jenny tinmouth signs with splitlath aprilia
 

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BSB » Tinmouth makes history as first lady of BSB The TT's female record-holder Jenny Tinmouth is no stranger to breaking down boundaries, but in 2011 she will achieve her finest breakthrough yet -by becoming the first woman ever to compete in the British Superbike Championship with Splitlath Motorsport Jenny Tinmouth will make history in 2011 by becoming the first woman ever to compete in the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship, after agreeing terms to ride for Splitlath Motorsport this year. Having already established a reputation for herself as the world's fastest female motorcycle racer, Tinmouth is preparing to push the boundaries back even further over the coming months. The 31-year-old has been working her way up to BSB since 2003 when she raced in the British 125GP Championship, proving to be consistently impressive and becoming the quickest woman around the daunting Isle of Man TT circuit in 2009 when she lapped at an incredible average speed of 119.945mph. In a further display of girl power in what is a predominantly male-dominated sport, Tinmouth finished a close third in the 2010 British Supersport Cup –taking the honour along the way of becoming the first female ever to win a BSS Cup race –and she subsequently triumphed in the final round of the Hottrax British Endurance Championship at Cadwell Park in November. It is just such results that have now enabled her to fulfil her dream of racing a Superbike and of taking on her male counterparts at the highest level in the country. “I'm over-the-moon to be in BSB this year and I still can't believe it!” she enthused as she prepares to run the #100 in 2011. “My ambition has always been to race in BSB. I've been trying for some time, and I think all my hard work over the past seasons has finally paid off. I know it will be a massive learning curve, but hopefully now people will see that girls can race too and then hopefully more will see it is possible if you work hard enough at it. “I was so keen to get on a Superbike that I was looking at options of running myself in the Evo class, so to get a ride with a team like Splitlath is fantastic! After a couple of years in Supersport and a few TT rides, this is a natural progression for me, and it's wonderful to get the chance to do it. I'm incredibly grateful to John [Dimbylow –team owner] for giving me this opportunity, and I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do on a Superbike.” Tinmouth will partner former South African Superbike Champion Hudson Kennaugh in Splitlath's two-pronged BSB assault –with the team having competed at Evo level in 2010 –and she has already begun testing in Spain with last year's Aprilia RSV4. Dimbylow is convinced he now has a strong line-up with which to step up to the main championship. “Jenny is a very talented rider and we were very interested in speaking to her after seeing her performance in 2010,” he revealed. “She is a proven race-winner and is 100 per cent committed to the season ahead. She is a fantastic rider and certainly has the potential to be a very strong competitor in in the British Superbike Championship. “I think she's the perfect team-mate for Hudson, and her arrival comes at the start of a very exciting time for the team. We are building a talented and strong crew, and will be continuing our relationship with Aprilia after coming to an agreement to receive engines and assistance from Italy. We are looking forward to making our British Superbike debut with a bang in April.”

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A great reason to watch BSB.

The tight racing was the great reason to watch bsb, jenny is the cherry on top of the sundae. You realise if she does well they may get her a sbk wildcard entry at silverstone or donnington? I know aprilia has already pledged factory backing and engines to splitlath and I can't see them turning down the opportunity to pad on a few mfrs points. And the media potential...

As long as she doesnt go all Danica Patrick on em. Perhaps her and Elena Meyers on Sat Ducs in 2013?

In gp? I'm afraid jenny is too old to reach the top rung. Love to see it though. Elena now, she's got a real shot at it. Assuming she can escape american motorcycle racing that is.

No worries on jt going danica, up till recently she's been her own crew chief. Knows what needs to get changed and how to spin the wrenches

Gawd that makes her really hot!

Duc will go back to WSBK...

Only if rossi doesn't bankrupt them. They look pretty stupid right now with smrz up front and all the gp11s looking like dogshit behind all the japs. Couple nice pics of mr "ow its my shoulder” doing stand up wheelies today tho :lmao:

Anyone paying attention the last few years knows Rossi is sandbagging. Just hope he remembers how to go when the lights go out.

I hope for his sake he is. Nicky's times don't really reflect any improvement to the machine however

Come on man, you know he's up to his old tricks. he always looks slow pre-season. I can't remember a year when Rossi was topping the boards at the tests.

Oh and as far as this chick goes, I just hope she doesn't end up being another "chick on a bike" scenario like Melissa Paris. I mean, I admire her TT times and I'm sure that it's faster than I can go but 10 mph slower and I believe she faded and ended up getting lapped once or even twice.

