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@MrAFelix Aprilia are pretty busy just going racing, which is currently infinitely more complex & staff/time consuming than normal, plus they have to make modifications to the bike after each test according to Dovizioso's requests, plus they need to work...

Posted: 2 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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We had a Zoom with Dovizioso after two wet days of testing at Mugello. Not much to say, but says he needs "minimum" one more test to really understand the Aprilia and they need to talk more before continuing. Little...

Posted: 3 hours ago

CJ Maillard

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@matoxley While you're doing bike racing key fobbery, you might like this vintage French example of early goon riding... https://t.co/ogoxlrg6Ys Mat Oxley Retweeted

Posted: 6 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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Even better is this Honda RC211V pin, from Motegi in 2001, when HRC had Doohan and Spencer ride a few demo laps on prototypes, the bike's first public appearance, I think https://t.co/MHZr3HC7gi

Posted: 7 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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@LaLegatron Yuzy never got YZRs, only TZs, which were v-twins, instead of parallel twins, from 1991 and featured the ugly aero arse

Posted: 7 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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@Fazerboy600 In 1994 Team Roberts was contracted to Dunlop but after an earthquake in Japan couldn't get its preferred fronts, because the factory had been badly damaged. Dunlop allowed the team to use fronts production slicks from Michelin. Luca Cadalora...

Posted: 7 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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@gpwebster101 How dare you not like the special edition cover!😂This edition is a special edition to mark the centenary of the birth of Walter Kaaden, so he gets top billing instead of Ersnt Degner. WK is working away while ED...

Posted: 7 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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Random office drawer find: (broken) key fob from early days of Petronas involvement in GP racing, which started around 1996, with Malaysian rider Shahrol Yuzy. I'm guessing this is a 2001 TZ250K, but am happy to be corrected https://t.co/DnWW9NOCyT

Posted: 7 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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Overtaking looks tricky https://t.co/BgUdAiPxWw

Posted: 9 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@andyfsp2 👍

Posted: 13 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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I've got only 100 copies of this limited edition of Stealing Speed left. The book may or may not get reprinted in a few years time but it will never again be printed with the special section featuring Kaaden's own...

Posted: 21 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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@CarmMoscaritolo Ah OK. That quote was from Sachsenring 2015. Did he invoice you for the £280k? 😂

Posted: 22 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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This is exactly what Trump wanted in the US. Which tells you everything you need to know https://t.co/tYzWMNjAMe

Posted: 22 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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@elias_goug And every one he deserved at least three times as much 👍

Posted: 22 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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@LeleLecchi No one cares

Posted: 22 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@ManxCocker A bit of everything - all depends on individual deals

Posted: 22 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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@desmoderby https://t.co/3Kf58QkZF7

Posted: 22 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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Just in case you want to get a rough idea of bonus payments for a second place in a MotoGP race😃

Posted: 22 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@EnduroFergus But not the rear - corner-entry highside city😱

Posted: 22 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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So sad but this is 'progress'. The third photo in the story, of Nigel Taylor tapping an inscription into a bell, makes you weep for lost craftsmanship inhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/may/11/whitechapel-bell-foundry-battle-save-britains-oldest-factory

Posted: 22 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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Bridgestone intro'd asymmetric fronts at PI in 2014. They were bad & Crutchlow crashed out of 2nd on the penultimate lap. Bridgestone improved them for 2015 but Crutchlow wasn't interested. "No way am I using the asymmetric. I lost a...

Posted: 23 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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@lukebrackenbury If they work right they're great...

Posted: 23 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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@Pacientcz VR's problems could be related to this issue, but I think he still talks more about rear tyres than fronts

Posted: 23 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

In case you missed this week's MotoGP blog... Are you wondering why KTM can’t fight for podiums this year? Why Suzuki can hardly make the top three? And why Honda is struggling even more than last season, which could affect...

Posted: 23 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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@suziperry 👊👊

Posted: 23 hours ago

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