Toseland to WSB, Spies to GP

hayden's best qualities helped him when it was the big-boy 990s...

now it's 800s, where it's less about managing the stupid power and more about maximizing cornerspeed/drive. electronics have something to do with that, but hayden grew up dirt-tracking, while the "new breed" have all come through the ranks, 125, 250 and up to the premier class.

he's a solid rider, but his talents aren't as suited to how the game has changed...

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Originally Posted by BMFR6

Hayden isn't winning another championship in GP until they start passing out unicorns as trophies.

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Originally Posted by spicy

hayden's best qualities helped him when it was the big-boy 990s...

now it's 800s, where it's less about managing the stupid power and more about maximizing cornerspeed/drive. electronics have something to do with that, but hayden grew up dirt-tracking, while the "new breed" have all come through the ranks, 125, 250 and up to the premier class.

he's a solid rider, but his talents aren't as suited to how the game has changed...

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Not to say Spies disagrees about bike power and electronics but see this;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL-uJ...eature=related

Remember, Toseland was also WSB champ, as was Edwards, both went to Moto GP and neither have won consistently. The best results came from Bayliss and he was on a full works team.
For some reason, the crossover doesn't seem as easy for the WSB guys as the ones coming up from the 250's. Spies vs Simoncelli should be interesting....

not to be a Spies fan-atic but did anyone else ever dominate like Spies in WSB, especially being new to every track?? and he;ll get the factory ride once Jorge jumps next year