Mantova Starcross 2011

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Edited Date/Time 5/5/2012 1:27pm
Looks like they made some great improvement to that TM bike as Tanel came in second.
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PaleBlue 2/23/2011 1:43am
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kongols wrote:
Looks like they made some great improvement to that TM bike as Tanel came in second.
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Nah, TM just as excellent last year - better rider now aboard (Tanel Leok). Aigar Leok placing similarly to last year.
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mccread 2/23/2011 2:24am
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Boissiere had some really good riders last year, I think it is a really good bike. If it can help Tanel get good starts, he could be a regular podium/top 5 guy. His corner speed is something else but he always he gets bad starts.
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jamma10 2/23/2011 3:54am
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The name GAS GAS is so synonymous with Trials it always seems strange thinking about them in a Motocross capacity.

TM's are awesome and the new ones look dogs danglies in the showroom!
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Sunhouse 2/23/2011 10:17am
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GAS GAS sounds like a MExican superhero, I think the name itself is hard enough to establish in MX where it hasn´t really had a market.
Good on Leok though, but except for Paulin, he should be top 3 either way in that field of riders IMO
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Alex 2/23/2011 2:49pm
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Sad to see all the empty spectator bankings in the background of the pictures. Sure as hell they need to find a way of avoiding date clashes next year.
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M-M 2/23/2011 2:52pm
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kongols wrote:
Looks like they made some great improvement to that TM bike as Tanel came in second.
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PaleBlue wrote:
Nah, TM just as excellent last year - better rider now aboard (Tanel Leok). Aigar Leok placing similarly to last year.
I've been saying this to my dad for years. TM need a decent rider on the 450 and they'll top 3 easy. I hope Tanel has an excellent year!
THE mx addict 2/23/2011 2:57pm
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Alex wrote:
Sad to see all the empty spectator bankings in the background of the pictures. Sure as hell they need to find a way of avoiding date...
Sad to see all the empty spectator bankings in the background of the pictures. Sure as hell they need to find a way of avoiding date clashes next year.
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jeffro756 2/23/2011 3:08pm
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jamma10 wrote:
The name GAS GAS is so synonymous with Trials it always seems strange thinking about them in a Motocross capacity. TM's are awesome and the new...
The name GAS GAS is so synonymous with Trials it always seems strange thinking about them in a Motocross capacity.

TM's are awesome and the new ones look dogs danglies in the showroom!
is looking like dog danglies a good thing or a bad thing? I mean, on the surface it sounds bad...but the kids say the darnedest things these days.
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jamma10 2/23/2011 3:13pm
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jamma10 wrote:
The name GAS GAS is so synonymous with Trials it always seems strange thinking about them in a Motocross capacity. TM's are awesome and the new...
The name GAS GAS is so synonymous with Trials it always seems strange thinking about them in a Motocross capacity.

TM's are awesome and the new ones look dogs danglies in the showroom!
jeffro756 wrote:
is looking like dog danglies a good thing or a bad thing? I mean, on the surface it sounds bad...but the kids say the darnedest things...
is looking like dog danglies a good thing or a bad thing? I mean, on the surface it sounds bad...but the kids say the darnedest things these days.
Grinning

Its a good thing - as in 'the dogs bollocks' but why this phrase means something good... I have absolutely no idea.
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mx_563 2/23/2011 3:32pm
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Isn't TM just privately owned? How could Aprilia just take them over and why exactly would that be a good thing? Aprilia has more money than TM but has been unable to build a competitive and reliable MX1 bike (just ask Josh Coppins). TM is small but is making good bikes. If I was managing TM, I would not want aprilia's influence on my company. TM is on the right path without aprilia's help. Is there even a MX1 Aprilia team for 2011?

I do love the recent growth in European MX and enduro motorcycle production. CCM needs to step it up, though! I'm hoping that Pursang project makes it to production some day! I'm a little tired of Beneli teasing us with their bike at intermot every year.
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jamma10 2/23/2011 3:38pm
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mx_563 wrote:
Isn't TM just privately owned? How could Aprilia just take them over and why exactly would that be a good thing? Aprilia has more money than...
Isn't TM just privately owned? How could Aprilia just take them over and why exactly would that be a good thing? Aprilia has more money than TM but has been unable to build a competitive and reliable MX1 bike (just ask Josh Coppins). TM is small but is making good bikes. If I was managing TM, I would not want aprilia's influence on my company. TM is on the right path without aprilia's help. Is there even a MX1 Aprilia team for 2011?

I do love the recent growth in European MX and enduro motorcycle production. CCM needs to step it up, though! I'm hoping that Pursang project makes it to production some day! I'm a little tired of Beneli teasing us with their bike at intermot every year.
Interestingly CCM are using TM engines this season, though they've decided not to enter GPs and instead will just concentrating on the various British series.
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PaleBlue 2/24/2011 12:57am
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jamma10 wrote:
The name GAS GAS is so synonymous with Trials it always seems strange thinking about them in a Motocross capacity. TM's are awesome and the new...
The name GAS GAS is so synonymous with Trials it always seems strange thinking about them in a Motocross capacity.

TM's are awesome and the new ones look dogs danglies in the showroom!
They look the dog's bollocks in the showrooms, they look the dogs bollocks on the track and the go like shit off a shovel on the dirt too! (handle pretty damm good too!).

Our TM250F for this season is just so much better than last year's YZF.

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