Moto GP There could/will be spoilers!

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  1. Glyn Phillips

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    I was going to slate you for being old but I remember him well
     
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  4. Dougie D

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    Heres the result of the survey,I asked 100 of my customers (aged between approx 30-70) the following

    I Showed them a picture of Rossi in his racing leathers..only 8 people recognized him (included in that 8 a few of them said is that Rossi? obvously they had heard his name but didn't know what he looked like)..
    looks like i was correct in saying the majority of non bikers woudn't recognize him..sorry @HughJarse :p

    Some folk thought he was Marquez, Pedrosa and Lewis Hamilton!!

    I then Showed them a picture of Barry Sheen (not in his leathers ) 37 people recognized him,which again came as no surprise

    Some folk thought he was James Hunt, David Essex, Ozzy Osborne:eek:!! And Sidney Devine:eek::eek:!!!!

    I then asked them to name any motorbike racer from the past or the present 52 people named Barry Sheen (15 of them didn’t recognize him in the picture though)

    9 people said Carl Fogarty
    8 people said Rossi
    3 people said Guy Martin
    3 people said Marquez
    2 people said joey Dunlop
    1 person said Steve Hislop (although they stayed near him in Hawick)
    1 person said Pedrosa
    1 person said Lewis Hamilton!o_O
    1 person said Nigel Mansell!!o_O

    So it's pretty obvious from this that the vast majority of non bikers havn't a clue who any motorbike racer is apart from Barry Sheen
     
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  5. sprintdave

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    Watch your ass Petrux, you got Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia after your ride now .
    Should be very interesting this year.
     
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  6. Yorkshireman

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    50 days to Qatar Gp
     
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    Honda undergoes massive weight loss for 2019 :joy:
     
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  8. Yorkshireman

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    Just looked, the little Bastid is copying my style at Cadwell in the avatar pic :eek:













    Yeah, right:confused:
     
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  9. DANSOME

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    Moto2 Live through MOTOGP App + select "AMBIENT" camera option = Sound Porn!
     
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  10. sprintdave

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    Them Triumphs sound awesome, great race
     
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  11. bogg

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    No spoilers here but hats off to triumph for moto 2. ..next question when's the moto gp team on it's way?
     
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  12. Dougie D

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    Brilliant race :)
     
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  13. sprintdave

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    Yep fab and I love my daughter. Lol
    Great show all round, the slow old fox, GOAT?(No way, sorry even tho I am a fan) , still ended up best Yamaha, shame for Quartaro as he would have shook things up. Also Miller, seat comes off ffs.
    Roll on Argentina.
     
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  14. mappster

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    I will have to try this next race. Only just watched Moto 2.

    Two cracking races so far. I'm hoping that the big one follows suit
     
  15. Wessa

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    You won't be disappointed.
     
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  16. Tiglet

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    Excellent race meet, well worth watching
     
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  17. mappster

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    Cracking race. I felt sorry for Rins. It looks like the Suzuki could be up there this year
     
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  18. Pete Farrell

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    Whats happened to the highlights we used to get on channel 5? Can you watch it free on the net? Dinosaurs R us.
     
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  19. Glyn Phillips

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    Quest tonight
     
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  20. Yorkshireman

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    Dunno about anyone else but I wasn’t overly impressed with the Quest coverage of the gp highlights. I thought the camera work wasn’t great, kept getting helicopter noise coming through on the trackside microphones, and the commentators lacked knowledge (whoever they were).
    On the upside I thought Rossi rode a pretty good race coming through from 14th to 5th and it would be unfair not to give Suzuki a shout, and great to see Cal pushing for the podium strongly. Shame it all got a bit political with the protest over the Ducati and it’s aero swingarm.
     
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