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Posted: **Sat Jan 07, 2006 4:29 am**

There will be no Camel Honda in the MotoGP 06 season.

No Carlos Checa, no Casey Stoner. Sad.

Posted: **Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:56 pm**

i think casey stoner is back with his old 250 team that has decided to field a motogp honda?

Posted: **Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:58 am**

wow this seems like really big news

Now I have to go find the story behind this.

Posted: **Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:41 pm**

yes, stoner is back with his previous team. not sure about checa, i think he may be having a harder time finding a ride.

Posted: **Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:39 pm**

Rossi and Colin Riding for "Camel Yamaha"

http://www.motogp.com/en/motogp/news_in ... ?menu=news

Posted: **Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:03 pm**

It was reported that Yamaha wanted to end the Gauloises sponsorship because Rossi objected to having a cigarette sponsor on his bike. Altadis/Seita, the company that owns Gauloises, considers Yamaha obligated not to collaborate with sponsors who compete with Gauloises. Hmm ... Camel is a cigarette sponsor.

The saga continues ...

Yamaha Goes Camel
http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=8634

Gauloises Responds to Yamaha Sponsorship
http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=8636

Yamaha Responds to Altadis
http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=8642

Gauloises Answers Back
http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=8646

Don

Posted: **Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:04 pm**

well, money does make the world go 'round.

i also read a few days ago that the camel sponsorship could cause problems with rossi's ferrari f1 testing. the problem being that ferrari runs marlboro sponsorship.

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:13 pm**

The 2005 Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix drew a weekend attendance of 153,653, the largest event attendance in the 49 seasons of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. (I was there... were you?)

http://www.motogp.com/en/motogp/news_in ... ?menu=news

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:14 pm**

Yup...I was attendee 105,684

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:48 pm**

No - I was not there ...

Don

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:32 pm**

I was...

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:42 pm**

go on you left coasters, rub it in!

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:10 am**

Hey, I tried talking you into it on several occasions... lol

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:41 am**

We all did, but to no avail! Yeah I was there, who's goin this year? Time to organize! New thread started just after this!

Posted: **Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:36 pm**

Here's a couple of MotoGP '06 updates. Max Biaggi's new role and Rossi's new Camel Yamaha.

Don

Posted: **Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:47 pm**

awesome post don! the biaggi pic says it all.

ya know, it's weird seeing camel colors on the m1. i am so used to associating camel with honda. the past few years in gp, the smokin joes ama team, jimmy filice on the camel rc30...

i can't decide if i like it or not. i am glad that it's no longer a carbon copy of the telefonica honda.

ehh, we'll see.

Posted: **Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:49 pm**

Close up shot of the M1 Camel

Don

Posted: **Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:19 pm**

look at all that carbon fiber.

drool...

Posted: **Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:22 am**

have a gander at them ceramic brake rotors....

Posted: **Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:32 am**

are those ceramic or carbon fiber? i have quite a few pics of gp bikes with carbon disks...

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