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50th year of GP racing for Yamaha

Monday, 31 January 2011
The Japanese factory will celebrate the special milestone with a number of actions over the course of 2011.


The 2011 season will be a landmark one in the history of Yamaha as the Iwata factory enters its 50th year in the MotoGP World Championship. To mark the achievement a number of celebratory actions and events will be undertaken by Yamaha, who first entered the world of Grand Prix racing at the French GP in 1961.
A special logo has been designed and will be displayed on the uniforms, bikes and in the garages of the Yamaha Factory Racing Team, whilst a dedicated website will go live on February 1st and will contain an archive of the history of Yamaha’s involvement in racing.
For fans attending the Motegi and Assen rounds there will be the thrill of seeing some of the factory’s iconic machines on track. The 1974 YZR-500 (OW20), Yamaha's first 500cc factory bike, and the 1978 YZR-500 (OW35K) on which Kenny Roberts took three Championships will both be on display. Also part of the year-long celebration will be a unique Yamaha 50th Anniversary livery design on the bikes of Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies at the Dutch GP.
“These 50 years of continued challenge at the top level of the sport would not have been possible without the support of the fans, our suppliers and sponsors and the race organisers,” said President, CEO and Representative Director of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Mr Hiroyuki Yanagi. “I would like to take this opportunity to extend my sincere thanks to everyone for this.”
“Yamaha Motor Company began participating in races from the year of our company's founding in 1955. Our history of competition in the World GP began in 1961, when we entered a team with riders Taneharu Noguchi and Fumio Ito in that year's French GP. In these 50 years of competition, Yamaha has tasted sweet victories as well as bitter defeats, but through it all we have never lost the "spirit of challenge" that we started out with. We are both grateful and proud that one of the highlights of our history of World GP competition came last season, when Yamaha won the Triple Crown of rider, team and manufacturer titles in the pinnacle MotoGP class for the third consecutive year. This is another achievement that would not have been possible without the support of the fans and everyone involved. At the same time, I believe it stands as proof that our spirit of challenge is as alive today as it was five decades ago.”

 

[wino]

I get that this is not much of a story guys but watch this lad, he gonna be around for a long time, more from Marco later this year

Márquez describes new Moto2 ride

Monday, 31 January 2011
The Spanish rider gives a detailed guide of the Suter machine he will ride in his debut season in the intermediate class in 2011.


Marc Márquez reviews his new Moto2 in detail
Marc Márquez steps up to Moto2 in 2011 after his title-winning 125cc campaign last year, and the young Spaniard will do so on a Suter MMXI machine riding for Team Catalunya Caixa Repsol.
In the attached free video Márquez gives a technical overview of his 2011 bike, discussing its various features as he prepares for his debut year in Moto2.

 

[p4irs]

check this out wino lol

 

[oldcunt]

huh ..big deal 4skin ..be more affective if he ran over her then porked the bitch while she writhing in pain ...

 

[wino]

nice pic p4irs


Stoner, Pedrosa and Dovizioso off to a strong start at Sepang

Tuesday, 1 February 2011
The Repsol Honda trio were back on track on Tuesday at the Malaysian circuit for the first official three-day test of the year.


Stoner feeling good after first Sepang run on RC212V
Repsol Honda riders Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso started an intensive Testing schedule on the first of three days at Sepang on Tuesday, dividing out the Japanese factory’s planned workload and completing a highly satisfactory opening session.
Dovizioso started the day riding his RC212V with a 2011 front fork and also tried the new version of the bike’s chassis for the first time. Stoner and Pedrosa kept the 2010 suspension as the Australian set the best time of the day with a 2’01.574, whilst his Spanish team-mate enjoyed a positive feeling as he tested out his recovering collarbone.
”It’s been a very positive day,” said Stoner. “We didn't change the set-up too much compared to the one we had in Valencia and I am pleased to see that even if the circuit is different, it still works pretty well here in Sepang. We did some work later on with the engine braking to decrease some chattering and looks like we found a good solution. In the next two days we will start testing something new but for me, it was a very good way to come back on track after the winter break.”
Likewise Pedrosa was also very satisfied after the opening day, and said: "My priority was to see how I was on the bike after so long without riding and the feeling has been positive. Obviously I still have less strength under braking and lack of stability in the shoulder with the direction changes, but the cramps have gone and this is very positive for me. I started with the 2010 bike to get the feeling back and because in the second half of the season our bike was competitive, and we want to begin improving from there. Then I tried a new swingarm and a new chassis, in the last two runs, and my best lap time has been with the new parts, so it's also positive. The plan for tomorrow (Wednesday) is to test the new engine."
For Dovizioso the biggest highlight of the day was how well all three riders eased back into being comfortable and quick after more than two months off.
"I’m happy because this year we are starting from a very good base. All Honda riders are very competitive so I’m confident and this is an extra boost for me,” he said. “Today we tested the new engine, it has more power in the low revs and this helps me with the line. We also tested the new chassis and it has some positive and negative points and we need to understand it better. We did a comparison work with the 2010 and 2011 fork, the stability in the front has improved but we must rectify some vibrations in the middle of the corner, together with work on the suspension. I lapped at two-tenths from the first riders when they were using the same tyre, choosing not to use the soft tyre in the end because we focused on understanding the new machine."

