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I would like to read the study Alwyn (26/1/12) refers to that suggested a 1960 Morris Minor may be a better environmental option than a hybrid vehicle. I have found a 1960 Morris Minor for sale in Hawkes Bay for $120. It has no WOF or Registration but is "good for parts".
Of course the most environmentally-friendly option is to not use a car.
In 1994 I read a paper entitled "The Environmental Consequences of Having a Baby in the United States" by Charles A.S. Hall, et al. (State University of New York).
The study calculated that over their lifetime the average person (based on 1994 consumption rates in the USA) uses around 3,103 tons of glass, 3,288 tons of metal, 2,697 tons of plastic, 1,034 tons of rubber, 1,870 barrels of oil, 233 tons of coal, 370kg of lead, 26,187kg of cement, 4,238kg of nitrogen, 5,151kg sweeteners, 347kg coffee, 1,654 chickens. Each person is responsible for the loss of just under one hectare of indigenous forest, 5,430kg of fertiliser and 119kg of pesticide.
The authors concluded that many people are looking for ways they can protect the environment for the sake of future generations and no doubt controversially recommended that the most effective decision an individual can make to protect the planet is to abstain from making another human being.
The waste management hierarchy of: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – expresses the order of importance of these ideas and practices. So it would be reduce the demand for vehicles as the first priority, repair and reuse existing ones, and recycle the components as much as possible. Perhaps a fourth step is 'rethink' the way we create and consume.
In 2007 a report was published by CNW Marketing Research, Inc., entitled "Dust to Dust: The Energy Cost of New Vehicles From Concept to Disposal." It was said to measure in dollars and cents all the energy used in creating, building, operating and disposing of each vehicle over its entire lifetime. The report gained worldwide media and consumer attention, mostly because it concluded a Hummer H3 was a better option than the Toyota Prius. The report was quickly discredited after its calculations and claims were proven from a wide range of sources to be completely false and misleading at best (for example the paper "Dust to Dust Report Misleads the Media and Public with Bad Science" by Dr Peter H. Gleick, Pacific Institute, 2007).
Contrary to 'facts' in 'an American survey' quoted by Alwyn, last year the US Consumers Union tested a 2002 Prius that had done over 300,000km and compared it to the test they had done 10 years earlier on a Prius with only 3,000km on the clock. The report concluded that the effectiveness of the battery has not degraded over the long run. Hybrid batteries are no worse for the environment than the batteries in every traditional motor vehicle. All the hybrids on the market use NiMH batteries, which contain no heavy metals (so they're not classified as hazardous waste unlike Lead-Acid batteries) and are more easily recycled than alternatives. And I'm not sure where the 'survey' authors got their prices from but in the unlikely event of needing a replacement battery they cost about $2,000.
Alwyn is correct that a battery probably uses more energy and resources to produce than a fuel tank. But while numerous reputable studies suggest hybrids are better than traditional cars, when we take into account the energy and resources associated with all the transport and infrastructure costs of cars, it seems the only option will eventually be learning to live without them again.


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Studying sports training and skill acquisition, I often run headlong into the concept of 'talent.' When I suggest that athletic achievement demonstrates the extraordinary malleability of the human nervous system, the ability of our muscles to remodel, the refinement of athletes' perceptual acuity, and even how our skeletons can be reconfigured by training, audience members often respond, 'Yeah, but what about innate talent?'
Or, confronted by the yawning gap between elite athletes' performances and the ability of the average person, sceptics still want to focus on the slight differences among elites athletes (for example, Jon Entine's book Taboo), suggesting that this tiny fraction of difference is the 'innate' part, the 'talent.' I can describe the years of arduous labour that go into producing elite-level achievement, the countless hours of training and sophisticated coaching, and someone will inevitably say, 'Okay, but some people are just inherently good at sports, aren't they?'
But as psychologist K. Anders Ericsson said in an interview in Fast Company (cited here by Dan Peterson), 'The traditional assumption is that people come into a professional domain, have similar experiences, and the only thing that's different is their innate abilities. There's little evidence to support this. With the exception of some sports, no characteristic of the brain or body constrains an individual from reaching an expert level.'
Obviously, certain dimensions of the body can affect one's ability to participate in a sport like basketball or sumo at an elite level, or a genetic abnormality may create an unusual wrinkle in a metabolic or even a neural process, but research like Ericsson's suggests that these sorts of traits are likely the exception rather than the rule. That is, even if there is a genetic trait that helps some Kenyan runners to excel, or gives an individual with photographic memory, or helps a free diver to endure oxygen deprivation, these cases do not confirm the folk idea that talent is innate (and thus likely genetic).
In this post, I want consider the difference that makes a difference. That is, how the concept of talent itself actually affects the unfolding and compounding of developmental variation, helping extreme ability to emerge (and de-motivating those who don't demonstrate early 'promise'). Whether or not 'talent' exists—and I'm profoundly skeptical—believing that it does is a good foundation for exaggerating variation in skilled ability.
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MIAMI— It wasn't pretty early. Once Tim Hudson settled down, he was unhittable.
Hudson pitched seven innings, including retiring the final 16 hitters he faced, to help lead the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.
"Hudson struggled in the beginning, had a tough time throwing the ball over the plate, but as the game went on he got better," Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen said.
Hudson (9-4) allowed a two-run home run to Jose Reyes in the second inning which gave the Marlins a 3-1 lead.
After the homer, Hudson went on his streak before he was relieved by Eric O'Flaherty.
"Take away the home run, they really didn't hit the ball too hard," Hudson said.
Hudson allowed five hits and three runs as he threw 54 of 80 pitches for strikes. He improved to 13-4 in 24 starts against the Marlins.
"I threw some sinkers down in the zone and made them hit it on the ground and hopefully (the ball) goes to some of our guys," Hudson said.
Jason Heyward drove in two runs, and Martin Prado and Freddie Freeman both drove in a run for the Braves, who snapped a three-game losing streak.
Heyward broke a 3-all tie in the seventh inning with an RBI single off Wade LeBlanc (1-1) that scored Prado, who tripled to lead off the inning.
"(Heyward) is getting on base and getting big hits when we need them," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "He's a force at the top of the lineup."
O'Flaherty pitched a scoreless eight and Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 29th save in 30 chances.
Heyward's sacrifice fly scored the Braves' first run.
Hanley Ramirez tied the game with an RBI single as Justin Ruggiano was thrown out on a close play at home by Michael Bourn to end the inning.
Reyes' two-run homer down the right-field line gave the Marlins a 3-1 lead. It was his sixth of the season. He extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a single in the first.
Mark Buehrle issued a bases-loaded walk to Freeman to pull the Braves within 3-2. Prado's sacrifice fly tied it.
Buehrle walked a season-high four batters. He allowed three runs — two earned — and five hits in five innings.
"Walking four guys, obviously that's not me," Buehrle said. "I hate walking guys as it is, and bases loaded walk to bring a run that is kind of embarrassing. Just one of those days where I didn't have stuff."
NOTES: Braves 3B Chipper Jones is hitting .369 (31-for-84) in his last 23 games. ... Before the game, Guillen said LeBlanc would step into the starting rotation with the departure of Anibal Sanchez and will make his first start of the season on Saturday against San Diego, his former club. Emilio Bonifacio will be the everyday second baseman with Omar Infante in Detroit. ... Miami Heat free agent forward Juwan Howard threw out the ceremonial first pitch. ... Braves RHP Tommy Hanson (10-5, 4.50 ERA) will start the series finale Wednesday afternoon against RHP Ricky Nolasco (8-8, 4.55 ERA). Hanson is 5-2 with a 2.56 ERA in nine starts against the Marlins.


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Trolltech pushes Qtopia and Qt
Capturing developers' hearts and minds
Editors' Blog I'm just contemplating my notes from a roundtable hosted by Trolltech product director Naren Karattup, entitled Unleashing the creative power of the developer – you unleash wild animals, don't you? I think I'm bit nervous.
What's interesting about Trolltech, apart from its cross-platform development tools, is its dual-licensing approach to open source software development.
Most of its income comes from per-developer license fees (and support) from Qtopia, a Linux application platform for mobile phones and embedded devices; and Qt, a set of open-source cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Unix, Linux) development libraries, which are also the basis of Qtopia.
Qtopia, however, also uses a per-device run time license when the device is deployed commercially. The model generally is free software for non-commercial use - then when you have developers' "hearts and minds", you charge for commercial use.
Well, that should work, although Trolltech isn't in profit just yet. It has been, but the investment in Qtopia has eaten up the profits for now.
Its real unique selling point is, perhaps, being in the right place at the right time with "rich internet application development" tools that are actually available, proven to work properly, and which deliver applications with native performance.