I still will never understand why women don't kick ass motorcycle racing?:idk:

If she faded you probably have your answer, a lack of strength and endurance.:shrug:

She was third I believe last year in the bss cup (600 superstock) and it wasn't mentioned but I think she won the brit ttx-gp last year. And I don't either, high hopes for this one

Physical strength and endurance. Thats pretty much a fact. They have much better hand-eye coordination and reflexes (in general, not in all cases), but dont have the strength or endurance to muscle around a bike for a whole race.

Hope she does well though.

Dani pedrosa is pretty much a woman and he does fine. I like how you guys jumped past possible causes like shoestring budget and privateer setup/parts/etc and go straight to blaming her ovaries.

Im not saying there isnt other reasons. But its a fact, pound for pound, women dont have the strength or endurance of men. Its why we have male and female leagues for most sports.

Take hockey for example, the best female players in the world would be considered mediocre at best, compared to a 4th line male NHL player. Its not an insult, its just the way it is.

And, I would go more psychological than physical for an answer. In a true fight or flight scenario the [and I mean TRUE adrenalin pumping, pushed to the limit situation] women are subject to "survival of the species."

I know plenty of women that can do the strength and endurance that men can - two of which do Iron Man competitions. It's the battle for the finish, or toe to toe fight that pushes your will to live in a that-shit-will-kill-you situation.

Notice how women that crash out of a sport are usually done with their racing career whereas men can get back into it easier [Jessica Zaluski and Melissa Paris as examples]? Mind fuck is a bigger factor for women than men.

FWIW, I hope Jenny kicks butt and does REALLY well. Both her and Elena have been doing this long enough that maybe, just maybe their conditioning has changed that 'girl brain' they were born with... hopefully.

Competing in Iron Man competitions is fine, but what are their times like compared to the men? The strength and endurance thing makes me think their times are slower than men who place similarly to the women you are talking about (say 50th place among men vs. 50th place among women).

The strength and endurance argument doesn't mean they can't finish a race. Obviously that isn't the case. It does mean that a comparably skilled woman probably isn't going to be able to maintain the same pace over the course of a race as a man.:shrug:

I don't discount your theory, but I do think that strength and endurance differences play a part.

No, I do agree that strength and endurance play a part. There is no disputing that men are physically stronger than women. Well, on average anyway...

I just believe in elbow to elbow competitions, men have more mental stamina than women do. It isn't that women don't have the drive to do it - we do. Hell, tell a woman she can't do something, sometime :lol:

In the past, I discounted "girl brain" as a factor. I was one of those women that didn't have PMS, emotional mood swings and the like. Then, I experienced it... let me tell you, there are things I didn't want to know. If that is what "normal" women go through every month, I know why they are batshit crazy. :panic: All it takes is something to make those voices speak up in their heads - career over.

To all the women in the world:
You can't blow me. :lol:

The military has studied the shit out of these questions. Physically, mentally, emotionally.

When it comes to sports it is all about apples to apples. When it is a strength and endurance event, guys have the natural edge, thanks testosterone.

When the sport isnt so focused on all out physical ability th woman's mind seems to hit a wall first and You got to love that they have the sense to question why
wether or not to kill themselves to finish one position higher.

Our male brain says winning gets us laid, so there never is apoint where we consider letting up...

I've never cared about getting laid. I just want to beat the other guy. Preferably so badly he contemplates suicide.

Corrected for truth.

Ill accept this :lol close enough to the truth anyhow, I only originally started talking to vic cause a buddy of mine was trying to chat her up and I wanted to beat him at it :lol:

A woman doesn't have endurance and strength to roadrace a motorcycle?

Gimme a break!!! It ain't like she has to hump a fucking machine gun with a 100-lbs rucksack on her back for 20-miles. Yeah, muscling a sport bike at high speed is tough work, but not so tough that a well physically conditioned woman can't do it.

And thats why I will never vote for a woman as president

No, they have the str and endurance to do it, just not to do it and keep up with the best of the men. Period.

How many women playing in the Superbowl today? None, cause football is a sport that places high priority on strength and endurance. Motorcycle racing doesnt place as high a demand on those traits but enough of an emphasis that it would take just the right woman, committed enough to do it. Someday she will come along tho...When ? Depends entirely on HER level of committment.

Maybe it's because they don't yet have the development and conditioning (backing by big dollars outfits), nor do they have the cultural support. Racing is still a "man's" world. That Valentina Rossi is probably sewing up or knitting up some shit right now because that's what she thinks is expected of her. Freedom and equal opportunity may be legally instituted but it is going to take a long time for women to grow out of their shell to overcome the societal roles and then we shall see.