 

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Lorenzo and Spies commence 2011 task

Tuesday, 1 February 2011
The Yamaha Factory Racing Team riders were up to speed quickly on day one of the Sepang Test, and both finished ready to push on across the next two days.


Lorenzo notes improvements and targets more
Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies began tackling the first official MotoGP Test of the year at Sepang on Tuesday, and it was a productive opening day for the Yamaha Factory Racing Team duo in Malaysia.
Both re-familiarising themselves with the M1after a two-month winter break without riding a MotoGP bike, the pace was immediately there and Lorenzo ended the day second fastest on the timesheet (2’01.977) with Spies fifth (2’02.332).
"It's been a good start today, we tried a few things and it seemed that for everything we tried it was a little bit better,” said Lorenzo, who was fractionally over four-tenths off fastest rider Casey Stoner. “They’re not big improvements but as I said in Valencia at the Test last year, the 2011 bike seems to have less wheelie so we can open the throttle earlier in the corners and in some corners I have better corner speed as well.”
Lorenzo added: “Today was my first ride wearing Alpinestars so there were a lot of things for me to get used to. We pushed a bit more towards the end of the session and got faster, we will continue to make the step tomorrow.”
Spies, at a further 0.355s behind his team-mate, was also very satisfied with the day’s efforts and after refreshing his feeling with the M1 is now prepared for a busy next two days.
"Today was good. The weather forecast wasn't so great so to get as much time on the bike as we did was good,” said the American, who escaped a minor fall early in the day without any damage. “We set out to not do too many laps to avoid getting tired, it's easy to over-do it on the first day. We did enough to get my head up to speed then relaxed as we have a lot to look at over the next two days for Yamaha and Bridgestone.”
“It's my first day with the new team and they were fantastic, everybody worked together really well,” he continued. “We ended up going faster than we did here last year in the race which shows my confidence in the bike and the team. There's more to come from the bike and from me too, so I'm looking forward to tomorrow."
Lorenzo and Spies will spend Wednesday working on various areas of the 2011 M1 development, along with testing tyres for Bridgestone.

 

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Pedrosa tops Malaysia day two times at midway stage

Wednesday, 2 February 2011
The first official MotoGP Test of 2011 reached its halfway point on Wednesday, with Dani Pedrosa leading the lap times by the lunch break ahead of Ben Spies. Valentino Rossi was 14th fastest by the interval.


There was no let-up at Sepang on Wednesday as the MotoGP class dived straight back into action for day two of the official Test at the Malaysian circuit, and by 2pm local time – at which point the field broke for lunch – Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa was the fastest by a margin of 0.738s thanks to the first and, so far only, sub-2'01” lap of the Test.
Starting the second day with the plan to test the new RC212V engine, Pedrosa posted an effort of 2'00.770 on just his fourth lap, and that left him over seven-tenths clear at the top of the timesheet at exactly the halfway stage of the three-day Test. Next in line was factory Yamaha rider Ben Spies, who began working on engine settings and was four-thousandths of a second ahead of Andrea Dovizioso.
The Italian of the Repsol Honda outfit was working on new front forks, different to those being ridden on by team-mates Pedrosa and Casey Stoner, and Dovizioso's best lap so far of 2'01.512 edged him into third place just ahead of World Campion Jorge Lorenzo who occupied fourth by lunch time.
Yesterday's fastest Stoner was fifth by that stage on his factory RC212V, and his best of 2'01.610 was just over three-hundredths behind the day one lap that made him quickest on Tuesday. The Australian was followed in the order by Rizla Suzuki rider Álvaro Bautista, who set out testing a new frame on the GSV-R on Wednesday, along with exhaust and suspension. The Spaniard lapped at 2'01.687 early on, a time which left him in sixth fastest.
Colin Edwards was a happy man after day one and the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider picked up where he left off, continuing on set-up work and also trying out new tyres for Bridgestone. The American's best lap of the opening session on day two was a 2'01.731 which placed him seventh.
Two more Hondas were in the top ten by 2pm and San Carlo Gresini team-mates Marco Simoncelli and Hiroshi Aoyama were separated by less than a tenth of a second. The Italian rider was testing a new handbrake against an older version, as well as comparing front forks on the RC212V.
Nicky Hayden was the quickest Ducati around the track in the first half of the day, the factory rider's 2'02.379 leaving him in tenth spot and 1.609s off Pedrosa's early pace. Randy de Puniet (Pramac Racing) and Héctor Barberá (Aspar Team) followed on their respective GP11 machines, with Valentino Rossi in 14th position and 2.024s behind Pedrosa as he continues to work around his problematic shoulder, which limited his ability to push on the previous day.
Cal Crutchlow (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), Loris Capirossi (Pramac Racing), rookie Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing) and Toni Elías (LCR Honda) completed the order by lunch.
You can remain up to date with the live lap times by clicking here.