It sees its main competition as Tibco's General Interface, Microsoft's Silverlight (there's even a Linux version of this now), and Adobe's Air (once "Apollo") – but claims that these either aren't properly cross-platform and/or fail to provide native application look-and-feel or performance (yet).
There are some pretty impressive Qt applications out there - Adobe Photoshop Elements and Google Earth, for example. Trolltech considers Google Earth as "non-commercial" – it's free – which gives Trolltech a price advantage as a supplier of free development libraries. That's an interesting point. Just how "non-commercial" is building up your brand - and if you don't already have a successful brand yourself, will your tools suppliers offer you the same terms Amazon is offered? In the case of Trolltech, probably.
Karattup identified a number of trends, which are driving Trolltech's strategy:
- Increasing number of platforms
- Increased mobility
- Open source
- Linux enables software standardisation across devices
- Linux has a strong convergence story and enables innovation
- RIA (Rich Internet Applications);
- Scripting languages
- Designers leading GUI design, instead of leaving it to programmers
Nothing terribly controversial there then, but he goes on to say that the big issues are complexity; platform heterogeneity, the quest for quality, the migration to Vista, and adoption of open source, many of which result from the drivers he's identified.
Complexity is unavoidable when you have rich internet applications, available to all and sundry and distributed globally. That just reflects a more complex business environment, especially when you mix in loosely-coupled services and "compensation processes" (see John Hunt's recent articles in Reg Dev). Running ACID transactions against a single, centralised company database may have had some issues, but complexity wasn't really one of them.
Platform heterogeneity just adds to complexity, although cross-platform libraries such as Qt should help. And Vista is just another platform - albeit one that might be hard to ignore just because you don't need it.
And complexity and heterogeneous platforms (including mobile phone platforms), don't make searching for quality any easier. I wonder if RIA and scripting help with quality? Well, they help with faster delivery and better user interfaces, but I wonder how they influence functional integrity, resilience, and so on? Is part of the attraction of something like JavaScript, that you can escape from the old coding disciplines – and is this always a good thing? And, is the real and lasting benefit of open source that it helps to put those "good practice" disciplines back – because if you know that someone else will look at what you write, you tend to write it correctly? ®
Trolltech started in Oslo in 1994 and IPOd in 2006. It's now just under half owned by those nice altruistic venture capitalist people (the rest belongs to the management and its employees). You can explore Trolltech Labs, its all-important open source community, for yourselves here.


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China's Scale Model
Sunday, 6th August 2006 by James Turnbull
A while back KenGrok over at the Google Earth Community was browsing China's Huangyangtan region and discovered a scale model of Aksai Chin – a disputed terrain on the Chinese / Indian border.
Australian paper The Age did some proper journalism (by using a telephone rather than searching Google) and they discovered that the area isn't that much of a secret. In fact, the authorities were happy to admit that the scale model has been there eight or nine years and is used to train tank drivers.
With that we thought the story was dead, but it's all over the place again so it's about time (ie 2 weeks late) that Google Sightseeing got in on the action.
Here's the model.
And here's the area it represents.
Thanks: Rich, Viper007Bond, Belbo, Gary Shell, Gesh & tt.


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If things have been terrible, expect Seasons of Hope!
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There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance…"
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
It's the time of year when nature inspires a sense of awe in us. As leaves die, they give forth one final burst of color brighter than the paint on an artist's palette. The sky takes on an unusually crisp blueness and the sun's low, golden rays cast whimsical shadows. We feel energized as autumn breezes stir up the color around us and chase away the dense summer air.
For me, autumn has always been a "second Spring." A playful time, promising us that life, although soon to be hidden in the dead of winter, will only be invisible for a short while. When the days are gray, cold, and hard, I remember that only a few short weeks ago, the world was light and lively and in only a few weeks more, color will return.
As the author of Ecclesiastes reminds us, God designed life to run in cycles or seasons. Yet how often do we approach this life with expectations of perpetual summer, only to struggle with anxiety and disappointment when winter inevitably interrupts? I know I am guilty of this.
I spent time with my twin sister over this beautiful Fall weekend, and in the course of conversation, she revealed to me how approaching life as a series of seasons gives her perspective as a young wife and mom. "I've seen couples apply much pressure to their family life, expecting every week to live to the standard of the last, just as happy or productive, just as evenly paced. I think it takes a lot of burden off when you accept that this week will not necessarily look like last week, and that some seasons of life will be better than others."
Knowing there is a natural rhythm, a "time to weep and a time to laugh," gives us permission to let go of perfectionist expectations of our lives. It lightens our burdens by giving us hope for the future in the midst of trial and prepares us for times of struggle – until the day comes when there will be no more winter and no more tears.
Are you currently experiencing a scorching summer or a frigid winter? Are you wondering How you can embrace this time as a fruitful season even if it's not your ideal? Are you reveling in a season of joy right now? Simply pray and ask God to help you deal with your current season and expect His help and guidance. Additionally, Give thanks to God for His outpouring of blessings, knowing all goodness comes from His extravagant love.
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As with all colours, there are hundreds of shades in the yellow family, and sometimes the thought of using the bolder, brighter shades can be intimidating due to their strong look. But if you're looking for an alternative to the neutral, or darker palettes that are around these days, yellow may be the perfect colour for you, especially if you want to show off a strong, confident style in your interiors. Though the colour has always been popular in the design world, in recent years yellow interiors, furniture and accessories have been making quite an impact, especially in those brighter shades. There are lots of exciting ways to incorporate yellow into your home, that can really showcase a particular style; whether it's contemporary, glamorous, bohemian, traditional, or a combination. Adding a dash of yellow could be the way to bring a refreshing, exciting look to your home.
Using a bright yellow on the walls of your home may be a touch overwhelming if you're a yellow novice, but if you're already a fan, it's a fantastic way to create a statement. The trick is finding your perfect shade to suit your home, and choosing the right complementary accents to create a well-rounded, flawless look. To keep your wall looking fresh opt for a rich shade that won't shy away into the background. For a contemporary look, I love the dramatic but playful nature of Farrow & Ball's Babouche shade.
'Babouche' from Farrow & Ball
And if you're in need of a more traditional shade, the Sudbury Yellow has an elegant and regal nature that will give a room a strong sense of character, without overshadowing any other wonderful features you may want to put in there.
'Sudbury Yellow' from Farrow & Ball
Another way to add yellow into the core foundations of the home's design scheme is with some creative tiling. Fired Earth always have a strong collection of interesting colours and patterns, and some of their yellow tiles are to die for. For a bold, exciting look, these vibrant mustard coloured tiles are the perfect background against a crisp, white bathroom set. There's a combination of luxuriousness and quirkiness about the colour that creates an overall refreshing look.
'Carnival Oro' from Fired Earth
If a solid block colour is a little too much for your taste, or your home, going for something a little sweeter and more minimal might do the trick. This Atlas design by Neisha Crosland for Fired Earth has a rustic, farmhouse vibe, but with a little exotic twist to keep things interesting. It's an ideal design if you want to have a traditional looking kitchen, but with a touch artistic individuality to it.
'Atlas by Neisha Crosland' from Fired Earth
To make an interesting statement in your home, you don't just have to save yellow for the larger features, in fact adding small accents of the colour to a room can give it some vitality, or reinvent an interior without changing too much. Contemporary interiors are often neutral walls with the inclusion of furniture pieces in modern wood types, and adding a dash of yellow into the mix can create an up-to-date look without taking away the original essence of the room. Margaret Howell created some fantastic designs for Anglepoise, and though I'd happily have any of the three colours in my home, the Yellow Ochre edition is stunning.
'Type 75 Desk Lamp by Margret Howell in Yellow Ochre' from Anglepoise
This chair with a yellow seat from Gubi is rather special, it's an ultra-contemporary design that'll look gracious and cool in a modern home. The design also comes with a white seat, so you could mix-match the two colours around the dining table, or save the yellow for the head of the table to give the whole look a pop of colour.
'Mategot Nagasaki Chair' from Gubi
A striking yellow rug can really transform a room in one fell swoop, to keep things feeling light and not making the room look too dense, a patterned rug is a great way to add some yellow without swamping the room. The Sellarsbrook design created by Suzanna Sharp for The Rug Company, has a sophisticated geometric pattern that adds a timeless depth to the rug.
'Sellarsbrook in Yellow by Suzanne Sharp' from The Rug Company
This rich, crisp yellow velvet sofa really packs a punch, that'll give your living room some vivacious character. The chesterfield design is given an alternative look, creating a piece that can be mixed into both contemporary and traditional interiors.
