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Please run #259 and go by "Bubba"
Ride this factory bike:
All will be good.
Best Regards,
How many Honda riders and Kawi riders are out because of crashes?
The Shop
I'd still love to see him on a CRF or RMZ because I think they would fit his style, but at this point I have a hard time blaming the YZF any more.
Not to forget it also seems to work just fine for Millsaps to make the top three very frequently.
Ironic that Davi is an example of why it's not the bike after he was said to just be too lazy, washed up and out of shape when he couldn't get along with the new Honda.
The only reason you cannot tie a lot of injuries to the Yamaha is because hardly anyone is dumb enough to enter the race on one. I think there's only 5 450f riders that enter regularly on them. The entire field of privateers rides either a Honda or a Kawasaki. There's hardly any entrants on the Yamaha. I wonder why? Maybe it is that nasty stigma of it being a difficult bike to setup. Just ask JT$, Ferry, Wey, etc, etc. That bike has made a ton of people want to quit.
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We are watching the most talented racer of all time implode right before our eyes. its like a slowmotion trainwreck.
Late-arriving components like tires and suspension didn't help, and doing the bulk of the testing at home (rather than on something more like what they'd see at the start of the season) probably wasn't ideal.
Poor starts at the beginning of the season were a big issue this year, then lots of errors trying to work through the pack.
I think the bike may be less of an issue than the urban myth about it.
I know he thinks that elite riders can do Supercross-only, but I think that the lack of year-round racing catches up with you eventually. Yes, he can run endless practice laps at home, but there's a huge difference between practice pace and actual racing...the biggest of which is just reacting to all the unknown the races throw at you.
But, the other thing is that I keep thinking that he is trying to slow down on purpose. Of course it's possible that he just isn't the fastest anymore. But even if that were the case, he still hits the deck at pretty much every race.
Daytona, even in practice before the rain, it was obvious the guy can still ride like Bubba. "Don't crash" seems like obvious and noob advice, but I think that should be his primary focus at this point. I think he'll be better served to keep 'er on two wheels over trying to win.
So do you think Reed, Ferry, Pourcel, Byrne and all the others that have said the bike has issues are wrong? Just curious.
As for Chad, he loves to sow seeds of doubt in the minds of any of his competitors, so I'd look at half of his comments on the bike as a chance to get in James' head.
As for Byrne, Matthes asked RV what he thought of the bike and he said Byrne told him it's an "odd duck" then RV said "if it's an odd duck how good can they possibly make it?"
Good to hear your opinion.
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