 

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Rossi exercising patience with shoulder

Wednesday, 2 February 2011
The Italian completed a productive second day at Sepang, where he was able to test different fairings on the Desmosedici to aid his recovering shoulder.


Valentino Rossi’s position on the timesheet at the Sepang Test may be uncharacteristic for the Italian, but as the last two days have passed the Ducati rider has gained increasing encouragement from what he has been able to do on the Desmosedici.
Twelfth fastest on day one with a best time of 2’03.365 Rossi improved by almost eight-tenths of a second on Wednesday to end 13th but with a lap of 2’02.597, and he explained how his shoulder was affecting his progress.
“Being able to ride again today is important because the shoulder isn’t getting worse under the continued strain. Everything is fine while riding under 2’03”, then when I try to take another second off the strength diminishes and the pain increases,” he said. “It needs more time, without doubt. The situation will improve, but it will be a wait until May. Only then will we be able to work extensively on the bike, because everything we do now could be thrown into doubt when we record more competitive times, when my physical condition is perfect.”
Discussing the areas focused on during day two in Malaysia, Rossi continued: “Today we tried a lot of things, especially with the aerodynamics. We focused on comparing fairings and riding with and without wings, and I’m more inclined towards the latter option. The fact is that I’m not in the best physical condition and with the wings I find more resistance in corner entry, which is not good for my shoulder. One of the things we need to improve is going through the turns, because I can’t turn the bike as I would like to. Tomorrow we’re going to continue working with the same enthusiasm as we had today, and at the end of the Test we’ll leave with a lot of information.”
Another important aspect worked on by Rossi and his crew was tyres, which he indicated had a big impact on the handling of the GP11.
“We also did a Test with the tyres, and that’s something that the Ducati depends a lot on as its behaviour changes a lot depending on whether the tyres are hard or soft,” he stated. “The results haven’t been bad, but we haven’t solved the problems with vibration in the front yet. When it starts to vibrate the bike is really difficult to handle.”
Having seen Wednesday’s fastest rider Dani Pedrosa post a best lap some 1.827s quicker than his own, Rossi assessed the competition with whom he has been sharing the track over the past two days.
“Everybody seems to be very much in shape, both the bikes and the riders. It’s normal to go harder in Testing than during a GP weekend. When you have three days in which to ride you can ride fast all day because it makes the bike perform better, and above all because there’s more rubber on the track,” he said, before adding a comment about his aims for the third and final day on Thursday.
“For this reason I think that tomorrow I can go even faster. Our objective is to improve our times, but mainly to improve my feeling with the bike and find how to ride with less difficulty,” he concluded.

 

[wino]

IF your a real fan of the Moto, well all hope this team will truley get some realistic backing from thier company and finish in the top 5 this year



Bautista steps it up in Malaysia Test

Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Rizla Suzuki’s Álvaro Bautista continued the first test of 2011 in encouraging form on Wednesday by recording his fastest ever time at the Sepang circuit.


