MotoGp 2022

[bigoltool]

Been reading and watching a lot of coverage on Pedro Acosta this preseason. By most accounts every MotoGP team is already jockeying for position to get him into their bike for next year. He won the Moto3 title in his rookie year and has already shown major speed in his Moto 2 debut season. Will KTM be able to retain him, without a straight transfer to the factory squad? Kid is a phenom no question, is he the new Marc Marquez?

Sorry for the Dorna blockage, you have to watch the video on YouTube unfortunately.

[bigoltool]

If you had to pick one...

[CBXRider]

Well, the Suzy is the prettiest but I’d like to give VRs new Ducatis a try.

[bigoltool]

Alot of bad stuff going on in this world at the moment so...

1983 French GP, Mamola is about to swerve straight into Eddie Lawson on the right taking them both down.

4 days to Qatar!

[fallenarch]

Are there any Russian riders or team owners in MotoGP?

[bigoltool]

Are there any Russian riders or team owners in MotoGP?

Not that I know of...

[fallenarch]

Not that I know of...

That's sort of interesting aside from all the excitement lately. A lot of money and know-how in Russia, I would think they would want to play on the track.

[bigoltool]

So Suzuki Ecstar actually posted this picture on Twitter... Couldn't find a better image of this track than that? Just me?

3 days to Qatar!

[bigoltool]

That's sort of interesting aside from all the excitement lately. A lot of money and know-how in Russia, I would think they would want to play on the track.

I am sure a good deal of the titanium that makes its way onto these bikes originates there! This is a picture I took last week at the museum of flight in Seattle. Just about everything you see on this plane is Titanium, sourced by a whole bunch of CIA shell companies directly from Russia! What a feather it must have been in their caps to stick it to them like that, knowing the planes single purpose was to spy on those same Russians! Kelly Johnsons Magnum Opus. Sorry I'm a plane geek too.

[fallenarch]

I am sure a good deal of the titanium that makes its way onto these bikes originates there! This is a picture I took last week at the museum of flight in Seattle. Just about everything you see on this plane is Titanium, sourced by a whole bunch of CIA shell companies directly from Russia! What a feather it must have been in their caps to stick it to them like that, knowing the planes single purpose was to spy on those same Russians! Kelly Johnsons Magnum Opus. Sorry I'm a plane geek too.
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I've seen those SR-71s leaving for missions over china (I guess) when we were in Japan. They roared out of the hanger (guarded by tanks), down the runway, and straight-up until they disappeared. Amazing.

I'm betting the crap they went through to get titanium for that plane was a big reason they went so quickly to composites:

The F-22 construction is 39% titanium, 24% composite, 16% aluminium and 1% thermoplastic by weight. Titanium is used for its high strength-to-weight ratio in critical stress areas, including some of the bulkheads, and also for its heat-resistant qualities in the hot sections of the aircraft.

[bigoltool]

I've seen those SR-71s leaving for missions over china (I guess) when we were in Japan. They roared out of the hanger (guarded by tanks), down the runway, and straight-up until they disappeared. Amazing.

I'm betting the crap they went through to get titanium for that plane was a big reason they went so quickly to composites:

The F-22 construction is 39% titanium, 24% composite, 16% aluminium and 1% thermoplastic by weight. Titanium is used for its high strength-to-weight ratio in critical stress areas, including some of the bulkheads, and also for its heat-resistant qualities in the hot sections of the aircraft.

The primary reason for using on Titanium on "project Oxcart" was of course the weight, but also the expansion and contraction characteristics needed to survive the thermal cycling getting up to, and back down from Mach 3+. The plane actually grew 3-4" at speed! The leading edge of the fuselage and wings got hotter than your oven at those speeds. Composites were a long ways off in the 1950's when this was designed and built; that it was designed without modern Computer simulation and design tools is truly remarkable.

[CBXRider]

I stopped by an aircraft museum in Oregon where the Spruce Goose is (inside) despite it HUGENESS and these were the fast movers they had on display.

[bigoltool]

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That museum at McMinnville Oregon is amazing! Been years since I've been there.

[rd99]

If you had to pick one...
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Aprilia all day

[bigoltool]

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MotoGP Testing Review: Suzuki – The Quiet Threat

With everyone's focus elsewhere, Suzuki's new and update MotoGP form is looking like the quiet contender for the 2022 MotoGP Championship title.

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[CBXRider]

I’ll bet that paint scheme would sell street bikes, maybe even a Hayabusa.

[bigoltool]

You just had to know this was coming. MSMA to meet to discuss the Ducati Front Ride height device(s).

MotoGP, Ducati sotto attacco: la MotoGP cerca un 'centro di gravità'

MotoGP: In una riunione della MSMA oggi si discuterà anche dell'ultima diavoleria di Borgo Panigale: l'abbassatore anteriore. La storia si ripete: nel 2019 Dall'Igna dovette difendere il 'cucchiaio'

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[bigoltool]

I honestly don't think any of them have a chance, but still good to see 3 Americans getting into the show! Joe Roberts decision not to take that Aprilia ride still baffles me.

Three: a welcome crowd for America in 2022

Roberts and Beaubier are joined by 2021 MotoAmerica Supersport Champion Dylan Kelly in 2022, as the USA continue their Grand Prix revival

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[bigoltool]

This one I did not see coming. Bagnaia and Miller to run the 2021 motor this season, as opposed to the motor they just spent 2 years develeoping... Head scratcher.

Factory Ducati riders switch to year-old MotoGP engines for 2022

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[CBXRider]

This one I did not see coming. Bagnaia and Miller to run the 2021 motor this season, as opposed to the motor they just spent 2 years develeoping... Head scratcher.

Factory Ducati riders switch to year-old MotoGP engines for 2022

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Apparently it was Bagnaia’s call which will require Miller to use it too noting that the new motor’s power delivery was “a little bit aggressive” and was not enough of an approvement over last year’s motor. They’ll be stuck with it all year too. How’d you like to have a street ducati with a motor that was ‘a little bit aggressive’?