North West 200
Discussion
Do people think a lot of MD moving around is because he is hard to work with, demanding? Or is it money related? Or something else? he never seems to stay in teams for very long. Is the old Dunlop thing of doing his own work on the bike that annoyed Honda for years with Joey before they basically just left him to it!!
LukeBrown66 said:
The comparison is simple.
If you look at Cookstown, Tandragee, Billown, IOM they are bumpy, tight roads in places and open in others.
NW is fairly flat, not especially bumpy in comparison to the real road tracks and more like a real short track in many places than the TT course for example, OM is a proper track, but very very narrow.
For me there are three types of road course, the true stuff like the Irish stuff and green lanes of old, the TT, and then the more short circuit style road tracks like NW, Oliver's, Bathurst, even perhaps Macau or Aberdare, there is something that separates these tracks from full on short circuits, that's all.
I've never, ever heard anyone talk about the NW200 being a 'short circuit' style course.If you look at Cookstown, Tandragee, Billown, IOM they are bumpy, tight roads in places and open in others.
NW is fairly flat, not especially bumpy in comparison to the real road tracks and more like a real short track in many places than the TT course for example, OM is a proper track, but very very narrow.
For me there are three types of road course, the true stuff like the Irish stuff and green lanes of old, the TT, and then the more short circuit style road tracks like NW, Oliver's, Bathurst, even perhaps Macau or Aberdare, there is something that separates these tracks from full on short circuits, that's all.
PorkInsider said:
I've never, ever heard anyone talk about the NW200 being a 'short circuit' style course.
Read what he said; it's mainly flat, with good sight lines, as you would find on a short circuit. And it's relatively easy to learn; That's why some racers will do the NW200, but not other road races, like the TT. I don't think he means it's a short circuit, but it produces 'short circuit racing'.LukeBrown66 said:
Do people think a lot of MD moving around is because he is hard to work with, demanding? Or is it money related? Or something else? he never seems to stay in teams for very long. Is the old Dunlop thing of doing his own work on the bike that annoyed Honda for years with Joey before they basically just left him to it!!
Not sure, but several of the 'top' riders seem to change bikes from arriving to the actual race.Just watching the live stream. Typical Irish weather I'm looking out of my window in Sussex at bright sunshine and blue skies but the roads on the screen in Ireland are soaking wet pouring rain with umbrellas everywhere.
It still looks like they are going to race but I bet it doesn't last long
It still looks like they are going to race but I bet it doesn't last long
k that for a game of soldiers
Yazza54 said:
Don't know the bald fellas name (BBC NI presenter) but you'd think after all these years he would have figured out a way of getting Phil McCallen to shut his trap 
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