MotoGP

[LowRyter]

  On 3/22/2025 at 6:59 PM, PJPR01 said:

Excellent plan John...hope you can make it!  Riding the Greenie?

Was just thru Lockhart a few weeks ago on the Tour of Texas coming back from Bandera of course, had to stop at Blacks!  Mandatory stop in Lockhart as one of the stops was the Grand Courthouse just a few blocks away.

 

 

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Greenie still in the shop.  The good news is that SKF is sending a disassembly socket for 3rh time, hopefully the charm.  I'll be riding the Duc if I'm up to it.

Are you going? 

[gstallons]

MG Cycle has a socket (IDK if it is the correct socket or not) for sale on their site . $55ish . 

[LowRyter]

  On 3/22/2025 at 11:44 PM, gstallons said:

MG Cycle has a socket (IDK if it is the correct socket or not) for sale on their site . $55ish . 

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There are two, perhaps three sockets needed to remove and install the retainers.  According to Don, it's been a comedy of errors with the post office.  They are having some issues with the postman himself.  

[p6x]

Gigi Dall'Igna had confirmed that all hands are on the deck to correct the front end issue Francesco Bagnaia is currently having. I thought it had to do with the tank?

Meanwhile, Bagnaia is hinting that he may go back to the GP24 millesime rather than getting the GP24.9 up to his taste.

You can read about it on Motosprint.it

https://www.motosprint.it/news/motomondiale/2025/03/20-8018798/motogp_dall_igna_bagnaia_non_puo_e_non_deve_faticare_cosi_per_un_3_posto_

 

[p6x]

Weather forecast predicts rain for Friday on COTA. However Saturday and Sunday should be dry.

Nothing will come in between MM93 and the opportunity to get to his fifth and sixth wins of the season.

The greatest uncertainty will be about the second and third; whom will it be?

[PJPR01]

Let's hope he doesn't crash out inadvertently!

[p6x]

I am taking guesses for who will be the first of the seconds?

I watched all the vlogs of MotoGP specialists which have people at COTA last night; there is not a single one predicting anything else but two more wins for MM93.

The focus is on who could arrive behind him; Alex Marquex is not a favorie on this one, even if he probably gets some special information from his brother. Some are predicting the return of Francesco Bagnaia, which is something to be expected, but will it happen here? Maverick Viñales won last year, Alex Rins in 2023, Enea Bastianini in 2022.

So we have two of the winners on Tech 3 KTMs, and the other on a Yamaha.

Unless of course Bezzecchi find its way with the Aprilia.

[p6x]

  On 3/27/2025 at 8:00 PM, PJPR01 said:

Let's hope he doesn't crash out inadvertently!

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According to his latest interviews, he said that he is trying to ignore that everybody says he is going to win hand's down. Trying to find some unexpected challenges where they aren't. Good luck with that.