Nee jammer genoeg niet. Wel Jeroen Versteeg gesproken nadat hij zijn GSXR opgeblazen had, hij was niet zo heel erg blij zoals je je voor kunt stellen "want die motor heeft een hoop geld gekost, En moet nu nog weer meer gaan kosten om hem weer klaar te krijgen voor de rest van t seizoen." Zonde maar dat is racen.
Old School WSBK topic
- Onderwerp starter fastbike
- Startdatum
V Rossi 46
MF veteraan
Foggy op een testfiets
Racebert
MF veteraan
dit is niet het testtopic 
V Rossi 46
MF veteraan
Niet?
pippen
MF veteraan
- 6 sep 2004
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De replica is al klaar en er word al meegereden[afbeelding]
Wat Gaaf! Ik werk bij Shin-Etsu en race een Kawa! Het moet niet gekker worden.
V Rossi 46
MF veteraan
Mooi tribute filmpje van Nitronori Haga
Absoluut de mooiste jaren ...van de superbike...Nitro Nori.
..op de Yamaha ...wat een heerlijke gevechten....Die gast hield nooit op 
...wel jammer dat hij het WK superbike nooit heeft gewonnen 
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Aan het typen...
- 19 apr 2004
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Mooie blog van Simon Crafar over monteurs in de motorsport
http://www.motovudu.com/blog/view/more-than-a-mechanic.html
More than mechanics:
A rider needs a good mechanic to work with, we all know that. I believe a rider needs to feel that their mechanic and team are 100% behind them, through good times and bad. Just like in any relationship, knowing this makes you stronger. All the very top teams I rode for made me feel like this (no matter what they really thought of me, lol).
In the early stages of their careers most riders don't get to choose the mechanics they work with. I don't think it's a bad thing because until a rider has worked with different types of people and gathered their own experiences, it will be difficult to know what attributes in a crew chief will bring out the best performances in them. By chance, in my first two years in Europe I got to work with Guy Coulon at Tech 3 (1993) and Merlyn Plumlee at Rumi Honda (1994). Being new to world championship racing I didn't realise these guys were already legends. They had worked with many of the world's very best riders through the 80's and 90's. Apart from being two of the most knowledgeable guys in racing, Guy and Merlin had something else in common. They answered all my questions with enthusiasm, care and generosity. This had a huge effect on me and helped me build up my knowledge about racing, the technology we used and etiquette.
One day in spring of 1994 while hanging around the Rumi team workshop near Bergamo, Italy, helping myself to Merlyn's stunning collection of expensive tools while maintaining my mountain bike and car, and in doing so pushing the ‘mechanic - rider bond' to the absolute limit without knowing it, Merlyn patiently answered another of my questions about racing or engines or chassis in his American accent, while adding his own anecdotes and personal experiences to show me why he believed what he did about that subject. When he'd finished talking I asked him "why do you answer my questions so openly and give me everything?" His reply went something like "Simon, the guys that don't know very much like to protect what little they know. The guys that have experience and are passionate about the job they do, enjoy discussing and sharing everything they've learnt".
What Merlyn told me that day has proved right ever since.
I finished 5th in the WSBK championship that year in my first attempt. First non-factory bike. There's no way we'd have achieved that without Merlyn.
Sadly Merlyn died of lung cancer some years later, but not before I'd replaced his beautiful Snap-on Copper hammer that I damaged while bashing out my car's ball-joint that spring day in Italy.
RIP Merlyn, and thank you.
Guy Coulon is still working with the same Tech 3 team at the very top of our sport, currently as crew chief for Bradley Smith. Next time you see him and his huge mop of blonde, wooly hair, please give the great man a big thumbs up.. even if it's on TV.
Lets hope the next generation of mechanic's are passing on their knowledge to the young riders of today.
Simon
http://www.motovudu.com/blog/view/more-than-a-mechanic.html
More than mechanics:
A rider needs a good mechanic to work with, we all know that. I believe a rider needs to feel that their mechanic and team are 100% behind them, through good times and bad. Just like in any relationship, knowing this makes you stronger. All the very top teams I rode for made me feel like this (no matter what they really thought of me, lol).
In the early stages of their careers most riders don't get to choose the mechanics they work with. I don't think it's a bad thing because until a rider has worked with different types of people and gathered their own experiences, it will be difficult to know what attributes in a crew chief will bring out the best performances in them. By chance, in my first two years in Europe I got to work with Guy Coulon at Tech 3 (1993) and Merlyn Plumlee at Rumi Honda (1994). Being new to world championship racing I didn't realise these guys were already legends. They had worked with many of the world's very best riders through the 80's and 90's. Apart from being two of the most knowledgeable guys in racing, Guy and Merlin had something else in common. They answered all my questions with enthusiasm, care and generosity. This had a huge effect on me and helped me build up my knowledge about racing, the technology we used and etiquette.
One day in spring of 1994 while hanging around the Rumi team workshop near Bergamo, Italy, helping myself to Merlyn's stunning collection of expensive tools while maintaining my mountain bike and car, and in doing so pushing the ‘mechanic - rider bond' to the absolute limit without knowing it, Merlyn patiently answered another of my questions about racing or engines or chassis in his American accent, while adding his own anecdotes and personal experiences to show me why he believed what he did about that subject. When he'd finished talking I asked him "why do you answer my questions so openly and give me everything?" His reply went something like "Simon, the guys that don't know very much like to protect what little they know. The guys that have experience and are passionate about the job they do, enjoy discussing and sharing everything they've learnt".
What Merlyn told me that day has proved right ever since.
I finished 5th in the WSBK championship that year in my first attempt. First non-factory bike. There's no way we'd have achieved that without Merlyn.
Sadly Merlyn died of lung cancer some years later, but not before I'd replaced his beautiful Snap-on Copper hammer that I damaged while bashing out my car's ball-joint that spring day in Italy.
RIP Merlyn, and thank you.
Guy Coulon is still working with the same Tech 3 team at the very top of our sport, currently as crew chief for Bradley Smith. Next time you see him and his huge mop of blonde, wooly hair, please give the great man a big thumbs up.. even if it's on TV.
Lets hope the next generation of mechanic's are passing on their knowledge to the young riders of today.
Simon
Battlax Bunny
Die hard MF'er
Op motorsport.tv worden nu wedstrijden uit de oude doos uitgezonden.
Vandaag Philip Island '96 race 1.
Vandaag Philip Island '96 race 1.
Racebert
MF veteraan
Op motorsport.tv worden nu wedstrijden uit de oude doos uitgezonden.
Vandaag Philip Island '96 race 1.
Is dat de met de meeuw bij de start?
Battlax Bunny
Die hard MF'er
Racebert
MF veteraan
Was toch mooi, die inperfectie van de baan en machine
Battlax Bunny
Die hard MF'er
Wat mij betreft de glorie dagen van het WSBK!
Geen electronica en nog echte "characters on track" zonder politiek gewauwel.
Slight - Hodgsen akkefietje
Geen electronica en nog echte "characters on track" zonder politiek gewauwel.
Slight - Hodgsen akkefietje
