Moto GP 2012

[wackyrider]

Who's heading down this year and who is camping? I hear that tickets are running out fast

[OLD SKOOL BANDIT]

Three day pass and camping bought and paid for !! Guess I'm going then.

[stiffsimon]

I might be inviting myself down to my new mates new house down at the Island ;) Thought you might have been to Dylan?

[wackyrider]

Yeah, I gotta but the tickets. I entered the bike in ths Show and Shone, however I won't know if it's in for a couple of months, which sucks as I don't know whether to buy the 3 day pass or not

[nick76]

I'll be going down......gotta watch Stoners last race.
I don't think i'll be camping.....probably just stay at a relo's and ride to the track.

[OLD SKOOL BANDIT]

Yeah, I gotta but the tickets. I entered the bike in ths Show and Shone, however I won't know if it's in for a couple of months, which sucks as I don't know whether to buy the 3 day pass or not
Buy the tickets anyway Jules, I'm pretty sure you could move them on at face value if you get a freebie. You still need to book your campsite, that's bound to fill up fast for trackside.

[BANDITROD]

i am hoping to come down but prob just for race day

[BANDITROD]

just spoke with the cook and we are planning to come down with the kids to watch the race and do the family thing so looks like i will see you lot there this year

[stiffsimon]

Good on yer Rod. Bring your loud stick with you just in case the wrong person looks like winning

[BANDITROD]

hahaha i think that might be frowned apon

[wackyrider]

Booked my ticket and camping :)

[Gix11]

My brother is over from the UK so I can't make it, but keep an eye out for Huddo, Killers and Tails as they are hiring some super camper of some kind and getting the full experience. If you were at Heathcote, you know who they are.

[scotty]

You should thet them know that campers are banned from trackside camping at the gp, hire a car and bring a tent cos highside(the camper camp) sucks ass

[latheboy]

I'm in...

[Chase]

Yep I'm there. Gunna soft cock it in a rental house in Cowes me thinks, so may have some beds avaialble if anyone is interested.

[wackyrider]

This year I wanted to do the camping as the evening is when all the shenanigans happen :)

[Spanks]

yep definitely going. cant wait to see if Stoner can win it again.

[StuNVA]

Just booked the tickets, woohoo.

[wackyrider]

Ok, the GP is just over a week away. So who's going and who will be camping?

[Nudie]

Im staying in Cowes and i"ll be riding the Battlestar Germanica (resplendid in Stormtrooper white)

[stiffsimon]

yep definitely going. cant wait to see if Stoner can bin it again.

Indeed let's absolutely hope so at his home GP

[wackyrider]

Not long to go now!!!!

[hooligan]

Not long to go now!!!!
You're all bastards.
i've been seeing groups of bikes loaded up heading south most of the day.

[Gix11]

Huddo and Killers are already down there with a few lads in some campervan business. Keep an eye out for them.

[stiffsimon]

Just getting ready to watch Lorenzo whup ass. The Honda rider(s) will no doubt find something to complain about.

[BANDITROD]

you were saying

[ozzy1100]

bahahaha

[Tony Nitrous]

Honda must have the shits.

Rossi walked and took the title with him,
now they have lost Stoner and the title again.
Both walked away for less (or no) money.

Race was worth watching for the battle for 4th place,
and to see how happy Jorge "Mr Consistancy" Lorenzo was at the end.

Im looking forward to next years Yam v Honda battle.

[BANDITROD]

me too tony

[stiffsimon]

Ahem :rolleyes: but er he is now world champion so he IS the best

[ozzy1100]

the top three are all out this world i really wish we could have seen the yr with all 3 fighter it out before stoner left but all well

[MattyDucati]

Good on stoner! Maybe the last aussie winner for a while:(

[latheboy]

Ahem :rolleyes: but er he is now world champion so he IS the best

Given to him.... The guy is a fucktard

[Tony Nitrous]

That'll be his 4th World Champ Title then,
2 in MotoGP and 2 in 250's.
Puts him in joint 12th of all time with Lawson, Biaggi and a few others.
I wouldnt be suprised to see another next year.

Well done to Stoner though, the Aussie legend has managed as many world
champ titles as Gary Hocking, Jan de Vries, Tarquinio Provin or Cecil Sandford.

[hooligan]

did any of those guys win at phillip island 6 times in a row?

[stiffsimon]

Maybe not but Lorenzo has won more world championships than him and Rossi, well I'm sure he'll have 10 world championships under his belt before he retires.

[Tony Nitrous]

did any of those guys win at phillip island 6 times in a row?

No, I dont think they have.
Shame there isnt a "World Champ at their home track" medal.....;)

[hooligan]

:).
why is it when someone posts a thread saying" i fucking hate my job" we all jump in and say, "so quit, find something you like".
but when someone else (who has a job we think we'd like) hates his fucking job so goes ahead and quits because he can afford too, we don't like it?
No, he's not the greatest rider of all time, but he had a corner named after him at a track he dominated.
For the internet search geeks, what other riders have won 6 times in a row at their home track?
Just curious.

[EVLZX]

:).
why is it when someone posts a thread saying" i fucking hate my job" we all jump in and say, "so quit, find something you like".
but when someone else (who has a job we think we'd like) hates his fucking job so goes ahead and quits because he can afford too, we don't like it?
No, he's not the greatest rider of all time, but he had a corner named after him at a track he dominated.
For the internet search geeks, what other riders have won 6 times in a row at their home track?
Just curious.

Well said Hooligan, Casey's job would be awesome but after 15 years of racing if he thinks it's time for a change good on him.
Better getting out now than waiting until he's no longer competitive like some...

