Dark Angel
Still kickin' it!
...Let the season begin...? 
...Er... Well... ...It already HAS! :}
After all these years I still can?t believe how re-lieved I feel when the racing season starts.
It always acts as a reminder (after a cold, cold winter) of just how much I love my bike... Yeah :-: ?I love it. :k
MotoGP is still the pinnacle of bike racing in terms of sheer technology ? but World Superbikes has been the ?one to watch? for a few seasons now (while taking care not to overlook two fantastic BSB 2010 and 2011 series, both of which featured current Champion, Tommy Hill, demonstrating the character and determination that we've seen since the R6/Virgin era to snatch the British title from the grasp of former GP rider, John Hopkins, in a thrilling finale at Brands Hatch).
Along with BSB, WSB has grown in stature to become the best provider of racing in its truest form. Yes, there are still rules and regulations that are evolving; but they seem far less intrusive than those in MotoGP, and both races at Phillip Island provided ample evidence to support the elevation of WSB to the top of the racing pile.
While they might be far from perfect, those rules and regs. help the best riders to show their skills in a way that makes MotoGP look like a sadly-faded dream, devoid of true competitiveness.
Certainly, there seem to be some anomalies and, for me, there?s definitely something dodgy about a bike that can go from last place to finish second in the race. But it also takes a special talent to do something even close that ? and if you race, or do plenty of track-days, you?ll know what I mean.
On the other hand, I can only praise a rider who crashes; gets back on the bike; and gets on with riding the thing to its limit. To win a race under those circumstances is the highest testament to the skills of ?the man who can? ? and to the man who did, Carlos Checa. :bow:
I truly believe that WSB is MotoGP as it used to be - and you can judge the evidence for yourself; Checa?s highside in race 1, after which he came back to win race 2; and Biaggi?s run-on in race two, after which he fought his way through the field to a brilliant second place finish. k1ap
Until Valentino becomes competitive on the Ducati ? and unless Stoner and Lorenzo can provide something close to the spectacle that bike fans have come to demand - I?ll be watching MotoGP out of loyalty: but I?ll be watching WSB and BSB because I really would hate to miss a minute of the best motorsports racing in the world.
British. World. Super. Bikes. :-0)
...Er... Well... ...It already HAS! :}
After all these years I still can?t believe how re-lieved I feel when the racing season starts.
It always acts as a reminder (after a cold, cold winter) of just how much I love my bike... Yeah :-: ?I love it. :k
MotoGP is still the pinnacle of bike racing in terms of sheer technology ? but World Superbikes has been the ?one to watch? for a few seasons now (while taking care not to overlook two fantastic BSB 2010 and 2011 series, both of which featured current Champion, Tommy Hill, demonstrating the character and determination that we've seen since the R6/Virgin era to snatch the British title from the grasp of former GP rider, John Hopkins, in a thrilling finale at Brands Hatch).
Along with BSB, WSB has grown in stature to become the best provider of racing in its truest form. Yes, there are still rules and regulations that are evolving; but they seem far less intrusive than those in MotoGP, and both races at Phillip Island provided ample evidence to support the elevation of WSB to the top of the racing pile.
While they might be far from perfect, those rules and regs. help the best riders to show their skills in a way that makes MotoGP look like a sadly-faded dream, devoid of true competitiveness.
Certainly, there seem to be some anomalies and, for me, there?s definitely something dodgy about a bike that can go from last place to finish second in the race. But it also takes a special talent to do something even close that ? and if you race, or do plenty of track-days, you?ll know what I mean.
On the other hand, I can only praise a rider who crashes; gets back on the bike; and gets on with riding the thing to its limit. To win a race under those circumstances is the highest testament to the skills of ?the man who can? ? and to the man who did, Carlos Checa. :bow:
I truly believe that WSB is MotoGP as it used to be - and you can judge the evidence for yourself; Checa?s highside in race 1, after which he came back to win race 2; and Biaggi?s run-on in race two, after which he fought his way through the field to a brilliant second place finish. k1ap
Until Valentino becomes competitive on the Ducati ? and unless Stoner and Lorenzo can provide something close to the spectacle that bike fans have come to demand - I?ll be watching MotoGP out of loyalty: but I?ll be watching WSB and BSB because I really would hate to miss a minute of the best motorsports racing in the world.
British. World. Super. Bikes. :-0)
