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MotoGP: Lorenzo is gone, Rossi has announced in 2021 he' make the decision to stay or go, Marquez is still not 100%, and Quartararo has signed with the factory Yamaha team for 20201 and 2022. WSBK: Bautista got the boot, Scot Redding takes over for Ducati hoping for another "Foggy", Honda has the new Fireblade and hoping for a race win or podium, or at least somewhere int he top 10. We're getting near that time I know some of you folks follow this a bit closer than I do, Wild speculation on the season? Marquez the elder starts off slow still recovering from the shoulder injury and then wraps it al up just before the fly aways? Marquez the younger bins it every other race and is released from his contract halfway through the season?
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PSVue is dying this week. I used Sling TV for most of last year but they have given up on my local Fox Sports affiliate which is a dealbreaker for me since I need baseball too, and none of the other US streaming TV providers seem to carry beIN Sports channel. How do you (US) guys actually watch this stuff? Is a separate MotoGP and/or WSBK streaming video subscription worthwhile? I really don't want to go back to cable just to watch motorcycle racing
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I actually just stream both from their perspective websites. If you reach out to me and aren't afraid of more technical and nefarious ways of getting the races after they've been run I can share that as well. Alternatively, if you're not afraid of meeting a fellow goon, or making the trip up to Plano, I have the subscription on both WSBK and MotoGP and will watch the races regularly, bring snacks. Skreemer fucked around with this message at 07:11 on Jan 30, 2020 |
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FBS posted:PSVue is dying this week. I used Sling TV for most of last year but they have given up on my local Fox Sports affiliate which is a dealbreaker for me since I need baseball too, and none of the other US streaming TV providers seem to carry beIN Sports channel. I had used  for years but bought a MotoGP VideoPass this last season and I think it was worth it. I liked BTSports coverage slightly better than Dorna's in-house coverage, but the overall package (all races, practice/qualifying/tests, interviews, the app) all made the VideoPass worth it to me and I'll be buying it again.In related US coverage news NBC actually bought the rights: quote:This year, NBC will air three races on tape delay; NBCSN will air five live races; and the rest will be streamed live on MotoGP VideoPass before eventually being aired on tape delay on TV. Many of the races in the latter part of the season will air immediately following NBCSN’s coverage of NASCAR races. I'm impressed with Yamaha's handling of contracts. Locking Vinales and Quartararo in early - despite other factories trying to poach both of them - is impressive. Even more impressive is that they have replaced Rossi in the factory team without - apparently - pissing him off, by offering him factory support in a satellite team should he continue on next year. I do think that having to ride for a satellite team will reduce Rossi's chances of renewing. Has he ever ridden for a satellite team?
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And now Yamaha has a retiree as their test rider:motomatters of course posted:The signing underlines how serious Yamaha are approaching the task of regaining supremacy in MotoGP. The Yamaha was strongest in recent years when Lorenzo led development, and Maverick Viñales praised the bike left to him by Lorenzo in 2017 when he joined Yamaha, Viñales winning three of the first five races that season. So now they've got the outgoing GOAT for another year (or more if he wants it), a proven talent in Vinales, the up-and-coming barnstormer in Quartararo, and by far the fastest test rider (and only man to beat Marquez) in the series, and they locked them all in before the first test of 2020. Yamaha is not loving around. Hopefully they can be as successful developing the bike as they have been with their rider signings.
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Marquez will win another championship unless at least one of the following happens: -Quartararo gets full factory support for 2020 including a Yamaha that can match Ducatis in a straight line. -Honda has flown too close to the sun and made a motorcycle that not even Marc can ride without crashing. -Marc get's injured/his should is worse than we know.
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KodiakRS posted:a Yamaha that can match Ducatis in a straight line. lol
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For those that follow WSBK, they've announced the rev limits for the major teams this is a carryover from the previous years in an Kawasaki: 14600 Ducati V4: 16100 Yamaha 2020: 14950 BMW: 14950 2020 Honda CBR1000RR-R: 15600
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For those that follow USCRA, I'll be fielding my 1983 Yamaha RX50 in the Supervintage 50 class again after winning the championship and every race last year. Currently fabricating a new fiberglass gas tank and investigating the possibilities of: a brazed chromoly tubing trellis frame to replace the heavily modified original; fitting an an Aprilia RS50 front end; fitting a close ratio six speed YZ85 gearbox; modifying the clutch to run dry. Less than 1 of these is likely to be fielded at a race event any time this year. I know you'll all be anticipating my posts on this topic eagerly as MotoGP is sure to be a bore yet again.
