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Who is Olivier Jacque?

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The MotoGP in Shanghai was wet, really wet. Rossi won again but the race surprise was Olivier Jacque, a Kawasaki replacement rider for the injured Alex Hoffmann. It's always hard to gauge the ability of a rider when the conditions are so bad, though if he rides that well in the wet, he could be outstanding in the dry. Towards the end of the race he was gaining on Rossi though … [Read more...]

Project 1221

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Hmm... supersecret, 1000+hp supercar for the cubic money crowd. Project 1221. Link via Autoblog . … [Read more...]

China MotoGP Results

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Due to the time difference the results are in. DO NOT FOLLOW THE LINK IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THE RACE AND NOT KNOW THE OUTCOME! Results. Several sites have posted the results, be careful where you look today before the race broadcast. … [Read more...]

Gibernau on pole for China MotoGP

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Tomorrow's race is setting up to be really good. We don't often get to see everyone thrown into a new environment at the same time. Everyone has to learn and come up to speed at the same pace, those who can't adapt quickly, lose. Gibernau is on the pole, Rossi is 6th fastest, I really like this. It's anyone's race. … [Read more...]

China and motorcycles

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Recent moves by Harley Davidson, Aprilia and Ducati to make and sell motorcycles in China are interesting. I've been reading the book "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century" by Tom Friedman and in it, he is interviewing a Chinese official who says: Chinese people first were the employees and working for the big foreign manufacturers, and after … [Read more...]

Sunday sales and declining business

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When I noted a short while ago that auto dealers were fighting to keep the law that forbids Sunday sales in Michigan and then also Colorado, it was interesting that about the same time we get all of the reports of GM losing loads of money and other companies, too. I guess some dealers didn't get that memo, the one that said if car companies didn't sell more cars a lot of people … [Read more...]