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WSB - Races are this Saturday 23/2 (contains spoilers)

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:40 pm
by Dickie
Don't forget, the races are on Saturday rather than the usual Sunday. Coverage starts on Eurosport at 08:30.

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:54 pm
by steve
COOL , cheers for the reminder dude

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:57 pm
by Bydand
All ready set in sky + :2up

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:00 pm
by steve
just caught the end o the superpole prog an Corser is on pole :boing

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:10 pm
by Dickie
Bayliss struggled a bit too. He'll have his work cut out tomorrow.

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:49 pm
by glynmitch
Bydand wrote:All ready set in sky + :2up
Ditto :2up

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:14 pm
by Sherpa
Dickie wrote:Bayliss struggled a bit too. He'll have his work cut out tomorrow.

Yeah but he has an extra 200cc - I'm sure that'll come in handy at some point. :2up

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:23 pm
by Dickie
True. I dare say there's plenty of potential in that bike. Someone more cynical than I might say that there was a bit of sandbagging going on.

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:34 pm
by Sherpa
Well he was 2nd quickest in regular qualifying and just messed up a bit in the last sector. Think he'll go ok in the race - he's still on row 2 anyway.

For those of you without Eurosport you can watch the races on http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/sbkTV.php#

Not sure if they're live but just watched superpole on it and the quality was good.

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:47 am
by Gismo
Sherpa wrote:For those of you without Eurosport you can watch the races on http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/sbkTV.php#

Not sure if they're live
Thanks for the link, am overseas working and having already paid for the MotoGP subscription i didn't fancy having to pay for another site, the WSB is a free feed.
Just watched the first rce, bayliss, is a complete nutter :I can't believe it's not butter!

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:58 am
by Gazza
Sherpa wrote:Well he was 2nd quickest in regular qualifying and just messed up a bit in the last sector. Think he'll go ok in the race - he's still on row 2 anyway.

For those of you without Eurosport you can watch the races on http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/sbkTV.php#

Not sure if they're live but just watched superpole on it and the quality was good.
Would be fine if the band speed was better than shizzle. It was a bit like Jim Davidson's dodgy microphone sketch at best.

That's the one thing that really costs out here. 500k bandwidth is over £30 per month and to be honest it's nowhere near that. No better than dial up really. I've typically measured it at less than 50K!

If you want 1Mb then it'll cost £100 per month.

Somehow I don't think they want the locals to have Internet access. :roll

From what I can gather, a stirling effort by Troy Bayliss. :2up

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:03 am
by steve
twas a good race , pity haga lost it after biaggi nearly took him out , the dukes looked good , hopefully corser an haga will be stronger in race 2

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:21 pm
by Dickie
Agreed, good effort by Bayliss. Thought his tyre had delaminated or chunked when he kept running wide in the middle of the race, but he got his act together and did the business. The GSX-R looked good too.

Haga will be pretty fired-up for the 2nd race, he probably knows it was his own fault for losing the rag. :angryfire

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:23 pm
by missile
Sherpa wrote:For those of you without Eurosport you can watch the races on http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/sbkTV.php#
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Thanks for the link, is there a similar for MotoGP?

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:54 pm
by Sherpa
Missile wrote:
Thanks for the link, is there a similar for MotoGP?

Yes it's http://www.motogp.com/en/motogp/motogp_pay.htm?menu=pay

But you have to pay, either by the race or for the season. 99 eur for hi-res season pass or 59 for normal.


Gazza you're a tight-arse. Get your wallet out, blow off all the dust and let out all the moths. You pay sod all for anything else over there so stump up the cash and get broadband.

How much does an OIM make these days?

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:56 pm
by kamikazee
Gazza wrote:
Sherpa wrote:Well he was 2nd quickest in regular qualifying and just messed up a bit in the last sector. Think he'll go ok in the race - he's still on row 2 anyway.

For those of you without Eurosport you can watch the races on http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/sbkTV.php#

Not s
ure if they're live but just watched superpole on it and the quality was good.
Would be fine if the band speed was better than shizzle. It was a bit like Jim Davidson's dodgy microphone sketch at best.

That's the one thing that really costs out here. 500k bandwidth is over £30 per month and to be honest it's nowhere near that. No better than dial up really. I've typically measured it at less than 50K!

If you want 1Mb then it'll cost £100 per month.

Somehow I don't think they want the locals to have Internet access. :roll

From what I can gather, a stirling effort by Troy Bayliss. :2up
norman collier not jim davidson :2up

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:14 pm
by Gismo
Sherpa wrote:But you have to pay, either by the race or for the season. 99 eur for hi-res season pass or 59 for normal.
Cause i subscribe every year i get a 10 euro reduction :boing
The hi res 1mb option for MotoGP is excellent.

The second WSB race wasn't as exciting as the first, but still, worth watching

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:14 pm
by Sherpa
Good 2nd race too :2up

Nieto did well to hold off all those Dukes. How hard was Xaus trying on that last lap?

Felt a bit sorry for Foret in the WSS - running out of gas with half a lap to go when comfortably leading. Still, Jones got on the podium as a result.

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:37 pm
by dale123
Sherpa wrote:Well he was 2nd quickest in regular qualifying and just messed up a bit in the last sector. Think he'll go ok in the race - he's still on row 2 anyway.

For those of you without Eurosport you can watch the races on http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/sbkTV.php#

Not sure if they're live but just watched superpole on it and the quality was good.
Excellent thanks, Been looking for that. I guess its free this year. :2up

Felt physically sick watching the start and hearing the bikes though, knowing Im not racing this year. :devastated

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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:22 pm
by missile
Sherpa wrote:
Missile wrote:Yes it's http://www.motogp.com/en/motogp/motogp_pay.htm?menu=pay

But you have to pay, either by the race or for the season. 99 eur for hi-res season pass or 59 for normal.
Many thanks again. Have you tried, is the quality good?

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:05 pm
by Sherpa
Quality is very good on hi-res BUT dependent on the consistent speed of your net connection.

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:10 am
by Gismo
Missile wrote:Many thanks again. Have you tried, is the quality good?
It's a 1mb stream, so, if you're connection is up to it then it's easily viewable on a 40" lcd tv :2up

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:29 pm
by Gazza
Sherpa wrote:Gazza you're a tight-arse. Get your wallet out, blow off all the dust and let out all the moths. You pay sod all for anything else over there so stump up the cash and get broadband.
I already pay £30 a month for so called broadband. It's supposed to be 500k but when I test I usually get about 30 to 50k! I'm fcuked if I'm gonna fork out £100 a month for a so called 1 Mb which will inevitably be just 60K. :evil

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:54 pm
by Sherpa
Gazza wrote:
I already pay £30 a month for so called broadband. It's supposed to be 500k but when I test I usually get about 30 to 50k! I'm fcuked if I'm gonna fork out £100 a month for a so called 1 Mb which will inevitably be just 60K. :evil

Well that'll be double the speed then!

Try http://www.speedguide.net/tcpoptimizer. ... tion_speed

to speed up your connection. Mine went up from an average of 2.5-3meg to around 6.5 after running this.

Don't you get ESPN/Star over there? They show WSB and MotoGP or are you too miserly to stump up for satellite too?

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:39 pm
by Gazza
Sherpa wrote:Don't you get ESPN/Star over there? They show WSB and MotoGP or are you too miserly to stump up for satellite too?
ESPN only cover MotoGP. No WSB as far as I can see in the menu.

Will try the speedup link. Cheers.