You telling me that there isn't a woman out there who's at least physically capable as the midgets that are Pedrosa or Lorenzo?

The eternal mystery- What a woman wants. Yep there's a ton of women in shape like Pedro and Jorge. Alot maybe have the skill and the 'feel'. Some that may truly have the passion and commitment. Few that have the opportunity. And apparently NONE that have all of the above...YET.

For the same size I doubt it. Pedrosa and Lorenzo have the benefit of being the size of typical women but with the physical capabilities of a man.

Look at any sport where men and women compete in the same events and you will see the top men are pretty much universally better than the top women. For a range of examples you only have to look at the Olympics. Is there any event where the women have better times than the men? I certainly can't think of any.

THIS!! We consider the shit out of the consequences of our actions and this can cause the mental blockages men dont get, because they dont think about it. Or overthink it if you will.

And this!

When it comes to running around the track, neck and neck, and knowing that to make this turn you have to muscle a buddy off the track, whats a man gonna do? Fuck his buddy and shove him off.

A woman would either back off or reanalyze to see if she could shave just a lil more ahead and make the safe pass without fucking her buddy and running him off because she would see the potential for him hitting that tire wall, or dumping it into the barricade and breaking his neck or back, financial damage to the bike,the EMS and the emergency room all in a split second. No man I've ever talked to has had a single one of these thoughts while racing around the track as fast as he can while as a woman these are constantly running through my head at every moment.

Or the negotiating the turn, hitting it just right, "if i fail to hit it in the sweet spot Im gonna hit the divot, have some shake in the front end, wobble thru the turn, potentially lose the control and momentum I have, run off the track, or slide if I'm in the middle of a turn and my knee gives out while it's the only thing holding my bike off the pavement", etc. And yes, I've done that. "Fuck, took this one wrong, too far over, knee all the way down, keep this fucker from scraping, up up, throttle, power up out of the lean and back upright."

Your minds work like that? And this is all within a few seconds. Just saying.

I agree 100%. Thanks dude for seeing that a woman can do it, FTR, women can do the rucksack shit for miles btw, I'll introduce you guys to my younger sister sometimes. I'd lay my money on her whooping many of you guys asses in a strength contest or a fight.

I think this is badass, she is incredible for doing this and I hope she does well. As far as age, she's in her prime, she can get better from here and keep competeing, 31 aint old.

Why would you do that to your sister? Do you not like her or something?:lol:

No doubt, bring her to the rally. I'll take that challenge!!!

I want to see pics. Is she as cute as rae rae?

and....:boobs:

First, I'd only introduce you because I would have no fear of any of you guys taking advantage of her, she'd whoop your ass. Any of your asses. She scares grown men. She's that big, about 5'10" and that mean. She almost got kicked out of army basic for beating a girl who attacked her first.

And her boobs are real, and bigger.

Apparently I fell outta the wrong end of the gene pool so far as height and boobs are concerned. :lol:

The other one is almost as tall, boobs as big, and I'd whoop any of your asses for looking at her crosseyed. She's the beautiful, no common sense one of the bunch.

Does anyone else think that Tinnmouth looks kinda like Gas's wife Uma?

Not really.

Still want pics ;)

*sigh*

Here. This is an old pic, bout 5-6 years old. They are now legal. And off limits to you guys. :skep:

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1297452834

FTR, the blonde now has contacts, and no braces, with perfect teeth and several inches taller. She's a lil dorky looking here, but I am proud to say finally has her first bf.

How did you not see that coming?:lol:

Aw rae you're still the cutest but middle sis ain't bad at all ;)

You're still the hottest, Rae.

:lol: you post a picture of your sisters and expect that " they're now legal. and off limits to you guys :skep:" to work?


did your one sister learn to speak yet? don't think she said a word the entire weekend of your wedding?

No, not really. I still cant understand her when she does speak anyway. :lol: The other one talks enough for the whole family.

so...splitlath is waiting on parts from aprilia and had to cannibalize jenny's bike for parts. history will have to wait for round 2. im sure shes pissed, i would be

I read about this yesterday.....I'm sure she is BULLSHIT about it....who wouldn't be?

Well that was short. Jenny left the team this morning. Scuttlebutt is her bike was much slower than even the evo stuff and she was basically being used for the publicity

She got Danica'ed!

Pretty much