'Balmoral 2 Seater Sofa in Varese Velvet Alchemilla fabric' from Heal's
For a sweet touch to a traditional bedroom, these rustic, French style bedside tables in a dusty yellow could be a great way to frame a bed in a similar style. The piece from Out There Interiors has some fetching ironwork detailing, which will give a room some extra style in a simple way.
'Two Drawer Beside in Yellow' from Out There Interiors
These lemony plates and dishes from Habitat are a refreshing way to give your dining table an updated look, the ombre effect means that they aren't too outlandish, and will gently show off the zesty colour. Place them on a blue tablecloth or next to some coloured glassware for a really stylish look.
'Atkinson 12 Piece Yellow Dinnerware Set' from Habitat
Lastly, this gorgeous glass pendant from Rockett St George is an absolute beauty! The moody yellow shade combined with the irregular shape gives the whole look an understated, glamourous feel. This pendant would be the perfect addition to a dark, moody room, giving it that hint of colour it needs to keep it from looking drab and dingy.
'Hand Blown Glass Pendant Lighting in Yellow Ochre by Curiousa & Curiousa' from Rockett St George
Though it can be quite a daring and brave decision to add a bold shade of yellow into your interior (and may take a little more persuading for some), it's a decision that will result in some fabulous and sophisticated homes! Whether you're already in love with colour, or prefer your interiors more neutral, you'll see how diverse a colour like yellow can be and how easily it will suit all kinds of styles.


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Hungry Dog
As we packed to leave for our monthly weekend camping trip, I worried, as I always do, about how Mother would fare while were gone. She's got lunch fixings and TV dinners and ice cream bars, her walker, her pillow, and the western channel, and the emergency button necklace that is essentially a cell phone with one giant button that only dials the emergency service we pay for on a monthly basis. She is at home by herself on the weekdays she doesn't go to the Senior Center, and does just fine, but I still worry, even though the PT who worked with her last year said she has clients less "with it" than Mom who still manage to live on their own.
This time, since we had an event planned with friends for early Saturday, we decided to leave on Friday evening, and also decided to leave the dogs so they wouldn't be cooped up in their kennels while we were gone a good portion of the day on Saturday. They could also to keep Mother company, as her biggest complaint when we take our camping weekends is how much she misses us and how lonely it is without anyone at home with her. We did something similar in May, when we went to Disney, and it worked out well with one of our friends checking in on her and also making sure the dogs were being fed.
In May, Steve made up little bags with the dogs' names on them for their breakfast and dinner, but Mom didn't feed them breakfast. She doesn't normally see them being fed breakfast, and I wasn't sure she had been able to read the baggies Steve had fixed up. This time, I made sure he used labels, and then showed Mom the bags and explained how the dogs ate twice per day and how each dog had separate breakfast and dinner baggies for each day.
She didn't call all weekend and since we were so busy, I didn't think to call until after she would have gone to sleep. I told myself everything was fine, but I was still worried a little, and all kinds of outrageous scenarios played through my mind. We'd get home and find her fallen, with the dogs sitting beside her, keeping watch. Or we'd get home to find the dogs locked in the garage, having barked themselves hoarse because she couldn't hear them. Or she would have become incapacitated and missed feeding the dogs and they would decide she would make a fine meal substitute.
Fortunately, none of those uglier things came to pass, but little Sophie, who really doesn't need to miss a meal, didn't get to eat all weekend. While I thought I had been very clear on how to feed the dogs, and Mother made yes-I-understand noises, she really didn't get it.
Gracie gets dog food from the supermarket, which comes in good-sized crunchy bites. Sophie, with her little, tiny mouth and delicate tiny dog teeth, gets food from the pet store that resembles cat food, because it is the only food she can chew. Instead of feeding each dog from the marked packets, Mom split Gracie's food bag between the two dog's bowls (the only reason one of Sophie's bags above is empty is because I used it to feed her right after we got home – she was really hungry!). When we got home, she told us that The Little Dog (she has a hard time remembering Sophie's name) hadn't eaten hardly anything while we were gone. I tried to explain to her that Sophie couldn't eat the big pieces of dog food and how we had specifically marked the bags. Mom kept nodding and agreeing with me as if we were saying the same thing and just kept saying how she tried to feed The Little Dog but she wouldn't eat anything.
How often do you think dog-sitters are hired to come in and feed dogs when someone is still at home?


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A report has been released by the Mayo Clinic that identifies five (5) areas that need to be targeted for a balanced fitness program. The areas identified in the report include 1) aerobic fitness, 2) muscular fitness, 3) stretching, 4) core stability and 5) balance training. Each item will be discussed below.
1. Aerobic Fitness:
Aerobic fitness is often called cardiovascular fitness. Aerobic fitness is essential to weight loss and total fitness because it helps the lungs, heart and blood vessels move oxygen through the system more efficiently.
Aerobic or cardiovasculr exercise should be done at least two and one half (2-1/2) hours each week for a moderate aerobic activity or at least seventy five (75) minutes for vigorous exercise. Aerobic exercises should be spread throughout the week.
2. Muscular Fitness:
Muscular fitness exercise should be done at least two to three times during the week. Muscular exercises help with muscular fitness along with increasing bone strength. Muscular strength is necessary as we grow older.
Equipment is not necessary to maintain muscular fitness if you have a fitness program that includes body strengthening exercises like push-ups, chin ups and squats along with others.
3. Stretching:
Stretching is sometimes forgotten but it is critical for a well rounded program. All fitness coaches recommend that stretching be included in their fitness programs. All exercises make the muscles contract and flex so stretching of the muscles also needs to be included for a well rounded workout.
Stretching is especially important for the later years to keep the body flexible to avoid a lot of the injuries that accompany old age.
4. Core Stability:
Core muscles are those in the body and include the abdomen muscles, lower back and the pelvis area. They should be included in fitness programs because they are needed for upper and lower body movements.
5. Balance Training:
Balance is often forgotten in physical fitness programs but it needs to be included in a well rounded program. Balance is essential to everyday life functions and it tends to deteriorate with age so it imperative that a good program be maintained.
Developing a good balance training regimen will add quality to life.
Mayo Clinic has identified these five (5) areas as being essential to a complete fitness program so it is important that all the items be included in the fitness program. Incorporate all five (5) elements into everyday life and it will go a long way to insure better health.


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The future of Nicky Hayden appears to have been decided. Jorge Martinez, boss of the Aspar team, has decided to drop Aprilia in favor of Honda, according to German language website Speedweek.com. Aspar is set to make an announcement later this week on their future, and that decision appears to be that the Spanish team will be running Honda's production racer RCV1000R for next season.
The decision was made almost inevitable once it was announced that current Aprilia racing boss Gigi Dall'Igna would be leaving the Noale factory to join Ducati. Dall'Igna and Martinez had a strong working relationship dating back to the years in which Aspar ran 125 and 250cc team, and Aspar's faith in Aprilia's MotoGP program was based on the strength of that relationship. With Dall'Igna gone, that leaves Aprilia's MotoGP program in disarray - at least, temporarily - and makes the Honda production racer the best option. Aspar also had the option to run a Ducati GP13 as a customer bike with the spec Dorna software, but with Dall'Igna just arrived and little chance of any updates to that bike, it was not a promising option.
The decision was made despite a last-ditch effort by Aprilia to retain Aspar. New Aprilia Racing boss Romano Albesiano had flown to Malaysia to try to persuade Aspar to stick with the Noale factory, but the uncertainty over Aprilia's future in racing meant his efforts were in vain.
American Honda's financial contribution to help get Nicky Hayden back on a Honda helped to make the choice for the Honda easier. Whether HRC also helped to sweeten the deal is unknown, but of the five bikes Honda have already built, only two had been sold, one to the Gresini Honda team for Scott Redding, and one for the Cardion AB team for Karel Abraham. Having four bikes on the grid instead of two will make developing the machine much easier, especially with a proven veteran like Nicky Hayden on board.
Aspar's defection from Aprilia leaves only the PBM team with any links still to Aprilia. The British team is currently racing Aprilia's RSV4-based engine in their own chassis, but there have been rumors that Paul Bird's team may drop the Aprilia lump in favor of something else. The Aprilia engine is handicapped by the spec software, as the engine is designed to make use of the butterfly exhaust valve for improved mid-range, but Magneti Marelli have not implemented software control of this yet, nor are they likely to in the near future, other algorithms being given priority. With the functionality list being determined by the popularity of an item, requests for functionality to help one specific engine technology tend to be put to the back of the queue.
