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Boldor · 11-20-2012, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by D41

....And then what about the costs??....

You sound like Ezzie's right hand man. This whole cost malarkey is a bloody great furphy. There is no shortage of money in racing.

Boldor · 11-21-2012, 08:22 PM

Max hits the turps.

Out with the old, in with the new. Poor old Preziosi, they're rolling him out.

Boldor · 11-21-2012, 09:08 PM

Someone's spadin' Lucy

LittleJoe · 11-21-2012, 10:36 PM

Prez needs to go. With the exception on Stoner, who for whatever reason gelled with the Duck, no one else has had any consistent success with bike.

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D41 · 11-28-2012, 11:41 PM

D41 · 11-28-2012, 11:46 PM

Sorry...messed that post up...apparently Marmite's first move after testing has been to approach Alpinestars re. elbow sliders.

Boldor · 11-29-2012, 12:53 AM

There is only one sure thing regarding Marky Marmite's 2013 - there will be controversy.

[Thanks for the nick-name Dee, how'd you come up with that one? I like Marky Marqu, but I am willing to try Marmite and see how it fits.]

Boldor · 11-29-2012, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by LittleJoe

With the exception on Stoner, who for whatever reason ........

Cute.

spank86 · 11-29-2012, 03:11 AM

@Boldor: I guess you either love him or you hate him.

LittleJoe · 11-29-2012, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Boldor

Cute.

Not a secret that I'm not a Stoner fan, however, it's not a slight, just the way of the racing world, and riding in general. Sometimes you just feel better on one bike or another.

Let's look at the evidence. No multi-time world champions had any consistent success on the Ducati.
Stoner was thought of as a crasher when he was with Honda, but it was like night and day when he switched to the 800cc Ducati.
He had a good final year on the 800cc Honda in a lame duck season, and wasn't able to repeat that success again on 1000cc Honda because of a big crash that took him out.

I would go as far to say that he gelled better with the Ducati than he did the Honda.