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Started by SoCal250, June 27, 2021, 02:52:45 PM

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SoCal250

The days of Japanese brand domination are over. 18 of the 22 bikes on next years grid will be European.
Honda has performance issues after years of developing a bike for one rider, and Yamaha has had ongoing top speed issues for years that puts them at a disadvantage. Currently, #20 is the only one who can get anything out of the M1 and he's already said this season that he's riding at 100% all the time. Not good.
I see a lot of disappointing weekends ahead for Yamaha fans like myself.
75 Yamaha RD125B   75 Yamaha RD125B (project)
75 Yamaha RD250B   75 Yamaha RD200B (project)
73 Yamaha RD350     77 Yamaha RD400D   79 Yamaha RD400F  
91 Yamaha TZR250R  89 Yamaha FZR400   05 Yamaha FZ6   
05 Yamaha XT225TC  82 Honda MB5  02 Aprilia RS250 Cup (sold)

SoCal250

Lots of big news lately...

MM93 is in the US. He just went through a 4th surgery on his right humerus injury, this time at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Recovery isexpected to take 4-6 months so he's likely done for the season. Bradl will be sitting in for him while he's out.

Fabio has signed a new 2-yr deal to stay with Factory Yamaha, under the condition that they correct the engine power deficiency. (We'll see if Yamaha is actually able to follow through on their promise.) Yamaha would be nowhere without El Diablo. He currently leads the points after 8 rounds, while the next fastest rider on a Yamaha is in 19th place. That's pathetic! I sure hope he signed for a boatload of Euros! He deserves it.

KTM have suggested that Oliveira should be prepared to possibly ride for the Tech3 team next season. He has responded "I will not accept a Tech3 spot."

And, I don't think I will be picking any Suzuki riders for our podium guesses for the remainder of the season. That team seems to have already phoned it in after the news that they are quitting at the end of the season. Poor qualifying and 2 DNFs last week.
75 Yamaha RD125B   75 Yamaha RD125B (project)
75 Yamaha RD250B   75 Yamaha RD200B (project)
73 Yamaha RD350     77 Yamaha RD400D   79 Yamaha RD400F  
91 Yamaha TZR250R  89 Yamaha FZR400   05 Yamaha FZ6   
05 Yamaha XT225TC  82 Honda MB5  02 Aprilia RS250 Cup (sold)

SoCal250

Quote from: SoCal250 on May 25, 2022, 12:15:17 PM
It's anyone's race! There are probably 10 to 12 guys you could pick for the podium and still be be in the ballpark with an on-target guess, but I'll go with:
1. Quartararo
2. Bagnaia
3. A. Esparagaro
I got all 3 riders on the podium correct last week. :thumbs: Only got 1st and 2nd place reversed
75 Yamaha RD125B   75 Yamaha RD125B (project)
75 Yamaha RD250B   75 Yamaha RD200B (project)
73 Yamaha RD350     77 Yamaha RD400D   79 Yamaha RD400F  
91 Yamaha TZR250R  89 Yamaha FZR400   05 Yamaha FZ6   
05 Yamaha XT225TC  82 Honda MB5  02 Aprilia RS250 Cup (sold)

Hawaii-Mike

Well I got 1st and 2nd right but didn't guess for 3rd.

Let's call it a draw.

How about this weekend's race?

SoCal250

Quote from: Hawaii-Mike on June 03, 2022, 09:29:45 PM
Well I got 1st and 2nd right but didn't guess for 3rd.

Let's call it a draw.