Bautista clocked a time of 2’01.687 during the morning session of today’s test, faster than his qualifying time at last year’s Malaysian Grand Prix. He completed 63 laps and finished in eighth place on the timesheet, 0.917s from the quickest, but only 0.253s from second place.
The team was again able to evaluate many new developments to the Suzuki GSV-R, including different chassis and rear swingarm, and to make comparisons between previous parts and updated components for the machine. Bautista was happy with his day’s work and is looking forward to finishing the test on a positive note.
Rizla Suzuki has one more day at Sepang in which it plans to complete race simulation runs as well as continuing with the remainder of its intensive test schedule.
Álvaro Bautista:
“Immediately when I left the pit lane this morning the feeling was more normal than yesterday – after my first day back at work it was easier to understand everything. On my first run I set a good lap time and this was very close to the fastest guys, except Dani who made a real qualifying lap! Much more important was that I could make high 2’01” lap times with very old tyres, and my rhythm felt good. Also, I tried three different chassis today and the results of that test were quite clear, and we have made an improvement to front feeling and turning. The engineers have also done some good work with the traction control and this is helping me get out of the corners more smoothly.”
“Anyway, now I am quite tired after 63 laps and I didn’t push for a fast time at the end of the day like many guys did – it’s more important to understand the bike on old tyres. I am very happy with the developments Suzuki has made, and I’m enjoying myself – I think we can have some fun this season!”
Rizla Suzuki press release

 

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First MotoGP Test of 2011 ends with Simoncelli on top

Thursday, 3 February 2011
The San Carlo Honda Gresini rider finished Thursday at the Sepang Test with the fastest time of the entire three days. Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo were second and third fastest respectively, with Valentino Rossi tenth.


Sepang Test 2011 - Day 3
The first on-track MotoGP action of the year concluded at Sepang on Thursday, and in an exciting opening chapter of the pre-season period it was Marco Simoncelli who topped the third and final day’s timesheet in Malaysia. The San Carlo Honda Gresini rider posted a 2’00.757 on his second of 42 laps, an effort that registered the best time of the entire Test and which was just 0.239s off Valentino Rossi’s 2009 circuit best lap.
The Ducati rider has also been one of the main focuses of attention throughout these three days, and he ended Thursday tenth in the timings with a lap of 2’01.842 – 1.085s off his fellow compatriot’s scorching marker.
Casey Stoner has been in fine form throughout this Test and the new Repsol Honda recruit was one of four riders to join Simoncelli under the 2’01” mark on the final day. The Australian’s effort of 2’00.811 was noted on his 38th of 42 laps, thus continuing his pattern of setting his best time late in the day and showing no lingering effects of a fall at Turn 5 earlier on.
World Champion Jorge Lorenzo was just 0.088s off Simoncelli as he placed his factory M1 as the highest Yamaha of the day. The Spaniard, who performed a tyre test in the afternoon, was precisely 0.1s faster than Andrea Dovizioso, whose Repsol Honda machine was the third RC212V inside the top four by the close of play.
Ben Spies’ integration into the Yamaha Factory Racing Team set-up maintained its smooth rate of progress. The American, using this Test to bond with his crew, finished Thursday with a time of 2’01.002 having ridden 60 laps, his best effort coming on the sixth of those. A brace of Hondas then followed, with Dani Pedrosa (+0.484s on Simoncelli) rounding off what has been an encouraging Test for the Repsol Honda rider who came into the Test hoping for no major problems with his collarbone. His best time from Wednesday also stood as the second fastest of the Test overall. Hiroshi Aoyama (+0.596s) appears to be making a slick transition to the San Carlo Honda Gresini set-up, and completed the highest number of laps of any rider with 63.
The highest placing Ducati on Thursday was that of Nicky Hayden. The factory team rider tried out different race settings on the GP11, and he and fellow American Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) were the last two to come within a second of Simoncelli’s top time.
Rossi then led a group of five Ducatis, the Italian running a new set-up on the final day and managing to deal with the chatter issue that had been affecting his GP11. Héctor Barberá (Aspar Team), Loris Capirossi and Randy de Puniet of Pramac Racing, and Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing) occupied positions 11 to 14.
British rookie Cal Crutchlow put in 44 laps on the last day, setting a time of 2’02.717 on his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 machine, with Toni Elías (LCR Honda) completing the MotoGP riders on track. Álvaro Bautista was absent from the final day due to illness, leaving Suzuki Test rider Nobu Aoki to carry out the Japanese factory’s scheduled workload.
You can view the final lap times from each of the three days by clicking here.

 

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Elías still in search of setting

Friday, 4 February 2011
The LCR Honda rider battled flu throughout the Sepang Test as he sought the right set-up for his RC212V.


