WSB 09 The Island, BMW, Corser and Xaus - Page 10

Guest24 · 02-26-2009, 04:39 AM

It's VIAGRA not Niagara Chewie. You may be suffering from starch build-up.

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Originally Posted by chewie

I'm having erection problems...

I think it's too heavy and holding it in the wind doesn't help

I sprayed it with some stuff to help it age better out in the elements, maybe I made it heavier

I've tried to attach it to a pole with cable ties and elongate it, no good

I got some tent poles out and thought about stretching it out between the two poles - but only one end has anything to tie a bit of rope around

It's limp

I'm gonna need a very stiff breeze to get this damn thing waving proudly

Any flag experts out there?

06:31 PM

Live timing available from www.worldsbk.com

WSBK first qualifying on NOW.

Cheers,

Frank

Deans BMW · 02-26-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by fastfrank

Live timing available from www.wsbk.com

WSBK first qualifying on NOW.

Cheers,

Frank

I can't seem to make it work.

signit98 · 02-26-2009, 03:24 PM

signit98 · 03:34 PM

...right now the BMW's are 1.5 and 2 seconds respectively behind the best time of Spies... in 20th and 21st... Nakano is holding the Aprilia in 7th... Neukirchner is closing in on Spies who still holds the best time... not much longer from the looks of MN...

Not that it means anything but still...

shreddr · shreddr's Garage

what happened? Corser was pulling 1'32.9's earlier in the week

signit98 · 02-26-2009, 04:32 PM

That was then... this is reality! Race conditions...

shreddr · shreddr's Garage

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Originally Posted by signit98

That was then... this is reality! Race conditions...

whats different?

Highlander179 · 02-26-2009, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by shreddr

whats different?

official timing vs a pr guy with a stopwatch

shreddr · shreddr's Garage

I must admit seeing Spies on the top sure feels good!

signit98 · 02-26-2009, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by shreddr

I must admit seeing Spies on the top sure feels good!

Chances are that will change as well, once the Superpole runs are under way... just look how Neukirchner all of a sudden starts pushing and ends up only 0.06 of a second behind Spies... and that was just free practice.

Should be really interesting... tomorrow, the cards will be on the table!

Guest24 · 05:46 PM

At least I picked Spies right on the other thread Ralf.

But, we're not done yet--Are we.

1. Spies
2. Rea
3. Neukirchner
4. Haga
5. Fabrizio
6. Xaus
7. Resch
8. Corser

Superbike - Free Practice 1st Session
Update: February 27, 2009, 01:40 PM ET Comment Email Print

1 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1'32.752
2 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'32.813
3 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'33.015
4 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'33.077
5 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Ducati 1098 RS 09 1'33.140
6 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1'33.239
7 56 Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 1'33.280
8 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 1'33.371
9 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'33.433
10 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'33.496
11 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1'33.508
12 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'33.695
13 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1'33.747
14 100 Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'33.835
15 33 Hill T. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1'33.845
16 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 1'33.901
17 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1'33.909
18 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 1'33.991
19 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1'34.012
20 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1'34.201
21 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1'34.780
22 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'35.851
23 24 Roberts B. (AUS) Ducati 1098R 1'36.222
24 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'36.762
25 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'36.853
26 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1'37.716
27 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'37.866
28 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'38.676

Mad Otter · 02-26-2009, 05:22 PM

Looks as if everybody is reflecting the official timing...even the Ducs.

Emmbeedee · 02-26-2009, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Deans BMW

I can't seem to make it work.

The link is wrong, that's why. This is the right one: http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/index.php

Guest24 · 02-26-2009, 05:48 PM

Who was telling me that the S1K was going to hold back. Two bikes running like a side car race. hmmmmmm.

02-26-2009, 06:24 PM

for a micro second!

RC51DRAG · 02-27-2009, 05:36 AM

It's a good start at least.

Jonas The Swede · 02-27-2009, 09:29 AM

Seems like they still are testing the bikes...

"BMW Motorrad Motorsport riders Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus ended the first day of qualifying at Phillip Island with the sixteenth and twentieth fastest times respectively. But lap times are very close and Troy was only a second slower then today’s quickest rider, Jakob Smrz (Ducati), with Ruben just seven tenths of a second further behind. Since the test last weekend, some new parts have arrived for the team to evaluate and the work carried out in this area meant that neither Troy nor Ruben were able to chase any lap times.

Troy 1:33.377
Since the test last weekend we received some new parts to try out and today that’s what we did. The new parts affected the way the bike’s chassis worked, so we had to find out what was going, what we had to do and then try and do it. But, I think we did a lot of good work today and definitely got some info and ideas that we can work on tomorrow. Considering what we were doing today, I think that it’s pretty good to be only one second off the pace. All day, I was just working on evaluating the new stuff, improving the bike and not chasing any lap times. I had a little tip-off this afternoon when I lost the front end in Honda corner, but it was a very slow speed crash and I didn't hurt myself at all.

Ruben 1: 34.080
It’s going good here and we were able to solve some problems we didn’t get round to solving last week. This morning was not so easy, but we made some changes to the bike and the afternoon was better. We are trying to get both my bikes set up well for the race, but one bike is working better than the other one and so we have some work to do. I know that this is the first day of a race weekend and there is a lot to do, but I know that we are improving every time out and as long as we do that, I think we are all happy.

Rainer Baeumel (Team manager)
In some ways today was a little frustrating because we had some new parts to try out and I guess it was necessary to go a bit backwards before going forwards again. The riders had to work with a lot of new stuff, but I’m happy because they did this very well and gave the team lots of information. I am sure that we will improve and improve. We have some ideas about what to do and now we are all eagerly waiting in anticipation to see how it all goes tomorrow."

Steve Carlton · 02-27-2009, 09:38 AM

I've got my DVR set for Sunday 1pm and Tuesday 10am Pacific Time on Speed TV for races 1 & 2.

Guest24 · 02-27-2009, 10:22 AM

It's hard to take a bike to its design limits if you don't have the final configuration set, Jonas. There must be a point where you tell the engineers that this is the final change that we go to the show with. Or maybe this will be a debut/test race. Don't think either driver will be happy if that's the case. I'm just sayin'...