Thailand MotoGP.

[Yorick]

Really excited about this first race, but bad news is that the current world champion is gonna miss it. Bollox
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https://bikesportnews.com/motogp/jorge- ... er-injury/
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[mangocrazy]

Can't these guys find a comparatively safe (or safer) method of training? Fracturing both hands in separate accidents is madness.

[ChrisW]

I expect having missed out on the vast majority of testing it was a priority to get him out on a bike - no other way really. Apart from not crashing whilst doing that, of course.

[Yorick]

Maybe he's getting his excuses in early for not retaining his world championship

[mangocrazy]

I had long assumed that all MotoGP teams used Fly by Wire throttle control, as the tech is already well established on road bikes, but it appears that Yamaha (God bless 'em) still use cables to link the twistgrip to the throttle bodies. Jack Miller is very happy about this...

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10638 ... plicate-it

Analog rulez, baby!

[wull]

I had long assumed that all MotoGP teams used Fly by Wire throttle control, as the tech is already well established on road bikes, but it appears that Yamaha (God bless 'em) still use cables to link the twistgrip to the throttle bodies. Jack Miller is very happy about this...

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10638 ... plicate-it

Analog rulez, baby!

Hhhmmmm I’m not so sure, the 2008 R1 went to fly by wire but it’s not what you’d call a true fly by wire, there was an initial cable that went to a control module that would then control the throttle bodies, so I’d imagine the later years either incorporated the same principle or went fully fly by wire, the early S1000RR’s were the same.

Don’t quote me on that about the later year R1’s but I know for a fact that the 2008 R1’s were like that as you were able to fit a blipper.

[mangocrazy]

I had long assumed that all MotoGP teams used Fly by Wire throttle control, as the tech is already well established on road bikes, but it appears that Yamaha (God bless 'em) still use cables to link the twistgrip to the throttle bodies. Jack Miller is very happy about this...

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10638 ... plicate-it

Analog rulez, baby!

Hhhmmmm I’m not so sure, the 2008 R1 went to fly by wire but it’s not what you’d call a true fly by wire, there was an initial cable that went to a control module that would then control the throttle bodies, so I’d imagine the later years either incorporated the same principle or went fully fly by wire, the early S1000RR’s were the same.

Don’t quote me on that about the later year R1’s but I know for a fact that the 2008 R1’s were like that as you were able to fit a blipper.

I'll be honest, I know nothing about the way 'production' R1s manage the throttle connection. I just assumed that they had gone FbW ages ago. But the fact that Yamaha use 'real' cables for at least part of the connection on the M1 surprised me, and it was the MotoGP M1 that Miller was talking about in the article, not the proddy bikes.

[Supermofo]

I didn't realise until Crash posted up about JM spooning himself that MotoGP starts this weekend. I am proper proper happy about that. God I've missed MotoGP.

[Yorick]

Just caught up and a bit pissed off. I always watch every MotoGP session, but they've managed to kill it.

The timing tower on the left, is now not a timing tower. It's fucking ridiculous not to show the live timing.

Hmm.

[ChrisW]

Looking interesting already, more than I honestly expected it would.

Roll on the rest of the weekend

[mangocrazy]

Is Alex Rins still operating at less than full efficiency? Given the advances that Yamaha appear to be making, I'd expect to see him closer to the pointy end of things than he is now.

[ChrisW]

[weeksy]

Well it was half intriguing, but I'm half way through the sprint race and there's been 1 overtake which was Acosta on his teammate.
I still don't know what the answer is, but I want battles.

[mangocrazy]

Yeah, as a spectacle it wasn't great. The only real items of note was Miller's crash and Bez going backwards off the start.

And Ai Ogura, of course. Ride of the day by some distance. He looked totally unflustered and totally at home. I think Rookie of the year is a shoo-in even this early.

[weeksy]

Ogura did great yes, although considering how Morbidelli has been the last few years, he's done great too.

[mangocrazy]

Yes, Frankie did good and is looking a lot more like his old self. But the composure that Ogura displayed in his first race on a MotoGP bike was seriously impressive.

It doesn't hurt that I have him in my Fantasy MotoGP team, of course...

[Supermofo]

Yup bit dull. Love the Gulf Aprilia though and really hope Ogura can keep this up, great ride.

[Yorick]

Young Marquez and Ai Ogura were the big surprises. Hope they can keep it up and mix with the big 2 at the front.

And the Yamahas are getting closer. Miller seemed to be enjoying himself

[mangocrazy]

And the Yamahas are getting closer. Miller seemed to be enjoying himself

... right up until he crashed...

Fabio has a theory about that...

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10644 ... togp-speed

[ChrisW]

Not the most exciting race in itself, no, but good to see a genuine change up in the order of things - at least as far as 1 sprint race can be relied on to judge things against!