LCR Honda’s Spanish rider Toni Elias got back on track aboard his RC212V in preparation for the forthcoming season completing 177 laps in total throughout the three days of testing despite having the flu.
Elías and his squad tried several adjustments to make a step up in their machine performance as the Spaniard continued his adaptation to the new bike after a year in Moto2, and he ended the Test in Malaysia with a best lap of 2’02.916.
Toni Elías:
“It was a difficult three days of testing for me. I flew to Malaysia one week earlier to train in this heat and to avoid jetlag but three days ago I started to feel sick. At the end I had to take antibiotics for the flu so physically I was not okay and this bike requires good physical form. Despite the flu I think we had three productive days trying different adjustments to get more confidence and more stability on track. However we still have a lot of work to do because I am struggling to find the right setting for me but this is normal as I am continuing my adaptation to the RC212V. I lapped at 2’01” in 2009 on a MotoGP bike so I am sure we will find the way to reduce the gap.”

 

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Aitchison Joins Pedercini For 2011

Newsflash, 4 February 2011
The line-up of the Pedercini Kawasaki WSBK team has been completed by the signing of Australian rider Mark Aitchison, who joins the squad in time to make a start at his home round at Phillip Island.

Mark will team up with Roberto Rolfo in the Superbike class, completing what will be a strong two-pronged attack over the 13-round season. The team will also be bolstered at the first round in Australia on February 27 by regular Pedercini Superstock 1000 FIM Cup rider Bryan Staring, who will ride as a wild card a his home round.

Said Aitchison of his dream move to the Pedercini Kawasaki setup, “To say I am excited now about the season ahead is a major understatement. To race in the World Superbike class has always been a dream of mine and to be given this opportunity with a team that has such a long history in World Superbike racing is something I am very proud of. I would like to thank all the Pedercini family for giving me such a wonderful chance to be a part of their team and I look forward to repaying their faith in me by focusing all my motivation and dedication toward this project. In Phillip Island I'll be riding and racing the bike for the first time, so even though it will not be easy, I understand that this is a long season. I'm looking forward to this new challenge, and I'm especially looking forward to getting back to the Phillip Island circuit, which I love to race on.”

Before the first round in Australia Mark will have the chance to test the new Ninja ZX-10R in a two day official IMS test at Phillip Island, on 21 and 22 February.

Team owner Danilo Pedercini said of his new signing, “I’m very satisfied with the agreement reached with Mark Aitchison and I’m delighted to welcome him on board. He’s an excellent addition to the team; I appreciated his riding qualities and his determination. Mark is full of enthusiasm and has a passion for racing. Together we will take on this new challenge and we firmly believe he will quickly grow. Mark is strongly motivated and he’s on the same wavelength as we are in terms of projects and targets. He’ll test the new Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R during the next Phillip Island test and of course the first two races will not be easy for him, but I’m sure that all our technicians will help him to be competitive very soon.”

 

[oldcunt]

too much reading for me ole cock ..vids only please ...lol..

 

[wino]

fucking harley riders, this is as slow as it gets

 

[oldcunt]

fucking nip rice burner riders ..go too fast to see the world go by ? dont blame them either ..worlds an ugly septic pool full of south aussies ....hehehehe

 

[wino]

lol diggin holes again

 

[oldcunt]

Holes are my quando mr big W , only problem hole get full of water when we get Fuckn big storms and 80 mill rain like last night !!

 

[wino]

get a snorkle !

here's some old pics of Ruben Xuas

 

[wino]

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/20/fgr-midalu-2500-v6-is-our-kind-of-naked-crazy/

Ever since the Tatra 87 sauntered out of production, we haven't really paid the auto industry of the Czech Republic much mind, but thanks to the efforts of a government-funded motorcycle manufacturer, that's about to change. FGR has officially taken the wraps off its first production bike, and the machine looks to be a steaming pile of awesome.

At its heart is a 2.5-liter (yes, 2.5 liters!) V6 mill with a yank-you-off-the-saddle 240 horsepower. There's a heap of carbon fiber on board to keep weight as low as possible, and as a result, the bike weighs in at a relatively feathery 595 pounds (claimed).

If the figures aren't enough to pick up your pulse, the bike's design should be. FGR scrapped the traditional fairings for a naked look that shows off that monstrous V6 and plenty of milled aluminum. Combined with a short tail and a vertical, six-pipe exhaust treatment, the Midalu looks meaner than ought to be legal.

If you want one as badly as we do, you better get ready to fork over a sizeable stack of cash. FGR hasn't said exactly how much it will ask for its first production bike, but since the company is only shooting to produce six units in the first year, you can bet these things won't be cheap.

 

[oldcunt]

Mick doohen racing on channel 12 dude ?