RE: PH meets John McGuinness

RE: PH meets John McGuinness

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arollingstone

107 posts

147 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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I hate to say this, but McGuinness just seems to be a bit of a boring chap. I mean there is certainly no doubting his skill on the bike, but still... maybe I'm just too much of a Guy Martin fanboy haa...

y2blade

56,029 posts

214 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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arollingstone said:
I hate to say this, but McGuinness just seems to be a bit of a boring chap. I mean there is certainly no doubting his skill on the bike, but still... maybe I'm just too much of a Guy Martin fanboy haa...
shout Get out!....mind your arse on the door >>>>>>>>


GTIR

24,741 posts

265 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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y2blade said:
tight5 said:
Porkie said:
I have now seen a new side to Mark Webber. Respect
he must like his bikes




on the back of bayliss ( i wouldn't do that )
I knew that was Bayliss straight away, he has his own unique style and flare cool
But you don't LOVE HIM, do you.

biggrin

y2blade

56,029 posts

214 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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GTIR said:
y2blade said:
tight5 said:
Porkie said:
I have now seen a new side to Mark Webber. Respect
he must like his bikes




on the back of bayliss ( i wouldn't do that )
I knew that was Bayliss straight away, he has his own unique style and flare cool
But you don't LOVE HIM, do you.

biggrin
Yep yes

GTIR

24,741 posts

265 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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y2blade said:
GTIR said:
y2blade said:
tight5 said:
Porkie said:
I have now seen a new side to Mark Webber. Respect
he must like his bikes




on the back of bayliss ( i wouldn't do that )
I knew that was Bayliss straight away, he has his own unique style and flare cool
But you don't LOVE HIM, do you.

biggrin
Yep yes
So, what about Foggy?

y2blade

56,029 posts

214 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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GTIR said:
y2blade said:
GTIR said:
y2blade said:
tight5 said:
Porkie said:
I have now seen a new side to Mark Webber. Respect
he must like his bikes




on the back of bayliss ( i wouldn't do that )
I knew that was Bayliss straight away, he has his own unique style and flare cool
But you don't LOVE HIM, do you.

biggrin
Yep yes
So, what about Foggy?
oooh yes yes I got my photo taken with him at the NEC last year.



GTIR

24,741 posts

265 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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y2blade said:
oooh yes yes I got my photo taken with him at the NEC last year.
What about that fat bearded paramedic biker on "Emergency Bikers"?

Biker's Nemesis

38,536 posts

207 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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y2blade said:
GTIR said:
y2blade said:
GTIR said:
y2blade said:
tight5 said:
Porkie said:
I have now seen a new side to Mark Webber. Respect
he must like his bikes




on the back of bayliss ( i wouldn't do that )
I knew that was Bayliss straight away, he has his own unique style and flare cool
But you don't LOVE HIM, do you.

biggrin
Yep yes
So, what about Foggy?
oooh yes yes I got my photo taken with him at the NEC last year.
I love Foggy, he's my hero.

y2blade

56,029 posts

214 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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GTIR said:
y2blade said:
oooh yes yes I got my photo taken with him at the NEC last year.
What about that fat bearded paramedic biker on "Emergency Bikers"?
fk off Adam.
was watching that last night.
He looks like Julian Ryder doesn't he! biggrin

GTIR

24,741 posts

265 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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y2blade said:
GTIR said:
y2blade said:
oooh yes yes I got my photo taken with him at the NEC last year.
What about that fat bearded paramedic biker on "Emergency Bikers"?
fk off Adam.
was watching that last night.
He looks like Julian Ryder doesn't he! biggrin
Er?
Who's this Adam you speak of?

Anyways.
That McGuiness bloke, top bloke.
whistle

norfolkscooby

3,175 posts

154 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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arollingstone said:
I hate to say this, but McGuinness just seems to be a bit of a boring chap. I mean there is certainly no doubting his skill on the bike, but still... maybe I'm just too much of a Guy Martin fanboy haa...
Boring? Really? You clearly know jack st about racing. Mcpint is one of the funniest guys I know, and his antics whilst on the beer are legendary!

