Micky D on the V4

[NSR500]

So Mr Dunlop is doing the roads on a PBM Ducati, should be an interesting season to see how the duc holds up to the rigours of the TT course

[cuprabob]

When I saw the title and your username I was expecting to see some Mick Doohan magic on the NSR500

[anonymous-user]

NSR500 said:

So Mr Dunlop is doing the roads on a PBM Ducati, should be an interesting season to see how the duc holds up to the rigours of the TT course

I expect he will either disappear into the distance at warp speed or it will fall apart before Ramsey

[Turn7]

Will be interesting for sure, as I think Ive read that MD isnt the most mechanically sympathetic rider around.....

[Simes205]

cuprabob said:

When I saw the title and your username I was expecting to see some Mick Doohan magic on the NSR500

Me too!

[rodericb]

Simes205 said:

cuprabob said:

When I saw the title and your username I was expecting to see some Mick Doohan magic on the NSR500

Me too!

I thought it was going to be the drummer from Motorhead!

[Stuart Fordyce]

Odds on him falling out with it before the end of practice week and bringing one of his own bikes over again?

[hiccy18]

rodericb said:

I thought it was going to be the drummer from Motorhead!

WTF has Philthy Phil gotta do with it?

[Turn7]

hiccy18 said:

rodericb said:

I thought it was going to be the drummer from Motorhead!

WTF has Philthy Phil gotta do with it?

thats what I thought lol

[NSR500]

Any of the above might happen, he does have history in walking away after all.. He used to look scary at the TT then seemed more in control, but who knows what the V4 will do to him.
I wish i had a fraction of the talent that Doohan had. Oh the sound and smell of the old 2 stroke V4's.............

[Turn7]

I suspect it wont end well for either party really, which will be a shame.

[Tango13]

Turn7 said:

Will be interesting for sure, as I think Ive read that MD isnt the most mechanically sympathetic rider around.....

Iirc BMW had a bit of a moment when they saw the telemetry from his qualifying a few years back and sent an engineer over from Germany to give the engines a precautionary rebuild before race week.

[Fire99]

Turn7 said:

Will be interesting for sure, as I think Ive read that MD isnt the most mechanically sympathetic rider around.....

Every time I've seen MD ride at a number of road races, he's always been the one that as he passes by I'd wince a bit, seeing his bike all out of shape and 1/4 inch from a garden wall. He's very fast but compared to the rest of the 'grid', he seems to ride with an extra few degrees of psychotic lunacy.

[rodericb]

Turn7 said:

hiccy18 said:

rodericb said:

I thought it was going to be the drummer from Motorhead!

WTF has Philthy Phil gotta do with it?

thats what I thought lol

Okay...... The second drummer from Motorhead.....