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Because since 2010, that "revolutionary".... "ground breaking".... engineering cluster f*ck has left a long line of good riders in it's wake. The latest being Reed, Webb and Febvre. I don't care what anyone says, all 3 of those dudes are way faster than what they are showing. 2018 can't get here soon enough.
Reed has made hints about it, but I can tell he doesn't want to blow his last ride, by trashing it.
Flame away, but ya'll know it's true...
Reed has made hints about it, but I can tell he doesn't want to blow his last ride, by trashing it.
Flame away, but ya'll know it's true...
I really have no idea how so many magazines had it win their shootouts. Oh, wait.....
The Shop
MX is "not about the bike" but at pro level, comfort and setup is huge, especially now with four strokes minimising the effects of mistakes to an unprecedented amount... Look at the difference in Eli where it's just comfort and confidence in it.
Hope they found 5 kilos to lose tho!
Febvre's bike is no rules held, so fuck knows what that is, what the frame is, what it weighs etc...
Reed wanted to stay for 2010, Suzuki couldn't afford to pay him and Dungey rode for peanuts...
and Reed raved about his bikes in 99, 2000, 01, 03, 04, 08, 09, 11, 12, 14 & 15...
And the bikes he really didn't love, the 05/07 Ali frame Yamahas and the 13 Honda, his team-mates all echoed the same sentiments. And the current gen Yamaha has basically given the heebeejeebees to more pros than any in recent history...
So you know, facts and shit.
As Crush said: factory...
And probably only good outdoors.
I know I'm talking to a Reed fanboy though, and I think he's a grade A bitch, so I digress.
Not defending the Yamaha, as I really couldn't care less.
Even more shocking, a multi-time winner not doing his best, questioning a bike after a major design change?
WHO COULD FUCKING IMAGINE THAT!!!
And you conveniently ignored his teammates expressing the same sentiment I see, which would likely point to it as fact.
Where are all the quotes of him hating his bike this year? Phoenix was hardpack, long lanes and he got a start 5 places better than his average this year. He noted the change for the starting pieces but the rest of the time, he hasn't been able to overcome the starts, Neither has Coop or basically anyone but Eli for that matter.
He actually went as far as to say that as a 15 year plus pro he's having trouble adjusting to the method needed to get the Yamaha off the line consistently in sticky dirt... Bet you missed that tho.... just sounded like bitching right?
So instead of actually quoting any source material, you plainly state you think he's a bitch, whine about his "whining" and call others fanboys for pointing out your hypocrisy. Sheesh.
Check your sag bro, it's as loose as your sprocket bolts.
You ever seen someone with a hump at a local track? Must be weird to ride with.
Pit Row
The amount of bullshit people say that either don't ride or don't have a clue about anything is unreal.
Peick said he think's it's just hard to setup, it's window is good when it's there, but the setup window is maybe smaller.
So add that to having a 5 kilo or more weight disadvantage, fighting for tenths of a second on a deteriorating track, on a bike that is a different duck... These top guys always talk about setup in terms of comfort.
Johnny on the block can ride it fine, but he's not pushing like these freaks.
After season started and realizing he's not the rider he used to be: Team didn't listen to me, bike isn't performing the way it should because of things they're not letting me do to the bike.
Phoenix: This is the result I get when my bike is set up the way I tell them team to set it up
After Phoenix: back to lack luster results despite having the bike set up he "needed to succeed", gets so frustrated he decides to hold up Dungey as he's being lapped in 16th place like the real man he is....
And you're missing the point entirely on what I said about him being stoked or upset on bike setup... it wouldn't matter if he was on Tomacs bike, Barcias bike, or Dungeys bike. Reed is gonna Reed.
And no... I'm not gonna dig up source material to argue with a fan boy or anyone else on here... I admit I am NOT a fan of Reed. My opinion is purely an opinion based on observations. My ignorant opinion shouldn't have the power to throw you into a fit.
No one has complained more about bike set up than Reed in the past 15 years of the sport. Or tracks. Or rules. Or other riders....
Despite not knowing what Reed is gonna Reed means, he has a track record of getting great results if he is comfortable, and the bike he is on now has a patchy record at that level, and a bunch of riders saying it's actually made them a bit uncomfortable, so it probably does matter more than you think.
And yeah, if he's not happy he's not afraid to say it. But fuck me, we've heard this crying about "crying" from American fans for 14 years about Reed... It's just calling a shovel a fucking shovel. If I had a dollar for every post i've read about people complaining of vanilla boring shit interviews i'd have more than if it was the other way around. Waaaaaah!
Like most of the field this year, his starts have been the determining factor in his results... lap times have been absolutely fine, if you want to tell me all the riders who have been able to come from mid-pack to the front not named Eli or Ryan this year, I reckon your next post would have to be pretty fucking short...
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