stevebrum 6,834 Posted February 1, 2013 still not enough to make him a true Brit in my book. Born in Britain of British parents and lived his first few years in Britain. What book are you reading!!! Maybe, but never refers to the UK as home, always AUS. A brit when suits him We must read and hear different interviews then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Smith 5,694 Posted February 2, 2013 The last time Tai was in the GP's he made a mistake by running untried & untested Michael Lee tuned engines. This time around he'll be running pretty much identical motors as Darcy & Holder on PJR which will put him in a much stronger position. Does Tai have the ability? Of course he has, it's just going to come down to his mental strength. I've changed my mind on relection of Tai's chances and as long as the PJR's hold together he'll finish 11-12th in the series. I have no doubt about it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
INCOGNITO 357 Posted February 2, 2013 Think a few on here will have to post a few apologies this year as Tai is in a much better frame of mind, better equipped and more organised this time around. He may make a few mistakes and have some meetings where he struggles to score, but he will also have some meetings where everyone will have to admit that he can do it on his day and will make a number of semi finals and hopefully at least one final Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blazeaway 1,501 Posted February 4, 2013 The last time Tai was in the GP's he made a mistake by running untried & untested Michael Lee tuned engines. This time around he'll be running pretty much identical motors as Darcy & Holder on PJR which will put him in a much stronger position. Does Tai have the ability? Of course he has, it's just going to come down to his mental strength. I've changed my mind on relection of Tai's chances and as long as the PJR's hold together he'll finish 11-12th in the series. I have no doubt about it Ok, so which four or five riders will he finish ahead of then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dabbsjoe 149 Posted February 6, 2013 whether he is a brit or an aussie he is the only representative of GB in this years series Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Know 221 Posted February 11, 2013 The last time Tai was in the GP's he made a mistake by running untried & untested Michael Lee tuned engines. This time around he'll be running pretty much identical motors as Darcy & Holder on PJR which will put him in a much stronger position. Does Tai have the ability? Of course he has, it's just going to come down to his mental strength. I've changed my mind on relection of Tai's chances and as long as the PJR's hold together he'll finish 11-12th in the series. I have no doubt about it think your find his engines were fine. had the best internals availble as we supplied umm. it was the nurd on the seat which was the problem. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHILIPRISING 7,298 Posted February 11, 2013 SORRY but wasn't Tai still on Jawas and, frankly, they were simply not good enough, as Kenneth Bjerre found to his cost. Give the boy a break, time will tell soon enough... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Know 221 Posted February 12, 2013 SORRY but wasn't Tai still on Jawas and, frankly, they were simply not good enough, as Kenneth Bjerre found to his cost. Give the boy a break, time will tell soon enough... why give him a break ? he deserves what he gets. lets see a differant chap this year with a better attitude and show what he can do on track,then and only then will i change my mind about the kid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHILIPRISING 7,298 Posted February 12, 2013 ISN'T that giving him a break ... to show that he has changed? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mixy230 120 Posted February 13, 2013 I think over the year he will win a few races, make a couple of semis, maybe even make 1 final. Finish 8th/9th/10th with a bit of luck and no injuries! Hows that for an optimistic post? M Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
superguest 194 Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) Tai is gonna struggle if he goes into this series trying to win every race. He won't get away with the 2nd bend wide sweeps, they will shut the door on him. Mostly, I think it's really important he doesn't get too down if things go wrong and also to not get too arrogant if he has a few wins. He really needs to try and win back a few fans too, so I really hope he can compose himself when the adrenaline is flowing. Edited February 17, 2013 by superguest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 15 Posted February 17, 2013 I think over the year he will win a few races, make a couple of semis, maybe even make 1 final. Finish 8th/9th/10th with a bit of luck and no injuries! Hows that for an optimistic post? M If optimistic is saying he'll fail to make the top 8, even with some luck then I'd hate to see you being pessimistic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T.N.T. 355 Posted February 18, 2013 If optimistic is saying he'll fail to make the top 8, even with some luck then I'd hate to see you being pessimistic I Darcy does as expected and is one of the front runners, riders like AJ, Zagar, Kasprzak, Vaculik, Iversen and Hampel will also miss out on a top 8 place as this is without doubt the strongest field ever seen for the Series and while Tai knows he isn't going to have things his own way, he will be battling for every point. Personal in such a line up and being opptomistic, I think he will do well to break into the top 12. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eglese 19 19 Posted February 22, 2013 I think if Tai holds his head together he could do ok, time will tell but I certainly won't write him off, not that I expect him to finish in the top 8. Certainly If he does ok I think he'll win a lot of fans back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hrhbig 69 Posted March 18, 2013 Was TV channel hopping one day and "landed" on a quite nice programme on Trace sports about Tai, he came across as quite a pleasant young man, with the feature showing his home life and work with Peter Adams and wolves, and touching on the unfortunate side as well. Is this an old programme or new , and has anyone else seen it, as I have not seen mention of it anywhere else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