How about this weekend's race?
I'm going out on a limb and repeating my picks for this week  :dawg:
1. Quartararo
2. Bagnaia
3. A. Esparagaro
75 Yamaha RD125B   75 Yamaha RD125B (project)
75 Yamaha RD250B   75 Yamaha RD200B (project)
73 Yamaha RD350     77 Yamaha RD400D   79 Yamaha RD400F  
91 Yamaha TZR250R  89 Yamaha FZR400   05 Yamaha FZ6   
05 Yamaha XT225TC  82 Honda MB5  02 Aprilia RS250 Cup (sold)

Seizer

I would hate to see Yamaha, in an effort to placate Fabio, ruin the overall balance of the M-1 by pumping up the motor. It's like there's only a finite number of "points" to be used for performance (let's say 100 for the sake of arguing lol). Yamaha has like 60 points in chassis, 20 in motor and 20 in aero. To get the motor up to Ducati's level (say 50..) those 30 points gotta come from somewhere else. I believe that Suzuki did exactly that this year. Gained straight line speed but lost the ability to control the tire degradation and affected front end "feel" by fucking around with the aero.
Here's my question: With Quartararo being the only Yamaha pilot who can be competitive, where does Yamaha go next? They're in the Honda conundrum. Do they continue to develop a bike for a single dominant rider (who could potentially get injured ala MM 2020)? Or, leave the Yamaha DNA in there and pay FQ20 to stfu and ride the bike as is? I guess that's why Lyn Jarvis gets paid the big bucks, to figure this stuff out lol.
Ok, rant over.
G'night

sav0r

I think the bike fairly well fits Quatararo already. The results say as much.

They just need to figure out top end performance on that engine.
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Hawaii-Mike

#67
That was an interesting race!  Unfortunately Pecco Bagnaia and Rins were taken out by Nakagami in the first turn!  Nakagami's helmet got caught in Pecco's back wheel, he might have serious injuries.

At the end, Aleix Espargaro was in second place, well behind the winner, Quartararo. Espargaro had another lap to go and he thought he had finished!  He slowed down, waved to the crowd then realized his mistake. He sped up and finished in fifth place. He's a Spaniard and he made this mistake in Spain, what a bummer.

Looks like Quartararo has this year's championship locked if he continues at this pace.

Hawaii-Mike


Seizer


SoCal250

75 Yamaha RD125B   75 Yamaha RD125B (project)
75 Yamaha RD250B   75 Yamaha RD200B (project)
73 Yamaha RD350     77 Yamaha RD400D   79 Yamaha RD400F  
91 Yamaha TZR250R  89 Yamaha FZR400   05 Yamaha FZ6   
05 Yamaha XT225TC  82 Honda MB5  02 Aprilia RS250 Cup (sold)

SoCal250

Sachsenring this weekend.

I'm going with:
1. Quartararo
2. A. Espargaro
3. Nakagami

That's if Espargaro can keep track of laps this time. At least at this track the timing pylon with show 1 instead of 0 for the last lap. So he's got that going for him.  :dawg:
And if Taka can keep it upgright and not take anyone else out he might make the podium
75 Yamaha RD125B   75 Yamaha RD125B (project)
75 Yamaha RD250B   75 Yamaha RD200B (project)
73 Yamaha RD350     77 Yamaha RD400D   79 Yamaha RD400F  
91 Yamaha TZR250R  89 Yamaha FZR400   05 Yamaha FZ6   
05 Yamaha XT225TC  82 Honda MB5  02 Aprilia RS250 Cup (sold)

Hawaii-Mike

I'm sticking with:

1. Bagnaia
2. Quartararo

and add Esparago for third place.

Pecco's bike seems to be faster than Quartararo's.

SoCal250

Quote from: SoCal250 on June 17, 2022, 05:02:02 PM
I'm going with:
1. Quartararo
2. A. Espargaro
3. Nakagami
I wasn't aware Nakagami has a bad shoulder from his wipe out last week. Guess I shouldn't have picked him for the podium. Doh!
75 Yamaha RD125B   75 Yamaha RD125B (project)
75 Yamaha RD250B   75 Yamaha RD200B (project)
73 Yamaha RD350     77 Yamaha RD400D   79 Yamaha RD400F  
91 Yamaha TZR250R  89 Yamaha FZR400   05 Yamaha FZ6   
05 Yamaha XT225TC  82 Honda MB5  02 Aprilia RS250 Cup (sold)

Hawaii-Mike

Bummer for Pecco, crashed and this time it was nobody else's fault. 

Congrats to Quartararo - he has a huge points lead!