Moto Snips & Quotes

[Ginger]

The Soup on the FX rule interpretation that allowed Buell to race a questionably legal bike:

If I were American Honda I would take the RC51 superbikes out of mothballs, drain the water out of the engines, and fill it back up with engine oil. Use the cylinder blocks as oil reservoirs like Buell uses the swingarms as oil reservoirs. Change the name of the radiator to oil cooler. Issue a press release and say that it is an air/oil cooled engine. And for good measure, I would then call HRC and commission an engine kit to bump the displacement from 1000cc to 1340cc.

If I were Yamaha I would probably boycott the class.

There was something so pure, so noble, about risking one's life for the fleeting and intangible reward of being faster around a racetrack than the next guy. While others were obsessed with the vulgar pursuits of wealth or pleasure, we were ready to sacrifice everything, for nothing. Surely there is no greater idealism than that?

Writing for motorcycle-usa.com on the Jamie James R6 - and 'that guy'

Riding an out of date sportbike with more duct tape than a Homeland Security safety kit, the spray-bombed side panels and zip ties a clear indicator of the yards this bike has traveled on its side, or upside down. With the rider possessing a set of spuds the size of grapefruits and no concept of the word tomorrow, all you can do is watch the rear end disappear into the distance.

I'd rather eat my own feces than ride for Carl Fogarty!