Rossi to compete at 125cc

Walloper · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Karma :

Would Rossi compete at 125cc and would it be as good to watch?
Someone has stated that you don't need as much skill to ride a big bike as you do to ride a small bike.
How do I get a poll to find out how many would like to see the change for the world champion and watch him race?
Am I talking shyte again?
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EuropeanNC30R... · Gay Hairdresser Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Karma :

He's already won the 125cc world championship, when he was in his teens Wink

Though I have heard talk he was discussing with his bosses about racing in both the MotoGP and 250GP classes on the same day.

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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

VTR SP1 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Karma :

Rossi is to old to compete in 125's anyway.

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TOM M · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Mar 2005 Karma :

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VTR SP1 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Karma :

Because there is an age limit in the 125 gp's and he is to old.

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Dusty · King of the Rim Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Karma :

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cliff · Doctor Sicknote Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Karma :

I thought the guy that won it last time was about twenty something? That might not have been motogp though, I think it may have been the aprilia125 race with the powerbikes tour thingy. Confused

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Walloper · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Karma :

Ahh G, you're a PURIST that's what it is.
You're forgiven.
I know exactly what you mean by what you say. But it is maybe more perception than event we talk about there.

I would never be happy wringing the neck of a 600 to get the same performance I get with my 955.

I don't know any of my mates that would do it for any other reason either other than for a bit of nostalga.

And I am not poo pooing smaller bikes. I took a long time to get to what I have and had bucket loads of fun doing it.

I ride with guys using ltr bikes and I had a 600. Yes, I could keep up. But it's much better when you don't need to have the engine screaming it's head off all the time to do it.

I wouldn't watch Rossi on 125s either for the record.
125s or 250s don't break out in a rash of power driven tank slappers like ltr bikes do. Yeeee Haaaaa.....! Laughing

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VTR SP1 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Karma :

Eurosport. They said earlier in the year that the age limit had been introduced and lots of the 125 riders had progressed to 250's.
They said it made it really a teenagers game and Rossi would not be able to race in it.

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Villers · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Karma :

My 'little bike' was a RS125. I could ride it full throttle on the edge and it always felt secure and AWESOME on the twisties. Like on the way to Scotland last year when I totally scorched my mate on a 600 bandit through a set of about 5 'S' bends in very quick succession. Whilst whistling through there I realised how easy it was to thrash the lttle bike to the edge and how well it coped.

The same cannot be said however for my 'big bike'. Its a CBR600, it rides excellent is quick enough and loves a good thrashing. It just wouldnt go around the twisiest of twisties with my pathetic skills until I had mastered a different type of weight, accelleration, lean etc.
On the 125 I was GOD (or at least I thought so!), then on the 600 found myself to be just some sort of hedge seeking wimp!

Its taken me a year to get to the point I'm at now but took just 5 months to get to a much better point on the RS.

After rambling like that Im struggling to find a point, guess its just that the littler machines are easier to ride fast in my opinion (or feel like you are riding fast), and possibly easier to master for the average bloke. If a man has the natural talent to wrestle a 240hp machine around the track very very very very quickly, then he's not going to struggle taking a step back! Wink

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VFR400UK · Scooby Slapper Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Karma :

I think the only realistic option is for rossi to race a 125 against the litre bikes Laughing

If he were to try and race 125's again he would be a bit hopeless as he has now adapted to the bigger bikes. give him a few practise races and he would remember how it was done then probably use the tricks he has picked up since his 125 days to fuck off and leave everybody even more so than usual Wink