Decal Set for US MOTOGP

[cdbx]

Hey guys trying to get re-started again! I'm looking for the Nicky Hayden RC211V USGP decal set...Does anyone know where I can find this set? Ive tried HLJ,Studio 27 and Hiroboy. Thanks a lot, Chris

[John18d]

Originally Posted by cdbx

Hey guys trying to get re-started again! I'm looking for the Nicky Hayden RC211V USGP decal set...Does anyone know where I can find this set? Ive tried HLJ,Studio 27 and Hiroboy. Thanks a lot, Chris

Chris - try Kevin at StradaSports - http://www.stradasports.com/ - if you give him a good idea of what you're looking for and some time - he can find almost anything. He has always managed to come thru for me and they are here in the USA. Go to the link and email him - John

[racer93]

Originally Posted by cdbx

Hey guys trying to get re-started again! I'm looking for the Nicky Hayden RC211V USGP decal set...Does anyone know where I can find this set? Ive tried HLJ,Studio 27 and Hiroboy. Thanks a lot, Chris

Which year? I don't think the liveries were any different for him the years he won ('05 and '06). I know Yamaha changed them and when he was on the Ducati they changed but not on the Honda...

[John18d]

Originally Posted by racer93

Which year? I don't think the liveries were any different for him the years he won ('05 and '06). I know Yamaha changed them and when he was on the Ducati they changed but not on the Honda...

Note Hayden won the championship in motoGP (2006) and has struggled since the bike was sized and developed for the smaller sized Dani Pedosa. Pedrosa is very tiny compared to the 6 foot Hayden - Hayden continued to struggle after his move to Ducati s that bike was designed around Casey Stoner another very small person. It will be interesting to see what happens at Ducati for 2011 as Rossi and Hayden both tall riders will be at Ducati. Also I believe Rossi is the master at setting up a bike and Hayden should benefit from him coming to the team. Again - contact Kevin at Stradasports. - John

[Froride1]

John, your a little off. Nicky has been in MotoGP since 2003. He was Rossi's team mate until Rossi went to Yamaha. Nicky won the 2005 and 2006 USGP at Laguna Seca. On the stuff about the bikes being designed for midgets like Pedrosa and Stoner you are correct.

[John18d]

Originally Posted by Froride1

John, your a little off. Nicky has been in MotoGP since 2003. He was Rossi's team mate until Rossi went to Yamaha. Nicky won the 2005 and 2006 USGP at Laguna Seca. On the stuff about the bikes being designed for midgets like Pedrosa and Stoner you are correct.

I stand corrected - Hayden did start his Moto GP career in 2003 - I'm not a big Hayden fan personally - I always felt he was over-rated as are his brothers - and I only think he won the 2006 season because he was riding the best of what Rossi had developed at Honda plus a few new parts as Hayden was the only one with a full works bike in 2006 - Pedrosa whom I also think is over-rated could never come to terms with the 990cc rear-wheel steer bike. I think that when the bikes return to 1000cc based the "little" fly weight riders with their 250cc riding styles will have some difficulty - also they need to address the riding weight issue - rather than a minimum weight for the bike - it should be bike/rider that way these feather weight riders do not have an unfair advantage. - John

[racer93]

Originally Posted by John18d

I stand corrected - Hayden did start his Moto GP career in 2003 - I'm not a big Hayden fan personally - I always felt he was over-rated as are his brothers - and I only think he won the 2006 season because he was riding the best of what Rossi had developed at Honda plus a few new parts as Hayden was the only one with a full works bike in 2006 - Pedrosa whom I also think is over-rated could never come to terms with the 990cc rear-wheel steer bike. I think that when the bikes return to 1000cc based the "little" fly weight riders with their 250cc riding styles will have some difficulty - also they need to address the riding weight issue - rather than a minimum weight for the bike - it should be bike/rider that way these feather weight riders do not have an unfair advantage. - John

If he was on the coattails of Rossi for '06, why didn't he win in '03 or '04? To win it 2 years after Rossi left is leaving out 2 full years of development of the bike without Rossi. Hayden was very consistent in his finishes in '06 and that wins championships (see Rosberg in F1 in '82).

