BSB Thruxon.... the Rabat days !!!

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Re: BSB Thruxon.... the Rabat days !!!

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Another dominant show from Johnny Garness in the Talent cup. Just turned 14 and only 12 points away from winning the title. Nine wins so far this season. He was on the top step of the podium and the other lads on the lower steps were still taller.

One for the future hopefully
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Rabat finished 46s behind the dominant winner O'Halloran. It is often not the greatest viewing race on BSB and today was no exception. The track doesn't lend itself well to much in the way of overtakes with only the final chicane making the major passing point.

Sykes did better. Brookes did really badly.
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Brookes seemed to be blaming the Ducati. He said nothing had changed since last year and the bike didn't work then either. The other Ducatis didn't shine,Bridewell was nowhere too.

In the case of Brookes,I think it may be more than the bike at fault,though.....
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Skub wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 12:50 pm Brookes seemed to be blaming the Ducati. He said nothing had changed since last year and the bike didn't work then either. The other Ducatis didn't shine,Bridewell was nowhere too.

In the case of Brookes,I think it may be more than the bike at fault,though.....
Let's face it, he's fast, skilled and brave. I hope he jumps and lands on a decent Yamaha and puts the critics back in their box.
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What a race that was 😲
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Got feisty and all a bit nuts. But only in the last 4 mins lol.
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Brilliant entertainment.

I wish they'd can the friggin replays or showing some pit bitch in the middle of the action. We want the race ya twonks.
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I must admit they don’t tend to show pit shit during the races, that’s the shite that Motoamerica do every single fucking race, the commentary is horrendous over there.
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wull wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 5:32 pm I must admit they don’t tend to show pit shit during the races, that’s the shite that Motoamerica do every single fucking race, the commentary is horrendous over there.
I've given up on the Murcan stuff. I think I'd only watch it in the Winter when I'm bike starved. The 'presenters' know how to make a good thing unbearable.
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Rabat didn't improve much. In race 3 he was still a lot slower than several Superstock Hondas.
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weeksy wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:37 am It is often not the greatest viewing race on BSB and today was no exception. The track doesn't lend itself well to much in the way of overtakes with only the final chicane making the major passing point.
I feel the same about Silverstone, which you like. I enjoy watching Thruxton as the bikes are moving all over the place on the roller bumps and different lines can produce overtakes at places you wouldnt normally expect ;)
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Bigyin wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:51 pm . I enjoy watching Thruxton as the bikes are moving all over the place on the roller bumps and different lines can produce overtakes at places you wouldnt normally expect ;)
^^^ This^^^

I've never been to Thruxton & it's a couple of hundred miles from here,I've no idea what the spectator experience is like but I enjoy watching the racing on the telly
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Bustaspoke wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:14 pm
Bigyin wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:51 pm . I enjoy watching Thruxton as the bikes are moving all over the place on the roller bumps and different lines can produce overtakes at places you wouldnt normally expect ;)
^^^ This^^^

I've never been to Thruxton & it's a couple of hundred miles from here,I've no idea what the spectator experience is like but I enjoy watching the racing on the telly
Not terrible if in the right part. It's quite basic as far as places go though.

The hill up to the chicane is harder to pedal up than you'd think. I raced a bendy bar push bike there once.