James stewart bought some hondas?

Johnny89superbike 1/25/2017 11:47pm
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Not doing the first couple of rounds allows one to race without the pressure of the championship win.
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rrjr 1/25/2017 11:53pm
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Johnny89superbike wrote:
Not doing the first couple of rounds allows one to race without the pressure of the championship win.
It also gives you a built in excuse for why you did poorly when you finally showed up.

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Johnny89superbike wrote:
Not doing the first couple of rounds allows one to race without the pressure of the championship win.
rrjr wrote:
It also gives you a built in excuse for why you did poorly when you finally showed up.

Dont like him huh? Can bring yourself to post anything positive about him?
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rrjr 1/26/2017 12:16am
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Dont like him huh? Can bring yourself to post anything positive about him?
Don't like who? James Stewart? Well he signed my Son's helmet back in 2005 when he showed up at Racetown395 in a pick-up truck on a bike with no numbers or graphics, so I guess I like him.

One thing I can say about him is that no matter how well he does if he races again is that I'm positive that some people will love him and some people won't.

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kiwifan wrote:
so....nothing positive to say?
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Who are you? The negative police?
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Somebody said if bubba bought hondas he would be on arguably the best bikes...you know who would argue that? MXA, it was 4th. TWMX 4th. DR...
Somebody said if bubba bought hondas he would be on arguably the best bikes...you know who would argue that? MXA, it was 4th. TWMX 4th. DR picked yammy #1
Dirt Rider picked the Yamaha 450 number one? C'mon Keefer. I've always found his Yamaha bias kind of annoying on the pulp shows, but this is next level! Woohoo
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motoarmageddon wrote:
Somebody said if bubba bought hondas he would be on arguably the best bikes...you know who would argue that? MXA, it was 4th. TWMX 4th. DR...
Somebody said if bubba bought hondas he would be on arguably the best bikes...you know who would argue that? MXA, it was 4th. TWMX 4th. DR picked yammy #1
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Dirt Rider picked the Yamaha 450 number one? C'mon Keefer. I've always found his Yamaha bias kind of annoying on the pulp shows, but this is...
Dirt Rider picked the Yamaha 450 number one? C'mon Keefer. I've always found his Yamaha bias kind of annoying on the pulp shows, but this is next level! Woohoo
836, you and I know that the Kawasaki won!

Really this is why I don't pay much attention to these shoot outs. It is subjective to the bikes sent to the different groups for testing. ML512 admitted in his test that they don't have much control over what's sent to them. For example if 2 bikes are completely broke in and massaged more and the other 3 are completely bone stock not broke in, not setup to the T, then the test is really not apples to apples.

To me all bikes should be sent in the crates, ridden for 3 hours by others and then each rider should spend 30 minutes setting up the bike for themselves at 1 track, and then ride at least 3 different tracks, with 3 different dirt compositions. That would be closer to a real test to me.
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The past 4 years have been very difficult for JS7 fans and James himself. I would LOVE to see James on the main gate asap. I would be thrilled with 20 laps and no injuries for the first few rounds back. That Dungey Tbone last year at A1 didn't taste very good Sad
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Ozy wrote:
The past 4 years have been very difficult for JS7 fans and James himself. I would LOVE to see James on the main gate asap. I...
The past 4 years have been very difficult for JS7 fans and James himself. I would LOVE to see James on the main gate asap. I would be thrilled with 20 laps and no injuries for the first few rounds back. That Dungey Tbone last year at A1 didn't taste very good Sad
I myself am not much of James fan but I would like to see him back on the gate for sure and to finish a race without getting hurt
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The past 4 years have been very difficult for JS7 fans and James himself. I would LOVE to see James on the main gate asap. I...
The past 4 years have been very difficult for JS7 fans and James himself. I would LOVE to see James on the main gate asap. I would be thrilled with 20 laps and no injuries for the first few rounds back. That Dungey Tbone last year at A1 didn't taste very good Sad
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I myself am not much of James fan but I would like to see him back on the gate for sure and to finish a race...
I myself am not much of James fan but I would like to see him back on the gate for sure and to finish a race without getting hurt
Sadly it has been so long since James has been a legitimate threat to win a championship that I think most people have forgotten how dominating he was when he was on his game. I think James had a perfect outdoor series one year en route to the championship?

