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He looks more aggressive, faster and confident. Dude is going to be very tough to beat in the next few years.
Congrats to his entire team on a great year!
Consider weight, price, performance, and them diesels are pretty impressive. And you can throw a few bikes in the back...
Here's one for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6LtJ3UTUvA
I like "the shadow" my self. Pre season everyone thinks he will not be in the top 5 but in the end he is number 1. He lurks in "the shadows"
Take Aldon out of the equation, use any other trainer in the paddock. Still think he'd have been as dominate?
Take the bike out of the equation, swap it for any other bike in the paddock. Still think he would have even won?
Seriously, if you have to man crush on some one, at least let it be Decoster or even a rider FFS .Not the bloke who wears tights
While Decoster was at Suzuki, they had the best turning bike in the business. Now he's at KTM and they have the best turning bike in the business (Yes, I just said a KTM was the best turning bike). Coincidence or genius?
KTM turns better but also gets the power down better and sooner when coming off a corner.
Who's looking fitter ATM. RD#5 or J Mart? Take a look at them both after Moto2. At any rnd.
BTW, Aldon is a PT. Not a riding coach. He's never even raced dirt bikes! Out on the track, he wouldn't know shit from clay.
He used a different trainer a year or two ago, and he was the same Dungey as we had seen until this season. Robb Beams??? Your arguments are a bit futile being as how Dungey has said so himself what a great help Aldon has been. And you can clearly see a change in his riding style. You don't need to have "seat time" to help with race mentality.
Take the bike out of the equation, swap it for any other bike in the paddock. Still think he would have even won?
The bike, trainer, mechanic, rider all make up a team. Nobody is giving Aldon 100% credit, he's just an important piece of the puzzle. Relax bro. You get WAY too butt hurt when someone mentions Aldon.
Who's looking fitter ATM. RD#5 or J Mart? Take a look at them both after Moto2. At any rnd.
RD5 looks more fit. . . I'm not sure what you're trying to argue here. . .
The rest I pretty much agree on. And have said as much recently myself.
Point about Dungey and Martin was. Others can do the same job just as well, or better. I.e, Jonny O.
Nothing can replace that bike though.
If it was Aldon who is responsible for any of RD's early race intensity at all. What's going on with Anderson? Again. I'd suggest It's RD's confidence in the bike that has Improved that side of his riding.
Aldon has played his part in the "Team". No doubting that.
Instead, like a true champion, he went for the 1-1 because that's what champions do and that's what champions like Dungey are made of. They race to win every time they line up. It was incredible to watch that second moto... he had absolutely nothing to really gain by going for the win, but he wanted everyone to know, including Ken, that the champion came to play.....and to be the best you have to beat the best. No one is beating Dungey right now.
I'm also curious about what is going on with Anderson. I was hoping that he was going to jump up and be more competitive than he has been. I'll only argue that Dungey is where he is because he's been so healthy over the years among the other things he does right. Anderson has had some injuries and is still relatively new to the 450. Dungey is an exceptional rider in that he was competitive day 1 on the 450. . . Very seldom do riders convert like Dungey has.
And I don't expect all of Aldon's riders to excel like RV and RD. So in that sense, I agree with your point that Aldon takes championship caliber riders and makes them even more dominant. But you can clearly see Dungey taking certain chances that he was a bit hesitant to in the past even when he was on Suzuki. It makes me think the bike is helping, but there might be a little more than that also. I definitely give a LOT of credit to Decoster for Dungey's success too. Awesome mentor and teammate.
Sorry for the butthurt comment.
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