http://www.motogp.com/en/TestResults...ng+Test+2+2010
Less than .20 off Stoner.
Here's hoping this isn't a one off time.


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Further noteworthy stuff:

Rossi's iron grip on top position.

Dovizioso faster than Pedrosa *again*.

Edwards predictably effective.

Spies continues to impress.

Melandri behind some of the greenhorns... it'll probably be his last
year in MotoGP.

Mark N wrote:

> ... Team Techsas ...

Heh heh, I like that one.

Bruce

http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/gen/2...n-su-moto.html

Another year, and Pedrosa once again starts with excuses. His attitude
seems to be to simply magically expect Honda to provide him with a
superior bike every year. I think his greatest visible limitation is
his blatant, long-time inability to direct Honda's mighty resources in
a winning direction. He has no clue. He just rides. And that's not
even remotely enough.

Honda so clearly needs a new number one. So who are the top guys that
could steer Honda in the right direction? Why not a Spies connection,
eventually?

Why do Honda Greasy[ni] bother these days. Must have a magic
paymaster, Toseland got the chop for results twice as good as them.

>interesting that on this day Rossi was followed by the entire
>Aussie-American contingent, and that the top five also included four of
>the five "big" guys, who weigh over 145 pounds.

With the power outputs so close, the weight of the rider is less a
factor than having access to a wind tunnel for the factory team to
fine tune the fairing shapes.

Mark N <(E-Mail Removed)> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:09
>MotoGP.com, even with the new giants - really little guys, no matter
>how you look at it...

Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
To live

They got little hands
Little eyes
They walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet

Well, I don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
`Round here

ps. There's some Spanish guy who's been doing pretty well in Moto2
testing. Ended up 3rd in the timings, I believe. Strange though to see a
Spaniard called Kenny.

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On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:09 -0800, Mark N <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in <(E-Mail Removed)>:

> Btw, even with the addition of relative giants Spies and Simoncelli, and
> using the inflated weight figures from MotoGP.com (Lorenzo 65kg?
> Please...), the 2010 grid averages 61.9kg or 136.3lbs, right about where
> it's been since 2008 and roughly 12lbs less than it was five years ago.
> And over three years the average 800 race winner weighs in at under 134
> lbs (using a more realistic weight for Jorge); take away throwback GOAT
> Rossi and now-gone one-time wet winner Vermeulen and that drops to under
> 126 pounds, for over 60% of the race wins. And the average height of the
> grid is now 171cm or 5'7" according to MotoGP.com, even with the new
> giants - really little guys, no matter how you look at it...

No, they're giants -- I'm 165 cm. OTOH, I'm a bit[1] over 61.9 kg.

[1] OK, 16.6 kg this morning, and that's the lightest I've been in years...

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