Who Hayden's team mate will be is as yet unknown. Aleix Espargaro has been released to the NGM Forward team for 400,000 euros, 300,000 of which comes from the Forward team, and 100,000 of which comes from Espargaro himself, in the form of him foregoing his bonus for winning the title of best CRT rider. Eugene Laverty had been linked to the ride, but Laverty was an Aprilia appointee, and with Aspar switching to Honda, he may not have a place in the team. According to Speedweek, the list of possible riders could also include Yonny Hernandez or Hiroshi Aoyama. Current rider Randy de Puniet looks set to take on a full time role as tester for Suzuki, who will be making their return to MotoGP in 2015, if all goes to plan.
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Nicky Hayden and Honda
Glad tohear Hayden is back on a Honda. Still think hewas ROYALLY SCREWED by them the year after he won a title. But with Ducati alsokicking him to the curb this does not loook tobe such a bad optiozn.
In reply to Nicky Hayden and Honda by Averagerider
There's a lot of wishfulness in this
In 2007 Nicky won zero races. When he won his championship he won 2.
In 10 seasons of MotoGP, 6 of which were on Honda's factory machines, the undisputed best bikes, he has won a total of 3 races. One of which was gifted to him by Colin Edwards.
Seems a nice enough guy and a good but not great rider but he's been gifted a MotoGP career well beyond his results and abilities. His championship was won fairly but with a huge amount of bad luck and errors on the part of others. If his passport was other than USA he'd have been shown the door years ago.
Honda chose Dani as he was a better bet, correctly in my opinion, in comparison to Nicky. He won as many races in his first year as Nicky did and he continued to win the next year in a season dominated by Stoner and has continued to challenge for championships ever since. Nicky, conversely, has never even looked close to championship contender.
In reply to There's a lot of wishfulness in this by spindizzy
Have to agree.
As much as I like the guy. He joined Repsol Honda in 2003 and got his first win two years later. I definitely think he deserved the championship in 2006, but I don't think he would ever have been able to repeat that.
In reply to There's a lot of wishfulness in this by spindizzy
Love the negative voting
I have to remember that Americans can't do introspection ;-)
In reply to Love the negative voting by spindizzy
You were fine...
...until you added that snarky crap. ;)
In reply to There's a lot of wishfulness in this by spindizzy
When have you ever beat VR46
When have you ever beat VR46 in his prime and win a GP championship?
NH has my respect for that simple reason. I can't deal with people who say a world champion who is one of 9 fastest motocyclists in the worls not a "great rider."
In reply to When have you ever beat VR46 by Fugazi Lawyer
irrelevant comment is irrelevant
How is this relevant? The above poster is not in the MotoGP world championship and not racing against VR. Plenty of other people who have (when both were on competitive machinery) are, and Pedrosa is one of them. In his Rookie season.
This is why he was kept, and Nicky was shown the door.
In reply to There's a lot of wishfulness in this by spindizzy
whoa whoa whooooaaaa
Did I say he could win a championship, no. What I did say is where he is going is better option than where he is. Almost gauranteed to do better. Pedrosa has won more races, and does have more talent, but he is weaker mentally. Otherwise he would have won a title by now. Hayden does not have the same level of talent or speed, but he does not BITCH, he just does the best he can do and not throw it all away with his own mistakes when it counts. To this day, if one rider wins a World Championship, I have not seen that team make a bike for the rider who LOST. Custom tailored for Pedrosa, not for Pedrosa AND teammate. Honda gambled and lost until years later. Nicky may not have been World Champion again, but he may have shown to be a better rider than some think if he had a bike under him that had more features just for him.
Yes being an American has helped Hayden keep a seat. But he was good for podiums on a regular, now I could see him battling for 5th. But there are several riders in that bunch. Dovi being one of them when on something other than Ducati. Those two, (Hayden and Dovi) seem pretty equal in speed to me.
So in closing. All I was saying is that Nicky DOES have a chance of doing better on a better machine than he is riding now. As far as World Champions, Marquez and Lorenzo. Unless both get hurt. Pedrosa if someone pisses him off deep enough. Other than that....maybe Rossi or someone moving from Moto2 will SURPRISE some.
In reply to whoa whoa whooooaaaa by Averagerider
Titles and Toughness
Sorry but I just don't hold with the "weaker mentally" stuff. Pedrosa won 3 world titles in the smaller classes by beating more than a dozen future or current world champions, including Stoner and Lorenzo to name but a few. You don't achieve that by being mentally weaker than your competition. The number of race wins speak to his mental toughness, not to mention how many times he's had to pick himself off the floor (literally) after injuries. In fact it's the latter, rather than his mental fortitude that has kept him from getting the clean sweep of class titles.
I'm pleased for NH69 though. Seems like a nice guy and we saw the best of him on a Honda in 2005 and obviously 2006. Is he going to do better than where he is now? Possibly, if the bike is more sorted and he's surrounded by the right people. In a surgically precise racing environment where 10th and 100ths decide contenders and also rans ('aliens' aside of course) anything can happen. After all, that's why they line up on Sunday....
In reply to Titles and Toughness by shedman
Then we agree to disagree
I am not speaking of smaller classes. I speak of Motogp, the top step. Stoner, Lorenzo. Both people he beat soundly in the lower classes. But not in the big one. He has the talent and raw speed to win a title against anyone. He has crashed of his own volition many times when he looked to be a true contender, (see Phillip Island 2012). There is no reason other than his own mental mishaps for not taking a title. I even ROOTED for him to win last year. He jacked it up, no one else.
The Aliens all ride on another plane of existence from the average Motogp racer. But the others seem make better decisions than him. It is about to be three teammates that have taken the World Title on the same bike and team as him. A team he joined that tried to center their strategies around him. What else does he need to make it happen? This year has got to be the most embarrassing. A rookie comes in and makes him look like the rookie.
It is not his talent, it is not that the team does not support him. The problem is in him. He is on THE best team in Motogp. And has been the best team since the Doohan days.
In reply to Then we agree to disagree by Averagerider
yeah right
Dani was effective robbed last season by hardware failure with the front brake fiasco, and was screwed pretty badly this season by the traction control failure.
He's also had a shocking run of injury.
That is nothing to do with mental toughness; if Dani was mentally weak, he would have given up bike racing several years ago.
Ducati Screwed him twice
I hope he will be faster than the Factory Ducs.
In reply to Ducati Screwed him twice by Fugazi Lawyer
I expect he will be
Ducatis are giving up a second+ to the hondas now. I don't expect them to have any magic next year. I expect the customer rcv to be giving up around the same to the factory honda.
I expect to see Nicky and Cal trading paint and not crying about it afterwards.
In reply to I expect he will be by early
Keep in mind...
... Nicky's Honda will carry 24 liters of fuel while all of the factory bikes will lose another liter for 2014. I'm hoping this combined with a chassis Nicky can (finally!) exploit will give him a shot at the top 5 more often than not. Could be an upset year overall if the top teams struggle with a mere 20 liters of fuel.
In reply to Keep in mind... by Agent55
Catch 22
The catch with this is that they'll be slower than the Factory machines in final qualifying where fuel limits are off. So expect to see the customer bikes on the 3rd row. But then they should be able to maintain a higher power, more speed and have finer throttle control in the race which should give them a small edge. Except that the spec software may not be as sophisticated.
In the end, I expect the two classes to have similar race pace, but the end results will all depend on how well everybody gets off the line and from where on the grid.
So the big question. Can Hayden on a customer RCV with 24L stay with and challenge Marquez, Pedrosa and Lorenzo? I think probably not. How about Rossi, Bautista and Bradl? I think, probably yes.
In reply to Keep in mind... by Agent55
No 24 liters for the RCV1000R
It's already known that the production racer will not carry 24 liters. Nakamoto has already said so. It'll be interesting to see how much fuel they do carry and if it can help to close the gap to the prototypes at all. I have my doubts.
In reply to No 24 liters for the RCV1000R by Trip13
the RCV1000 is a purchased bike, not a lease
so customers will be free to modify it as they see fit.
If Aspar feels that there will be an advantage to having the full 24 liters, I'm sure they'll have no trouble developing a larger tank.
In reply to the RCV1000 is a purchased bike, not a lease by tttom
Could be, but I'm not convinced
If American Honda and especially HRC are backing the team, I'm not so sure they'll be able to do exactly as they please. Carrying more fuel could invalidate any techincal support that Honda provides, but that is pure speculation on my part. I have a hard time believing that Honda is going to sell a bike that has any realistic shot at getting too close to any of its prototypes, although I'm sure they'd like to see it beat any of the other bikes on the grid. I guess we'll have to wait and see. I'm hoping for the best.
In reply to Could be, but I'm not convinced by Trip13
so they only have to
dumb it down to Yamaha level then, shouldn't be too hard eh? :-)
In reply to so they only have to by sir_nj
Modiying customer bikes.
