Steven Knoetze (sk27)

Agreed on the not many, but how many of those has Jack won aside from the one 5 years ago? It will be interesting to see the rest of the year. I think Pecco is on the up, how that will affect Jack will be something to follow. I like Jack, I think he is a bit overrated though. Good for a few race wins but don't see him as a championship winner.

True but Bukaki wasn't doing too bad when given data. I think it speaks of his confidence, don't think he is too far from fully fit......

He won one race in the wet where most contenders fell and Marc then settled for points, and that was in 2016 I believe. Wonder why this seems to be the belief.......

Did you see his brutal commentary yesterday, about Honda missing a truly fast rider while he was away........

Very very well. Lovely little bike. Will be up for sale at the end of the month though. We bought it for practicing on for my wife, so she can get her license. Her appointment is the 28th, when she passes it will get sold. If you are keen give me a shout;)

Hairy, reputable seller who has very good quality stock. Bought our Duke 390 from them: http://therasmusbikes.co.za/product/2017-harley-davidson-streetrod-750/

Should make for some interesting racing. Don't think Fabio is so much of a favourite in mixed conditions. Marc and Vale may even have a chance at a podium if things are really truly mixed. Lets see.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quiz.k53learnerslicensetest At least wait till I have swallowed my sip please.......

Awesome man. My wife is going for license end of May. We met an older gentleman on the training course near us, he mentioned how strange it felt to be the old toppie going for his learners. The younger girls called my wife "tannie", it was quite funny to hear!! On that note, she found an app where you could learners tests. Can ask her about it if you want.

I giggled a bit on Sunday, the only time they panned to VR was entering into T6 and he ran it wide. They very quickly went back to the leaders. If others are happy to see that then good on them. I do see now that Yamaha have pushed a bunch of engineers into his garage to try and help him at Mondays testing. Honestly hope it works. He was closer to the top 10 but Marc, Fabio and Jack were not there. Most of the other riders were testing parts. The new HRC wing kit looks like it could have come straight off of a M1....... That's where I think highly of Zarco, when it wasn't working at KTM he packed his stuff and walked. Takes balls.

As someone not even across yet, still wait for those pesky borders to open, this is concerning. Seems most here have luckily entered the property market and that is good for you guys. Seems the property sector in NZ is pretty shocking at the moment. https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/267817-beachfront-hut-on-sleds-sold-26m.html?fbclid=IwAR2Z9RJPB2nIV1_kA69G1W6Dkjnp6QD7Q0zu7b37O0wvooLUOhaXlGsF0Vc I suppose this is prime property so not indicative of the market as a whole but generally speaking it seems the market is massively over-priced. That's from my view, looking at it from afar so please don't shred me too hard. It is simply my opinion.

Fabio had the pressure relief surgery, now it seems they may need to do the "membrane" removal. Same as what dogged Cal for a year. Pecco points to his training regime......... Mind games perhaps.

It is 100% NOT a machinery problem. Covid aside, Rossi has scored 12 points in the last 10 races. Marc has scored more in 2 races back and probably 50% fit. He is also believed to have been concussed on Saturday, Dorna just seems to ignore concussions by only doing CAT scans which do not pick them up. He 100% had memory loss after the fall. Admittedly I am no Rossi fan but when his debrief makes reference to trying to overtake Lecuona and then making a mistake. I am sorry, time to call it quits. He should not be that far down, even in his swansong period......

So it seems Pol is already feeling the pressure. Saying he is a Honda employee and will test what they want. Not being listened too, but then again he is finishing behind Marc. Marc saying Honda needs to work on the "riders feeling" on the bike. Seems they have dumbed it down in the year he has been away. Not all moonshine and roses in the HRC camp........

For which he has already has surgery, a few years ago. Will be interesting to see how this is handled.

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Bernie always said sprinklers along the track to spice things up by adding "rain" randomly........

I think Steven English said it best, it needs to be: back of the grid> pitlane start> sit out a race. For all classes. That way it hits the rider and the team, team has sponsors, sponsors want tv time so when a rider doesn't ride it starts to hits peoples pockets HARD!!!!

Spot on. Only thing I would say is, as much as I hate the format, they should consider a super pole type quali for Moto3. They also need to bring the penalty system back, that was removed following the 2015 Sepang fracas that led to Vale's Valencia penalty. Without proper punishment they will never sort out the Moto3 issue. I mean in Acosta can win from a pitlane start then what's the point. Handing out these long laps like an Oprah Winfrey give away show, is a joke.

It is way to competitive for that. The fact that they run panniers is already a surprise to me. BTW, saffa's doing well in AMA. Scholtz got a 1st and 2nd, Cam got two 4ths. Awesome stuff.

This dude is like "hold my beer.....":

Dodging taxes should mean more money to donate surely.......

A lot of Kimi's wealth was from his Lotus year, where he had a per year bonus of I believe Eu50K per point and he went on to score over 400 points and nearly bankrupted them!!! Similar story with Casey Stoner and his 2007/2008 contract, made him millions!!

https://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news-detail/if-i-am-the-boss-and-i-want-to-race-i-can-keep-one-bike-for-me-rossi?fbclid=IwAR1XxF8Ak_m5E-g8jkd6o236BnyLYyC724wzZF-It8DeeV0RCS_GaGXIkEc You see this Bertusras....

Sounds a bit like the situation where everybody is so up in arms about the atrocities in China but not willing to give up the iPhone in their pockets which is arguably made on the back of those exploitations. Very political and not really for this thread. Lets rather discuss who else thinks Marc could podium this weekend