Wait!, Wasn't Nakagami just 2nd fastest @ the Test? Alex Marquez is kinda an inside joke & Crutchlow's injured. To say the Honda is lacking seems a stretch. On the other hand to say their Karma is showing is a tribute to Nicky Hayden though not the contraption Honda provided him for MotoGP. That Honda is plenty capable but all them apples are, figuratively, in MM's sack. Phil/NJ Sent from my iPhone

Does anyone think Phil and Lan are one and the same person? No? Just me? OK then. ;-) A test means next to nothing - race results are where it's at, and nobody is riding the Honda well (although Taka has been impressive, but he's reportedly on the 2019 bike). Cal's injuries are from years of trying to ride the Honda well, and he's been pretty vocal about it. Pags On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 11:17 AM Peejay Burre <morinimoe@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wait!, Wasn't Nakagami just 2nd fastest @ the Test? Alex Marquez is > kinda an inside joke & Crutchlow's injured. To say the Honda is lacking > seems a stretch. On the other hand to say their Karma is showing is a > tribute to Nicky Hayden though not the contraption Honda provided him for > MotoGP. That Honda is plenty capable but all them apples are, figuratively, > in MM's sack. Phil/NJ > Sent from my iPhone > >

Gosh, not that you mention it, I've never seen Lan and Phil in the same place at the same time. Let me recall one of my favs, Dani Pedrosa (who, BTW, was forgiven years ago by both Nicky and myself for taking Nicky out and risking his championship). As a rider too small and light to even ride a MotoGP bike, he managed to ride the Honda to a pretty successful career. He did not push it to the edge like MM does, which is understandable, considering how badly the bike beat him up when he did. I still wonder how he would have made out on another bike. And, speaking of Nicky, I was filling the lack of racing by watching old classic races. I got to see him race and speak, and remember what a sportsman and gentleman he was. And, he could ride the Honda. Still missed. On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 08:25, Tony Pags <ajpags@gmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone think Phil and Lan are one and the same person? No? Just > me? OK then. ;-) > > A test means next to nothing - race results are where it's at, and nobody > is riding the Honda well (although Taka has been impressive, but he's > reportedly on the 2019 bike). Cal's injuries are from years of trying to > ride the Honda well, and he's been pretty vocal about it. > > Pags > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 11:17 AM Peejay Burre <morinimoe@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Wait!, Wasn't Nakagami just 2nd fastest @ the Test? Alex Marquez is >> kinda an inside joke & Crutchlow's injured. To say the Honda is lacking >> seems a stretch. On the other hand to say their Karma is showing is a >> tribute to Nicky Hayden though not the contraption Honda provided him for >> MotoGP. That Honda is plenty capable but all them apples are, figuratively, >> in MM's sack. Phil/NJ >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > > > > To get the links and updates on all today's Ducati news: > http://www.ductalk.com/ > and > https://www.facebook.com/ducnet > _____________________ > Ducati mailing list > Ducati@list.ducati.net > http://list.ducati.net/mailman/listinfo/ducati_list.ducati.net > Mailto: kkachadourian@gmail.com >