RJ Says: Phoenix Supercross 2012 thoughts, Los Angeles Supercross preview
Feb 01 
First off, I want to congratulate KTM, Roger De Coster, and Ryan Dungey for KTM’s first Supercross Class main event win. It’s huge. I know of all the work they have done in the past few years in developing winning machines, teams, and more. Look at what they did with Stefan Everts and Pit Beirer in developing the 350 SX model – two world championships so far with Antonio Cairoli.
KTM in America has been working on the new 450 that Ryan races. It’s a new effort, on a new bike. For Ryan Dungey, his win last Saturday in Phoenix goes a long way in many areas, but I feel the most important is that it adds confidence to the team and Ryan.
Paul Bordes Juan Bordons Andrea Borgonovo Eduard Borisenko Juan Borja
WSBK 2012 Prediction Thread
Feb 01Yay, the rider list came out today….
Rider – team/bike
Biagi – Aprillia Racing Team (RSV4 1000 F)
Laverty – Aprillia Racing Team (RSV4 1000…
Alex Baldolini Mike Baldwin Brian Ball Andrea Ballerini Kork Ballington
2012 Sepang 1 MotoGP Test Day 1 Times Compared: 2012 Test vs 2011 Test And 2011 QP
Feb 01
With the first results of MotoGP testing in 2012 in, it is worth making a comparison with the times from previous times set at Sepang, though just as at Valencia, conditions were hard to compare, as the day started on a damp track. Below is a set of three comparisons, comparing times set during the first day of the 2012 test at Sepang with time set on day 1 of the Sepang test in 2011, and with times set during qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix in October, the race that was cancelled after the tragic death of Marco Simoncelli in a second-lap crash.
Despite the differences in track conditions, it is surprising to see that the 1000s have yet to beat the 800s. Compared to the 2011 test, Jorge Lorenzo's time on the 1000cc Yamaha is just under a tenth of a second slower than the time set by Casey Stoner on the 800cc Honda RC212V. Include qualifying from october, and Lorenzo's time is actually 4th fastest, slower than Stoner at the test and both Dani Pedrosa and Stoner during QP. Compare the 2011 test and the 2012 test, and just half of the top 10 times were set by 1000s. Include qualifying, and that drops to just 2 bikes, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa, in 4th and 7th spot respectively.
Daniel Amatriain Dario Ambrosini Ray Amm Luigi Ancona Bob Anderson