Sx from 07 James on a Kawi

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Edited Date/Time 12/26/2015 3:18pm
I just watched this Race
Man James looked so great on the Kawasaki's
Always !!
I he looked good in Fox gear also
But man i cant help but wonder
How many Race wins ge would have right now if he had stayed on a Kawi
I think a lot more personally!https://youtu.be/eqbRjATceqI
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Jeremy200 12/23/2015 9:48pm
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People forget just how good James was back then
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sende 12/24/2015 1:29am
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brlatm 12/24/2015 2:01am
12/24/2015 2:01am
Best part of the whole telecast was not one mention of "Monster Energy blahblahblahblah" every single sentence. I get that they are the title sponsor of the sport, but man I would love to hear a telecast without Ralph and Jeff trying to cram that drivel down my throat 2x every minute.

BTW James was on fire that night, man he looked good on that Kawi.

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Crush 12/24/2015 5:14am
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Probably better than anyone has been in a season that year. Ridiculous.
Jordan421 12/24/2015 5:21am
12/24/2015 5:21am
Jeremy200 wrote:
People forget just how good James was back then
Key words, "back then"
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RJMX834 12/24/2015 5:26am
12/24/2015 5:26am
He was unbelievable that night. I had just turned 15 a few months before. I asked for that exact gear set he's wearing all because of him. I thought that was the coolest gear out. I was a huge fan or Stewart then. Ironically I have the same Thor set Chad's wearing too.
Reefer Sutherland 12/24/2015 5:27am
12/24/2015 5:27am
It wasn't the Kawi so much as it was having Timmy as a set-up guy. Maybe your boy Mathhizz could elaborate.
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FIREfish148 12/24/2015 5:42pm
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Crazy how comfortable he looks when the back end is dancing around in the whoops.
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zehn 12/24/2015 6:59pm
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Incredible race, almost a carbon copy of Toronto 2014, except Reed put up more of a fight

I expect another Kawi rider with a single digit number to do similar things this year
Cole_Ughetti 12/24/2015 7:11pm
12/24/2015 7:11pm
dude was on fire that year. also very impressive for reed to pick up on that triple triple triple that late in the race. its crazy how a guy with the talent of reed just got smoked that year. he wasn't anywhere near james
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TDeath21 12/24/2015 7:55pm
12/24/2015 7:55pm
That was definitely his best year by far.
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Dave #125 12/25/2015 1:23am
12/25/2015 1:23am
bit like RJ in 88/89 barring a crash or injury just smashed the field..
fullfloater 12/25/2015 2:34am
12/25/2015 2:34am
That was a good one. Thanks for posting. Stew and Reed both riding great.
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ML512 12/25/2015 8:11am
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Reefer Sutherland wrote:
It wasn't the Kawi so much as it was having Timmy as a set-up guy. Maybe your boy Mathhizz could elaborate.
Also having a team that knew how to tell him no when he wanted to put the bike down the wrong path. Ala Mike Fisher, Ross Maeda, Kurt Rood, ect.
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bsharkey 12/25/2015 8:13am
12/25/2015 8:13am
back then he was clearly the best and only crashed because he had the ballz to try stuff no one else would

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Juss 12/25/2015 11:22am
12/25/2015 11:22am
bsharkey wrote:
back then he was clearly the best and only crashed because he had the ballz to try stuff no one else would
Oh and he doesn't stil do the same? Sure hope Stew puts it together this year. Won't have RV to worry about and ET3 is going to throw it away like he does. Who else can beat him if he pulls Todonto 14 all year?
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Jimmy_Sloan 12/25/2015 11:32am
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Jeremy200 wrote:
People forget just how good James was back then
Jordan421 wrote:
Key words, "back then"
Still is good.
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IceMan446 12/25/2015 12:05pm
12/25/2015 12:05pm
And to this day, you don't see anyone that can do what James does on a consistent basis.

He views the track completely different than anyone else.

And his whoop speed is still the best.
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holverson34 12/25/2015 12:28pm
12/25/2015 12:28pm
That track was cool
jabberwalkee 12/26/2015 11:46am
12/26/2015 11:46am
IMO the best anyone has ever been on a SX track. He always seemed to have trouble setting up his Yamaha. If you watch videos of 09 when he got into his groove he still looked aggressive like that though. It was 2010 when his style started to seem so much more passive and I think we now know how much he hated that bike. He's really never been the same since.
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hvaughn88 12/26/2015 1:00pm
12/26/2015 1:00pm
Holy hell, that was amazing
Richard Tease II 12/26/2015 2:39pm
12/26/2015 2:39pm
He hasn't been the same since he raised his levers back up closer to level
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Flatliner 12/26/2015 2:47pm
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bsharkey wrote:
back then he was clearly the best and only crashed because he had the ballz to try stuff no one else would
Juss wrote:
Oh and he doesn't stil do the same? Sure hope Stew puts it together this year. Won't have RV to worry about and ET3 is going...
Oh and he doesn't stil do the same? Sure hope Stew puts it together this year. Won't have RV to worry about and ET3 is going to throw it away like he does. Who else can beat him if he pulls Todonto 14 all year?
I can appreciate you optimism but he hasn't shown any type of ability to keep it on two wheels in a very long time.

He's also not getting any younger.
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The Champ 12/26/2015 3:08pm
12/26/2015 3:08pm
I was at that race. Pretty unreal to see in person. Glad I got to see His best race live.
patrickadizzle 12/26/2015 3:18pm
12/26/2015 3:18pm
Wow that was great to watch again, it's kind of absurd how smooth and confident JS looked here...

His setup was definitely point, Chad was riding good too but I think JS's setup was just allowing him to do things Chad wouldn't even think about trying. The double jumping of the whoops section is a perfect example, that was so nice.

It's really interesting to see how far the 450's have come in terms of suspension and frame, they look so much chunkier and wide in this 07' race.

This just got me pumped for A1 all over again Silly

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