i kinda love it too. not for every day, but probably for lots of them.

I think this bike looks fucking fantastic.

....partially because I love to ride it like an asshole.

Lol. I’m just a news reporter til this EICMA shit storm passes. Blame Triumph and now Ducati for selling too many motorcycles to hipsters people who care about a motorcycles looking nice, but the OEMs are on full notice.

k bye

Gahhhhhhhhh. Great job to Marquez for not trying to make a pass on Lorenzo, and letting Pedrosa through. I hate everyone. Except Rossi.

I disagree completely. To me it looks like Marquez put his head on Rossi’s knee and Rossi is pushing his head off, by rotating his knee out - not his foot.

The “brake lever” theory does not hold water in my view because the bikes have a brake lever protector just for that specific eventuality. The kick theory also does not hold water. The camera angles are tricky, but Rossi’s foot stays on right up to the point where the contact happens - thus his foot came off because a…

There were several “WTF are you doing” hand gestures from Rossi in the previous laps, which only led to a more aggressive Marquez. He would pass aggressively, and then allow himself to be passed just so he could repeat. Rossi slowed on purpose. I believe Marquez initiated the contact and I believe that Rossi reacted…