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Old 16 Oct 2004, 19:55 (Ref:1126153)   #1
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Colin Edwards joins Yamaha

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Old 16 Oct 2004, 19:59 (Ref:1126156)   #2
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Hmm a bad move for Colin IMO - If I were him id have stayed put at Honda. Sure the Yamaha of Rossi is winning at the moment but thats because Rossi is behind the wheel, the next best Yamaha rider after him is quite a way back, behind most of the Hondas.
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Old 17 Oct 2004, 06:49 (Ref:1126460)   #3
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good for yamaha thats for sure, edwards can get consistant 4th and 5th places and be a great 2nd rider to rossi, something which they havent had this year
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Old 17 Oct 2004, 11:31 (Ref:1126585)   #4
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Edwards said in an interview today that his main reason for going to Yamaha is that Yamaha WANT him, a feeling he has never had from HRC this year. He has had no say in the developement of his bike and has had to accept whatever "scraps" were thrown by HRC whether he wanted to use them or not. I think he will perform more consistently at Yamaha than Checa / Milandri / Abe.
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Old 17 Oct 2004, 12:58 (Ref:1126631)   #5
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Edwards has certainly been very consistent this year and would be the perfect teammate for Rossi. If Yamaha wanted him more than Honda, then it's clearly Honda's loss and Yamaha's gain.

IMO Honda have made a mistake in their supposed treatment of Colin and have made a mistake in letting him go.
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Old 17 Oct 2004, 13:08 (Ref:1126638)   #6
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Agreed manoz. Colin never seemed to be wanted at Honda, they treated him pretty badly throughout the year despite all the success he has earnt them over the years. He's clearly not as good as Rossi, but who is? The Yamaha bike should be much closer to the Honda next year, so I can see Colin taking his first MotoGP win for them.
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Old 17 Oct 2004, 18:55 (Ref:1126790)   #7
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HRC treated Colin ver badly from the time he managed to win the WSB corwn despite Honda not giving him any help up til the 8H when he was miles behind Bayliss. They tried to give him the idea he was wanted then dumped him when the so called "better prospect" Hayden came on the scene. He wrote a column for a mag over here and the shenanigans that went on that winter were outrageous. He was offered four different HRC rides after hw won the crown and signed for Ducati. HRC really messed him around and he signed for Aprilia.
I think Yamaha is the best move anyway, better than Repsol even. He is wanted as he says, he has history with Yam in AMA in WSB. He rides the front like Vale but can spin it aswell like Rossi and he gets on fammously with him.
Great move and isnt it nice to have two bloke in a team with massive determination to put one over HRC!
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Old 19 Oct 2004, 13:28 (Ref:1128303)   #8
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It's good to see Colin wanted by a top team again - I'm sure he can do a better job than Checa has this year.
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Old 19 Oct 2004, 19:28 (Ref:1128669)   #9
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Great move and isnt it nice to have two bloke in a team with massive determination to put one over HRC!

You're right there chunder. All we need know is for Bayliss to join them and the show will be complete
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Old 20 Oct 2004, 02:08 (Ref:1128973)   #10
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And if Yamaha are running under the factory colors there will be nothing to stop them running 4 up to date bikes... 8)
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Old 20 Oct 2004, 15:23 (Ref:1129595)   #11
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So, let's see, Ewards and Rossi in one team and Melandri and AN Other in the other team, surely they can't keep on ploddinhg away with Abe
Barros going back there perhaps after he was injured in his year there, he flew on the bike in testing remember. Maybe Xaus to replace Checa in the Fortunsa Spain colours, good move again
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Old 20 Oct 2004, 16:25 (Ref:1129644)   #12
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Is there any word on which colours Colin will ride?

Xaus would be a good choice, but I'd expect to see him at Repsol. Someone like Hopkins or Ellison might be an option?
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Rossi and Edwards in one team is great by me - my two favourite riders! Somehow add Bayliss to the mix and Yamaha would be looking really good. Sorry about Checa, though, a decent guy.

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Rossi and Edwards have won together before so it's looking good for Yamaha next year. Personally I can't wait for Colin to get his first MotoGP win, although a consistent string of podiums would be just as sweet. Unless you work for HRC I guess
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Sorry for Checa, I dont think so, he has consistently underachieved on any bike for years and I dont really understand why he always seems to get rides, but then again after a great start Melandri has hardly set the world alight either
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Interesting...

Tell you what lets do it proper like.

Colin gets Jeremy and the boys, while Vale gets the second string Yamaha guys and girls.

Odds on Colin bags the Championship!
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Odd more like!

Rossi is supreme, that is why Burgess only wants to work with him. Like Doohan, Rainey, Schwantz, Lawson etc Rossi is head and shoulders above others.

I like Edwards and hope he is better next year but he is no Rossi!

I think we saw that the battle between Edwards and Bayliss in WSBK was NOT a battle between the best... They have become small fish in a BIG POND (excempting the odd result in MotoGP)
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Old 9 Nov 2004, 02:46 (Ref:1148161)   #18
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But do you really think that Rossi would be where he is now if it wasnt for the influence of Burgess and co? Sure , hes very good, but hes only as good as the bike under him will allow him to be.

Lets see Edwards with a good engineer in a team that cares about what hes doing and see how he goes. Sure, Rossi may be better, but to suggest that Edwards is below par is drawing a long bow indeed.
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A great team helps, no doubt about it, but the Rossi more than does his part.

Like Michael and Ferrari, the best rider with the best team = Championships
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Old 9 Nov 2004, 10:40 (Ref:1148376)   #20
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I didn't suggest Edwards was below par, Bayliss either. Just said that they have been put into perspective in the MotoGP. I like both of them a lot and wish they would do better!

Haga was the same, Hodgson too! Haga had two great performances in his best year, Donington and Philip Island. Edwards was hot at Donny and Quatar and maybe another one... Bayliss has had a handful of top results too. That's it though!

Rossi is like Schumacher though, like Wrex says, he is consistent and fast as hell and provides clear feedback to the team.

And he is a super-human! (like Schumacher) It helps.
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