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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: oldbike54 on January 27, 2017, 07:16:46 PM
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What premier class rider with at least 10 wins has the highest winning percentage ?
Dusty
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Casey Stoner
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Casey Stoner
Nope , he is 8th on the list .
Dusty
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Sheene?
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Giacomo Augostini? or Nicky Hayden, does he have 10 wins?
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No , no , and no . None are even top 2 .
Dusty
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Please say it isn't M**quez... :rolleyes:
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Please say it isn't M**quez... :rolleyes:
No , he's like 4th or 5th .
Dusty
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Schwantz?
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not going to Google, I'll wait here for the winner ..
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Schwantz?
No .
Dusty
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Wayne Rainey, because he got injured at his peak and didn't have a down side to his career.
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Wayne Rainey, because he got injured at his peak and didn't have a down side to his career.
Nope .
Dusty
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Hailwood
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Hailwood
2nd in winning percentage .
Dusty
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not going to Google, I'll wait here for the winner ..
:thumb: I subscribe to MotoGP.com but I with you... I'll keep guessing
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Phil Read ?
John Kocinski ?
Eddie Lawson ?
The king Kenny Roberts? (I think this is my best guess)
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No , no , no , and no .
Lil John K , ?
Dusty
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Biaggi ?
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46
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Freddie Spencer... :bike-037:
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Duke? This is a tough one!
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Mick Doohan.
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Schorsch Meier?
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Nope to all .
Dusty
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Stanley Woods?
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Stanley Woods?
Mr Woods was a great racer , but retired 10 years before the advent of the gp series .
Dusty
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McGrath :boozing:
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Joey Dunlop?
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No and no , and it isn't Carl Fogarty either :grin: Geez , really didn't think this would be all that
hard :shocked:
Dusty
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John Surtees.
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John Surtees.
Correct :thumb:
Dusty
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So by premier you do mean 500/MotoGP only, right?
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So by premier you do mean 500/MotoGP only, right?
Yes .
Dusty
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With 10 rides or more, the urge to google is strong-but I resist.
Roberts has to be up there.
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John Surtees.
Yes .
Already answered . Roberts is 6th in winning percentage .
Dusty
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Probably helped by the departure of Gilera and Moto Guzzi from GP racing in 1957, and by his own early departure from motorcycle racing to drive Formula 1.
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Surtees may have departed early but he left his mark. He won 22 out of 26 races.
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If only the the bike world evolved as quickly as the Formula One world back then, maybe a LOT of talented riders, mechanics, and team managers would have stayed on in the two-wheeled world...MotoGP has nothing to answer for, but racing automobiles have risen to the top of the 'natural progression' ladder for talented riders/drivers even though the caliber of racing is very comparable, IMHO...I prefer it, actually...
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Surtees may have departed early but he left his mark. He won 22 out of 26 races.
Not to mention about an equal percentage of 350 CC races and 3 titles .
Dusty
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No and no , and it isn't Carl Fogarty either :grin: Geez , really didn't think this would be all that
hard :shocked:
Dusty
That's what my first wife said !!!?
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That's what my first wife said !!!?
How long did it take her to figure out you aren't Carl Fogarty ? :shocked:
Dusty
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How long did it take her to figure out you aren't Carl Fogarty ? :shocked:
Dusty
When she realised he was better looking !
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When she realised he was better looking !
So she married you for reasons other than looks :laugh:
Dusty
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Damn, and I have Surtees' autobiography/photo album . Signed, even.
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Damn, and I have Surtees' autobiography/photo album . Signed, even.
There is brilliant interview with Surtees somewhere . In the 80's and 90's whenever Mercedes would trot out their priceless GP cars from the 30's and 40's for exhibitions at large events , the driver was always Surtees . Often times he would drive/ride several vehicles in one day . A journalist from that era stated that all of the other car and bike racers from history were simply parading at events like the one at Assen Park, Surtees was riding/driving in anger . His off track persona is that of a classic self deprecating English gentleman , on the track he was a ferocious competitor .
Dusty
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Guzzi/Surtees content-he was and is a big fan of the 350 Guzzi GP bike against which he was riding a 350 MV 4 cylinder. He thinks the Guzzi was a much better bike, and I believe he now owns one.
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Guzzi/Surtees content-he was and is a big fan of the 350 Guzzi GP bike against which he was riding a 350 MV 4 cylinder. He thinks the Guzzi was a much better bike, and I believe he now owns one.
His collection is amazing , so it would not surprise me . He has a real Kompressor twin BMW that I've seen some video of him riding , He was not hanging about .
Dusty
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So she married you for reasons other than looks :laugh:
Dusty
See reply #40