Pedrosa was Hayden's teammate at FACTORY Honda in '06, so there were two factory HRC riders, as there have been for years...

Hayden's riding style is that of a "dirt-tracker". Meaning he likes to slide the bike and have it loose. I'd imagine that he'd do much better than others on bigger, more powerful machines because of this. Think of his times in the rain vs in the dry. He's always one of the fastest riders in the rain. This is why.

(I am a NH fan. A good friend from college is a very close friend of NH and grew up together. NH lives about an hour away from me. Pretty cool. I'm trying to get my friend to get an in...)

Daniel

[John18d]

Originally Posted by racer93

If he was on the coattails of Rossi for '06, why didn't he win in '03 or '04? To win it 2 years after Rossi left is leaving out 2 full years of development of the bike without Rossi. Hayden was very consistent in his finishes in '06 and that wins championships (see Rosberg in F1 in '82).

Pedrosa was Hayden's teammate at FACTORY Honda in '06, so there were two factory HRC riders, as there have been for years...

Hayden's riding style is that of a "dirt-tracker". Meaning he likes to slide the bike and have it loose. I'd imagine that he'd do much better than others on bigger, more powerful machines because of this. Think of his times in the rain vs in the dry. He's always one of the fastest riders in the rain. This is why.



(I am a NH fan. A good friend from college is a very close friend of NH and grew up together. NH lives about an hour away from me. Pretty cool. I'm trying to get my friend to get an in...)

Daniel

Racer93 - the pros and cons of NH can be argued all day - the bottom line is he has won very few GPs out of the total number he has entered and he has always been on a works bike - nuff said - John

[Froride1]

Like him or not, he does have a world championship. Not a lot of riders can say that.

I have seen him over the years in the paddock at Laguna Seca and he seems like a nice guy. Always has plenty of time for the fans. Even was a good sport one year when the fans were giving him a hard time during a photo shoot. Guys laughing at him and calling him a pretty boy.

[racer93]

Originally Posted by John18d

Racer93 - the pros and cons of NH can be argued all day - the bottom line is he has won very few GPs out of the total number he has entered and he has always been on a works bike - nuff said - John

"Winning races and not championships is everything, especially on a works bike."

Signed,

Max Biaggi, Dani Pedrosa, Colin Edwards, and Loris Capirossi...

[racer93]

Originally Posted by John18d

Racer93 - the pros and cons of NH can be argued all day - the bottom line is he has won very few GPs out of the total number he has entered and he has always been on a works bike - nuff said - John

Nah, not "nuff said".

Since when is Keke Rosberg not considered one of the best in F1? He did exactly the same thing that NH did in winning his championship. It's called consistency. You don't have to win every time out (or even very often at all.

Consider an example a friend shared with me the other day. In this year's F1 championship, a driver could have won if he finished (or averaged) a 4th place finish in 15 races and 2nd 4 times. Zero (0) wins. How is that possible? I guess that driver isn't as 'good' because he didnt win, right?

[Zonic2001]

Originally Posted by cdbx

Hey guys trying to get re-started again! I'm looking for the Nicky Hayden RC211V USGP decal set...Does anyone know where I can find this set? Ive tried HLJ,Studio 27 and Hiroboy. Thanks a lot, Chris

I just tried to check the NICOLECRONDECALS.COM.AR website but is not working for me, don't know why? Was working few weeks ago. Thought might find it there.

[Froride1]

It worked fine for me. He updated his site, it looks different that it used to. You might try reloading the site.

[racer93]

Nicolecron would be a good place to check. They have a ton of hard to find decals...

[John18d]

Originally Posted by Zonic2001

I just tried to check the NICOLECRONDECALS.COM.AR website but is not working for me, don't know why? Was working few weeks ago. Thought might find it there.

Zonic2001 - have you tried Kevin at Stradasports?? I suggested him before - he usually is the man for this type of item for those of us in the USA - tell him John sent you his way - he has always come thru for me - John