Laguna MotoGP Viewing Party?

[Kurt'sSV]

Meet Time: 11:00am
Meet Place: Whoever has the biggest TV

So anyone want to host a MotoGP viewing party on the 23rd? The racing starts at 11:00a.m. that day with WSBK, then it's over to Laguna Seca for Superbike, Supersport, MotoGP and Formula Extreme.

[Tillers_Rule]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
Meet Time: 11:00am
Meet Place: Whoever has the biggest TV

So anyone want to host a MotoGP viewing party and invite me? No one posted it up yet so I feel the need to invite myself to somebodys houe


I'm looking for one to Kurt;)

[sandie]

there's gotta be some hooters SOMEWHERE that's having a party for you to attend.

[Natedawgg]

That's awesome! Put me down +1.

I may not be able to ride my new bike, but I can still enjoy motorcycling.

:D

My TV is a 30", who can do better than that?

[Iyindo]

Where are you, Nate? I have a going away party to attend later in the day, but I may be able to stop by and enjoy the race with fellow fanatics for a while in the morning!

[Kurt'sSV]

I've just got a 27 inch TV in a small living room. I'd like to nominate my brother's place as he has a giant TV and a big sitting area, but I don't think his wife would appreciate that.

[codzilla70]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
I've just got a 27 inch TV in a small living room. I'd like to nominate my brother's place as he has a giant TV and a big sitting area, but I don't think his wife would appreciate that.

And I still haven't upgraded to HD cable.:o

[curley]

From Road Racing World.com:

Fun Bike Center in San Diego is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Laguna Seca U.S. Grand Prix viewing party and sale at our amazing new location. Come out Saturday and Sunday (7/22-7/23) to enjoy free food and drinks while watching the best racing in the world on mulitple plasma screen televisions. To help celebrate the 2nd annual U.S. Grand Prix we are also having a sale on all street-bike parts and accessories in stock. All street parts and accessories in stock are at least 15% off from July 14th-23rd, with many items marked off up to 40 and even 50%.

Fun Bike Center's new location covers more than 240,000 square feet total, making it San Diego's largest! Our stock of new an used motorcycles is unmatched in Southern California. With a parts and accessories department covering more than 45,000 square feet, we have endless choices for your sportbike, cruiser, and touring needs. And Yes! We have Spidi and MotoGP Kangaroo suits in stock!

Come out for a great weekend full of racing, deals, and food! For any questions give us a call at (858)278-6635 or check us out at funbike.com!

[druiid]

Hmm... in-t-resting

[bristolbird]

I'm interested, if it's not too far... :D

[racinteach]

if I can talk the wife into it...Ihave a 40" but that would mean cleaning up the house...

[bristolbird]

Originally posted by racinteach
if I can talk the wife into it...Ihave a 40" but that would mean cleaning up the house...

Cleaning up is not necessary for us Robert but if you promise to clean the house up, maybe your wife will be more accepting of the idea.... Just a thought.

:D

[Iyindo]

Has the location been decided for this?

[Rocky]

Anyone rollin out to the Funbike party?

That sounds tempting... Grub, tv's, and shopping...

[druiid]

Unless someone I know is hosting a party, I'll probably be going to that.

[hurleydude66]

Originally posted by Rocky
Anyone rollin out to the Funbike party?

That sounds tempting... Grub, tv's, and shopping...

What is this? And is there a place yet from this thread where people are going?

[Rocky]

Originally posted by hurleydude66
What is this? And is there a place yet from this thread where people are going?

From Road Racing World.com:

Fun Bike Center in San Diego is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Laguna Seca U.S. Grand Prix viewing party and sale at our amazing new location. Come out Saturday and Sunday (7/22-7/23) to enjoy free food and drinks while watching the best racing in the world on mulitple plasma screen televisions. To help celebrate the 2nd annual U.S. Grand Prix we are also having a sale on all street-bike parts and accessories in stock. All street parts and accessories in stock are at least 15% off from July 14th-23rd, with many items marked off up to 40 and even 50%.