Could somebody post all James championships and total victories?
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Pictures or he didn't buy them
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He didn't buy them from the closest Honda dealer to his house...
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Johnny89superbike wrote:
Not doing the first couple of rounds allows one to race without the pressure of the championship win.
I dont think that pressure would be there having done the first rounds.
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mx836 wrote:
Dirt Rider picked the Yamaha 450 number one? C'mon Keefer. I've always found his Yamaha bias kind of annoying on the pulp shows, but this is...
Dirt Rider picked the Yamaha 450 number one? C'mon Keefer. I've always found his Yamaha bias kind of annoying on the pulp shows, but this is next level! Woohoo
You do know that Keefer didn't even participate in the 450 shootout because he was still on the sidelines from a crash from vet nationals right?
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836, you and I know that the Kawasaki won! Really this is why I don't pay much attention to these shoot outs. It is subjective to...
836, you and I know that the Kawasaki won!

Really this is why I don't pay much attention to these shoot outs. It is subjective to the bikes sent to the different groups for testing. ML512 admitted in his test that they don't have much control over what's sent to them. For example if 2 bikes are completely broke in and massaged more and the other 3 are completely bone stock not broke in, not setup to the T, then the test is really not apples to apples.

To me all bikes should be sent in the crates, ridden for 3 hours by others and then each rider should spend 30 minutes setting up the bike for themselves at 1 track, and then ride at least 3 different tracks, with 3 different dirt compositions. That would be closer to a real test to me.
All of my bikes were between 7 and 10 hours of riding time this year when we started, just an FYI. All bikes were stock, none were "massaged". All bikes start at stock settings and riders can set them up as they want, along with having advice and assistance from the reps each manufacturer sends to overview the test.
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you fuckers are all idiots. did mathes say james was gunna ride a honda? well did he? you dumb fucks. if SM didnt say it was going to happen then why all the chatter? FFS!!!!!!
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kkawboy14 1/26/2017 7:32pm
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836, you and I know that the Kawasaki won! Really this is why I don't pay much attention to these shoot outs. It is subjective to...
836, you and I know that the Kawasaki won!

Really this is why I don't pay much attention to these shoot outs. It is subjective to the bikes sent to the different groups for testing. ML512 admitted in his test that they don't have much control over what's sent to them. For example if 2 bikes are completely broke in and massaged more and the other 3 are completely bone stock not broke in, not setup to the T, then the test is really not apples to apples.

To me all bikes should be sent in the crates, ridden for 3 hours by others and then each rider should spend 30 minutes setting up the bike for themselves at 1 track, and then ride at least 3 different tracks, with 3 different dirt compositions. That would be closer to a real test to me.
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All of my bikes were between 7 and 10 hours of riding time this year when we started, just an FYI. All bikes were stock, none...
All of my bikes were between 7 and 10 hours of riding time this year when we started, just an FYI. All bikes were stock, none were "massaged". All bikes start at stock settings and riders can set them up as they want, along with having advice and assistance from the reps each manufacturer sends to overview the test.
How many tracks did you guys ride? I wasn't implying your bikes were massaged but really if they were 7 to 10 hours, how do you know at least one of them wasn't? Which was my point. Brand new, crated, is the best way to insure that!

These little posts in a forum are kind of cold, and I'm not trying to be cold or confrontational at all, I'm not implying yours was better or worse than someone else's test, I'm saying all of them are a bit biased and incomplete.
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Sadly it has been so long since James has been a legitimate threat to win a championship that I think most people have forgotten how dominating...
Sadly it has been so long since James has been a legitimate threat to win a championship that I think most people have forgotten how dominating he was when he was on his game. I think James had a perfect outdoor series one year en route to the championship?

Could somebody post all James championships and total victories?
Hasn't been THAT long... He won several Supercrosses less than 3 years ago, and looked WAY faster than anyone else while doing it:

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How many tracks did you guys ride? I wasn't implying your bikes were massaged but really if they were 7 to 10 hours, how do you...
How many tracks did you guys ride? I wasn't implying your bikes were massaged but really if they were 7 to 10 hours, how do you know at least one of them wasn't? Which was my point. Brand new, crated, is the best way to insure that!

These little posts in a forum are kind of cold, and I'm not trying to be cold or confrontational at all, I'm not implying yours was better or worse than someone else's test, I'm saying all of them are a bit biased and incomplete.
Three tracks. All but one bike in the group was mine from its un-crating...all had hour meters...
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Dirt Rider picked the Yamaha 450 number one? C'mon Keefer. I've always found his Yamaha bias kind of annoying on the pulp shows, but this is...
Dirt Rider picked the Yamaha 450 number one? C'mon Keefer. I've always found his Yamaha bias kind of annoying on the pulp shows, but this is next level! Woohoo
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You do know that Keefer didn't even participate in the 450 shootout because he was still on the sidelines from a crash from vet nationals right?
I do recall hearing that, but it had slipped my mind. It was a joke.
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Man Stewart put on a clinic in that Toronto race, that was unreal.
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Ozy wrote:
Sadly it has been so long since James has been a legitimate threat to win a championship that I think most people have forgotten how dominating...
Sadly it has been so long since James has been a legitimate threat to win a championship that I think most people have forgotten how dominating he was when he was on his game. I think James had a perfect outdoor series one year en route to the championship?

