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10/16/22 at 21:37:35
 
Suzuki is leaving Moto GP in 2023. To show what a mistake that is, Alex Rins moved from 10th place to win the Australian GP today, on a Suzuki GSX RR.
5 guys in contention with 2 laps to go and Rins brought it home in a superb example of why Moto GP is the most exciting form of motorsport
Captivating!!!!
Cheers!  Cool
ps: Marc Marquez is back, finishes a strong second, after 4 surgeries on his humerus, last one at the Mayo Clinic!
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Reply #1 - 10/17/22 at 14:13:40
 
He must be a lot funnier now.   Huh  I got into motorcycle GP racing back in the mid to late 80's.  We went to Laguna Seca 5 years in a row, watching in person the likes of Roberts, Mamola, Rainey, Spencer, Lawson, Gardner, Doohan, just to name a few.  Went to many Superbike races as well - Quarterly, Cooley, Shobert, and most of the guys mentioned above.  What a time to be alive!  The Unrideables and The Unrideables 2 are a couple of great movies of that 500cc GP era.  If you haven't seen them I highly recommend it.
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Reply #2 - 10/17/22 at 15:56:29
 
Glad Rins won.
If memory serves, Moto GP involves bikes of 500cc max.
Focusing on the Superbike series  will help sell those bigger, higher profit bikes.
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Reply #3 - 10/17/22 at 21:28:55
 
I grew up with Mosport my closest track. Roberts showed one year with a lot of Euro guys for the Canadian GP. Kenny and 1 or 2 others refused to race because of a wet track. All the Euro guys raced. The TZ750 was scary yet somewhat manageable.

Here's the weird bit: in spite of the scary, the TZ750 became a belly-button bike, everybody had one, a true club-racer !!!
Cheers!  Cool
ps: Bender: 500 limit went by-by decades ago, now 1000cc 4to5 cylinders, 200hp, 220mph! These are the big bikes!

https://www.cycleworld.com/yamahas-two-stroke-beast-tz750/
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Reply #4 - 10/18/22 at 23:49:45
 
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Reply #5 - 10/19/22 at 00:19:53
 
even more: historic suzuki gp rider Hugh Anderson:
https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1014003/1/hugh-anderson-becomes-motogp-lege...
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