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[spyderchick]

No Rossi.  

Not sure if they are not testing Yamaha's or what.  

Rossi's in Valencia. See:
http://www.racemotorcycles.com/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl?board=ccs1;action=display;num=1138814250

[cardzilla]

They couldn't get Checa to quit after all these years, so they are going to try to kill him off with Dunlops... ;D

Verrrrry funny :P  Schtick aside, you know that Checa will be next to Keith Richards and a hoard of Roaches if the big one ever hit.  He's had more GP crashes than any other rider in history and never even broken anything... so it'll take more than Dunlops to get rid of him.

[JBraun]

They couldn't get Checa to quit after all these years, so they are going to try to kill him off with Dunlops... ;D

I bet Dunlop has a whole team in charge of making sure Checa doesn't get his hands on any AMA exploding tire footage.....

[Super Dave]

SD --

Hopkins' results do speak for how hard he is trying, sort of -- he has crashed a few times because he's over-riding that bike!  It would be great to see him on a top-tier machine.

13 Kenny Roberts Suzuki USA 63
14 John Hopkins Suzuki USA 63

I think that speaks for both of them.  I don't think that either "isn't trying".  But it certainly seems like Hopper gets the better end of the press deal.  I think both missed rounds this season due to injury, right?