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By: pedrofromspain
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Stoner clinches pole at Phillip Island
AAP - October 17, 2009, 6:41 pm
Casey Stoner clinched pole position for Sunday's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix then revealed he had been battling ill-health since last year.
Stoner won a head-to-head battle for top spot with Yamaha's world champion Valentino Rossi as he continued his remarkable return to competition.
The Australian rebuffed Rossi, who had clocked the fastest lap in the last few minutes, to regain top spot with a time of 1m30.341s, five hundredths of a second better that the Italian. Honda's Dani Pedrosa survived a fall to take third place.
Stoner, Ducati's 2007 world champion, recently made his comeback from a 10-week layoff to take second spot in the Portuguese Grand Prix and is now ideally placed to win his third straight Australian race.
He took his first pole position since the season-opener in Qatar, which he won, but his title hopes evaporated in a "torrid" season of poor health.
He became exhausted towards the end of races from the sixth round in Catalunya, Spain, but his team now believe his problems can be traced back to 2008.
"To be honest we're actually starting to realise the more we're getting back to my fitness that we've had this problem longer than even I thought," Stoner said after his qualifying battle.
"It is definitely longer than Catalunya. We've had it all season once we started thinking back about it - how hard training was compared to how it used to be.
"We're actually starting to think it started last year, no where near to a degree what we've got now but I haven't trained properly in almost 12 months.
"I had the wrist operation so I couldn't train properly then.
"But the level of my fitness is coming back up so I hope it's going to surpass anything we've done so far and hopefully next year we're going to be fitter and stronger.
"It's great to come back. We've had a torrid season - it's been disaster.
"It's nice to come back in these two races ... |
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By: nikkihawk01
26/10/2009
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It seems the Yammi is "the best" atm..LOL....
Rossi just meanders along to win his NINTH world title on one and Spies clinches his last night like a stroll in the park on one...LOL...:-)) |
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By: pedrofromspain
26/10/2009
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Abarth contribution makes the difference!
Carlo Abarth would be amused to his name on a Yamaha bike?
Abarth is always a winner!
Best engineers in the world. |
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By: pedrofromspain
4/11/2009
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| u guys gone into hybernation? |
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By: aussiearisen
4/11/2009
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G`day Pedro, I`m getting towards the end of top end rebuild of a 1980 GS 1000 G today. All standard & correct, might even ride this one for a while if wife`s comfortable on pillion.
Don`t often see a handbrake on a bike? |
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By: littleladyagain
4/11/2009
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| still haven't got my shotgun... still saving.. the bf's triumph is fun to pillion on though..lol..too big for me to handle unfortunately |
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By: littleladyagain
4/11/2009
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| little 10yr old is becoming quite the speed addict too, she has been on a few rides... fun to see the light in her eyes.. |
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By: pedrofromspain
4/11/2009
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The light in the eyes!
Funny how kids can just get it? |
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By: nikkihawk01
18/11/2009
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huh where have all the two wheeled freaks gone?
Hellloooooo.
hope were all keeping it upright and feeling the breeze to the knees :-)) |
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By: pedrofromspain
19/11/2009
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I might go for a run this morning.
Need to clear my head. |
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By: nikkihawk01
19/11/2009
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| hope ya had fun pedro and obeyed the speed rules :P.. |
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By: skipper.tide
19/11/2009
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Remember to kick those mirrors off tintops when lane splittin-
coz if they aint usin em,
they wont be needin em! hehe |
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By: aussiearisen
19/11/2009
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| I`ve just done a top end rebuild on a vintage Suzuki 1 liter bike. Number two isn`t firing, scratching head. Had the coils checked, rebuilt carbs, compression ok, hmph! |
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By: skipper.tide
19/11/2009
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| Lead or cap not contacting the plug properly? |
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By: aussiearisen
20/11/2009
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Hey skip, the little needle valve return spring was missing from no.2 carb. It`s rideable now but it`ll improve a bit yet. This one is a nice low K example & it`s about 85% restored now. It`ll be a top end rider, not a museum poice.
I haddn`t ridden one for so long I`d forgotten how soggy they are, it`s like riding a cloud over a jelly road. |
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By: pedrofromspain
21/11/2009
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Aussie,
but at least you won't get done for 275kph!
Old can play a nice tune.
Do you know Country Joe McDonald from the hippie era?
"Feel like I am fixin to die."
"Zombies in the house of madness." |
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By: skipper.tide
21/11/2009
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Whn aussie said its not firing,
I assumed he meant spark.
my bad. |
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By: aussiearisen
22/11/2009
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| Pedro, at 160 it feels like 275, but at 100 it`s as smooth as silk. Might keep this one. |
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By: aussiearisen
22/11/2009
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"Whn aussie said its not firing,
I assumed he meant spark.
my bad."
Not your bad at all, my bad description. Always appreciate think tank comments. |
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