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alright sepang testing so no cameras but some news filtering out big surprise Cal is still unhappy with the front end feel even calling it maybe worse marc already crashed one but he was going slow off the line on a cooldown lap he says dovi is being a bit coy and saying we just don't know the new tires yet zarco is unhappy but he's not blaming the bike
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW1nW8OF9SA testing highlights
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Looking forward to Lorenzo's inevitable wildcard where he does better than the other Yamaha riders. Also looking forward to zarco loving cunts up on a year old bike again.
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Slavvy posted:Looking forward to Lorenzo's inevitable wildcard where he does better than the other Yamaha riders. they already said lorenzo is riding at catalunya although I wouldn't be surprised if he got at least one more somewhere in the year
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new test new ducati shenanigans https://twitter.com/denkmit/status/1231228004250083329
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I really miss Ben Spies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wxGBGKFpLQ
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Qatar 2020 MotoGP testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb4Ga7bKyn8 This weekend is also the opening round of WSBK in Australia.
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qatar gp round cancelled due to too many of them having been in Italy in the last couple of weeks http://www.fim-live.com/en/article/motogp-class-cancelled-at-the-grand-prix-of-qatar/ Moto 2 and 3 should go ahead because they've been testing for the last week. the paradigm shift fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Mar 1, 2020 |
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Noooo I need my crack 
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WorldSBK was run over the weekend. Large groups up front packs of 7 - 9 running most of both races and JRea running off in race1. Toprak tops in Race1 and of all people Loewes in Race2. There were swaps and lead changes and not just at the end of the front straight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUi6Xo6LRWQ Skreemer fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Mar 2, 2020 |
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https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1234423134251560960 I'm starting to think my procrastinating on buying tickets for Austin was actually a good thing 
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definitely looking like austin might be the first motogp race of the season
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Yeah update posted https://twitter.com/btsportmotogp/status/1235601857608892418
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I'm not convinced until we see how SXSW goes
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Hi hello welcome back friends i'm ready for another year of posting "good race" in the thread on race nights when we have dope poo poo, and then us all complaining about Marquez steamrollers when we don't.
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algebra testes posted:Hi hello welcome back friends i'm ready for another year of
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Watching qualifying for Moto3 and Moto2, aside from the racing, I really like the MotoGP streaming graphics package this year.
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Is anyone using Chromecast to stream the races from the app? I gave up in frustration with it last year because of the poo poo quality. I'm hoping they have fixed it now.
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if they didn't say california dreaming of a win at least a dozen goddamn times and also constantly patting themselves on the back for pointing out roberts vs gardner moto2 would have been fun to watch. still a pretty good race. lmao at binder being mad
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 Nagashima. That was an incredible last 6 laps. Nice one in Moto3 as well.
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https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1237393764148109318 Completely unsurprising. Though I guess that kills the rumor I saw about replacing Austin with a return to Indianapolis
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New schedule https://twitter.com/neilmorrison87/status/1237394902050209792
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So, Qatar is cancelled but Marquez's race is not? Hmmm. HMMMMMM
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Doesn't austin get like, freezing cold temps and stuff in november?
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Slavvy posted:Doesn't austin get like, freezing cold temps and stuff in november? No, not as a rule. Wikipedia has average low for November as 50F/10C. It's Texas Weather™ though so it's always possible
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Argentina GP pushed back: The FIM, IRTA and Dorna Sports regret to announce the postponement of the Gran Premio Motul de la Republica Argentina, which was set to take place from the 17th to the 19th of April. Due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the event has been rescheduled for later in the season and will now take place from the 20th to the 22nd of November. WorldSBK has been busy rescheduling too: 
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Another day another schedule: no new races til May https://twitter.com/motogp/status/1237785981996216323
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right arm posted:seattle supercross (watch supercross) got cancelled too Ftfy Edit: that calendar is a real early 2000s throwback with the southern hemisphere swing at the end.
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algebra testes posted:Ftfy I'm just glad I got a refundable flight out there since I've caught it religiously every year since like early 2000s iirc
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