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I'd say it started getting serious when Lorenzo won it - although Rossi has always painted his rivals with the evil brush and encouraged his fans to show their disapproval towards them. Biaggi almost seemed to revel in being the bad guy (even grew himself an evil goatee!) but watching back the old races with Gibernau I just feel so sorry for the guy. He went through losing Kato and being beaten (3 times?) to the championship and on top of that had the Rossi brigade booing and spouting their mouths off against him. Even when he won a race Rossi would somehow imply that it was only because of others bad luck rather than Sete being a good rider.

I agree with that article 100%. I said to the OH how disgusting it was people cheering Marc's off - it was a fast one and with every single off there is a chance of a rider getting hurt... or worse. There are a few riders who throw it at the scenery often (Lowes) and every time you hold your breath until they get back up. The Moto3 had utter carnage and you didn't see anyone cheering any of those because for some reason it's only OK to cheer the Rossi rival falling and it's disgusting. I know we joke about it here about the Rossi fanboys but a lot of them treat it like an actual cult and they don't care about the races or the results or the riders they just want to look at Rossi and Rossi only going round ahead of everyone. And heaven forbid anyone is better than him (which is only going to increase in numbers as newer and faster riders come up to the top class). When the Moto3 was after GP at Silverstone I'd say 70% of people wearing 46 left after the GP even though generally 3 is the most exciting class. Glory Supporters the lot of them.

We're probably all guilty of over bantering you Beefy. But you know we all love you.

The bloop was probably air in the system. When you say a faulty valve on the cap I am confused, there should just be a big rubber seal to keep the air in? If that is gone then it's a quick change (new seal seems to be around a tenner). Also I am sure you know, but remember to clean up any spilt brake fluid asap as that stuff is nasty

Top stuff Manc And good on you for sticking with it and nailing it in the end! You'll never have to do a U turn without putting your feet down again! Got any bikes in mind or just seeing what's about?

He didn't get that close to Cal. The bubble of utter arrogance was too strong, kept him a good few seconds away

Oh good cals head getting even bigger. Arrogant bugger

Welcome to the orange name club! We'll send a team round to cause a distraction so you can escape out on the bike shortly

If you're on a pc there should be a donate button at the top you also get an orange name so you can feel smug over the pleb blue names

Hey gt250 congrats on kicking all our arses in the league Hope you feel better soon

Rant this is not very tolerant of you. I think it's important you recognise the right of insane people to believe whatever they want.

*high fives* Top stuff beefy get em hooked young.

I've already nearly bought a few kids motorbikes.. eBay is dangerous. Don't tell anyone but seeing how you ride my money's on yours

but....but it's not green

Congrats! Should we place bets now on which one of the TMBF next generation will be 2036 MotoGp world champion?

I found road experience useful because you can just focus on riding rather than ARGHHH A ROUNDABOUT WHAT DO I DO WHAT DO I DO

Ahha! so that's why you haven't been on here as much! Looking awesome, can't wait to see (and hear?) the finished article!

Omg it all makes sense!! Oh no wait... it's a load of crap

Yeah sticking stuff in your eyes takes a while to get used to! Sounds like you've got the classic nerves / target fixation as soon as you get in the actual test pad. It's good in a way it went a bit rubbish you can focus on practising turning right and near a fence so you don't get distracted by it. Lots of deep breaths between the exercises it's not a race there's no time limit Good luck with the actual test keep us updated

Oi you slags stop putting bsb spoilers in here!

Vinales looks really uncomfortable in that picture

Interesting regional variety then - In the UK as Pit Bulls are banned they obviously won't feature in our statics. The Independant went with Labradors http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/dog-breed-most-likely-to-attack-bite-you-revealed-a7166296.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Backed up in part from an insurance company that ran the figures for personal injury claims from postmen - annoyingly the page seems to reverse the data in the print and illustration but the top four are: German Shepherds, followed by Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Border Collies and Labradors https://www.animalfriends.co.uk/blog/postmen-dogs-public-liability/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I think statistically most bites are from Golden Retrievers/Labradors And the reason a lot of staffies are in dog homes are because the people buying them for status symbols got upset when the dog turned out to be a big slobbering ball of fluff. The thing with banned breeds (in the UK) is they are dogs who have been bred to be aggressive and as such they are more high risk - Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino and Fila Braziliero are the specific named breeds that are banned. These are vicious dogs, bred to fight or viciously defend. The grey area comes in with "Pit Bull Terriers /Pit Bull type dogs" and people assume staffordshire bull terriers are also dangerous as they sound a bit similar. The problem with pit bulls is they are a solid block of muscle and are very loyal - they will do anything to please their owner which is why they make great "weapons" in the wrong hands. Any dog can be dangerous and I think it is important to ban the three named breeds above as they ARE dangerous by design. However, with all other breeds the temperament is going to be heavily influenced by the owner and if you get a dickhead buying a dog then that dog is probably going to be a dickhead too.

WOO well done