Top ten excuses by the GP MXoN riders

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robkinuk 9/16/2010 9:54am
9/16/2010 9:54am
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Ah Musquin, those are all very legitimate American excuses :-) We Americans will certainly make excuses if we don't win. That is human nature. If the...
Ah Musquin,
those are all very legitimate American excuses :-) We Americans will certainly make excuses if we don't win. That is human nature. If the Euros are trying to imply that they will not make excuses if they don't win they are lying to themselves and to us. The problem that I have is the underlying anti-U.S. vitriol contained in most of the euro posts. We can poke fun at each other in a good natured way without it always having to turn ugly. The American riders respect the GP riders and vice versa so why do we (armchair quarterbacks) fight with each other over it? Pointless.
Have you ever seen two football fans from rival teams calmly discussing a match without getting all territorial???
It's sports fans..............................as long as no one takes it too seriously, no one gets hurt and we all see great racing, I'm happy for anyone to win.
Sadly it seems since 9/11 a great deal of Americans have become very suspicious of anyone and anything that isn't home grown and console themselves with feeling that there is a lot of anti US vitriol around the world.
Aside from the Talliban in Afganistan and Al Quaeda followers there is certainly no anti American feeling here in the UK or Europe and we respect great riders like Dungey and Canard..
As you guys are the MXDN favourites and defending champions, of course European riders and supporters want to beat Team USA. It seem's a lot of US fans consider this one race to be a benchmark for which continent has the best riders and lay scorn on the GP riders and their championships.
The US Nationals and GP's both have their own unique supporters and it's not a sign of weakness or insecurity to appreciate the best from each championship.
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plowboy 9/16/2010 10:02am
9/16/2010 10:02am
As an American, of course I'm rootin' for the US of A, but I guess the excitement of seeing uber exotic machines ridden with unbelievable skill rekindles the old memories of when the Euros first came over and showed us what was possible. I know we've done quite well in the sport (as if I had anything to do with it) and I'd always thought that made us moto brothers, so to speak....we grew up and made good. I don't mind good natured jabs but sometimes these threads come across as pretty hateful. I must be due for my period...I sound just like my wife.
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cider racer 9/16/2010 1:20pm
9/16/2010 1:20pm
MXR wrote:
#10 We are not used to the fast pace after the gate drops .

#9 ?
9 - The American riders aren't tested for drugs !

8 - They are aloud to use what ever fuel they like !

7 - We don't have about 8 man friends to get us through a race, google man, boot man, helmet man, shoe man, glove man, pitboard man, etc.....
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Brent 9/16/2010 1:22pm
9/16/2010 1:22pm
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Why do Americans drive [b]BIG ASS LIFTED GAS GUZZLING TRUCKS [/b]that never go off-road? Please stop the BS! This will be a great race and all...
Why do Americans drive BIG ASS LIFTED GAS GUZZLING TRUCKS that never go off-road?

Please stop the BS!

This will be a great race and all the Racers deserve respect.
Funny thing, those are always the guys who slow to a crawl to go over speed bumps in a parking lotGrinning Grinning Grinning

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PorkCannon 9/16/2010 2:25pm
9/16/2010 2:25pm
motos- top10

mx1\mx2
ramon
metty
cairoli
rozen
leok
musqin
nagl
barragan
wilson
canard

mx1\mx3
cairoli
dung
desalle
leok
bobryshev
townly
boog
ramon
nagl
guarneri

mx2\mx3
desalle
musqin
townly
rozen
canard
boog
campano
wilson
karro
davalos
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plowboy 9/16/2010 2:30pm
9/16/2010 2:30pm
There are lots of imaginative and humorous names on here but "PorkCannon" made stuff come out my nose.
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race 9/16/2010 2:30pm
9/16/2010 2:30pm Edited Date/Time 9/16/2010 2:47pm
#1 The French and Italian teams fail to show up. Turns out both teams had gone out and sampled the local Colorado seafood .... Rocky Mountain Oysters. No one is sure if they are still physically ill ... or just psychologically traumatized from the knowledge of where their "seafood" came from.




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Prince1 9/18/2010 9:59am
9/18/2010 9:59am
robkinuk wrote:


Britain would probably have won in 1985 if Kurt Nicoll hadn't broken his leg in practice.
Anyway we whooped Team USA in 1994 at Roggenburg Switzerland.
One year you have won since 1981 i forgot could you remind me of USA's tally??
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jdbmx 9/18/2010 10:36am
9/18/2010 10:36am
Prince1 wrote:
One year you have won since 1981 i forgot could you remind me of USA's tally??
You might want to check your facts, the last time pre 1994 the UK won the des nations was 1967 Bickers/Eastwood/Smith. Now if you`re talking European wins since 1981, the last time was in fact 2004 Everts/Strijbos/Ramon and since 1981 European teams have won 9 times.
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redrider400 9/18/2010 11:13am
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robkinuk wrote:


Britain would probably have won in 1985 if Kurt Nicoll hadn't broken his leg in practice.
Anyway we whooped Team USA in 1994 at Roggenburg Switzerland.
Yeah, thats pretty much like me saying we would have won EVERY year if we wouldnt have lost.
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redrider400 9/18/2010 11:15am
9/18/2010 11:15am
PorkCannon wrote:
motos- top10 mx1\mx2 ramon metty cairoli rozen leok musqin nagl barragan wilson canard mx1\mx3 cairoli dung desalle leok bobryshev townly boog ramon nagl guarneri mx2\mx3 desalle...
motos- top10

mx1\mx2
ramon
metty
cairoli
rozen
leok
musqin
nagl
barragan
wilson
canard

mx1\mx3
cairoli
dung
desalle
leok
bobryshev
townly
boog
ramon
nagl
guarneri

mx2\mx3
desalle
musqin
townly
rozen
canard
boog
campano
wilson
karro
davalos
Go ahead and underestimate short. Hes not gonna win, but you seriously dont think that he will be in the top ten. You must be retarded.
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MXR 9/24/2010 3:40pm
9/24/2010 3:40pm
# 11... We thought you guys said Dungey was a B rider
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Ddavis 9/24/2010 3:58pm
9/24/2010 3:58pm Edited Date/Time 9/24/2010 3:58pm
#12 - we sent our "B" team


(every team except US has 1-2 "decent" riders or 1-2 "excellent" riders)

example: decent, excellent, decent OR excellent, ok, excellent

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