[EVLZX]

The part that really sucks is as Matty said it'll probably be a long time till we see another Aussie up the top.

And on another note people still judge Stoner by how he acted and things he said when he was just a kid, I think he's grown up a bit now.

[El_Hefty]

Yeah would hate to hang around like, whos that pommy world champ .... oh thats right they havnt had one since the 70's and Bazza fuck they havnt even won a race since Bazza in the top class.

[DCRacing]

Lol, this whole thread on Stoner is funny, but i think it shows how the racing has changed from being racing to managing the whole media side of things.
Stoner does not give a shit about media and the show, he wants to ride and get on with it, the media didn't like it and has not always done him many favours.
I am not saying that the others are in it for the glory or that they do not get on with racing, but they have managed the media a fair bit better, a classic example is Rossi he mastered the media extremley well and has lifted the whole motorcycling racing awarness to the forefront in the media.
They all have talent, even the ones at the back of the pack have far more skill than i ever hope to have.
The other riders have commented on how good a rider Stoner is and that it is a loss to the championship. I like Stoner and think he is a great rider and don't like to see him talked down, but we all have opinions. I used to like Rossi but i have come to dislike him as he has got arrogant or cocky about his belief in his abilities when they weren't quite there.
I am coming around to Lorenzo he has become a bit more humble about racing and is not as interested pissing competitions.
On another note, i think the bike to be on at the moment is a Yamaha, the top 6 or so riders usually have a bias to the Yamaha's, so Rossi has probably made a smart move..........

uhmmm....... i think i should shut up.

[BANDITROD]

well said and i totally agree

[TonyOW31]

Like him or loathe him, and I do neither as I don't know the bloke, he is a genious on a bike. If he had been on a Honda or Yamaha rather than the Ducati all those years, he would have 4 or 5 world championships by now, not 2. He was the ONLY bloke who could make that bike work, Rossi changed his tune soon enough when he got on it eh?
I watch GP's to see the skill of the top riders, not to listen to the circus that goes with it, and I for one will miss watching him.

[nick76]

I hope Stoner gets bored of retirement and he comes back to Ducati in 2014 and shows them all how its done!!
Every season he started with a Ducati,he ended the season with the same bike,and maybe a hash up of bits from the spare parts bin from older models......and could still win more races than the "Greatest Ever"....Rossi!
Rossi goes to Ducati,gets paid Double what Stoner got.....gets how many engine upgrades???.......how many updated frames????......how many swingarms????.....even turned the wholeDucati philosophy of using a frameless design/using the engine as a stressed member...to a japanese like twin spar aluminium frame.....and still couldn't do fuck all.
Yep.....Rossi is the "Greatest Ever"....but it also helps being gifted the best Bike/Team since the day Doohan retired!!!
Even when Rossi went to the "dog" of a Yamaha...........how much a dog was it???? it was fuck all off the pace.
Wow....Stoners only won two championships.....its stilll a hell of alot more than anyone here....or even the great Schwantz....Gardener(????).....etc etc

[MattyDucati]

Like him or loathe him, and I do neither as I don't know the bloke, he is a genious on a bike. If he had been on a Honda or Yamaha rather than the Ducati all those years, he would have 4 or 5 world championships by now, not 2. He was the ONLY bloke who could make that bike work, Rossi changed his tune soon enough when he got on it eh?
I watch GP's to see the skill of the top riders, not to listen to the circus that goes with it, and I for one will miss watching him.

Good point on how many championship he could have had.
The whole whinging thing, i dont think he has. he was riding the duc at the time, look how much rossi has bitched about it for fuck sake its now more a yam then yam is.
I loved it when rossi fucked up and took out stoner and then came in the pits and stoner quoted rossi and said "your ambition must outway your talent" I think that was AUSSIE GOLD!

[stiffsimon]

Hey Matty post No 46 ;) I think you're really a closet Rossi fan

[DCRacing]

Hey Matty post No 46 ;) I think you're really a closet Rossi fan

Lol....... Glad i didn't get it

[oldskool]

Any kunt take any pics????
At the moment it looks like Jules was the only Kunt there, rootin some bloke with Mozzas old bike.

[wackyrider]

Darren should have some pics with 3 cop cars in front of our camp area..... :)

[RevHead]

forget the politics about the riders ,enjoy the racing ,and hopefully an Aussie wins,

[oldskool]

Um one did.

[RevHead]

Um one did.

i saw!

[MattyDucati]

I was and still am a rossi fan, just cant forget them great rossi vs biaggi days:cool:

[EVLZX]

I always liked Max

[Tony Nitrous]

http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/stoner-making-v8-enemies/story-e6frfkp9-1226510493300

[EVLZX]

That's one of the worst news sites around.

I don't see what the big deal is we're all happy enough to bag everyone else out anyway, shouldn't mean anything different if it's one of us or anyone else doing it, after all plenty of people were on the bash Stoner wagon.

[Gix11]

.....and still no ASF GP Photos. Were you lot that messed up?

[TurboKat]

Were you lot that messed up?
You've been there, I'm surprised you have to ask.

[Gix11]

Naked burnouts? Key bangers? Burnouts on Deano's bike when he's not looking?

[Gix11]

Just got sent a link from Killers. Him, Huddo and Tails did it in style this year and made a week of it with a camper van and VIP area business. I was supposed to have gone with them but couldn't make it. Looks like I missed out big time!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u7Gsxv2On8

[BANDITROD]

lucky bastards

[saiken]

god that video brings back some memories!!!! the bit with the bus was an absolute laugh, i remember it and amazingly would of been just on the other side of the road to the guys!