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Old 02-05-2009, 01:52 PM   #11
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True... BUT they never purposely made the sats slower.
But they'll still be competing, when numerous teams dropped out of AMA because it's a huge cluster fuck now. From a fan standpoint, it's not too bad. Nobody really expects the satellite teams to be competing for the championship anyway. Rider/team standpoint? Very shitty.
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Old 02-05-2009, 02:09 PM   #12
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But they'll still be competing, when numerous teams dropped out of AMA because it's a huge cluster fuck now. From a fan standpoint, it's not too bad. Nobody really expects the satellite teams to be competing for the championship anyway. Rider/team standpoint? Very shitty.
yeah but DE-TUNING the sat teams is BS...not the same.
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Old 02-05-2009, 02:29 PM   #13
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I hear ya. But what do the other bikes redline at, 19-20k?
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Old 02-05-2009, 05:20 PM   #14
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what's gonna happen IMO... is WSBK is gonna get some new sattalite teams with SHITLOADS of money, and sponsors. imagine if gresini honda switched to WSBK?

I wonder what the difference is in over head between WSBK and MotoGP... Faster said it was like 15million a year just to run a team... then add in rider contracts... I can't see WSBK costing 15 million a year to run a team...
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Old 02-06-2009, 04:41 PM   #15
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I also think the AMA adopting WSBK rules is a good idea, and one of the problems is that Suzuki who has dominated with the old AMA rules, is just bummed that they're going to get some competition now, and they don't like it.
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I don't know wtf honda is thinking in their motorsport efforts.
First they let Pedrosa and his management take almost complete control of the decision making process from ground up even though he hasn't won a championship AFTER chasing away Rossi with shitty treatment, then they spend more in F1 than anyone else over a short period of time expecting to take over the sport from teams entrenched for almost 50+ years, then they drop their F1 effort leaving drivers, suppliers, the entire team fucked right before a huge season. Now they're pulling this crap.

Seriously Honda, wake the fuck up.
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It could be worse, it could be a buell.
Yeah maybe...but I promise you that if Buell had a GP team they would treat their people right.
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Old 02-09-2009, 09:47 AM   #18
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Yeah maybe...but I promise you that if Buell had a GP team they would treat their people right.
they'd be just the opposite of HRC Honda... all about their people.... winning a very distant 2nd.
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they'd be just the opposite of HRC Honda... all about their people.... winning a very distant 2nd.
Right...Buell has a great contingency program now for any privateer who races a Buell.
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Old 02-09-2009, 04:21 PM   #20
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they'd be just the opposite of HRC Honda... all about their people.... winning a very distant 2nd.
And they'd be a very distant last place in the championship.
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