jjwhite Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 i am sure that many of you who could not attend the presentation for the scott trial will have heard that dougies one piece suit was sold in the auction, as it was a friend of ours who bought it and wee took it round to theirs the following day, i had time to inspect it, and i noticed that on the left leg there is burn marks, now any of us who have had a go on a scorpa knows that the first thing that you do on one of them is burn your left leg, and we also know that scorpa are desperate to sign a top rider, could it be dougie? or... we all know that dougie has a history in riding the other bike that has a left hand side exhaust, the beta, and it would be easy to get a ride on one of those through john. so, just a bit of food for thought, but i reckon that it is fairly safe to assume, given this evidence, that dougie has beet testing for another manufacturer, the question is, which one, and will it progress to a contract for next season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 (edited) i am sure that many of you who could not attend the presentation for the scott trial will have heard that dougies one piece suit was sold in the auction, as it was a friend of ours who bought it and wee took it round to theirs the following day, i had time to inspect it, and i noticed that on the left leg there is burn marks, now any of us who have had a go on a scorpa knows that the first thing that you do on one of them is burn your left leg, and we also know that scorpa are desperate to sign a top rider, could it be dougie?or... we all know that dougie has a history in riding the other bike that has a left hand side exhaust, the beta, and it would be easy to get a ride on one of those through john. so, just a bit of food for thought, but i reckon that it is fairly safe to assume, given this evidence, that dougie has beet testing for another manufacturer, the question is, which one, and will it progress to a contract for next season? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Interesting analysis. Doesn't the crf250 (MX bike) have a twin exhaust system -Honda could have been messing? Were there any mark/stains around the crutch area? Where did you hear about the Scorpa bid for Dougie? Do you have any further info? Edited October 25, 2005 by spud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofasttim Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 New CRF has one header pipe and two silencers. The split is under the airbox. Beta also have a left hand exhaust pipe. But this is all boll**, pure conjecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 New CRF has one header pipe and two silencers. The split is under the airbox. Beta also have a left hand exhaust pipe. But this is all boll**, pure conjecture. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> are you saying jjWhite is talking out of his nether regions, or is there some truth in what he Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofasttim Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 (edited) I'm saying what I said. Some time ago I mentioned that spurious rumours can do a great deal of damage to our wonderful but ecomomically very delicate sport (I was proven wrong on that account but have been proven right on other occasions). Please bear this in mind. Edited October 25, 2005 by TooFastTim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikespace Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Come on chaps - Nowt wrong with a bit of innocent gossip, especially when it's quite obviously just wild guessing games. He even suggests one of two bikes, just for starters. Maybe he fell off? Maybe it's a carpet burn? Maybe he burnt it on the oven while taking out his sausage rolls. Maybe pi**ed up, he put it on backwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shercool Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 You never know, jjwhite could have come up with the scoop of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 You never know, jjwhite could have come up with the scoop of the year <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah jjWhite, I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjwhite Posted October 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 no body can say for sure, except for the companies possibly involved, and doigie himself, but it is common knowledge that nozaki is not performing as a top rider in a team would be expected to perform, not to mention any names but a fairly reliable souce says that scorpa are desperate to sign a top lad, dougie is an obvious choice. but the name that was spread about was that of frexia. also, beta only have anotio bou at the moment, and dont get me wrong he is a great rider but maybe, and i havent heard anything about this, they are too looking for a better rider. again dougie is an obvious choice, and given that john lampkin imports them, and he has riden for them before, is could be quite feasable that dougie has had a bit of a test on either f these bikes. however, scoop of the year i am not sure, i think that at the moment montesa are likely to offer the most money for dougie so it would be sensible for him to stay with them, and not tests for other manufacturers would be mentioned, but frexias move could prove more likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Freixa is on his way and the concensus is Scorpa. He was excluded from the 06 test session a week or so back for just that reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 It's common knowledge that Freixa is off to Scorpa. In fact it's so well known I'm surprised they haven't made an announcement yet. Bou is going places, that's a certainty. Beat Dougie at a French Indoor last week and won the final round of the Spanish Championship at the weekend. Beta will be keen to keep him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliechitlins Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Here's what happened. I have obtained a tape of the event smuggled out of the country in a brioche : -(Thick Yorks accent)Hello French people. I need a new job. -(Nasal) Awwww hawww...Zee Limey ees seeck of zee quatre-stroke, yes no? -It's not that. It's just that I'm sick of the food where I live. If I eat 'bangers and quag' one more time, I'll...I'll.... -Calm down, we can move you to Fronce, feed you on zee frog legs and bunny rabbeet, and poot you on zee Scorpa. But first...we need to see you rrrride. -You need to see me ride? -But of course. -But I'm...I'm...don't you know who I am? -Of courrrse nous do, monsieur Lumpkeen, but nobody gets zee job weethout firrrst we see him rrride zee bike. -OK...if you say so... -(aside)Queek...Francois...get zee camera and get zee pictures of Lumpkeen rrriding zee Scorpa in zee Montesa suit! Zen... we do zee...how you say...noire-mail. Eeef he does not pay up, we keednap heem like we deed with zat Schreiber guy, and zee world will neverrr see heem again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Here's what happened. I have obtained a tape of the event smuggled out of the country in a brioche :-(Thick Yorks accent)Hello French people. I need a new job. -(Nasal) Awwww hawww...Zee Limey ees seeck of zee quatre-stroke, yes no? -It's not that. It's just that I'm sick of the food where I live. If I eat 'bangers and quag' one more time, I'll...I'll.... -Calm down, we can move you to Fronce, feed you on zee frog legs and bunny rabbeet, and poot you on zee Scorpa. But first...we need to see you rrrride. -You need to see me ride? -But of course. -But I'm...I'm...don't you know who I am? -Of courrrse nous do, monsieur Lumpkeen, but nobody gets zee job weethout firrrst we see him rrride zee bike. -OK...if you say so... -(aside)Queek...Francois...get zee camera and get zee pictures of Lumpkeen rrriding zee Scorpa in zee Montesa suit! Zen... we do zee...how you say...noire-mail. Eeef he does not pay up, we keednap heem like we deed with zat Schreiber guy, and zee world will neverrr see heem again! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Now that's what you call a SCOOP!! If Frexia moves to Scorpa who's gets his ride at Montesa?... Fajardo may be, or even.... wait for it.... Raga!! I thought i read somewhere that Dougie signed a two year deal with Montesa last year - might be wrong. What about the 4t's of Sherco and Scorpa for 2006. Could Graham be switching to the 320 4t, or Cabs. Nozaki riding Scorpa 4t. Anyone willing to speculate on Bou being World Champion in a couple of years time, that guy was frighteningly good at Hawkstone Park GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabber Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Those guys always seem to practice in tee shirts / trousers. Must be from leaning against a mate's bike in a queue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Scorpa have also signed another wtc rider other than Freixa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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