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15 Oct 2008, 07:41
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WSBK Round 14: Portimao
Johnny Rea will make his World Superbike debut for Ten Kate Honda in Portugal, taking Sofuoglu's bike. Sofuoglu will do the supersports race on Johnny's bike (I wonder if he'll carry the #1 plate).
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16 Oct 2008, 09:31
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Interesting call for Ten Kate to make their 2009 switches a race early. Is Kiyo fit again or will it be Checa/Rea/Bauer? What about Leon Haslam, is he doing the one-off which was suggested a while back?
The battle for second place is the biggest lure to the weekend; I think it'll be Haga but it should be a good battle. How does the new Portimao circuit look?
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16 Oct 2008, 16:00
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The Portimao track looks really GOOD! Lots of undulation, braking for the first corner will be interesting and that last corner looks fast.
Kiyo will be back on the bike and it was confirmed HM Plant Honda would also compete with the big boys. However, it's been a bit quiet around them, so I don't know what's happening there...
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24 Oct 2008, 14:24
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video stream from somewhere?
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24 Oct 2008, 17:20
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On the worldsbk.com site...
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24 Oct 2008, 17:28
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Originally Posted by Tazz
On the worldsbk.com site...
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I'm pretty sure that US viewers will get locked out until SpeedTV over here airs the race. I usually use Justin.tv/azoto to watch the motogp races. I'm looking for something like that. Live Stream.
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26 Oct 2008, 05:27
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Originally Posted by BootsOntheSide
Interesting call for Ten Kate to make their 2009 switches a race early. Is Kiyo fit again or will it be Checa/Rea/Bauer?
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Is Martin Bauer a chance to ride the Ten Kate Honda in Portugal  - good reward for winning the German title this year if that is the case...
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27 Oct 2008, 21:39
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Originally Posted by Gerben24
The Portimao track looks really GOOD! Lots of undulation, braking for the first corner will be interesting and that last corner looks fast. |
That looks awesome. Road trip to Spain for a trackday! 
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28 Oct 2008, 08:33
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That looks awesome. Road trip to Spain for a trackday! |
I'll go with you, however, I'll continue to Portugal not spain 
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28 Oct 2008, 08:43
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americans and their geography :P
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28 Oct 2008, 14:53
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LoL! I thought about this post as I was logging on. Of course I knew it was already too late to change it. 
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28 Oct 2008, 16:46
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Listening to Daryl Beatie commentating on the MotoGP on Sunday he said he had received a text message from Troy Bayliss about the Portimao track. It simply said - "Best track I have ever ridden. Like riding on a roller coaster."
Sounds good. 
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31 Oct 2008, 08:34
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I don't know how good the racing will be. Reading the test reports from HM Plant and Xerox Ducati, there is hardly any grip (not suprising for a new track). So, after a few sessions you'll get a racing line with grip, but the overtaking spots will still be slippery...
Fingers crossed I'm wrong!
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31 Oct 2008, 21:33
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Don't jinx it already!
It was wet today, so not sure we learned much. I love how many of the riders are having a subtle dig at the teams that tested prior. And props to Josh Hayes for putting it 2nd in provisional supersport qualy.
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1 Nov 2008, 16:35
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Looks like the Turk is back ! They should have let him ride the 600 bike in the SBK, maybe he could have done better 
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