It will be very interesting to see what kind of modifications teams will be able to perform on the Production Honda.
Honda holds the reigns with parts that are no doubt already engineered and manufactured. I could see them providing a user agreement clause which prevents teams from modifying the bike if they want to keep receiving updates.
Add American Honda in to the mix and Aspar's hands may be tied.
Who knows, maybe the Production Honda can have a few tenths hotrodded out of it with 3rd party pneumatic valves and the full 24l of fuel.
The whole idea of purposely dumbed down bikes eludes me though. It's poor sportsmanship IMO. What's the point if it's built specificaly NOT to win? That's why teams should be given free reign over the production Honda, at least give them a chance by leaving them to their own devices.
In reply to Modiying customer bikes. by Matt P.
Yeah, that's probably the case
Yeah, Matt. That's exactly what I'm thinking, too.
As far as Honda's motivation to provide dumbed down bikes, put yourself in their position. Why would they create more legitimate competition for their factory and satellite riders at a fraction of the budget they spend? It seems producing the RCV1000R does a few things for them. The first is that it helps to meet Dorna's cost-cutting objectives and quells some of the Honda critisism. They can now claim to be offering a solution to the cost problem instead of being the cause.
More signifiicantly, it helps them maintain the status quo. Honda now controls more of the equipment on the grid. They don't really care if it's totally fair because the competition extends way beyond what actually happens on track. Aprilia could have actually made life a little more difficult for the established factories. I bet Honda was pleased to be able to snag Aspar and Hayden, because it all but puts the final nail in any Aprilia challenge. Now, at least for the next three years, they have a nice three-tiered hierarchy in place with no current wild cards around to make trouble. Looking at it from that perspective, I can't say I blame them.
Imagine Nakamoto having to go in front of the Honda board of directors asking for a hundred million dollars or so to continue with the prototype program when their budget racer is nipping at their uber-unobtainium prototypes' heels. It might be a harder argument to make even though, under the current rules, the prototypes give them the best chance of success.
If they truly wanted to provide a more level playing field, they could probably sell year-old RC213Vs (without a seamless gearbox) for the same money. But again, that would give competing teams access to technology they don't want them to even see, much less have.
The other thing it gets them is an established platform for any coming new world order in 2017. If Dorna gets its way, and it's looking like it might, there won't be any more "factory option" bikes as we know them today. The RCVR will be decent, and probably a good choice for new riders and teams who want to stay in the series currently, but it could very well be the cream of the crop when the prototypes fade away, especially with three more years of development and some upgrades for Honda's top riders/teams.
In reply to Could be, but I'm not convinced by Trip13
I agree
I agree with your statement about Honda that their proddy racer will not be as fast as the factory bike. Back in the 90's (not sure, but it should be around 98) they made the new NSR250 not compatitive compared to the RS 250 on wich your fellow countryman McWilliams with BQR support was using. In about two or three months Honda modified the NSR and it was faster then the RS racer and things were back to normal. Oooo those sweet two stroke memories, hope to see them back on track again without these rules about fuel consumption and most off all no electronics to support the rider.
In reply to Keep in mind... by Agent55
I don't think HRC will struggle with 20 L at all, as they wouldn't have pushed for the fuel restriction otherwise.
Yamaha? I think they may struggle at some tracks. I suspect 5th place will be about the best Nicky can hope for though, more likely 8th, behind the factory-ECU hondas, and factory-ECU Yamahas (when they dont run into fuel problems).
Pretty good move.
I'm glad Aspar, HRC, American Honda, and Hayden were able to make it happen. It sure as hell beats the other alternative. It would have been painful irony to have Hayden ride the GP13 again.
In reply to Pretty good move. by Matt P.
At this point, agreed
But I wouldn't be totally shocked to see a switch to Ducati in 2015 if Dall'Igna gets the house of Bologna in order. Aspar to replace Pramac as the Ducati junior team? I could see that happening.
Aprilia certainly put its foot in it, didn't it? They've now jeopardized the entire ART project, which was so promising, and potentially left the entire production bike supply to Honda, Yamaha, and Ducati.
In reply to Brilliant by pagik
Watered down...
Something to remember...the proddy Honda is pretty similar to the 990 he won the world championship on. He will be fine and may even challenge for a few podiums. Better than the last 2 years anyway.
In reply to Watered down... by chiito
Hope not
A 990 would be nowhere now. Time has marched on: the current bikes are heavier, more powerful, more electronic.
What worries me is that the non-factory route was a promising way to prise the rules out of the hands of the factories, by taking away their monopoly on providing competitive bikes. The non-factory Honda is potentially a counter-attack...
Neglected Champion
I've been watching GP racing for over thirty years now and Hayden's is the only case I can remember of a world champion not getting support from the factory he won the championship for when it was time for him to defend his crown. He won that championship whilst testing parts for Pedrosa's bike and was given a bike that made him look like a circus bear to defend his title. I remember it took Honda some three races to give him an adult sized fairing so that he didn't have to use his arms to stay on the bike, thus allowing the front suspension to work properly. The least one would expect is that they would have developed the fairing in the wind tunnel FOR THE WORLD CHAMPION, but they were more interested in making Pedrosa the next world champion. To this day, they are still insisting on that.
In reply to Neglected Champion by JC Racing 96
In reply to maybe.... by jethrorose
Best option
Available for Hayden. At least it should stop & turn like GP bike. Too bad about Aprilla's turn of events. They were really close.
In reply to Best option by NWslopoke
HA! Awesome. The thing might
HA! Awesome. The thing might not be as fast as a factory bike, but you're right, you know it's going to handle well. God, this thing is gonna feel like a full-on, fettled-by-Jesus prototype to Nicky, compared to what he was riding. Best of all options for him, especially if some of the side benefits that I've heard whispered come true.
In reply to HA! Awesome. The thing might by morbidelli17
Alright, Dish! "Best of all
Alright, Dish! "Best of all options for him, especially if some of the side benefits that I've heard whispered come true."
What do you mean by that?
[I am so thrilled he's not on a Duc for 2014]
In reply to Alright, Dish! "Best of all by коля1982
Simply rumor, with a fair bit
Simply rumor, with a fair bit of guessing on my part, but if Honda's coming out with a new Superbike racer, they'll need someone to make it look real good, won't they? It would be a nice retirement plan for the rest of Nicky's career. And it wasn't that long ago that factory riders did races like Suzuka. Honda might not want to risk Pedrosa and Marquez there, but guys like Bradl and Hayden who (realistically) won't be challenging for the title might be up for something like that.
It's a good PR move for Honda. Hopefully, they'll hear less of the "HRC never respected Nicky" bleating, especially if HRC is in the mix of supporting him. Nicky draws a lot of attention, and if he can luck into a podium or two, give them some feedback on development, and maybe do some Superbike, it's all good for them. And being on a Honda should make Nicky more valuable to his personal sponsors.
At its core, though, think about it. If you can't have a factory ride, can you think of anything else you'd rather be riding than the Honda customer racer?
In reply to Simply rumor, with a fair bit by morbidelli17
In reply to Aprilia by darkraven
At this point I'm interested
At this point I'm interested to know (and I apologize if David already stated the answer in a previous article) if Aprilia *chose* not to keep Gigi thinking they could do it without him, or if they simply *couldn't* due to a financial impossibility.
Because this seems like an utter disaster to their entire racing program across the board, and I wonder if someone's in big big trouble.
In reply to At this point I'm interested by коля1982
Sounds like someone pulled the plug on Gigi's plans
I'd be really interested to know, too. As far as I can make out, one of two things probably happened: Either Aprilia led Gigi down the garden path (and Aspar/Hayden) without a clear committment to pushing faster towards a factory-option-type program, or Gigi was using his leverage from the Ducati offer to force Aprilia to do it and got Aspar and Hayden on board because he was certain he could pull it off.
I read a quote from an anonymous Aprilia insider that stated that the plan was to build towards an official factory team in 2017, when the new power/rules paradigm is established. Perhaps Dall'igna saw an opportunity to make it happen faster and simply could not get sign off on it.
I'd really like to know what actually happened.
In reply to Sounds like someone pulled the plug on Gigi's plans by Trip13
Sound like...
So far, Aprilia will not commit to move up to the 2014 factory class due to lack of funds. Rumor is that some factories will close for some time to cope with the slow sales in Europe. Not sure if that is related to the Piaggio sales or Aprilia sales.
In reply to Sound like... by RedVTX
Yup, saw that
Which leads me to believe the reason was my speculation #1, but, in which case, nothing more could probably done. I'm imagining that Aprilia probably tried to get Aspar to hang on another year with at most a mildly upgraded version of the current bike and hope 2015 brings more funding from the mother ship.
