2006 Turkish Grand Prix preview

[Ed]

Jim, we have been late putting up the race thread. Our target is to have it up on the Monday prior to the weekend but for the last 3 races we have been putting it up on the Friday

Hopefully this will improve soon!

[Jim Watt]

thanks, Ed. I appreciate the work you guys do and I wasn't complaining; I am hardly the most proficient computer user around and so I try not to do dumb things. I guess I was just assuming I was doing something wrong.

cheers. and I hope the race sunday is a thriller (by that I mean I'd like the WDC to narrow to about a five point spread!

Jim Watt

[Julian Mayo]

It's Jim Watt here. I thought, it being thursday & all, that I'd be among the last to post my pole n'8 predictions. So I thought I'd check on the forums to see what Julien and JayVee and JacFan and others had picked before I made my own.

But I couldn't find a Turkish (or Istanbul) thread; only the ones for fastest lap and pole time (things I don't have either the ability or inclination to figure!).

As I'm typing this in (and mulling over Julien's thoughts on the temp and whether or not FIA rules in Renault's favor) it occurs to me that maybe I'll find the thread AFTER I post. It seems to me that I recall posting my pics and then being directed to the forum to talk about them...

ah foolish me. Since I can't even manage to navigate around the internet what are the odds I'd make it through the first turn in a real open wheel race car?

I still remember the golden days of youth when I used all of my 165 pounds to muscle my 250cc Honda into two wheel drifts! Anyone out there remember the thrill of sucking up your guts and just slamming the front wheel over (to break it loose) in defiance of all logic and common sense --- and then riding (actually sliding) through the turn, controlling the drift by "tuning" the throttle to stay on the edge of adhesion?

ah bliss indeed.

Jim Watt

Ah, Jimmy my boyoh.
Mine was a ducati 250 desmo.

[Jim Watt]

Julien! Wow!! A Ducatti!!! almost as exotic and beautiful as a Vincent Black Shadow! Did you know that somebody somewhere has started making Vincent replicas? I can't recall now where I read about it, but it made me (for just a moment) think about raiding my savings account.

cheers

Jim

[Julian Mayo]

Julien! Wow!! A Ducatti!!! almost as exotic and beautiful as a Vincent Black Shadow! Did you know that somebody somewhere has started making Vincent replicas? I can't recall now where I read about it, but it made me (for just a moment) think about raiding my savings account.

cheers

Jim

n someone is making replica Norton Commando .
I got my Ducatti fro Brian Scobie motorcycles.
Brian was the Captain of the NZ Isle o' Man team the year before.
Could never keep the carby tuned for more than 100mile.
I went on to own one of the first Honda 750 cyl in Australia.
My knees are pretty crook

[gkaytaz]

Julien! Wow!! A Ducatti!!! almost as exotic and beautiful as a Vincent Black Shadow! Did you know that somebody somewhere has started making Vincent replicas? I can't recall now where I read about it, but it made me (for just a moment) think about raiding my savings account.

cheers

Jim

n someone is making replica Norton Commando .
I got my Ducatti fro Brian Scobie motorcycles.
Brian was the Captain of the NZ Isle o' Man team the year before.
Could never keep the carby tuned for more than 100mile.
I went on to own one of the first Honda 750 cyl in Australia.
My knees are pretty crook

I tried to ride a Honda bike (no 750 of course) when I was in 8th grade. Noble machine. Nearly killed myself attempting a wheelie though. That was the last day of my two-wheel career. Karting and ATV racing I still like. Guess I need more contact with the ground

[Julian Mayo]

Julien! Wow!! A Ducatti!!! almost as exotic and beautiful as a Vincent Black Shadow! Did you know that somebody somewhere has started making Vincent replicas? I can't recall now where I read about it, but it made me (for just a moment) think about raiding my savings account.

cheers

Jim

n someone is making replica Norton Commando .
I got my Ducatti fro Brian Scobie motorcycles.
Brian was the Captain of the NZ Isle o' Man team the year before.
Could never keep the carby tuned for more than 100mile.
I went on to own one of the first Honda 750 cyl in Australia.
My knees are pretty crook

I tried to ride a Honda bike (no 750 of course) when I was in 8th grade. Noble machine. Nearly killed myself attempting a wheelie though. That was the last day of my two-wheel career. Karting and ATV racing I still like. Guess I need more contact with the ground

Oh, I got plenty of contact with the ground
These days I am with you. 4 wheels (at least) or none. My kid brother still races bikes, thats close enough for me.

[gkaytaz]

Oh, I got plenty of contact with the ground
These days I am with you. 4 wheels (at least) or none. My kid brother still races bikes, thats close enough for me.

I hear ye At some point I considered an 18-wheeler even. That's 9 times a bike, mind you Four happens to be my minimum too when it comes to the number of wheels I'd rather be on.

[Jim Watt]

Ah Gaytaz & Julien: although I took many laps on a 500cc Triumph (and that was a beatuiful machine, it was) I never got any bigger than that; I mean a couple of times I gently motored around the streets on a friend's big Honda. But I wanted to keep him as a friend and so I never tried anything cute.

I've not been on two wheels since my boy (who is now 32) had his little Honda 50cc --he loved dirt biking with me, but then got into skiiing and that led to snowboarding which led to surfing that was kind of the end of that. who would guess that a guy (me) who can hardly swim fifty yards would have a water baby!?

anyway, tho' I made plenty of contact with the ground (including a terrific bang on the old lower back that I still remember (ah indeed, tho' I still PAY for) after a day's lifting), I never really broke anything. Put the ball of the left brake through the loose skin on me lower calf (that was when I tangled with a goat who happened to be chained to a pole and decided to cross the path ahead of me) and once hit a culvert in Southern California and gently flew over into the other lane with just enough time to L E A N just enough to miss the strawberry truck that was heading the other way; I can still remember the look of astonishment and horror on that driver's face as he anticipated finding me in his lap! But never got hurt really bad. Maybe that's why I only bike in me dreams these days.

Still ski, tho...

and, of course, still can hoist one


wasn't that fun, Istanbul, by the by? Excellent driving all round (save for next year's Renault backbone)

Jim

[Julian Mayo]

Jum,
I am starting to think that Fisi just cant/wont keep his mind on the job.I don't think he ever gets above 7/10ths.
one of my three surf babies has found a love of things equestrian, sigh.
I guess my days of haycarting will never end, after all.
The Trumpy was a great bike, as was the Norton Commando. Tho the fuel tank on the Norton had a tendency to explode if you dropped it big time.

[Bundy]

Tho the fuel tank on the Norton had a tendency to explode if you dropped it big time.

Which is never a good thing!!!!!

[Julian Mayo]

Tho the fuel tank on the Norton had a tendency to explode if you dropped it big time.

Which is never a good thing!!!!!

There are a few blokes who didnt know how to kick the bike away, who wish they were wearing nomex undies I still cant eat rissoles