Can Stoner be Stopped?

[Chris Canning]

Haveing come from a background of 500/750 Kawasaki triples i was more than glad to see two strokes come and go,even my lawn mower is a fourstroke,although i do still have a Gilera 180 runner

[HappyMan]

Yeah, but those two strokes sound great screaming down the track!  8)

[Chris Canning]

Funny old thing having had to listen to e'm since 69,i was sick to bloody death of e'm,factory BSA's Triumph triples,Dick Manns Honda excepted.

[ChrisN]

The only thing I miss about my old two-stroke is the heady aroma of lightly toasted Castrol R  

[Chris Canning]

Thats one of the things i miss,i've had no sense of smell for nealy 15 years :(

[Advwannabe]

Stoner gets all surly about Vale and falls off three races in a row, finally acknowledges his bad reactions and congratulates Rossi in Japan, then wins his home race going away.

Could be a relationship between attitude and results here..........

Now Nicky is one guy who could go well on the Duke. Roll on next year.

[HappyMan]

Stoner gets all surly about Vale and falls off three races in a row, finally acknowledges his bad reactions and congratulates Rossi in Japan, then wins his home race going away.

Could be a relationship between attitude and results here..........

Now Nicky is one guy who could go well on the Duke. Roll on next year.

It's like you read my mind!  Exactly...ditto.

[ChrisN]

Now Nicky is one guy who could go well on the Duke. Roll on next year.

Well he certainly took a long look at how Stoner rides his at Phillip Island  :shock: before Rossi nicked his second place spot!

[Advwannabe]

There's a good article about Nicky and a response to Puig's little spaz over at superbikeplanet.com

I think he's got the style that might work on the Duke. It would be good to see him back on a machine that  fits him at least

[HappyMan]

I agree.  I think Niki does have a riding style that fits the Duc.  I don't expect him to come out next year and win but I think given time he's got great potential.  I say this with much enthusiasm since I'm a big Nicky fan.  I think he's got a lot of talent but he's going to need to learn how to ride a bike with some strategy and not just balls to the wall.  Get smart on his tire choice, etc.  Next year's got a lot of potential and I expect that Stoner will be very tough to stop.