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Look at the recent string of problems Pro Circuit has had with their motors. Years and years and rears of R&D and they still don't have a perfect solution.
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Phil and Alex were cool too!
"We were all excited, and then reality sank in and we were like, “How are we supposed to get home?” hahahahhaha oh man...
Makes AMart/Phil's current rides that much more respectable
Not exactly what I wanted to hear when I first hashed up the E10 Mods thread a few months back. But as an adult you realize some people are just jacked up and they'll never change. Not that it matters now but it sounds like addiction problems. Hope Im wrong. Great read!
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All legal...while yanking holies over 450s on the regular.
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They do it for tax reasons
Matthes, You should write this as a movie script and sell it to Hollywood it would be a way better story than the remake of Point break.
That was the year he was on Ti-lube and 450 part time. We'd drive to Alessi's sx track west of Victorville, because they would let him ride for free and the 2 sx tracks were really good!
Such a good kid and never says a bad thing.
Been friends for a while and he never talked bad of Chad or eleven10 even during the bad times.
So stoked for him now.
He had a great year this year at Rock River and now getting the Star ride I can't wait to see what he does with it.
I was doing media during all of those years and this story isn't news to anyone in the pits and seems exactly how I saw it and was hearing things each week.
I remember the meltdown at Millville and the box van didn't show and I recall that being the last event ever for them.
Chad was a great person and I knew him from way back. He raced a bit and then got in with YoT and other teams along the way before doing his own program.
I do remember asking Alex if he had any offers after the 12 season and he said "no, nobody has even said a word to me. what do I have to do to get a ride man?"
About the doctor comment from above... There is a doctor in Nebraska that helps Alex and a few others and is a super-fan and has a full on SX track at his place too. He doesn't support these kids to get more business! (smh)
Now about Chad, I still follow him on instagram and he does powder coating like someone above mentioned, but I can tell you, he hasn't shown his face at the races for several years now.
That's a bummer because I know he loved being there just as I, Matthes or any of you do, so I know it's got to be eating at him.
Great write up Steve!!
And I like the new page layout RX.
There are hundreds of these stories out there, getting them to print is another story.
Good job everyone.
DD
Anyone else having trouble reading it on an iPhone? I get the flash 11-10 banner and then a blue/black screen under it. Tried Safari and Chrome.
Anyone have a print friendly link or something that will work. Need to read!
Cheers
Whole story just blows my mind.
Nice job, Matthes. With the exception of Eric Johnson*, very few moto journalists look for stories like this.
*Yes, I know EJ is a Monster guy, and mostly only covers Monster riders, but he still does really good stuff.
Even in the US, unless it's been recently changed, a 350, in the Outdoors at least, could use an overbore , so long as it didn't go over 450cc, and the kit was commercially available. Stroke was / is the 'do not touch' side of things. I think SX is where you can't do anything (or little more than a poofteenth) to the bore of an engine - though I could be wrong.
A few times I spoke to Matthes on his program, a few seasons ago, and through Email / PMs, urging him to take up the long standing offer that KTM had for a "journalist" to witness a tear down of Cairoli's 350. I thought it would have made a good story / earner for him, to tie into one of his MXDN / Bercy / rare GP trips. Steve would regularly air his doubts about it really being a 350 - but, to hear AC revs the tits off the thing, I couldn't think it was a bigger engine.
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