GTIR

24,741 posts

265 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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norfolkscooby said:
arollingstone said:
I hate to say this, but McGuinness just seems to be a bit of a boring chap. I mean there is certainly no doubting his skill on the bike, but still... maybe I'm just too much of a Guy Martin fanboy haa...
Boring? Really? You clearly know jack st about racing. Mcpint is one of the funniest guys I know, and his antics whilst on the beer are legendary!
Tell us more! bounce

y2blade

56,029 posts

214 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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norfolkscooby said:
arollingstone said:
I hate to say this, but McGuinness just seems to be a bit of a boring chap. I mean there is certainly no doubting his skill on the bike, but still... maybe I'm just too much of a Guy Martin fanboy haa...
Boring? Really? You clearly know jack st about racing. Mcpint is one of the funniest guys I know, and his antics whilst on the beer are legendary!
you heard about his Stag-do then? biggrin

d8mok

1,815 posts

204 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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Whenever you see mcguiness he is always happy to chat to everyone and have his picture taken and seems like a real good guy. I was a big guy martin fan but he's so unapproachable compared to john.

y2blade

56,029 posts

214 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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d8mok said:
Whenever you see mcguiness he is always happy to chat to everyone and have his picture taken and seems like a real good guy. I was a big guy martin fan but he's so unapproachable compared to john.
The tide does seem to be turning against Guy tbh, you see it on the Rock.

Chatting with other fans in the pubs they say much the same about, he wants nothing to do with the fans and has no time for that side of things at all.

frown




GTIR

24,741 posts

265 months

Thursday 7th June 2012
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That saddens me as he (Martin) came across in that engineering programme (on the canal boat) as a top bloke.

Mind you, after his interview tonight I was left with a "wtf just happened!" thought in my head as I couldn't keep up with his indecipherable ravings! hehe

BlackPrince

1,271 posts

168 months

Friday 8th June 2012
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norfolkscooby said:
Boring? Really? You clearly know jack st about racing.
Well thats a bit of a tttish thing to say isn't it?
He doesn't mean in person you dope, he means on camera! Personally I find all the TT riders interesting, yes, even Hutchy

Im sure that once he has a drink or two in him, even Stoner, Pedrosa and Lorenzo are interesting but thats not the point is it?


tight5

2,747 posts

158 months

Friday 8th June 2012
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norfolkscooby said:
arollingstone said:
I hate to say this, but McGuinness just seems to be a bit of a boring chap. I mean there is certainly no doubting his skill on the bike, but still... maybe I'm just too much of a Guy Martin fanboy haa...
Boring? Really? You clearly know jack st about racing. Mcpint is one of the funniest guys I know, and his antics whilst on the beer are legendary!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAexXyzPdg0

laugh


on a side note , hutchy's leg as it is now -



yikes

J B L

4,199 posts

214 months

Friday 8th June 2012
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graphene said:
y2blade said:
d8mok said:
Whenever you see mcguiness he is always happy to chat to everyone and have his picture taken and seems like a real good guy. I was a big guy martin fan but he's so unapproachable compared to john.
The tide does seem to be turning against Guy tbh, you see it on the Rock.

Chatting with other fans in the pubs they say much the same about, he wants nothing to do with the fans and has no time for that side of things at all.

frown
Ah, the backlash begins.

I don't appreciate this autograph- and photo-hunting. Waiting around expecting Guy to arrive, and then moaning about the inevitable no-show, is pointless ('bleurrgghhh, i love Guy, why won't he just sign my tits/face/random-item??? sob, sob'). It's a fickle 'fan' of the racing that seeks to doing something that they know interferes with it, just because they see an opportunity to do so.

I like both the contest and the personalities. If we had to listen to the same, often cloned and regurgitated, tv-talk that you get from some riders, it would be rather boring. Guy is odd, but clearly a very fast rider. If he could maintain the same focus as the others, he'd have had more success.

M Dunlop has impressed me this year. His rides in both Supersport races and the Superstock were brilliant. Such a gritty, full-on racer, and openly passionate and sincere with it.
Disliking someone because he won't sign an autograph is childish and very short sighted.

However, and it's just a personal feeling, it seems GM started developing a self obsessed image. I took a very slight dislike to him after wathching TT3D but dismissed it as a TV documentary that's been cut and re arranged for added drama but his latest columns in PB seem to confirm the trend.

Perhaps all the media attention, TV documentaries et al have gone to his head a bit but it'd be a shame if he started closing on himself whereas he could become the Valentino Rossi of road racing (in th UK anyway since no foreigner can clearly understand what he's talking about hehe ).

On the other hand I find that someone like Micheal Dunlop has mellowed a tad whilst retaining his aggressive edge. I rate him quite a lot in fact.

Regardless, they are all spectacular riders!

Just my 2p.

Fats25

6,260 posts

228 months

Friday 8th June 2012
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Just curious - where did McGuiness score MotoGP points in 2009? Who was he riding for?

I have tried to find a website with his racing career listed, but all I seem to find is related to the TT. Anyone know of anywhere that shows his full career?