Make Noise For Marco (#MakeNoiseForMarcoSunday)

[Alex_Gold]

I will be doing this tomorrow!

A couple of days ago, after I read Paolo Simoncelli (Marco’s dad) comment that Marco would rather have a minute of all the MotoGP bikes at Valencia revving their motors than a minute of silence, something occurred to me…

What if we all did that, all around the world? Something a little less than a minute of silence; say, 58 seconds. And something a lot more (noisy).

At first, I thought we should all do it at exactly the same time, but the more I thought about it, I realized that 10:30 a.m. in Valencia is the crack of dawn on the west coast of the U.S., and late at night in Japan. And, I liked the idea of people doing it at 10:30 in their own time zone, creating a ‘wave’ that would begin about 12 hours before the Valencia rev-up, way out in the western Pacific, and end about 12 hours later in Hawaii. We’d literally wave good-bye.

I wrote a blog post to that effect, and it generated a few hundred extra hits that first day. Then, in the next 24 hours, it generated thousands of hits. Someone coined a hashmark, #MakeNoiseForMarcoSunday, on Twitter. I created a Facebook group with the same name. Now, the question is, can we create a global event in the 3 days (roughly) we have before the official Valencia memorial?

Wouldn’t it be great if, all around the world, motorcyclists stopped what they were doing at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, and revved up their bikes? If they make a video of it, or just want to comment about it, they can do so on the #MakeNoiseForMarcoSunday Facebook group.

Please help to make it happen! Popularize #MakeNoiseForMarcoSunday on your blog, website, Twitter, bathroom wall,… anywhere you can. For more information, people can check my blog (www.bikewriter.com) or search #MakeNoiseForMarcoSunday on Facebook.

I have this idea that Marco – who had often been a divisive figure in racing, although he was widely popular among fans – could be a unifying figure in the wider community of motorcyclists.

Facebook ‘event’ https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=214718738600006

[Alex_Gold]

If you’re going to do this (Joby), check the oil level in your bike first!

[Big_D]

Same invited every rider on me facebook too
shall we have a LB meet up and film to post on the site?

[Alex_Gold]

That’d be cool, if I’m on the Jetstream ride I’ll try and convince them to stop and have a rev! Shame we can’t do it in the Goodwood tunnel…ALTHOUGH I heard Claire was doing a ride there, that could be a cool added extra!

[Bikergirl_400]

Alex Gold (05/11/2011)

That’d be cool, if I’m on the Jetstream ride I’ll try and convince them to stop and have a rev! Shame we can’t do it in the Goodwood tunnel…ALTHOUGH I heard Claire was doing a ride there, that could be a cool added extra!

Right that’s it SOLD!!!

Hmm, so the VFR is going to have a much bigger hole in the exhaust… :w00t:

[andyp69]

Alex Gold (05/11/2011)

If you’re going to do this (Joby), check the oil level in your bike first!

[COUGH] I think someone else also needs to check there oil

[me_groovy]

I think someone needs to check their spelling

[steveCBR11XX]

with bit of luck everyone down the Ace 2moro will join in with this…Im contemplating Hatfield tunnel 3rd gear n redline the fker

[silveR6]

i’ll be at the ace at 10.30.
cant think of a better place.

[Zander]

Sounds good. Now I’ve got most of a bike back from Tashkent, I’ll hope to join you.

I was suggesting something similar for Puppy’s rideout, though its tricky to everything synchronized. Perhaps Pimlico’s rideout?

When we arrived in Bahrain last year, all the HOGs revved for a good while when we reached the hotel … sounded amazing, then the silence was deafening too.

[PJ]

I wouldn’t suggest you make too much noise in the goodwood tunnel, they really do not appreciate it, trust me i know :Whistling:

You will be asked to leave and not come back!!!

[Alex_Gold]

Well we’ve allegedly got permission, either way I’m leaving and not coming back anyway

[Jetstream]

Have to agree, they do have a sense of humour failure at times. FFS its an airstrip and a racetrack, whats a bit of noise between friends?

[bluelagos]

Jetstream (05/11/2011)

Have to agree, they do have a sense of humour failure at times. FFS its an airstrip and a racetrack, whats a bit of noise between friends?

pmsl…Tell him to go f* themselves

[Joby]

andyp69 (05/11/2011)

Alex Gold (05/11/2011)

If you’re going to do this (Joby), check the oil level in your bike first!

[COUGH] I think someone else also needs to check there oil

I could check the oil but the bike is in storage. I could bring the Volvo and rev that. If you listen carefully you can hear the turbo whistle.