Posts
178
Joined
3/6/2011
Location
Moreland, ID, USA
Edited Date/Time
1/26/2012 2:42pm
Maybe Pourcel didn't do as well as I thought he would have done today at the first Outdoor race of 2011, but it seemed his result today was more from lack of fitness and time on the bike in race conditions and not the ability of the Yamaha 450. It did seem like Hahn rode well in moto 1 and if you look at today's MX-1 qualifying race in Brazil Philippaerts and Frossard finished 1st and 2nd.
My point is, what does this say for James Stewart's team not being able to get their Yamaha 450 ready or not getting the bike working correctly for the 2011 Motocross series? I think it makes them look pretty bad. It's not the Yamaha that doesn't work well, it's a lack of ability by the team to make the motorcycle work.
Yes, I'm sure it's difficult to make a motorcycle work perfect for a rider as fast as James Stewart, but they couldn't even get the bike to work for Kyle Regal and he isn't as fast as Stewart.
Pourcel choose the Yamaha 450 over other brands he tested, so he has confidence in the motorcycle and he looked smooth and fast until his fitness came into play at the Hangtown National. Pourcel will be faster and in better shape and get much better results as the series goes on.
I feel the results of the other riders that compete on the new Yamaha 450 makes Stewart's team look incompetent.
My point is, what does this say for James Stewart's team not being able to get their Yamaha 450 ready or not getting the bike working correctly for the 2011 Motocross series? I think it makes them look pretty bad. It's not the Yamaha that doesn't work well, it's a lack of ability by the team to make the motorcycle work.
Yes, I'm sure it's difficult to make a motorcycle work perfect for a rider as fast as James Stewart, but they couldn't even get the bike to work for Kyle Regal and he isn't as fast as Stewart.
Pourcel choose the Yamaha 450 over other brands he tested, so he has confidence in the motorcycle and he looked smooth and fast until his fitness came into play at the Hangtown National. Pourcel will be faster and in better shape and get much better results as the series goes on.
I feel the results of the other riders that compete on the new Yamaha 450 makes Stewart's team look incompetent.
JSE's press releases have about as much credibility as a JLaw comeback attempt these days.
just my observation but who knows.
enough of the 'its the bike thing already' its fucken 2011!
the bikes are light years away from being unridable .
and stop judging the fucken production bike's with the top pro bikes.
get a clue already.
You nor I have any idea what a bike feels like going as fast as those guys so we can't judge how comfortable or uncomfortable they are going those speeds on a bike that isn't set up right. Having said that, it probably wasn't just the bike with Stewart but I don't know.
The Shop
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
Free shipping: VITALMX
Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
now, if others on here can only comprehend it .
THANK YOU
read - the bike itself is outstanding. the magazines praised the Kawasaki 450 for the past 2 years. but for Reed the Suzuki just had that appeal. it seemed thinner, more agile, more, dare i say, two-stroke like...and as such he performed much better on it. it made him want to race it, knife in, make changes mid air, etc.
it's a mental game and feeling your bike has that appeal is paramount to how a rider performs. i promise you.
the Yamaha needs to be redesigned completely. the 250 however looks rad.
As for James, unless there really is some far out wacky reason why he didn't ride the Nationals (which I very much doubt), I think it's safe to assume he just wanted to take the summer off. No problem with that, I just wish he'd come out and admit it.
Ask DV how to setup the bike
He thought it was remarkable that Yamaha made such a radical changes in an era where there aren't works bikes to work out the kinks by being able to change frames, mounts etc. on an immediate basis given how even small changes can have a big impacts.
Pretty interesting listen on bike development. He wasn't critical of Yamaha. He even mentioned that sometimes a better design requires taking a step back toward a foundation that may not work as well immediately as the old design better developed, and just noting that it likely will take awhile to work out the changes to make it work well in an era where that can't be worked out as quickly.
I think there is a lot of reasons he is not racing Outdoors.
Lack of support from Yamaha
Would rather stay home
Not crazy about the bike
Tired of crashing
Tired of travel
Too hot
Too much work
Makes the same or less money due to team expenses
And more...
All JMO.
Pit Row
afraid of getting showed up by reed, dungey, or RV (and i really don't like dungey)
he dosen't like to work (outdoors takes more work than a 15 min race indoors)
he says he does things for the fans, but that is why he only races four months a year
they yamaha sucks balls
Since he has been on yamaha (barring the 2009 sx season) his career has taken a huge shit. when he was on kawi he raced all the series and he won races and championships, and had no excuses
I don't have any facts, and like Davey Coombs said on DMXS he might not be riding Outdoors due to lingering injuries, or maybe his hand cant handle the Outdoors and he doesn't want to admit it. Its all speculation and I cant be critical of any of them without facts.
I'm still a fan just like I was still a fan of Chad, Kdub and MC when they skipped the Outdoors for whatever reasons they had.
I rode my friends 09 rmz450 and 09 kx450 and liked the yz better. Also rode my friends 2010 crf450 and liked the YZ better as well.
But the 09+ hondas have come set up horrible out of the box. Reed even said he thought it was the worst production bike but now is ruling on a factory one... I guess it just took time for the teams to figure out the bike.
Post a reply to: Yamaha 450 and Motocross