 7,118
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by acecycleins View Post
Manipulation of rules that are on paper is not cheating. It's creative engineering.

What's that NASCAR quote: "If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'!"
And cheating seems to work nicely. Eslick simply ran away from the field in the straights today in spite of being out-ridden in the corners and chicanes. He seems to enjoy the wins, but it's got to have a bit of a hollow feel to it; sort of like having the big "Steroid Asterick" next to your name in the record books. Hmm, Danny Asterlick...that works on a number of levels.
__________________
www.kennethmoore.org
Kenneth_Moore is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 8 of 8 « First < 6 7 8

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off