ducati996x - 02 July 2009 12:01 PM

Supersport (or whatever it's called now) is horrible!

Are you referring to Daytona JokeBike?

amafan - 02 July 2009 12:41 PM

You guys are babbies the Laguna Seca Superbike will finish at 8PM EST ,and will be televised just 4 to 5 hours later ,and you guys still are not happy !!

http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf

ridenm - 02 July 2009 01:36 PM

I think Dave Despain owes us an apology for exhorting us to 'watch, or blame only ourselves if it goes away.'

It was a punk comment from the get-go.

CerinoDevoti - 02 July 2009 05:27 PM

You should do what I do.
Never bother watching Windtunnel and credit yourself when it goes away.

ridenm - 03 July 2009 01:37 PM

I'm even willing to give ol' Rog a partial pass because of the whole economy thing, but I suspect there were some other, easier, more fundamental decisions badly made.

Germany's economy after the first World War was a mess, too. I'm not sure the guy who ended-up running the show there deserves a pass for his decisions, either.

I know there's little interest on this board about "mudbikes," but how about SPEED scheduling the first broadcast of the JUNE 13TH 250 MX race from High Point, against FIX's Laguna MotoGP coverage? Do you mean to tell me that there hasn't been a hour-long time slot in the last THREE WEEKS that it couldn't have been shoehorned into? Oh, well, at least I'll get another chance to catch the race at 3:00am Wednesday morning... The 250 Nationals have been excellent this year (Barcia is awesome) - why is this series being give such short shrift?

nonlpb - 06 July 2009 03:00 AM

http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf

You read my mind with that one...

nonlpb - 06 July 2009 03:00 AM

I know there's little interest on this board about "mudbikes," but how about SPEED scheduling the first broadcast of the JUNE 13TH 250 MX race from High Point, against FIX's Laguna MotoGP coverage? Do you mean to tell me that there hasn't been a hour-long time slot in the last THREE WEEKS that it couldn't have been shoehorned into? Oh, well, at least I'll get another chance to catch the race at 3:00am Wednesday morning... The 250 Nationals have been excellent this year (Barcia is awesome) - why is this series being give such short shrift?

I noticed that, also. Nice to see Tedesco and Grant coming along...

... but I may boycott Lucas Oil for buying a replacement name for Larocco's Leap. Is nothing sacred?

Im wondering when they are going to come out a start calling it motorcycle entertainment because the way they're running it, it won't be motorcycle racing for too much longer

I hope the same day coverage was lovely. I was asleep at the time.

stevencon - 06 July 2009 04:30 AM

Im wondering when they are going to come out a start calling it motorcycle entertainment because the way they're running it, it won't be motorcycle racing for too much longer

Sadly, I can see it on the horizon...

ridenm - 06 July 2009 04:02 AM

I noticed that, also. Nice to see Tedesco and Grant coming along...

Boy, Tedesco was certainly overdue. I remember watching him in the mud at a Seattle Supercross once, and thinking to myself; This guy is a former champion? - he looked awful. Grant has been popping in and out for a while now. He's erratic, but a lot of fun to watch.

... but I may boycott Lucas Oil for buying a replacement name for Larocco's Leap. Is nothing sacred?

I hear ya! I had no idea what the "Lucas Oil Leap" was that the announcers kept referencing, until it finally dawned on me that the sale of corporate naming rights had once again sullied our culture and history.

nonlpb - 06 July 2009 03:05 PM

Boy, Tedesco was certainly overdue. I remember watching him in the mud at a Seattle Supercross once, and thinking to myself; This guy is a former champion? - he looked awful.

Because he is a local NM guy, Ive been following him since his minibike days. In his defense, he's just not gonna get a lot of mud racing experience coming up in NM. It surprised me that he was the one to emerge with some success compared, say, to Justin Buckelew or one of the Arenacross Johnson brothers.

nonlpb - 06 July 2009 03:05 PM

... but I may boycott Lucas Oil for buying a replacement name for Larocco's Leap. Is nothing sacred?

I hear ya! I had no idea what the "Lucas Oil Leap" was that the announcers kept referencing, until it finally dawned on me that the sale of corporate naming rights had once again sullied our culture and history.

Ah!! That bugged me!! And they made Carmichael say it. You could tell he even had trouble saying it.

This is actually pretty good for the series having someone different win each week.

joe_b - 06 July 2009 03:27 PM

nonlpb - 06 July 2009 03:05 PM

I hear ya! I had no idea what the "Lucas Oil Leap" was that the announcers kept referencing, until it finally dawned on me that the sale of corporate naming rights had once again sullied our culture and history.

Ah!! That bugged me!! And Carmichael was the first one to say it.

This is actually pretty good for the series having someone different win each week.

I like different winners. I think Ricky was saying "Lucas Leap" under duress. Maybe they were holding his truck ride captive...

Joe, aren't you the guy who always complains when people go off topic? Was this a mud bike thread?