bobbyn Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 My sons & I are waiting to see "Rogue One" movie at the mall. The kids wanted to hang with friends so I'm sitting at the sports bar at the mall ( Palisades Mall) staring at ball u& stick sports missing MC roadracing, real bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrenk Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Every day I check various websites for any motorcycle racing updates...sadly, they're few and far between lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fink Posted December 17, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted December 17, 2016 9 hours ago, bobbyn said: My sons & I are waiting to see "Rogue One" movie at the mall. The kids wanted to hang with friends so I'm sitting at the sports bar at the mall ( Palisades Mall) staring at ball u& stick sports missing MC roadracing, real bad. You mean road racing as in the TT, NW 200, tangradee, Ulster? Macau was on the other week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JZH Posted December 17, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted December 17, 2016 That's "roads" racing... Yes, there is always a bit of a lull in the winter, but the next MotoGP test is on 30 January (in Sepang), the first MotoGP race is on 26 March, and the first WSBK race is on 25 February at Phillip Island. I try to satisfy myself with NCAA football during these sad days before the "real sports" return... Ciao, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fink Posted December 17, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted December 17, 2016 I always took moto GP , WSB, and other track stuff as short circuit racing. Road racing taking place on public roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeswe Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 On 2016-12-17 at 4:26 AM, bobbyn said: My sons & I are waiting to see "Rogue One" movie at the mall. The kids wanted to hang with friends so I'm sitting at the sports bar at the mall ( Palisades Mall) staring at ball u& stick sports missing MC roadracing, real bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted December 18, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted December 18, 2016 I just went out and bought a WSBK championships winning bike.... :-) A man has to to what a man has to do to beat the winter blues eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer RC36Rider Posted December 18, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted December 18, 2016 6 hours ago, Dutchy said: I just went out and bought a WSBK championships winning bike.... Pics or it did not happen ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JZH Posted December 19, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted December 19, 2016 On 12/17/2016 at 2:47 PM, fink said: I always took moto GP , WSB, and other track stuff as short circuit racing. Road racing taking place on public roads. Now that you mention it, I don't think the usage I mentioned is prevalent outside of the USA. There it is used to differentiate from oval-track racing (both would be "short circuits"), off-road racing and drag racing. I see that "road racing" in the UK refers to races held on "real roads", and is sometimes called "roads racing". Note that there is no such thing as "real roads" racing in North America (except possibly in Nevada), though when they close off roads in cities like Long Beach, I suppose that qualifies (they call these "street circuits"). Irish-style road racing, out in the countryside, just doesn't exist. Ciao, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspanglish Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I'd tend to call it "closed circuit"... short circuit reminds me of what the VFR Stator is famous for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer RC36Rider Posted December 19, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted December 19, 2016 Could you native speakers make up your minds, please ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted December 20, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted December 20, 2016 On 12/17/2016 at 2:35 PM, JZH said: I try to satisfy myself with NCAA football during these sad days before the "real sports" return... Ciao, Rugby! No pads, no helmets, just balls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StubyDoo Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 On a brighter note the evenings are get lighter and tomorrow is the shortest day. It'll soon be summer again :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fink Posted December 20, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted December 20, 2016 Wednesday December 21st at 10:44 GMT 1day 29 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fink Posted December 20, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted December 20, 2016 Road racing. Michael Dunlop,Church Bends,Southern 100 Isle of Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epyon007 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 My RC51 is in my dinning room getting lots of love. Then I go outside in -30 to go to my car. The VFR is parked open wheel side facing the car so I get to see it every day. I hate winter. Why am I still here..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyn Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 On 12/18/2016 at 10:26 AM, mikeswe said: Sooo true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Conedodger Posted December 23, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted December 23, 2016 Winter does suck! Maybe Christmas morning, while my wife is at church, I'll sneak out to the shop with a hot chocolate and visit my sleeping beauties. To the OP: I watch MotoGP with my video pass during the season, but intentionally skip the support races so I'll have something to entertain me during the off season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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