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Off Topic NEVER MIND YOUR CRAPPY MODERN MANUFACTURED FORMULA ONE CRAP. THIS GUY WAS THE REAL DEAL

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  1. Garlic Klopp

    Garlic Klopp Well-Known Member

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    Milk not bear jizz Grasser-In-Chief

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    Imagine how successful he could have been if he hadn't wasted so much time riding bikes.

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    Didn't Valentino Rossi come pretty close to making the switch to F1 at some point too? I remember hearing stories about him way back. Wonder if he ever could have duplicated Surtees achievement.
     
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    You have to also consider how much more dangerous both F1 and bike racing was in his day as well. The TT was a world championship race back then, but was dropped because it was considered to dangerous
     
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    I'm not an expert on MotoGP but I certainly know how much F1 has been neutered, even in my lifetime. I certainly can believe bikes have followed a similar trajectory.
     
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