I feel bad for the rank and file at Aprilia and the people in their racing program. Although, no doubt, some will be headed to Ducati.
In reply to Sounds like someone pulled the plug on Gigi's plans by Trip13
Piaggio were not willing to
Piaggio were not willing to increase the financial support required for Aprilia participation in MotoGP. Their sales have been dismal and board did not approve further monies if it ain't translating into sales.. Compare this to Ducati who offered Gigi Carte Blanche and it was easy to see why Gigi did what he did.
In reply to At this point I'm interested by коля1982
from what i heard...
... Ducati made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
As an Aprilia fan this is
As an Aprilia fan this is (more) really bad news, I was very exited to see the new bike next year and to see it in some capable hands. I will still be placing my most irrational and anger fueled hopes in the 2014 ART (please let there be a 2014 ART) being just as fast as the Forward Yamahas, Aspar Hondas and even factory Ducatis, actually since I'm very, very angry I'll be hopping for a miraculous decimation of those bikes by the ART (a man can dream).
Honda using 20 liters
It's rumored that Honda uses 20 liters this year and if that is true I can't see them being slower in 2014. The RCV1000R don't stand a chance.
But nice to see Nicky on something else than the miserable Ducati.
Aleix Espargaro
waunder what Aleix Espargaro is thinking about aspar running the honda production racer?
In reply to Aleix Espargaro by Anomalovaho
Not so sure on that. He'll have a proper race bike motor with control ECU, on this year's M1 chassis, effectively. This is a pretty proven motor+chassis.
The new customer honda is a total unknown.
Plus, I suspect it is way too late for him to change his mind now.
I see Esparago as the biggest
I see Esparago as the biggest loser in all this. $100k of your own money, bunch of finagling, to get out of your contract then only to find out your ride might be the best of the rest. At this stage there is no reason to doubt that the customer spec RCV will be any slower than Forward's M1 engine/chassis package. He just went through a bunch of effort and jumping hoops for nothing IMO.
In reply to I see Esparago as the biggest by BrickTop
Sometimes you just have to
Sometimes you just have to let things play out. Nicky with the support of his family has been really good about not making bonehead moves. Esparago... that's the way the dominoes fall.
In reply to I see Esparago as the biggest by BrickTop
I wouldn't be so sure just
I wouldn't be so sure just yet. He's basically going to be riding this year's Tech 3 bike, minus fuel tank, airbox, seat, and Yamaha software. What it will have is pneumatic valves, which the Honda production racer will not. This should allow for a higher rev ceiling, thus better horsepower. Paired with a user friendly chassis and Aleix's skill, it might be the best he could get compared with the Honda! ;)
In reply to I wouldn't be so sure just by darkraven
yeah but...
tech 3 have already been running out of fuel the last couple of seasons.
pneumatic valves are all well and good, but if they're going to have to dial power back due to lack of fuel, they're not going to be making as much top end power as they otherwise might.
AFIK, there hasn't been any
AFIK, there hasn't been any official announcement about Aleix Espargaro moving to NGM in 2014. So in theory he is still signed with Aspar for next season, right? Perhaps this announcement will convince him to keep his 100k euros and stick with Aspar.
The big factories don't want
The big factories don't want aprillia in coz aprillia can beat em if given time, so I feel ducati lured gigi using money bags n saved their ass from aprillia
In reply to The big factories don't want by Raydemon
two birds with one stone
Making a great aquisition for the company's racing department (Ducati Corse, which let's be honest hasn't been going that great, in MotoGP and WSBK), at the same time that they provoke a huge loss in one of the most direct rivals in those two categories was, no doubt, like "killing two birds with one stone" for Ducati.
If Honda and Yamaha are applauding this? ...maybe, I'm not sure.
I'm actually more concerned that this whole Dall'Igna move, and now Aspar to race the Honda customer bike, may be hiding more than we can see about Aprilia, and I don't mean just their MotoGP ART...
Full Circle For Hayden...
American Honda seems to have been the smartest player of this deal with Aspar/HRC. With the sportbike market being in the toilet especially in America... having Nicky on a Honda again is marketing genius! Hayden's 'selling power' is needed to help boost sales for the current and future Honda models. It's a win-win situation for all involved I would say. Aleix Espargaro wanted to be on the same brand as his brother Pol I think. Aleix is thinking that he could be in good standing with Yamaha to take a factory seat next to his brother someday. Now can Aspar/HRC get J.Rea out of his contract with Ten-Kate to join Hayden? Rea would be an awesome team-mate for Hayden.
In reply to Full Circle For Hayden... by ghostrider11
personally id rather have
personally id rather have Jrea and Hayden on V4 superbike duties, that would be a great combo and fantastic for the marketing department
Bittersweet really. I'm glad
Bittersweet really. I'm glad to see Nicky end up on what should be a relatively competitive bike. I would also be happy to see Ducati become competitive again with the addition of Dall'Igna. The real loser here is Aprilia and I am sad about that. They were so close to getting a promising package together. It sounds like there aren't enough talented engineers to go around at the moment... a shame.
podium's ...
... realy ?
I understand fans always look at the bright side of things, but there are at least 8 and probably 10 bikes faster than the proddy RCV. and that's without the NGM Yam's.
First he needs to beat Redding before thinking of getting within the top 10.
From what I've read on
From what I've read on Superbikeplanet, Aprilia probably simply can't afford to go racing. They are furloughing employees, maybe until December. Sales have cratered.
In reply to From what I've read on by morbidelli17
Well, you can't really blame them if that's the case
That's sad to hear. Apparently Aprilia did make a last ditch effort to keep Aspar, so they were willing to spend something. But anything significantly short of Dall'Igna's program was not going to be enough.
Red Bull is in on it
Also according to Superbikeplanet, Red Bull is prepared to pony up some cash, as well as "other sponsors." There's also speculation that Dorna may contribute.
I'd always thought that the
I'd always thought that the CRT rules were in place to prevent exactly what Aprilia did - to "back door" their way into MotoGP without having to put out the kind of cash the other manufacturers did to develop a prototype. To keep them from developing a GP bike out of their production bike. Which is exactly what Aprilia did, so it always mystified me how the ART bikes were ever allowed to come into being.
I think the Honda will be the most refined package from the off (customer bike speaking), and depending what Aspar are allowed to do with the bike - maybe add pneumatic valves, more fuel, etc. along with the progress Magneti Marelli will make with the spec software (I'd expect MM to make the Hondas the top priority for their development) they might eventually be able to do something, by which I mean eventually be able to hang with the satellite bikes and the Ducatis.
In reply to I'd always thought that the by ghostdog6
Well, the whole point of the
Well, the whole point of the CRT's was to increase the number of bikes on the starting grid. The rules were never put there to prevent the development of a prototype, but to prevent the use of an existing prototype, specifically Honda's and Yamaha's.
You can pretty much consider "CRT" to be synonymous with "Potential Vultures Class". Being a CRT meant that an engine could be purchased at any time by any other team for dirt cheap. It was assumed that the threat of having your engine's secrets exposed to the opposing team would keep Honda & Yamaha out of the class. (Because honestly, does anyone really envy the Ducati engine?)
After that, I'm pretty sure that Dorna turned a blind eye to everything else that happened in the CRT class, since the main purpose of the class was to increase the grid. Anyways, it's not like the ART's are demolishing the rest of the CRT field. Slight advantage, yes. But nowhere near the advantage the RC213Vs and the M1s have over the field.
In reply to Well, the whole point of the by strakka
You want larger grids?
We can bunch up the pit scooters in the back of the grid too, call it a"third" class. Prototype, CRT's, Pit Scooters. The grid sure is full now! I keep hearing this little voice in my head arguing quantity vs. quality though.
By the way, the Ducati Motor is a missle. I'm sure Honda would love to get a look inside that motor, if anything just to have a good laugh...
It ain't that slow....
"When put next to reports that test rider Takumi Takahashi lapped half a second slower on the RCV1000R than on the RC213V, that would put Stoner's time within a few tenths of his time on the factory bike. That would make Honda's production racer a very competitive package." quote from a report by A/R.
The bike is fast, but it is not seconds slower than the factory bikes, like the current Ducati. We should be seeing tenths slower. The big questions will be how well will it manage tires? Will they get different tires than the factory bikes?
Have Dorna give the CRT/Customer bikes the ability to work with other tire manufacturers to develop tires for these bikes and let's see how how close they get to the Aliens. Factory bikes must use Bridgestones and all other bikes can use Dunlop, Michelin, or Pirelli. Now that could be fun!
In reply to It ain't that slow.... by Betty Coltrane
Hope for the best, but prepare...
