What's the deal with Barcia?

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olds cool 4/23/2017 1:21pm
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Heard his house in Charlotte is for sale, if that tells you anything.
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b8res wrote:
Sure he's played his cards right.... hight profile teams, big paychecks, secured contract through the 2018 season@ JGR, less than spectacular results. Next stop will be...
Sure he's played his cards right.... hight profile teams, big paychecks, secured contract through the 2018 season@ JGR, less than spectacular results. Next stop will be a factory MTB ride with the same results.
Flatliner wrote:
Pretty sure it's 2017 only.
Correct. When JGR went to Suzuki his contract was changed. 1yr deal only.
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cody331 4/23/2017 1:54pm
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b8res wrote:
Sure he's played his cards right.... hight profile teams, big paychecks, secured contract through the 2018 season@ JGR, less than spectacular results. Next stop will be...
Sure he's played his cards right.... hight profile teams, big paychecks, secured contract through the 2018 season@ JGR, less than spectacular results. Next stop will be a factory MTB ride with the same results.
Flatliner wrote:
Pretty sure it's 2017 only.
Yup. Same goes for all zook riders
jorgechavez 4/23/2017 2:00pm
4/23/2017 2:00pm
To me Barcia's biggest problem is he cannot see past the guy directly ahead of him. He just goes for the kill any chance he gets. IMO Barcia can be a great rider and contend for wins but as of right now I'd say he is making some of the stupidest decisions on the track that I've seen in awhile.

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imoto34 4/23/2017 9:42pm
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The Toyota Comercial is the best thing going for him.
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davistld01 wrote:
He's mentally checked out...he's waiting for the outdoors. Problem is, he'll get smoked there too.
Careful. That's what the "experts" said about Tomac before the SX season.
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akillerwombat 4/23/2017 10:05pm
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I'd be willing to bet he's just cruising till the MX season.
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Rab 4/24/2017 2:28am
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what happened with him and millsaps after the semi?
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sgrimmxdad 4/24/2017 2:55am
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What happened to all the blue haters that blamed the bike??? Take Mookie, Barcia, and Boogle. All 3 former Honda riders that cant' seem to finish a race without dropping that yellow bike. Mookie and Boogle seem to loose the front end way to much...
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Excaliburbmx 4/24/2017 4:23am
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Roczen didn't have any problem on a yellow bike.
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Flip109 4/24/2017 4:37am
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sgrimmxdad wrote:
What happened to all the blue haters that blamed the bike??? Take Mookie, Barcia, and Boogle. All 3 former Honda riders that cant' seem to finish...
What happened to all the blue haters that blamed the bike??? Take Mookie, Barcia, and Boogle. All 3 former Honda riders that cant' seem to finish a race without dropping that yellow bike. Mookie and Boogle seem to loose the front end way to much...
I will take one on the back about Barcia on this. I really did think it was the blue bike. I'm sure I spouted out about it on here somewhere. Same with stew....WRONG AND WRONG Pinch Laughing Laughing
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Flip109 4/24/2017 4:39am
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Excaliburbmx wrote:
Roczen didn't have any problem on a yellow bike.
Well ya, it ain't the bikes fault they are all riding like they are. That's for sure.
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One-Hander 4/24/2017 5:33am
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Perhaps his focus shifted to other things, like Monster girls....

-espionage- 4/24/2017 6:44am
4/24/2017 6:44am
Good thing he got off that Yamaha. It was defiantly holding him back.
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davistld01 4/24/2017 7:24am
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motokawi818 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/04/23/189895/s1200_IMG_0164.jpg[/img]


Mookie would smoke BamBam.
shiftmx_22 4/24/2017 7:49am
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GuyB wrote:
I saw him and Weimer have a team meeting early in the main. Not sure if that's the incident that caused him to lose the front...
I saw him and Weimer have a team meeting early in the main. Not sure if that's the incident that caused him to lose the front half of his front fender or not.
I believe it was Mookie that borrowed his front fender.

If OP is referring to him "dropping" in Salt Lake, that was a direct result of him literally getting dropped in the corner after the whoops.
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c0ncEpT 4/24/2017 8:55am
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-espionage- wrote:
Good thing he got off that Yamaha. It was defiantly holding him back.
That Yamaha was such a fat pig. He'll be on the podium every race on the Suzuki... Wait.....
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aFACEdismembered 4/24/2017 8:59am
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He's been spending a lot of time at the practice track...

...unfortunately it's been in his R8's.

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gt80rider 4/24/2017 9:14am
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From watching several of the races in person and all of them on tv, his has been riding his nuts off, so its not like he hasn't been trying hard enough. Unfortunately, all that over-revving and block passing/blocking riders behind him is krytonite for fast lap times.
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-espionage- wrote:
Good thing he got off that Yamaha. It was defiantly holding him back.
c0ncEpT wrote:
That Yamaha was such a fat pig. He'll be on the podium every race on the Suzuki... Wait.....
Come on guys. Cant use logic around here.... The Yamaha is just a pig. That POS Yamaha really held him back. Especially when he straight up beat Dungey at RedBud 2015.... Oh wait a second Blink Huh
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motokawi818 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/04/23/189895/s1200_IMG_0164.jpg[/img]


What was that about? Did Barcia take Malcolm out in the main??
2WheelsForTheMasses 4/24/2017 10:53am
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When he was on Honda the dude was fast. Was battling for wins on the Honda now he's battling for top 10 at best. I don't...
When he was on Honda the dude was fast. Was battling for wins on the Honda now he's battling for top 10 at best. I don't even know what to think for outdoors.
Yeah it must be the bike and not the fact that the competition is much stiffer.
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One-Hander wrote:
Perhaps his focus shifted to other things, like Monster girls.... [img]https://instagram.fjnb7-1.fna.fbcdn.net/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/p750x750/17494333_1648159565493569_6676656313809764352_n.jpg[/img]
Perhaps his focus shifted to other things, like Monster girls....

Who is she?
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motokawi818 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/04/23/189895/s1200_IMG_0164.jpg[/img]


davistld01 wrote:
Mookie would smoke BamBam.
Smoke? Understatement of the century.
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JB 19 4/24/2017 7:03pm
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I have a theory that in the past few years the bikes have evolved to the point where technique is more important. The bikes are capable of more, but it takes a controlled and smarter approach......and maybe his revvy erratic style is getting left in the dust by the guys who understand how to make the bike work. It seemed like Stanton tried to help him, but that didn't last long.

....basically, I don't think he has gotten slower, I think everyone else has gotten faster.
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JB 19 wrote:
I have a theory that in the past few years the bikes have evolved to the point where technique is more important. The bikes are capable...
I have a theory that in the past few years the bikes have evolved to the point where technique is more important. The bikes are capable of more, but it takes a controlled and smarter approach......and maybe his revvy erratic style is getting left in the dust by the guys who understand how to make the bike work. It seemed like Stanton tried to help him, but that didn't last long.

....basically, I don't think he has gotten slower, I think everyone else has gotten faster.
Technique has always been important... But the engine revving doesn't work as well on the bigger bikes, and it especially doesn't work for 450s.
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Panic_Rev 4/24/2017 7:27pm
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Ktm needs to put him on the 350 and let him rev the hell out of it.
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DavetheVintageGuy 4/24/2017 7:58pm
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He has a vision issue.

Where all the rest of us see this in front of him


All Justin sees is this...


He takes "hitting his marks" too seriously.

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Because he's always SUPER pumped but he's not really pumpedSilly
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Axel Hodges is his trainer

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