Fun Bike Center's new location covers more than 240,000 square feet total, making it San Diego's largest! Our stock of new an used motorcycles is unmatched in Southern California. With a parts and accessories department covering more than 45,000 square feet, we have endless choices for your sportbike, cruiser, and touring needs. And Yes! We have Spidi and MotoGP Kangaroo suits in stock!

Come out for a great weekend full of racing, deals, and food! For any questions give us a call at (858)278-6635 or check us out at funbike.com!

[hurleydude66]

DAMN! I totally missed that on the first post. :D

[Rocky]

Originally posted by druiid
Unless someone I know is hosting a party, I'll probably be going to that.

My girl just cancelled her Dentist appointment on Saturday which means we'll be rollin out to Funbike for sure. Maybe she'll see something to buy for me while we're there.

Maybe I'll see you there Justice... Or anyone else rollin there.

[hurleydude66]

Originally posted by Rocky
My girl just cancelled her Dentist appointment on Saturday which means we'll be rollin out to Funbike for sure. Maybe she'll see something to buy for me while we're there.

Maybe I'll see you there Justice... Or anyone else rollin there.

Rocky- Yeah, I'll roll down there with you! If you don't mind...I don't know my way around S.D.

[Rocky]

Cool hurley... I'll PM you and we'll plan our point of attack...

where are you located again?

[hurleydude66]

Originally posted by Rocky
Cool hurley... I'll PM you and we'll plan our point of attack...

where are you located again?
Lake Forest...off El Toro Rd/Santa Margarita Pkwy

[Rocky]

Funbike will ony do the big tv's and BBQ on sunday for the MotoGP championship.

I'm at Funbike now with hurley (mike) and its dead. No big screens and certainly no bbq. Nice place though.

Oh well. Looks like I'll be looking for a diff spot to view the races.

[hurleydude66]

Rocky- It was nice to meet you man! Too bad FBC wasn't doing anything today. But look on the bright side!...

...at least we got a little Air Conditioning during our ride today! And hopefully you didn't catch any of that down pour in Murrieta.

What did you think of the movie? :confused:

[hurleydude66]

Alright, so I'm thinking about going back to Fun Bike Center down in San Diego.

But I don't really feel like going solo. Anyone one up for it?

[Rocky]

What up Mike.

Nah we didnt go to the movies after all. We saw a bit of shade from the rain clouds and booked it home. We got hit with about 10 drops of rain but that was it. We got home in about 30 min so we were glad we just headed home.

I'm glad we met up, thanks for rollin out to Ortega with us after a sad outing at Funbike. I'm glad they were able to redeem themselves on sunday with you and justice.

We'll have to meet up again sometime.

[druiid]

It was decent.. for free. The best part was that the place had good A/C, which I don't have at my house. Oh yeah.. how about Pedrosa. That kid is fast. I've been following him since the 250's.

[Rocky]

Those were some crazy races. What happened to Ros's bike anyway? He was creepin up then smoke went up...

[druiid]

Engine blew. Probably overheated due to the temps there.

[Rocky]

Do you think that Kentucky kid would have still edged out Ros head to head?

I dont know enough history on MotoGP right now but that race was impressive for both riders.

[druiid]

I doubt Rossi would have made it to a battle from the position he managed to edge up from. I highly doubt he would have made it around Pedrosa. If he managed to do that, though... he would still have been at too much of a lap dis-advantage. Now, if it was Hayden first and Rossi second.. at Laguna Seca that's pretty much home territory for Hayden. He probably would have managed to best Rossi... this is of course my opinion.

[Tom]

Originally posted by Rocky
Do you think that Kentucky kid would have still edged out Ros head to head?

Hayden and his team won fair and square. Everyone had to ride on the same track in the same conditions, and obviously the Honda team handled the challenge better than everyone else.

