thought the 2nd Aprilia was going to relegate Corser off the podium yet again, but the guy got past and kept him past! Brilliant riding, and finally getting the bike to world-class track spec. I mean, all the bikes are soooo evenly matched, and much of the development of the WSBK bike has been in undoing what BMW engineered into the bike - rideability. What makes for a great amateur bike isn't so great on the track (although is Badovini putting that all to rest??). For $100K, you get to do enough mods to make the chassis "predictably unstable", at which point a world class rider can start working with that and get results (while such a bike would kill us mere mortals!)
Excellent to see Xaus finally running with the big boys. Lots of people have been writing him off, but he's a talented rider and pushes harder than the smooth and experienced Corser.
And to whom ewer commented in BMW needing younger tallent
Look who won both races - Biagi - his team mate is young & tallented but the old fart still kicks (ewerybodys) ass and wins races.
Same situation with Corser vs Xaus.
And they are developing a new bike so experience counts.
What the fook has happened to Nitro Nori Haga ?
Sykes beat him on a Kawasaki in race 2 ????????????????????
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And to whom ewer commented in BMW needing younger tallent
Look who won both races - Biagi - his team mate is young & tallented but the old fart still kicks (ewerybodys) ass and wins races.
That's because Biagi stays away from the poon juice
Speak for yourself... Not to many years back Superbikes only made the kinda power that the S1000 makes now! An people seem to be doing just fine
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Excellent to see Xaus finally running with the big boys. Lots of people have been writing him off, but he's a talented rider and pushes harder than the smooth and experienced Corser.
Please explain why you say this??? If he is so much better then why hasnt he finished in front of Troy???
No disrespect to either rider but If you look at there finishes over the last few years... they are doing more or less as good as they were with other teams... That being said Troy seems like a keeper... Xaus not so much so
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BMW needs some younger talent on those machines.
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