Burgess with Rossi to Ducati

[Rocky]

SCOOP: Jeremy Burgess talks about his move to Ducati with Rossi - Sport Rider Magazine

Very excited for next season.

[Dargonk]

its going to be an interesting year at the very least, particularly in the first few rounds when everyone is still coming to grips with there new team/bikes

[Desmo]

I have never liked Rossi, but don´t deny that he is one of the most successful motorsport personalities.
I look forward to seeing him on a Duc.

[Pato]

[Polished_Handles]

hahahahahahahhaa

[thro]

What does Valentino like in a bike?

“He likes a bike that has grip and that would be front and rear. But you have to maximize the package, but I can see that Casey and Nicky run quite different settings on the bike, just from observations of the geometry on the bike.”

Which would Valentino be closer to?

“Difficult to say, without knowing where the weight is on the bike and how it behaves. But, without question, I don’t anticipate any major dramas. I can watch some of these lesser riders on the Ducatis and you can see that the bikes are, in my opinion, unsuitably set for what they want to try and do with them. I’m not saying anybody’s doing a bad job. I see these things wobbling around. When I think, clearly, if we had that issue with Valentino it’d be fixed in 80 seconds, but some riders don’t like the hardness of the bike, because they don’t get the feel. But then when they’re riding around and it’s too soft they’re not going forward either. So you’ve got to be able to create the feel with the hardness to avoid all that sloppiness. I don’t think there are any issues in the bike that are a big worry to me. I think the bike is just a tool to do your job. You sharpen the tool at the race track, you don’t build it. you should be able to adjust it to what Valentino wants. And until we’ve got a race or two under belts, we won’t really know how close we are or how much better we’ve made it. but if we can make it, as it stands here today, good for Valentino, then it’s probably not a bad bike. Then we just have to wait and see what happens.”

Interesting... keen to see how the combination goes on the Ducati.

[Desmo]

The same as they have with every machine they have layed their hands on.
It's not just Rossi, Burgess and the rest of the crew are equally as meritworthy.

[thro]

Yup, for sure.

I was more interested to hear how he looks at the other ducatis and reckons he can see they're just not set up properly


Without a doubt, burgess is a genius race bike engineer.