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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:46 pm
by isnowbrd
Mintbread wrote:He doesn't deserve the championship.
Simple.
Anyway, I think it's clear that you have a biased opinion. Which I think you are completely entitled to have, and may be entirely correct.
...though I disagree
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:13 am
by Mintbread
He is American and so are you. Who has the bias?
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:55 am
by isnowbrd
Actually I pride myself in not allowing nationality to decide which riders I like. Here is a list of my 12 favorite active riders (off the top of my head):
Alex Barros - Brazil
Colin Edwards - USA
Tony Elias - Spain
Noriyuki Haga - Japan
Robin Harmes - Denmark
Nicky Hayden - USA
Shinya Nakano - Japan
Valentino Rossi - Italy
Kenan Sofuoglu - Turkey
Casey Stoner - Australia
Chris Vermeulen - Australia
Chris Walker - UK
So, it appears that I'm only 1/6th biased.
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:46 am
by QuietMonkey
here's what Kenny Roberts Sr. has to say:
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2006/Oct/061020-kr.htm
and despite his philosophical attitude towards the 1983 Kenny/Spenser incident he mentions, it was more than 20 years ago, and I've read about the incident a number of times in those 20 years, as recently as an article Kenny himself penned for Sport Rider (or Motorcyclist) magazine last year. So 20 years brings a much more reserved opinion than Kenny has ever expressed in the past.
//monkey
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:27 pm
by Benchdawg!
I think what Kenny says is good food for thought for Hayden. It will be interesting to see how mentally tough Nicky is and how he responds at Valencia.
FYI - Here is another SOUP article regarding Dani's manager and from what I have heard the Spanish newspapers are reporting.
I used to repect Pedrosa - But I'm starting to find that more difficult with comments like these coming out of his camp.
I have reviewed the crash many times after recording the race and Nicky is following Edwards into that turn at the same speed at about a bike distance away. Pedrosa was what appears to be about three bike lengths behind Hayden when he started to enter the turn and closed on he and Edwards with an obvious speed differential. It's obvious that Pedrosa got into that turn way too hot.
No way you can blame Hayden unless you blame Edwards too - The video proves that both Hayden and Edwards were traveling at about the same speed with Pedrosa barreling down on them.
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2006/Oct/061019a.htm
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:50 pm
by High_Side
Pedrosa made it right in front of the world today and THAT deserves an honerable mention in this thread.