Everyone's talking bad about the Yamaha

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 6:47am
Yet a Yamaha won tonight...
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eddie 1/3/2009 11:36pm
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ya but did you see how bad it was smoking at the end ? those things are a death trap .
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sharkey 1/3/2009 11:36pm
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grant looked good, it kind of looked like chad took him high for the pass but maybe i didnt see it good enough to say
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Motodude 1/3/2009 11:42pm
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eddie wrote:
ya but did you see how bad it was smoking at the end ? those things are a death trap .
It was smoking? Everts and Chad did well on them because they are silk smooth riders.
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Farva wrote:
Yet a Yamaha won tonight...
And another Yami wouldn't restart after it missed a shift or bogged.

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33Grant 1/3/2009 11:48pm
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In all fairness, that bike went through one hell of a wreck before James tried to start it again. There are no guarantees any bike would have restarted after that.
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stizzle 1/3/2009 11:51pm
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eddie wrote:
ya but did you see how bad it was smoking at the end ? those things are a death trap .
It was smoking because the banner was burning in the rear brake probably...
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eddie wrote:
ya but did you see how bad it was smoking at the end ? those things are a death trap .
stizzle wrote:
It was smoking because the banner was burning in the rear brake probably...
Ahem ..... sarcasm alert.

Eddie was making a funny.

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eddie 1/3/2009 11:55pm
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eddie wrote:
ya but did you see how bad it was smoking at the end ? those things are a death trap .
stizzle wrote:
It was smoking because the banner was burning in the rear brake probably...
leave it to yamaha to design a bike with a banner near the rear brake . Dizzy
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stizzle 1/3/2009 11:57pm
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Ahem ..... sarcasm alert.

Eddie was making a funny.

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sharkey 1/3/2009 11:58pm
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i dont know if it would matter starting it, but that bike was on the ground for a long time
rockcrawlerdude 1/4/2009 12:30am
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a fuelie would have started up.... but it was prob better it didnt buuba rang his bell pretty hard he might have crashed again by getting back on the bike too soon...
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drummer dude 1/4/2009 7:15am
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im really surprised that james yamaha isnt fuel injected. are the yamaha euro gp bikes fuel injected?
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Cory976 1/4/2009 7:21am
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I bet Larry Brooks was telling James after he crashed... "We'll get fuel injection for Phoenix!"
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eddie wrote:
ya but did you see how bad it was smoking at the end ? those things are a death trap .
stizzle wrote:
It was smoking because the banner was burning in the rear brake probably...
eddie wrote:
leave it to yamaha to design a bike with a banner near the rear brake . Dizzy
cheater bike.
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Stephon 1/4/2009 9:10am
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James looked PISSED after his heat race. I don't think the YZF is set up right for him yet; he just doesn't look comfortable on it. Reed looked good, really good; it's hard to tell if he's upped his game or if James isn't all together yet - or a combination of the two. James doesn't usually have two terrible weekends in a row...unless he rang his bell enough to have to sit out.

James resigned with Kawi in '06 with no 4-stroke and switches to Yamaha with no EFI...hmm.
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WhKnuckle 1/4/2009 9:26am
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One thing James has struggled with at times was setup for rough and/or slick SX tracks. He looks like he's chasing the front end all the time.
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rockcrawlerdude wrote:
a fuelie would have started up.... but it was prob better it didnt buuba rang his bell pretty hard he might have crashed again by getting...
a fuelie would have started up.... but it was prob better it didnt buuba rang his bell pretty hard he might have crashed again by getting back on the bike too soon...
So would a 2 stroke with a carb. Grinning Grinning
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33Grant wrote:
In all fairness, that bike went through one hell of a wreck before James tried to start it again. There are no guarantees any bike would...
In all fairness, that bike went through one hell of a wreck before James tried to start it again. There are no guarantees any bike would have restarted after that.
Mine always has.
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eddie wrote:
ya but did you see how bad it was smoking at the end ? those things are a death trap .
Motodude wrote:
It was smoking? Everts and Chad did well on them because they are silk smooth riders.
Cairoli did well on the lighter Yamaha too.
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Sawblade 1/4/2009 9:40am
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33Grant wrote:
In all fairness, that bike went through one hell of a wreck before James tried to start it again. There are no guarantees any bike would...
In all fairness, that bike went through one hell of a wreck before James tried to start it again. There are no guarantees any bike would have restarted after that.
You’re right about the no guarantee, but Reed didn’t have too hard of a time with starting the fuel injected RMZ.
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andymoto 1/4/2009 9:45am
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WhKnuckle wrote:
One thing James has struggled with at times was setup for rough and/or slick SX tracks. He looks like he's chasing the front end all the...
One thing James has struggled with at times was setup for rough and/or slick SX tracks. He looks like he's chasing the front end all the time.
Seems someone made a point of the Yammers front end problems on another thread.

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mx317 1/4/2009 9:51am
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Cory976 wrote:
I bet Larry Brooks was telling James after he crashed... "We'll get fuel injection for Phoenix!"
STFU
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WhKnuckle 1/4/2009 9:54am
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WhKnuckle wrote:
One thing James has struggled with at times was setup for rough and/or slick SX tracks. He looks like he's chasing the front end all the...
One thing James has struggled with at times was setup for rough and/or slick SX tracks. He looks like he's chasing the front end all the time.
andymoto wrote:
Seems someone made a point of the Yammers front end problems on another thread.

But James did it on the Kawis, too, it seemed like to me. Maybe it's his famously rigid fork setup.
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Sonny 1/4/2009 10:16am
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EFI-free Yamaha?? BIKE SET UP???

Knocking into neutral is synonyms with breaking in a new pair of unfamiliar, ugly boots. Laughing


Looking more like the Reed of 2008, sorry to say
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Lightning78 1/4/2009 10:23am
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I'll tell you this much regarding his super stiff front fork setup we were sitting in fron of the whoops and when they did the parade lap before the main I noticed his forks did not move at all it seemed compared to the rest of the field it really was a noticeable difference
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WhipMeister 1/4/2009 11:06am
1/4/2009 11:06am
Yamahas don't turn. Never have. You have to bounce 'em off of stuff.

Yamahas shift like a lawn tractor if the oil gets the least bit contaminated.

Their most competitive feature is that Yamahas seek out and knock down riders on yellow, red and green bikes. Especially red ones. Ask KW.

Maybe somebody shoulda told James some of this before he switched.

(And I ride a Yamaha.)

Just sayin....
tcannon521 1/4/2009 11:15am
1/4/2009 11:15am
I am sure the race bike is good. The problem is JS, RC and CR can take those bikes to 110% of the ability of the bike. I think of all the brands the Yamaha 4stroke is the worst one to be on when pushing the bike past its limit. I bet this is what Reed always meant about it.

For what it's worth, the YZ250 two stroke was probably the best two stroke to push past the limit.
tcannon521 1/4/2009 11:16am
1/4/2009 11:16am
How will he get EFI when the production bike isn't? I think there is a rule against that.

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