While Cal Crutchlow’s complaints about not getting factory upgrades on his Yamaha M1 have been a bit tiresome at times, it seems outright silly that he’s now looking at not being on a Yamaha at all next season due to the expecting signing of Pol Espargaro for 2014. It seems that as Cal’s results have … Continue reading “Chart Humor: Cal Crutchlow, the 991 GT3 and Turbo, and the Car Guy Beer Compensation Chart”
Author: G.Irish
Marquez vs the Aliens in Their First 78 Grand Prix
The 2013 Moto GP season is soon to begin, and the debut of Marc Marquez is hotly anticipated by all who hold interest in grand prix motorcycle racing. Marquez has shown impressive pace in the 2013 preseason tests, but one cannot directly compare him to people like Lorenzo, Rossi, and Pedrosa until the racing begins. … Continue reading “Marquez vs the Aliens in Their First 78 Grand Prix”
What Kind of Car You Drive and How Often People Ask You To Help Them Move
In anyone’s life there are going to be times friends move and sometimes those friends will ask for a hand rather than just paying some movers to toss their things in a box truck and calling it a day. But, depending on what car you buy, requests to help you move may be more or … Continue reading “What Kind of Car You Drive and How Often People Ask You To Help Them Move”
Decision Tree: Should You Build a KTM RC4?
I first read about the KTM RC4 on a motorcycle blog (maybe this Asphalt & Rubber article) a year or so ago and was thoroughly intrigued by the idea. KTM themselves hadn’t decided to make a cool single cylinder supersport machine but some tuners in Germany took it upon themselves to make their own out … Continue reading “Decision Tree: Should You Build a KTM RC4?”
Fastest is a “Must Buy” but…
Last week I sat down and watched Fastest, the fourth Moto GP documentary directed by Mark Neale. I thoroughly enjoyed the previous 3 entries in the series, so my expectation was that with the benefit of time and experience, Mark Neale would hit this one out of the park. Alas that was not the case. … Continue reading “Fastest is a “Must Buy” but…”
Chart Humor
Inspired by Chartgeist from Wired magazine, I decided to make some fake charts to poke fun at a few issues in Moto GP. Chart humor will probably be a weekly thing on the @ACLR8Tweets Twitter feed, so long as I can keep coming up with ideas. Here are the first three of hopefully many:
Rossi on the Ducati GP11 vs the GP11.1
Valentino Rossi’s has had a seriously hard time on the Ducati Desmosedici this season, as Ducati resorted to bringing out a heavily revamped chassis at Assen to try to cure the handling problems. The switch to a new chassis, which is effectively the 2012 chassis with the 2011 engine in it, hasn’t proven to be … Continue reading “Rossi on the Ducati GP11 vs the GP11.1”
Introducing Racegraph
In various media centers at races all around the world multitudes of motorsports journalist pore over the lap analysis charts after each session, reading the lap times like tea leaves, trying to form an idea of how the race is going to play out. I’m someone who loves to know who’s fast over a long … Continue reading “Introducing Racegraph”
New GP in Texas and 4 other Places Moto GP Should Go
Just this week it was announced that the all-new Circuit of the Americas being built in Austin, Texas landed a 10 year deal to host a Moto GP round. This is the second big win for the track because they’ve already landed a 10 year deal to host Formula 1. Now all that’s left is … Continue reading “New GP in Texas and 4 other Places Moto GP Should Go”
Track Etiquette
It’s that magical time of year when all that pent up aggression and lust for speed can be unleashed upon the racetrack. However unless you are obscenely wealthy you’ll have to share the track with others. If you wish to behave like a gentleman or a polite lady when sharing the track with others here … Continue reading “Track Etiquette”