...for the possiblity that it ain't that fast, either. Takahashi's test times are encouraging, but not really evidence of anything. His ceiling is not as high as a top race rider, so he surely can't get the same performance out of the prototype. And that last 2% is the difference between a test rider and a race rider. I wouldn't bank on the performance ceilings of both bikes being completely relative, either, meaning that Takahashi might have been able to get near the limit of the production racer, but not as close to the prototype's. Stoner's actual times would give us a much better idea.
The Honda could make life very unpleasant for Ducati until they get something better on the grid and maybe trouble the Tech 3s since they have two relatively inexperienced riders.
The second seat
Let's say Tito Rabat pulls off the Moto2 title this year ahead of Redding and Espargaro, and lets pretend he doesn't have a Moto2 contract for next year...
Do you put him on that second Aspar seat if available or do you punish him for being Spanish and make him do another round of Moto2?
Nicky in 2014
Great to hear that Nicky will be on a Honda in 2014, but it's gotta be said... Valentino Rossi is past his best, Colin Edwards has been for a while. How many of the old-school are left? Nicky was AT his consistent best in 2006, he rode great that year. That was over 7 years ago.
Given that Nicky has spent a miserable few years at Ducati, why would anyone think that he would suddenly be competitive given a Honda (especially a 2nd rate Honda)? I hate to pose this question as I still reckon Hayden is a superstar and a real jewel of the sport; but be honest, both Rossi at Ducati and Dovi at Ducati both outscored Nicky. You ever considered he might have had his day in MotoGP (to be competitive).
Rossi is back on a Factory Yamaha and is doing okay (but not spectacular). If Nicky was back on a Repsol Honda what makes anyone think he would be anywhere near the front?
In reply to Nicky in 2014 by 1050cc (not verified)
Not necessarily
You might be right and I doubt Hayden would be running with the Spanish trio even if he was given top equipment. But the fact is no one knows where he is for sure. The truth is that he's been very close to both Rossi and Dovi as the 2nd rider in the team. Let's not forget that; he has always been the #2 at Ducati and was not given the support the others have had. Without the engine failure at Sepang, it was looking like he could have beaten Dovi and he was catching Smith. It might have been a very different result at the end of the year.
It's just as easy to argue that he could have actually improved as a rider over those five miserable years. Unfortunately, he'll actually be on a third-rate Honda.
In reply to Nicky in 2014 by 1050cc (not verified)
Agree. And consider
Yes, Nick was banished to Siberia for all intents at Ducati, but I don't think he has lost his will to fight. He is a rider's rider. so, yes, i think he will have to get used to a bike that turns, offers feedback, etc., but, and here come the flame throwers, jjuxtapose this to Vale.
Rossi was also banished to Siberia but i just don't see him riding with the same sense of urgency that he used to (except Qatar) and he has said as much in interviews regarding what he will/won't risk out there.
There is no question Nick never didn't leave it all out on track. I think he adapts well and if rumored times of the proddy are to be believed i think he is chasing down Bautista.
Just like everyone, however, just a wild assed guess.
MGP and the fans would be well served to have a few more "Haydens" on track.
In reply to Agree. And consider by MSS 58
... i think is dealing with an M1 that has been tuned to Lorenzo's strengths (corner speed) rather than his own (late braking), and thus he has been complaining about the braking.
Everything he was saying about the problems with the ducati was shown by the string of front end crashes Stoner had towards the end of his tenure there, have been shown by the similar issues Dovi is having and complaining about.
So, I take him at his word regarding his comments on the M1 recently.
I still think Rossi will have a better 2014 than this year. I'm not sure he'll be a championship winner, but last weekend in qualifying proved he is still fast when things are working properly.
I don't think it's so much that Rossi has lost it or become slower - the bar has simply been raised in his absence on the square wheeled red bike, and he's now playing catch up.
Also - lets not forget; it's clear that Honda have made a significant step since midway through the 2012 season. Not to take anything away from the job Dani and Marc have been doing, but the HRC bike is currently looking like the complete package, whereas this year Yamaha have been playing catch up, trying to get some more speed and acceleration off the turns.
Given that, with 2 "better" HRC bikes (with extremely competent riders) and a world champion team mate who has had the bike tweaked for him for 2 years, finishing any better than fourth is always going to be difficult.
That last 1-2% is something he can hopefully figure out between now and next season.
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Can a chassis developed for JL be enough to prevent VR to brake & turn?
In reply to Different??? by RedVTX
well, yes?
Bear in mind that if you are one TENTH off per lap on average, over race distance that's typically 2-3 seconds behind.
Think about that for a little bit - how much of an inconvenience would the bike have to be to your riding to cause you to be a tenth of a second slower around a circuit?
It's not that he can't brake and turn at all, but say he loses half a tenth in 3-4 corners because the bike doesn't handle the way he likes and reduces his confidence / level of commitment, and we have the current situation where he's consistently several seconds back.
In reply to Nicky in 2014 by 1050cc (not verified)
Hayden has been pretty much
Hayden has been pretty much right there with Dovi all year. Essentially even.
In reply to Hayden has been pretty much by donjigweed
Right you are
I bet Nicky and Dovi are sick and tired of racing each other by now. They are consistently close with some of the best battles on tbe track this year. So Nicky basically runs with Dovi this year, Dovi ran with Cal last year (better actually), Cal runs with Rossi Bradl Bautista this year. Seems to me like you could throw a blanket over them (yes I know Rossi outscored Hayden last year)
I'm an American and a Hayden and I'm super happy for him to spearhead the honda production racer and I would love him to move to WSBK when tbey introduce their other new bike.
In reply to Right you are by early
You're a Hayden?
Earl, is that you?
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In reply to Right you are by early
Earl is that you?
Earl is that you? :)
I don't see the production racer Honda having the motor and overall package to challenge past 8th much. I bet it is a good fit for Nick and they get on fine, just mid pack at best.
Gives Suzuki a good target for baseline pace. Too bad for the potential loss of the Aprilia, it is a neat bike and a cool David for the Japanese Goliaths. Was looking fwd very much to the Ducati-Aprilia-prod Honda-Yamaha engined sweet framed bikes showdown.
In reply to Nicky in 2014 by 1050cc (not verified)
Ducati VS RCVr...
The Ducatis are always in a battle among themselves each and every race! A sad sight for a Factory-team running mid-pack all season, again. The Ducatis have CRTs and Bradley Smith (a rookie) besting them an awful lot. Another sad sight for a Fatory-team! Now Hayden will be on a Honda again... 3-rate or not... any Honda is better than the Factory-Ducati right now! I bet J.Rea's WSB CBR1000rr would beat the Ducati GP bike right now on a tight track. The RCVr will be easier to set-up and ride for Nicky. Once the bugs are worked-out (I'd say by mid-season 2014) all the RCV-Rs will be closer to the Honda and Yamaha factory bikes than the Ducatis, ARTs, and the Tech3 riders. And as far as Nicky riding ability after 7 years... we will see in 2014 where he stacks up! IMO... 5th or 6th place finishes. Hayden still has the drive and fight in him that will make us all proud... the man can ride the wheels off a motorcycle! I hope Honda does a Nicky Hayden-Livery CBR1000rr in the future...
Starting packing up...
9 unforgettable years, with Honda. 5 forgetable years with Ducati. Last Call... Just like 06, deck of cards on Nickys leathers, All In..
Its a Win Win for Honda and Nicky. As a die hard Hayden fan from his dirt tracking days til now. No I dont expect him to win the title, But hell, at least it will be fun watching him fight for a top 5 or even top 8. Finish your career on a Honda and he will have a job for life.
David, we need Scott Jones to the a pic of Nicky when he takes his helmet off after his first stint in Valencia. He'll probably be smiling from ear to ear thinking "Holy Shit this bike can be turned into a corner"!!
For F%@# sake HRC let the man who gave you a title in 06 finish his career with you, then off to the hard pack of Peoria on a CRF450!!! Nicky back on a Honda!! Whats Pete Benson doing next yr!!
As a fan of Nicky's I fear
As a fan of Nicky's I fear we'll rue this day. Something is rotten...
Top 8 instead of top 10.
Sometimes it's better to go home. He should have asked Casey about that.
Hold on, could Aprilia still make a last-last-ditch offer?
I just read the piece Sport Rider published on their site. The dateline was the 14th, so take that for what it's worth.
They also reported that the word was Aspar would likely be announcing a deal with Honda. But what was interesting about it was how frantic that Aprilia was reported to be to save the Aspar/Hayden deal. According to Sport Rider there were lots of meetings in Sepang and escalated offers by both Aprilia and Honda.
In the event that nothing has been signed yet, is it possible that Aprilia tries to save the day in the dying moments?
