Roy's album - Scenes from Silverstone MotoGP (Part 3)

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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:06 pm

Part 1:

I got back today, tired and damp, from a weekend at Silverstone. Having done the Formula 1 last year, this year I went to see the bikes. I got there Thursday night, and having set up camp, and drunk a lot of red wine, I went for a wander. By 11pm, I had sneaked into the circuit, found a way across the track, and decided to try and get into the MotoGP paddock. You need a shedload of passes to do that, so I joined some delivery men going through a door into the pit complex. I walked with them through a museum of classic bikes, then saw a door to some stairs and dived down them - I came out between the Ducati trucks and the Rizla Suzuki trucks, at the back of the pits. The Italian Ducati team were having a noisy singalong party, but I decided not to try and scrounge a bottle of Peroni, as I would be in so much trouble if I got busted - my biggest worry was that I had my 3 day ticket on me - the security apes would have torn it into little pieces for me.

The building I sneaked into, the Siverstone Wing next day. Last year when I went to the F1 it was a steel skeleton:

I wish I could do this at home, Hayley would love it! Might wear the stair carpet though.

No idea, don't even ask...

I must be getting old, I waited for the totty to move, so i could get a picture of the Ferrari...

My mate Pete had rocked up with his pension fund, a Harley XR750 - most are in museums, but he'd entered this in the flat track event on the Saturday. Note the lack of a girly front brake, the older ones didn't even have a back brake - you chuck it sideways to slow down. Shocked

Dusk in the zero gravity zone:

He dreamed he was on a motorbike, in mid air.....

Oh yes, there were some bikes going round a track, as well...

More tomorrow

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:51 pm

I find it sad that all the guys in the fourth picture are too busy with the car to look at that hot paddock girl

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:14 pm

OK. Own up. Who baited the smurfs.

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:47 pm

Nice Roy, any pics of those interesting moments in motorcycling history where machine and rider part company?

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I must be getting old, I waited for the totty to move, so i could get a picture of the Ferrari..

Priorities, priorities, cars last longer than hot totty.

Very Happy

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:53 pm

^ And in the long run, the car is the cheaper option. I love the old harley, btw Very Happy

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:01 pm

^^^^ Probably less maintenance, also...but we need brolly dolly pics, anyway.

Ah, memories of drunken hours in the infield....I miss the track. Sad

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:00 pm

Awesome pics Roy, looks like it was a blast! Thanks for sharing them!

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:14 am

thanks for the pics roy. watched it on tv. hope you had your water-wing with you lol.

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Cars and motorized bicycles are interesting sure enuf!

But the most fun, to me, was sneaking into the paddock. I love shit like that Laughing

And regarding the totty and the Ferrari . . . hmmmm. I am way too tall to get into the car. But with those heels there would be no problem at all getting into that. Wink

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:16 pm

^^ Ahem. "Get into that"? Nice to see your romantic side. Rolling Eyes

As for being too tall for the Fezza - Clarkson manages it, how the heck tall are you?!? The mind boggles.

@ Irish and Caligula - depends on the car and the totty, dear boys. Mr. Green

Roy, thanks for the pics, looks like a great weekend! And who'd have thought it - Roy Cropper, super spy!

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Cougar wrote:

^^ Ahem. "Get into that"? Nice to see your romantic side. Rolling Eyes

Hold on there Coug'.

The expression "into that" has many different connotations.

It could mean getting "into" an animated conversation on the wheel base and suspension needs of the newly minted Ferrari.

Or . . . it could mean getting "into" this:

NSFW

Note: This is a very famous drawing by Brian Savage printed in Playboy a long, long, long time ago. Back when men were men and women used high heels to fök with their minds.

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:25 pm

/\ I left the link, but changed the name to NSFW Wink

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any pics of those interesting moments in motorcycling history where machine and rider part company?

Nope, none of that going on at all...

Pete out in the flat track. I was chatting to his mates in the paddock late into the night, he'd gone to sleep in the first 5 minutes. Rolling Eyes

Note the steel boot.

The Moto2 guys get off the line:

Nicky Hayden:

His team mate, Valentino Rossi:

MotoGP, and Stoner and Dovvy are being chased down by Sideshow Simoncelli and Jorge Lorenzo (George Lawrence). Both fell off before they could pass the Hondas.

