"If they remove the electronics and greatly increase the performance of motorcycles, I might think about making a comeback," Soup :: Stoner Requires Modern TR750 In Order To Return :: 09-18-2013 Go.......:biggrin:
Looks like a translate from German, its probably slightly out of context. however, I say good on him, lets face it, he's one of the few that could actually ride them without the electronics so perhaps he has a point.
Stoner is an animal on a bije. He took no sh1t & fkuced off,sick of the politics, fair play to him. I reckon he will come back, ti Ducati !! (took time off for baby imo).
Hmm. Interesting. I don't recall him retiring because the bikes were too boring to ride... So, he tests the Honda (keeping his hand in), his 4 wheeled career hasn't taken off. He's not out of his 20s. What is he planning on doing for the next 30 odd years? I reckon he'll be back. Racing bikes is what makes him different to everyone else. He'll want to get back to it. He's a winner. Marquez could provide the challenge he is looking for...
you cynical old fekker... i quite agree. I wonder if he is intimidated by Marquez or wants to go head to head? If and its a big if, Stoner gets his boney arse back on the bike i can see the following happening: Stoner will only entertain Honda (or a million to one shot with Ducati if they can pay him a disgustingly huge amount of money...coz he knows the bike is a dog), but anyway..Honda. Honda are now ready to bin Pedrosa who sadly hasnt quite cut it...in almost any other era of machinery and talent he'd probably have been world champ at least once by now (how fkn lucky must Hayden feel?).. Stoner and Marquez are team mates...Maybe Lorenzo and Pedrosa at Yamaha?? were probably talking 2015 here....Cal will be consigned to oblivion.
in that case he may be back in motogp sooner than we think?? i would love him to be team mates with Marquez!!!
Marquez would have him stopping at the side of the track and stomping off with leaden feet. He couldn't take the aggressive who gives a feck riding attitude of Marq. Or the coming breed from Moto 2 next year But...I'd love to see him back because he is very exciting on a bike and watching him ride is a spectacle, although Marq is successor there too
Dream team, but you know they'll be friction between the two of them. Although the seasons not over, you've got to feel for Dani, this was 'supposed' to be his year. I cant see him jumping ship to Yamaha or anybody else for that matter as I see him retiring from MotoGP at the end of the 2014 season. Plenty of young riders already coming through, just look at Moto3 for proof on that. Im sure Dorna will need an ambassodor for something
That's strange, because he was one of the few riders i thought relied on the electronics. Like on the Duke, just pin it open hold on and hope the front didn't fold. Big balls to do it, but harder when it's wrist controlled.
Some good points fellas. I too really feel for Dani...and he knows that there are a dozen of his countrymen forming a queue behind him...Spanish sponsor with a seemingly endless choice of home grown talent..enough to keep spain at the top with a new world champion every year for the next 10 years....Its a shame for him, because he is an incredible talent, and has really come of age over the last few years...and finally grown a pair...but you know the rest..im sure that if had been Doohans team mate instead of Crivlle, Mick might not have won as many GP's, and dare i say it, 3 World Championships...but that was then, and who knows, those 500's were wild animals... I can see Stoner spitting out his dummy with Marquez, Redding and this enormous wave of talent, the likes of which i cant remember seeing in the time ive been watching bikes (since i was 6 or 7!)....Marco had him tears, and Rossi (whose ambition apparently outweighed his talent) humiliated him when they both crashed and the marshals all ran over to Rossi's bike! i fkn loved that!! Come on Casey, get yourself back in the action son and wring the neck of that Honda..before the Spaniards finally rule the world for the next decade.
No on the contrary, Stoner was well known for running the least amount of electronics & TC in the paddock, that's not hearsay, it's generally considered fact amongst most journos I've read blogs and reports from. it suits his style, MM runs similar to Stoners settings as he rides loose just like him and actually started the season using full set ups Stoner used, everything is drifted in and slid out, they need the feel to do it and no doubt comes from the dirt bike skills they both have
It's fair to say Stoner used the lowest intervention of electronics, but use them he did - that was his ace, to get the best out of them than any other current racer. Previously he couldn't stay on a 250...
I doubt the bikes are rideable full stop without them, I'd of thought they're engineered that way tbh. still it's all wishful thinking, they ain't going anywhere. just imagine the first weekend and somebody high sides and god forbid a fatality, first thing they'd do is blame lack of TC so nobody would ever take the risk to run the series without them.
He only crashed a few times in the season, no more than anybody else, it was just the Indy crash ruined his season
I was thinking more of his 250 days. No electronics there, and no excess of power either, but he still managed to launch himself every other race. Stopping crashing coincided with getting on a bike with a full compliment of electronic safety aids...
Not really, he crashed a fair few times after that mate so hardly down to rider aids, I think you might find he was just pushing the bikes past the edge, as most of the top boys do. they crash, they learn, they crash, they learn and so on. The point is, not many of the top riders today could simply switch it all off. I personally think Stoner could run at a similar pace to what he could anyway, Rossi would probably also be ok due to experience, Lorenzo is super smooth so he'd be fine, MM can slide a bike so maybe he'd be fine.............Bautista..... Well, he'd probably take the rest of the field out by corner two