The smart money says Aprilia is out, especially since Martinez has been saying all along that he would leave Aprila if Dall'Igna left. But could this thing get weirder still?
At the very least, it's good to know that Aspar and Nick might have gottten the best deal possible from Honda.
As for Ducati, they apparently also made a pitch, with Sport Rider speculating that it included factory support. Apparently, Hayden is really not interested and not at all happy with Ducati's upper managment.
Hey,we want some posse!
Hayden gets a lot of flak for being 2nd to Rossi,stoner and dovi but when has Hayden ever got the top Bike in the garage. He looked like a teenager on a pocket bike when he won the championship with the Parts Bin special. Took HRC 3 Goddamn races to get a fairing for Nickys size. I bet if you put him on YAMAHA factory bike he will go and hassle the frontrunners till kingdom come purely on the built up angst on the treatment he has received everywhere from Honda to Ducati.
In reply to Hey,we want some posse! by Praveen
So Aprilia have been
So Aprilia have been completely screwed by Dorna's ECU programming schedule? So that means they have no choice! They have to enter with Eugene Laverty on a Factory package with pneumatic valves. Otherwise all of their work in MotoGp has been for absolutely nothing. Come on Aprilia, don't let Ducati and Dorna screw you! Ducati is the worst team in the world, and Dorna are incompetent bastards. Design your own ECU and enter as a factory. At the very very least you will be dicing with the new Honda prototypes if you can find a good rider. That is better than being nowhere at all!
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"What you're seeing now is Colorado, Washington through state referenda, they're experimenting with legal marijuana," the president said in response to a question from YouTube host Hank Green. "The position of my administration has been that we still have federal laws that classify marijuana as an illegal substance, but we're not going to spend a lot of resources trying to turn back decisions that have been made at the state level on this issue. My suspicion is that you're gonna see other states start looking at this."
Indeed. Legalization bills are already popping up in state legislatures around the country, and while it's unlikely -- though not impossible -- that any of them will pass this year, 2016 looks to be the breakout year for freeing the weed. One state is going to be the first to legalize it through the legislature, and next year seems reasonable. And the presidential election year is also likely to see successful legalization initiatives in several more.
Currently four states -- Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington -- and the District of Columbia have ended pot prohibition. But that's only about 18 million people. By the time they quit counting the votes on Election Day 2016, that number is likely to triple, and then some.
So, where's it going to happen? Here's where:
That California is the only state on the West Coast to not yet have legalized pot is an embarrassment to Golden State activists. They were first with medical marijuana in 1996, and they tried to be first to legalize it with Prop 19 in 2010, but came up short, garnering 46% of the vote on Election Day despite leading in the polls up until the final weeks. In 2012, with the big players sitting on their cash stashes, none of the competing initiative efforts even managed to make the ballot.
It will be different in 2016. The actors with deep pockets are all ready to get involved next year, the polling is good (if not great, hovering in the mid-50s), and the state's disparate and fractious cannabis community is already working to forge a unified front behind a community-vetted initiative. The main vehicle for activists is the California Coalition for Cannabis Law Reform [17], which has already started holding meetings statewide to try to a unified marijuana reform community.
Nevada is the state that is actually furthest down the path towards legalizing it next year. The Marijuana Policy Project-backed Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Nevada [18] has already qualified a legalization initiative for the 2016 ballot. It would legalize the possession of up to an ounce by adults 21 and over and allow for taxed and regulated marijuana commerce.
Under Nevada law, the legislature now has a chance to approve the initiative. If it does so, it would become law; if it rejects it or fails to act on it, it then goes to the voters on Election Day 2016.
Nevadans approved medical marijuana in 1998 (59%) and again in 2000 (65%), but voted down decriminalization in 2002 (39%) and legalization in 2006 (44%). But it has since then effectively decriminalized possession of less than ounce, and it's now been a decade since that last legalization initiative loss at the polls. Either marijuana will be legal by Election Day 2016 thanks to the legislature or the voters will decide the question themselves at the polls.
In Arizona, possession of any amount of pot is still a felony, but polling in the last couple of years [19] shows support for legalization either hovering around 50% or above it. Those aren't the most encouraging polling numbers -- the conventional wisdom is that initiatives want to start out at 60% support or better -- but a serious effort is underway there to put the issue before the voters in 2016.
The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) is teaming with Safer Arizona [20] and other state activist groups for the 2016 initiative campaign and has formed a ballot committee [21] to begin laying the groundwork for a Colorado-style initiative.
The initiative language is not a done deal, and there are some signs that local activists aren't completely happy with MPP's proposed language, but that's why there are consultations going on.
The Marijuana Policy Project has been laying the groundwork for a statewide legalization initiative in 2016 with local initiative campaigns in some of the state's largest cities in 2014 and 2013 and is working on final initiative language now. But it is also seeing competition from a state-based group,Legalize Maine [22], that says it is crafting its own initiative and is criticizing both MPP and Maine politicians for advancing "out of state corporate interests" at the expense of Mainers.
Whether MPP and Legalize Maine can get together behind a single initiative remains to be seen. If they can, good; if they can't, well, Maine is a small and relatively inexpensive state in which to run a signature-gathering campaign. There could be not one, but two legalization initiatives in Maine next year.
Meanwhile, state Rep. Diane Russell has filed a legalization bill in the legislature this year. Maine is one of the states where the looming presence of legalization initiatives could actually move the legislature to act preemptively to craft a legalization scheme to its own liking.
Massachusetts is another. As in Maine, but to a much greater degree, Bay State activists have been laying the groundwork for legalization for years. Groups such as MassCann/NORML [23] and the Drug Policy Forum of Massachusetts [24] have run a series of marijuana reform "public policy questions" in various state electoral districts each election cycle since 2000 -- and they have never lost! The questions are non-binding, but they're a clear indicator to state legislators where voter sentiment lies.
The state has also seen successful decriminalization and medical marijuana initiatives, in 2008 and 2012, respectively. In both cases, the initiatives were approved with 63% of the vote. And again as in Maine, the Marijuana Policy Project is organizing an initiative, but local activists with similar complaints to those in Maine are threatening to run their own initiative. Organized as Bay State Repeal [25], which includes some veteran Massachusetts activists, the group says it wants the least restrictive legalization law possible. Whether the two efforts can reach a common understanding remains to be seen.
Vermont could be the best bet for a state to legalize it this year and for the first state to legalize it through the legislative process. There is no initiative process in the state, so that's the only way it's going to happen. And the state has already proceeded well down that path.
Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) has endorsed legalization in principle -- the devil is the details -- and the legislature last year approved a RAND study on the impacts of legalization [26], which was just released earlier this month. That study estimated that freeing the weed could bring the state $20 to $70 million in annual pot tax revenues.
Other state officials have expressed openness to the idea, and a May 2014 poll [27] found 57% support for legalization. There's not a bill in the hopper yet this year, but one could move quickly in this state where a lot of the legislative groundwork has already been laid.
The Marijuana Policy Project has formed the Vermont Coalition to Regulate Marijuana [28] to help push the process along. Stay tuned; this is one to watch.
And there's a dark horse in the heartland. The Missouri activist group Show Me Cannabis [29] has been running an impressive educational campaign about marijuana legalization for the past few years. The group tried to get an initiative on the ballot last year, but came up short.
They've already filed paperwork for 2016 for a constitutional amendment to make it legal to grow, sell, and use marijuana for people 21 and over.
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Rutsey, perhaps best known for his work on Rush's 1974 track "Working Man," was a school-age friend of future Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson. The two of them joined with bassist Jeff Jones to form a predecessor group. Geddy Lee eventually replaced Jones, and this initial edition of Rush would issue a debut single (a 1973 version of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away") as well as its self-titled debut album, both of which feature Rutsey on drums. (His brother Bill was also said to have come up with the name "Rush.") Rutsey left the band not longer after 'Rush' appeared in 1974, in part over issues with diabetes, and the disease is believed to have contributed to his early demise at just 55 in 2008.
With the addition of drummer/lyricist Neil Peart, the legendary Canadian band's most successful — and well known — lineup was set. It took another four decades, but Rush — well, Lee, Lifeson and Peart, anyway — will finally earn entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this year.
Posts on the Rush Is a Band Facebook page, reflect a fierce loyalty to Rutsey — even if the nominating committee dismissed his early contributions: "Without John, Rush would not exist," one particularly irritated fan writes. "Once again, Rock And Roll Hall Of Shame: even when you finally get it right, you still get it wrong," fumes another.
Least he be completely forgotten, Rutsey was featured on two recent Rush films, performing twice as part of the bonus features for 2010′s 'Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage,' as well as 2011′s 'Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland.'
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