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The bike is not the best one on the track and until some refinements, we won't see one in the SX winners circle any time soon. Even if you put James on one, he would probably crash his brains out trying to ride it like his Kawi and be out for the season. Hell, he might even do that on his Yami.
"Right away I loved the bike. It had tons of power and was really fast. it was fast enough that I felt like I had a good shot at winning back the title."
Nowhere does he paint the picture that he was afraid of the bike. If you're reading that, you got some Chinese fake bad copy of MC's book.
Eurohero- have you read the book (maybe Yamaha336 loaned you his copy)? McGrath doesn't come across like a dick, but he certainly didin't hold back much if any when telling the stories. Consider what he wrote about Suzuki's racing program, Wes McCoy, or his use of the 93 chassis for 3 years.
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Back to the topic, is the KTM 450 one of the top bikes out there? Based on the results of the same rider on different bikes, I would say no. The people that are or have ridden the KTM have done better on other brands and have seemingly struggled on the KTM. I think the bike is better outdoors as Alessi's results show, same with Wey's recent finishes. In SX, it seems like it does not suit anyone the same as their previous rides.
Including the acknowledgements, there's 297 pages in Jeremy's book. I'm not seeing anything between 281 and 297 that could even be construed as negative about the 250SX, or anything in the pages prior to that.
Maybe you 'll need to take a break from Vital and read it a 4th time.
I know personally that he was afraid of that bike at speed.
When Yamaha jerked his chain at the end of 2002, MC looked at Kawasaki, Suzuki, and KTM, and in his words "KTM stood out the most". He didn't go into the 03 season blind. Next, the 2 crashes on the KTM were not related to the chassis, which is the component that most point the finger at when talking trash about the pumpkins; no one bitches about the motors. The first crash was caused from the bike bogging off a jump, much like his Honda did in the 92 Mt. Morris race. In the second race he collided with Kyle Lewis over a triple.
To say that the KTM had absolutely nothing to do with McGraths retirement seems illogical. But to single the mfg out as the only reason seems ludicrous, given the facts.
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Anyone know whats going on with him next year?
Seems logical that one can come to the conclusion that KTM is not competitve here, for whatever reasons.
Look were he's at this year with the class depleted.
I hope he takes his practice bike up to canadia and does well this weekend.
Confidence is so important in this game and he could use a few shots.
and they won the MX1 overall as well.
Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Time laps Diff. First Diff. Prev. Bestlaptime in lap Speed
1 4 Rattray, Tyla RSA MSA KTM 41:33.589 18 0:00.000 0:00.000 2:13.006 2 42.61
2 2 Searle, Tommy GBR ACU KTM 41:55.126 18 0:21.537 0:21.537 2:12.340 3 42.25
3 10 Goncalves, Rui POR FNM KTM 42:08.542 18 0:34.953 0:13.416 2:11.755 1 42.02
4 34 Roelants, Joel BEL FMB KTM 42:09.575 18 0:35.986 0:01.033 2:15.408 2 42.01
5 24 Simpson, Shaun GBR MCUI KTM 42:15.503 18 0:41.914 0:05.928 2:14.023 3 41.91
6 89 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL FMB KTM 42:19.852 18 0:46.263 0:04.349 2:15.209 2 41.84
7 183 Frossard, Steven FRA FFM Kawasaki 42:54.057 18 1:20.468 0:34.205 2:16.434 2 41.28
8 37 Krestinov, Gert EST EMF KTM 42:56.864 18 1:23.275 0:02.807 2:14.485 2 41.24
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