Racing motorcycles is safe...
 

Well, compared to living in Japan.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sp...-1226116434951


Seven-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has maintained his objection to the Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi on October 2 over nuclear health concerns.

Concerns around nuclear exposure have circulated since the nuclear power plant at Fukushima was damaged in the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March.

Australian Casey Stoner had said he would not attend the race but has apparently softened his decision, while reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo has been largely silent since initially indicating his reluctance to go.

Many consider Rossi to be the ringleader of rider protest surrounding the event, and the Italian has maintained his strong objection to the race going ahead.

"I really don't think I'll go to Japan," Rossi told the BBC.

"I was hoping the [MotoGP] championship organisers would make the right decision, but that hasn't been the case and now we've got a serious problem."

Rossi has reportedly suggested a return to Suzuka as a possible alternative to the Motegi circuit, which is just 100kms from the damaged nuclear reactor at Fukushima.

Suzuka is further south but would require significant safety upgrades to reach modern MotoGP standards.

While his world titles came with Japanese manufacturers Honda and Yamaha, Rossi now rides for Italian marque Ducati.

what a bunch of douchers...they would be safe and unaffected...

As he gives the interview with a phone in hand, warming up something on the microwave, all while cruising at an altitude of 35,000 ft.

Sounds like he's been listening to glorified news media instead of the facts. How radiating.

Yup total dickbag

Really? I thought the Japanese media was hiding how bad it was. :idk:

The amount of radiation at the track is negligible. It wouldn't cause any damage to them. They wouldn't have to worry about food, because they are pampered stars that would get shit shipped in.

They can pay me half his salary and I will go race for him and eat the native food.

I haven't been following it. What is the state of the reactor now? Is there any chance it could worsen?

They got it safe and are still working on getting it in cold shutdown.

They are.

I've read reports that it's worse than Chernobyl at a greater distance.

That's comforting....I guess.

What about the ultra long half life shit that has already contaminated the local area?

1. A race at Suzuka would be kick ass
2. After the beating he's taken this year, I don't doubt he wants one less race :lol:
3. He doesn't race for a Japanese manufacturer, so does he care if he pisses them off?

I was thinking the same thing....

Yeah, but then you'd get lapped your first lap. redflip

I think the radiation is minimal, but the Japs love to hide shit.

Nice.

Yeah, but I am not scared to show up and if enough of them puss out I could score moto go points LOL

Not sure what the levels are now, but these reports were late June I think.

Fuck that shit. Trip, I know you are all knowledgable and versed in this stuff, but thats scary.

http://jciv.iidj.net/map/

According to these levels, give me a plane ticket and a ride and I would have no issue going. Suzuka is fine, it's well away.

It's unclear just how bad this is going to be, any nuclear accident is bad that's for sure. It's different than Chernobyl though. Chernobyl blew their reactor all over the countryside. This never happened in Japan, they blew up the top of the buildings, not the vessels. The reactor vessel is completely different, it didn't explode the fuel all over the countryside like Chernobyl. The fuel melt and vessel integrity needs to be examined first.

What was the word used... it wasn't a melt down, it was a melt through?? It was melting through the concrete into the ground, or something?

They melted the fuel for sure that's a melt down no matter what they say and they think they may have a vessel leak on 3 because some workers stepped in water that was incredibly highly radiated.

TMI melted a ton of fuel as well.

Seems like there's no good way to judge what's really going on down there until you either do or don't get cancer in a few years. Fuck that, I wouldn't go either.

I think he's afraid the radiation will shrink him.





Too late.

and if it rains and you stay on 2 wheels you may even podium :rockwoot: