WooooO! Road trip?
http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=11047
WooooO! Road trip?
http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=11047
Bummer
"Its all about the motorbikes, always has been and always will be.". ~~ Ewan McGregor 2007
"It's hard to play the blues when nuthin's really wrong."~~ ---- Joe Walsh 2012
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Indiana is the problem.
"Its all about the motorbikes, always has been and always will be.". ~~ Ewan McGregor 2007
"It's hard to play the blues when nuthin's really wrong."~~ ---- Joe Walsh 2012
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Don't count your umbrella girls just yet. If the GP at Laguna doesn't go off something incredible here this year, consider Indy as the "replacement", rather than the 2nd of two acts.
Contracts be damned, if Dorna is unhappy with SCRAMP (the org. that runs Laguna), they won't hesitate to drop those final 2 years.
~Brandon~
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I rarely think of motorcycles without a little yearning. They are about moving, and humans, I think, yearn to move – it’s in our cells, in our desires. We quiet our babies with cyclic movement, and we quiet ourselves by going.
Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Indy is a much better facility anyways. I'm going to go as a birthday present to myself (my B-day is on the 14th) so it should be a good time.
BDMD is the Architect for Indy and has done a great job with the interior pagoda, facilities, and museum. This will be a far better location than Laguna
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"Its all about the motorbikes, always has been and always will be.". ~~ Ewan McGregor 2007
"It's hard to play the blues when nuthin's really wrong."~~ ---- Joe Walsh 2012
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Well, I know I don't want to sit on a hill, piss in my shorts becuase there's no bathrooms, traffic from hell.
INDY all the way kids!
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~Brandon~
Aprilia RSV 1000 R Factory - "Gemma"
MV Agusta F3 800 - "Amy Lou"
Rattan Fat Bear Plus - "Lynda"
(720) 935-6438
I rarely think of motorcycles without a little yearning. They are about moving, and humans, I think, yearn to move – it’s in our cells, in our desires. We quiet our babies with cyclic movement, and we quiet ourselves by going.
Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Why indy... they'd better do some magic with the infield for this.
I get the sense I'm going to be disappointed. Barber? Road America? Why Indy... there's nothing there.
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I thought Indianapolis was a great city when I visited there. And for sure the logistics of the race from a spectator perspective are going to be worlds ahead of Laguna Seca. I stopped going to Laguna after a few years because it's the biggest goat rope I've ever seen -- sucks all the fun right out of the event...
Me, I'm making plans right now for Indy in 2008!
Paul G.
2005 R1
This is what I was able to track down......
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2007/Jul/070703q5.htm
....give me 2 beers and I achieve RETARD Strength!!!!!
Atta' boy Paul!
The "magic" in the infield has been taken care of. This is going to be so much better than Laguna!
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Yeah, I not sure what's up with that particular rumor. I don't even know how that would begin to circulate, since it's not even close to accurate. This year is # 3-of-5 on the contract, and certainly not "the last year", as that blurb alluded to.
The *possible* pullout of Dorna has nothing to do with a contract being over with, seeing as how they're only midway through, but rather because of other "discussions" regarding how the weekend has be handled for the past couple years. Event "Management" for all intents and purposes.
I personally hope it stays, and another venue can run a second US round.
~Brandon~
Aprilia RSV 1000 R Factory - "Gemma"
MV Agusta F3 800 - "Amy Lou"
Rattan Fat Bear Plus - "Lynda"
(720) 935-6438
I rarely think of motorcycles without a little yearning. They are about moving, and humans, I think, yearn to move – it’s in our cells, in our desires. We quiet our babies with cyclic movement, and we quiet ourselves by going.
Melissa Holbrook Pierson
I wonder how they are going to satisfy the rider council? I can't imagine that a speedway circuit is going to be anywhere near as safe as the riders will want. The place is going to be wall city. I would rather have seen it go to Miller or Barber (although Barber is too small, IMO).
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The safety team inspected it a long time ago, and with the exception of the first turn off the main straight, they said it passed with flying colors. Ohp, here's the article - looks like the first turn won't even matter, since they'll be running the course reverse...
http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=10286
As I recall, there was another article in late spring where the rider council inspected it first hand, and also gave it the thumbs up. I'm trying to locate that article now.
EDIT: Here it is... http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sp...enlighttoindy/
Last edited by JustSomeDude; Fri Jul 6th, 2007 at 11:02 AM.
It will be fun to watch the struggles they have with tires through the banking.
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I've got family in Indy so it's an easy extra visit in the year. I think having two races in the US will be great. I know nothing of the course but I'm sure there will be left AND right turns involved...
The facility is great.
And Indianapolis (Zionsville) is just getting their first stand alone Ducati dealership, so 2008 sounds fine to me. There will be a great turnout. Now if we can only get a world superbike race over here...
See you there.
Robb
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MOTOGP Indy news on front page of Yahoo! Sports!!!!
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/spor...bcst.yahoo.com
WOOOOOO!!!!!
Already have my tickets reserved!!
We got our tickets reserved also, this is going to be a blast!
We have been looking into hotel rooms, the seem to be more reasonable than Monterey.
Curtis let us know if you kind a good hotel deal.
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