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  • GP 2011 Kicks off this weekend

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    Final week of pre-season testing in Qatar. Above: Pedrosa, Below: Rossi. After a crazy off-season, Moto GP will finally swing back into action this weekend. I know that everyone is talking about the NCAA tourney. But since Majeris left Utah, the team has kind of sucked and my interest in college hoops has waned significantly.…

  • Starting off the short with with a bang

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    The long weekend was a lot more blah than I was hoping it to be. I did our taxes, confirming my suspicions that we owed a lot. The weather was cold, windy and gross. Then to top it off, we got more snow on Monday (above).  Don’t get me wrong, the visits with Piper were…

  • Hayden for Tissot

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    I though this was kind of cool. I heard that Tissot had teamed up with Hayden for a campaign, but I had never actually seen any of the ads. This month in GQ, the image above was run as 2 page spread. Go Nicky! He has had rough run, since he won the GP world…

  • 2010 MotoGP season off to a banging start

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    I have been anticipating Sunday’s race, since the season ended, last year. The first race of the season did not disappoint. First of all, MotoGP, for the first time ever was broadcast in HD. Second, the first race of the season, under the lights of Qatar is the only night race of the season, which…

  • GP Bikes going back to the 1 Litre engines for 2012

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    With such an anticlimactic Valentino Rossi world championship victory, this year, I almost stopped paying attention to the GP headlines. But, today Vito Ippolito, the president of FIM Confirmed the rumored change in engine specs for 2012. This should make things interesting. You may recall when the bikes changed from the first 4 stroke size…

  • Donington Park 2009

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    I have been doing pretty well about fighting the urge to write about motorcycle racing lately. But today, I couldn’t resist. The British Grand Prix in Donington Park, Sunday was one for the books. The race was wet, but not super wet. It was just rainy enough to keep a steady flow of crashes going,…

  • Insane battle at Catalunya, last Sunday

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    Last Sunday’s MotoGP race was one, that will no doubt go down as one of the all time best battles in GP history. Jorge Lorenzo got a great start, out of the grid, with Stoner following in second position for the first few laps. It did not take long for Rossi to work his way…

  • Mugello= Repeat of the wet-dry drama

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    Mugello, as the case at Le Mans, started with a wet track, though the rain had stopped. These conditions lead to a dry line forming on the track after several laps, necessitating tire change. Wet/dry of races are always sloppy. Those who change tires too soon, low side (Rossi, at Le Mans). Those who wait…

  • Wet-Dry at LeMans

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    After a week off, GP was back in action racing at LeMans, this week in France. It was a crazy race, because of the wet track conditions. It was drizzling up until the warm-up lap, which caused all of the riders to start the race riding bikes shod with wet weather tires. Pedrosa, Lorenzo and…

  • Rossi back on top, in Spain

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    Sunday’s Jerez race was a banger. Pedrosa got out to an early lead, with Stoner in second position and Lorenzo in third. It didn’t take long for Rossi to throw on the afterburners and motor past all three riders. The only one that even gave battle, was Stoner. Stoner was able to pass Rossi back,…