Casey Stoner wins:

More odds and ends tomorrow if I can pick some (just the 525 pictures to look through this time. Smile

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Roycropper wrote:

/\ I left the link, but changed the name to NSFW Wink

Fair enuf RC - I guess some could find it over-the-line . . . but Laughing

. . . it was just a play on the black high heels . . . it is my understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) that any guy who has driven a fast motorized bicycle has, at some point in his life, had a beautiful woman walk up and down his naked back with sharp stiletto heels. I mean . . . I could be wrong . . . after all you were hanging out with buffed guys painted blue and wearing white tights and pointy elf hats . . . ermmmmmmm . . . some may consider that NSFW

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:44 pm

George Lawrence?? I've never heard that anglo saxonization of his name before

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:17 pm

More odds and ends, before they are all confined to the file marked 'done with'

Seen on the campsite, I hope this photo doesn't get the Disney lawyers on him like a ton of bricks:

If you pay enough, you can have a ride on the back of a MotoGP Ducati, with legend Randy Mamola:

Ah, 007, Lord N0rris' DB5 was never like this:

The great British summer weather:

Side Show Bob splashing along

There are so many different tracks (and new ways to spend your money) at Silverstone, all with something different going on. At the F1 I saw Porches on a skidpan, this is what was going on in the infield during MotoGP qualifying:

Can't think why I took this, must've been her bike boots:

The fans in the grandstand enjoying the British summer. This is why the uncovered stands were deserted:

Its those wacky smurfs again. Late Saturday I saw a bunch of guys in sumo suits, they may have been the same wackos

Can anyone technical tell me why the big screens look perfect to the Mk1 eyeball, but always photograph like this (it was set at 1/1600th exposure for the bikes)?

Another cool flatracker, this one's a Norton, there was no gearbox because (a) There's no room, and (b) they don't change gear. BTW, Pete says I can have a go on his Harley, next time he goes on a test day. Smile

What could possibly go wrong?

Bradley Smith, leading this group, started 28th in the Moto2, and finished 2nd!

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 12:42 pm

Freaking fantastic, thanks Roy. Very Happy

How much was the piggy back on the Ducati?

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:03 pm

Thanks for the pictures Roy; looks like you had a great time. Do you have any photos of riders off their bikes in atg? Mrowwwrrr.

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:31 pm

"Ducati" was the first word I ever said to my new born son. Smile

He'll be 17 in September Confused

Nice piccies... thanks for sharing

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:49 pm

Cougar wrote:

How much was the piggy back on the Ducati?

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Pricing is £2000 for Friday, £3000 for Saturday and £5000 on raceday Sunday ($3,050, $4,575 and $7,626 at current exchange rates). These prices include paddock passes, hospitality at Ducati for the passenger and one guest on the day of the ride.

It does go to chariddy though, and at least you get a beer at Ducati hospitality without having to be a spy.....

Have the Ride of your Life

Martin Brundle braves Ducati ride at Silverstone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKmc_Vjr-oU

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:09 pm

amazing pics roy, cheers for sharing !!! would love to go 2 silverstone for the F1 need to save up some monies tho, maybe ill see if i can inherit some money ........ Laughing

just out of interest what camera did you use ?

Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:20 pm

Roycropper wrote:

Nope, none of that going on at all...

... # 1

... # 2

Caption contest time:

# 1 - Ever get that feeling you're being watched? By an evil machine?

# 2 - If I water it and come back in a year will I get three?

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:19 am

lord goldblade wrote:

would love to go 2 silverstone for the F1 need to save up some monies tho

just out of interest what camera did you use ?

The F1 last year cost quite a bit more than the MotoGP, but we have to keep Bernie in fine watches and supermodels somehow. However if the weather isn't to awful, the lot of the basic footsoldier has improved enormously since I first went, and had to resort to bribery to even see the race.

Camera is a Canon EOS350, lens was the 70-300mm with Image Stabilizer dooda.

@ Callum, in picture #1, Sofuoglu had just crashed out of second place, so the real caption is probably something NSFW in Turkish...

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