Rossi is laying it down

Dear Yamaha,

Leave the color of the bike as is.

Thank you.

This thread needs to be listed with Spoiler. Cause that what Rossi is about to do the 2007 season.

He had an Excalibur type sword painted on the front of the bike. Draw your own conclusions as to its meaning. Hopefully, they'll get better weather tomorrow.

elpato said:

This thread needs to be listed with Spoiler. Cause that what Rossi is about to do the 2007 season.

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[laugh] [laugh]

As long as Yamaha gives him a better bike than they did this year [thumbsup]



It's also great to see that Suzuki has been fast so far with the couple of test they have been at. Hope they can convert it when the season starts [thumbsup]

Bug said:

He had an Excalibur type sword painted on the front of the bike. Draw your own conclusions as to its meaning. Hopefully, they'll get better weather tomorrow.

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paraphrased:

"...I have some new stickers on my bike and a new helmet; they're a reference to the legend of King Arthur and 'Excalibur'! I want to show everyone that we are ready to fight back and that we're ready to do our very best throughout these winter tests..."

I hadn't seen that quote. I guess I read a lot into things like this. I mean if you look at the legend of Excalibur only one person could draw the sword from the stone, so the sword only had one rightful owner. About what is all this Excalibur nonsense, i thinks me self.

glad to see edwards attempting to hold his own

where's the champ?

his young gun "team mate" is practicing!

ubermensch said:

where's the champ?

his young gun "team mate" is practicing!

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Hayden is in the middle of or recovering from shoulder surgery. His young gun team mate helped him with that too.

Bug said:

I hadn't seen that quote. I guess I read a lot into things like this. I mean if you look at the legend of Excalibur only one person could draw the sword from the stone, so the sword only had one rightful owner. About what is all this Excalibur nonsense, i thinks me self.

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Makes perfect sense to me. Then again, Excaliber is one of my all time favorite movies, so i've seen it quite a few times. Rossi's point of reference is well past the drawing of the sword from the stone. He's already been king who's suffered a set back by the rise of Morgana and Mordred (Collectively HRC). Rossi and his Merlin (Burgess) will be back!

Than again, i'm hoping for Capirex to win it all.

Blueshark928 said:

Makes perfect sense to me...He's already been king who's suffered a set back by the rise of Morgana and Mordred (Collectively HRC). Rossi and his Merlin (Burgess) will be back!

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You're wearing chainmail underpants, right now, aren't you?

bobspapa said:

Dear Yamaha,

Leave the color of the bike as is.

Thank you.

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thats all i can think about when i see that bike....... looks sooo awesome with un painted carbon fiber

maybe the new sponsor will have a black-on-black corporate color scheme

bobspapa said:

Dear Yamaha,

Leave the color of the bike as is.

Thank you.

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My thoughts exactly. Every bike looks better in matte black.

Looks like it might not be yellow next year:

From Yamaha Factory Racing:
Following Camel’s recent announcement, Yamaha Factory Racing would like to express its thanks to Camel and Japan Tobacco International for their partnership and support over the 2006 MotoGP season.

Our thanks go out to all those involved in the project; they have formed an important part of our team over the past year.

It has been a great honour for Yamaha to work with such an experienced sponsor and Camel’s enthusiasm throughout the season has been greatly appreciated by the entire Yamaha Factory Racing Team and the Yamaha Motor Group.

Ends

http://news.motorcycle.com/article.motml?sid=4428

that camel is leaving has been all-but-offical for a while. the question is who it'll be instead.

well i'm sorry for posting. but thank you for adding something usefull to the thread.