Could somebody post all James championships and total victories?
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Hasn't been THAT long... He won several Supercrosses less than 3 years ago, and looked WAY faster than anyone else while doing it:

James has competed in 11 championship attempts since his last title. James has competed in 26 different title runs and won 7 of them.

By comparison, Ryan Villopoto competed in 15 title runs (16 if you count the GP season) and won 10 of them.

Ryan Dungey has competed in 20 title runs (not counting 2017) and has won 8 of them.

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How many tracks did you guys ride? I wasn't implying your bikes were massaged but really if they were 7 to 10 hours, how do you...
How many tracks did you guys ride? I wasn't implying your bikes were massaged but really if they were 7 to 10 hours, how do you know at least one of them wasn't? Which was my point. Brand new, crated, is the best way to insure that!

These little posts in a forum are kind of cold, and I'm not trying to be cold or confrontational at all, I'm not implying yours was better or worse than someone else's test, I'm saying all of them are a bit biased and incomplete.
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Three tracks. All but one bike in the group was mine from its un-crating...all had hour meters...
....well that's much better!
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Kampy wrote:
Hasn't been THAT long... He won several Supercrosses less than 3 years ago, and looked WAY faster than anyone else while doing it:

That was back when he was juicing, less than a month before he gave the positive sample in fact.

I'm kind of confused why those results are allowed to stand to be honest. In most sports competitors are stripped of any results gained whilst on the banned substance. Usain Bolt recently lost his Gold medal and it wasn't even him who juicing (it was his team mate).

I guess MX is still in it's infancy with this stuff as there have been so few positive tests but it's really good to see the sport moving in the right direction.
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A friend of mine has a cousin who lives in the midwest that kind of owns a carwash and likes to take naps and order pizza but doesn't really care which. He said James was recently sighted testing this bike for his return to Kawasaki.

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rrjr 1/26/2017 11:39pm
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Three tracks. All but one bike in the group was mine from its un-crating...all had hour meters...
How many bikes do you have? You must be some kind of "baller" or something. j/k
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Kampy wrote:
Hasn't been THAT long... He won several Supercrosses less than 3 years ago, and looked WAY faster than anyone else while doing it:

FARANG wrote:
That was back when he was juicing, less than a month before he gave the positive sample in fact. I'm kind of confused why those results...
That was back when he was juicing, less than a month before he gave the positive sample in fact.

I'm kind of confused why those results are allowed to stand to be honest. In most sports competitors are stripped of any results gained whilst on the banned substance. Usain Bolt recently lost his Gold medal and it wasn't even him who juicing (it was his team mate).

I guess MX is still in it's infancy with this stuff as there have been so few positive tests but it's really good to see the sport moving in the right direction.
"Juicing".... you do know he is still taking his medicine and its just fine with the fim and ama... it was a paperwork screwup not cheating. Let it go man.
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"Juicing".... you do know he is still taking his medicine and its just fine with the fim and ama... it was a paperwork screwup not cheating...
"Juicing".... you do know he is still taking his medicine and its just fine with the fim and ama... it was a paperwork screwup not cheating. Let it go man.
It may be "just fine with the fim and ama" but at the it doesnt change the reality he was, and is taking speed.

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Kampy wrote:
Hasn't been THAT long... He won several Supercrosses less than 3 years ago, and looked WAY faster than anyone else while doing it:

FARANG wrote:
That was back when he was juicing, less than a month before he gave the positive sample in fact. I'm kind of confused why those results...
That was back when he was juicing, less than a month before he gave the positive sample in fact.

I'm kind of confused why those results are allowed to stand to be honest. In most sports competitors are stripped of any results gained whilst on the banned substance. Usain Bolt recently lost his Gold medal and it wasn't even him who juicing (it was his team mate).

I guess MX is still in it's infancy with this stuff as there have been so few positive tests but it's really good to see the sport moving in the right direction.
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"Juicing".... you do know he is still taking his medicine and its just fine with the fim and ama... it was a paperwork screwup not cheating...
"Juicing".... you do know he is still taking his medicine and its just fine with the fim and ama... it was a paperwork screwup not cheating. Let it go man.
You do know a TUE has a defined dosage right? Bit different to being able to drop as much as you "need".

Funny how focused and "in the zone" he looks a few weeks before the positive sample compared to his performances after the ban where he looks like an out of control amateur.

Maybe just coincidence though. And maybe the whole team forgot to get it, or didn't know amphetamine based medicines were banned?

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