[Rocky]

Originally posted by Tom
Hayden and his team won fair and square. Everyone had to ride on the same track in the same conditions, and obviously the Honda team handled the challenge better than everyone else.

No question about that. Those guys were fast and precise.

[Kurt'sSV]

We had a mini-viewing party at my brother's house since he has a big TV. What I think was more fun than watching the races was playing Dance, Dance Revolution afterword. Man, that game's a hell of a workout! But am I glad no one had a camera.

[Rocky]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
We had a mini-viewing party at my brother's house since he has a big TV. What I think was more fun than watching the races was playing Dance, Dance Revolution afterword. Man, that game's a hell of a workout! But am I glad no one had a camera.

Yeah I've seen my nephews and nieces play that game. It looks like a workout...

There's no way you can look studly playing that game thats for sure. :D

Thats probably why I've never touched it.

[harbiho]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
We had a mini-viewing party at my brother's house since he has a big TV. What I think was more fun than watching the races was playing Dance, Dance Revolution afterword. Man, that game's a hell of a workout! But am I glad no one had a camera.

Kurt...............

Last thing I would like to see is..........you dancing!!!!:-&

:D

[Lardoggy]

Good race, although not as tight as you'd like it to be...I guess that's the nature of that track though. Too bad Vermulyen couldn't keep up the pace and put a Suzuki up on the podium. Anyway, am I the only one who thought the coverage of the race kind of sucked? I know that Speed was using the official MotoGP video feed but there were a couple of times when something had happened and the announcers were clueless (I specifically remember when Hayden took the lead and it took the announcers about a full half lap before they realized what had happened. Same thing when Rossi blew up).

Oh well, still fun to watch. The temps must have been hell though...kind of glad I wasn't there!

[Rocky]

Originally posted by Lardoggy
Anyway, am I the only one who thought the coverage of the race kind of sucked? I know that Speed was using the official MotoGP video feed but there were a couple of times when something had happened and the announcers were clueless (I specifically remember when Hayden took the lead and it took the announcers about a full half lap before they realized what had happened. Same thing when Rossi blew up).



I was wondering that same thing. They'd go to commercial and Rossi moved up like 4 positions and the announcers didnt care to mention it. Same thing with what you mentioned. Those announcers are not exactly on top of the "play by play"

The same type of stuff occured during the Formula Xtreme race... It seemed like the announcers where playing catch up with the camera.

[NukleoN]

Yeah it was funny when they said Rossi was in 5th when I could clearly see he was listed as 4th...too bad about yet another DNF from Rossi. Ugh.

[Lardoggy]

It will be interesting to see if ABC is able to improve on the coverage of the race since they've got a whole extra week to get it right! :rolleyes:

[hurleydude66]

Originally posted by Kurt'sSV
We had a mini-viewing party at my brother's house since he has a big TV. What I think was more fun than watching the races was playing Dance, Dance Revolution afterword. Man, that game's a hell of a workout! But am I glad no one had a camera.
Actually....I was watchin' you guys through the window....

....posting of the pictures is soon to come! :groove:

Originally posted by Lardoggy
Good race, although not as tight as you'd like it to be...I guess that's the nature of that track though. Too bad Vermulyen couldn't keep up the pace and put a Suzuki up on the podium. Anyway, am I the only one who thought the coverage of the race kind of sucked? I know that Speed was using the official MotoGP video feed but there were a couple of times when something had happened and the announcers were clueless (I specifically remember when Hayden took the lead and it took the announcers about a full half lap before they realized what had happened. Same thing when Rossi blew up).

Oh well, still fun to watch. The temps must have been hell though...kind of glad I wasn't there!
Yeah...myself and Druiid noticed the delay in the first position change.

And then when the Top 10 positions were shown in the corner of the screen and Rossi was nowhere to be found when he was just making a run for Vermuelen. And it took them a good 30 sec. to show him in the dirt. Kind of disappointing, but what can you do?