How come Herlings can and Eli can't????

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Edited Date/Time 8/10/2018 3:27pm
.........keep his pants up. Both wear Alpine Stars gear, yet the only one to have a "wardrobe malfunction" twice has been Eli Tomac?Shocked
Imagine the meltdown on here if Tomac's race pants again came undone at Red Bud MXDN and cost Team USA the win?Woohoo Blush
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Motoxdoc 8/9/2018 9:37am
8/9/2018 9:37am
The only thing I can come up with is...one of them rides too fast for their pants!
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WCRider 8/9/2018 9:38am
8/9/2018 9:38am
Maybe Eli like tight gear and Herlings large gear, this explains that.
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RichardLoots 8/9/2018 9:44am
8/9/2018 9:44am
he didnt have that problem when he raced Geico Honda
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Bidirella 8/9/2018 9:46am
8/9/2018 9:46am
So we are some hours away from another Herlings vs Tomac thread Whistling
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MotoMo165 8/9/2018 9:48am
8/9/2018 9:48am
JT$ said alpinestars is one off gear and they probably have real precise measurements, maybe Eli’s pants are a little too tight, and all riders like to have their pants on realll tight. They need to remeasure lol
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B DUB 333 8/9/2018 9:53am
8/9/2018 9:53am
Because Mericans have huge huge packages and the pants are made to the tiny tiny euro spec. The buckling and zipper system just can't handle our American beef. Answer your dumbass question?
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SmokinJoe439 8/9/2018 9:55am
8/9/2018 9:55am
Eli rolls his gangsta style sagging in the back.
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Phantom 661 8/9/2018 11:36am
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RichardLoots wrote:
he didnt have that problem when he raced Geico Honda [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/08/09/279586/s1200_s1200_tomac3.jpg[/img]
he didnt have that problem when he raced Geico Honda
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kb228 8/9/2018 11:38am
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Easy. Herlings doesnt ride fast enough to blow his pants apart.
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jorgechavez 8/9/2018 12:13pm
8/9/2018 12:13pm
Astars gear has always interested me with how exclusive it was and now how they do a bunch of custom stuff for their riders so I probably pay closer attention to it than most but I have noticed that the pants Barcia and Tomac run have an added stretch panel on the back that none of their riders in Europe seem to have. Nothing all that significant, no but I find it odd that it seems they are actually doing extra for their US guys and seeing worse results in terms of durability.
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gabrielito 8/9/2018 1:08pm
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kb228 wrote:
Easy. Herlings doesnt ride fast enough to blow his pants apart.
I don't think it is that, it's that he doesn't have an American set of brass balls like Eli does.
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Michael Scott 8/9/2018 1:12pm
8/9/2018 1:12pm
I'd give my left nut for that Colorado gear he wore in 15 at Thunder Valley... Didn't work out too well for eli that day though
Jeremy Macbeth 8/9/2018 2:05pm
8/9/2018 2:05pm
robkinuk wrote:
.........keep his pants up. Both wear Alpine Stars gear, yet the only one to have a "wardrobe malfunction" twice has been Eli Tomac?:ohmy: Imagine the meltdown...
.........keep his pants up. Both wear Alpine Stars gear, yet the only one to have a "wardrobe malfunction" twice has been Eli Tomac?Shocked
Imagine the meltdown on here if Tomac's race pants again came undone at Red Bud MXDN and cost Team USA the win?Woohoo Blush
I’m sorry for your loss, bro
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Mx_Pain 8/9/2018 2:22pm
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Wasnt there a crash and a tipover prior to the problem both times ?
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Racer111 8/9/2018 7:07pm
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From what I’ve heard it has to do with his gripper seat. Between his set up and the way he uses the torque of his bike, they tug really hard on his pants.
Dustin_Burrell 8/10/2018 6:25am
8/10/2018 6:25am
Who gives a Fuck about pants like Jesus. This is to talk about dirt bikes. Not someone’s pants. Go buy some alpinestar and you won’t even have a problem with it
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Dustin_Burrell wrote:
Who gives a Fuck about pants like Jesus. This is to talk about dirt bikes. Not someone’s pants. Go buy some alpinestar and you won’t even...
Who gives a Fuck about pants like Jesus. This is to talk about dirt bikes. Not someone’s pants. Go buy some alpinestar and you won’t even have a problem with it
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kNewc 8/10/2018 12:23pm
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Dustin_Burrell wrote:
Who gives a Fuck about pants like Jesus. This is to talk about dirt bikes. Not someone’s pants. Go buy some alpinestar and you won’t even...
Who gives a Fuck about pants like Jesus. This is to talk about dirt bikes. Not someone’s pants. Go buy some alpinestar and you won’t even have a problem with it
Alpinestars is one of his sponsors. He's pretty much selling us Alpinestars. Doesn't look too good when your top guy keeps having pant malfunctions costing him time. Everyone is wondering because generally after the first problem it is resolved and by the 2nd you'll never see it happen again. Something is going on with his drawers! lol
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Idp57 8/10/2018 12:55pm
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kNewc wrote:
Alpinestars is one of his sponsors. He's pretty much selling us Alpinestars. Doesn't look too good when your top guy keeps having pant malfunctions costing him...
Alpinestars is one of his sponsors. He's pretty much selling us Alpinestars. Doesn't look too good when your top guy keeps having pant malfunctions costing him time. Everyone is wondering because generally after the first problem it is resolved and by the 2nd you'll never see it happen again. Something is going on with his drawers! lol
That something is Eli crashing.
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kNewc 8/10/2018 12:56pm
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kNewc wrote:
Alpinestars is one of his sponsors. He's pretty much selling us Alpinestars. Doesn't look too good when your top guy keeps having pant malfunctions costing him...
Alpinestars is one of his sponsors. He's pretty much selling us Alpinestars. Doesn't look too good when your top guy keeps having pant malfunctions costing him time. Everyone is wondering because generally after the first problem it is resolved and by the 2nd you'll never see it happen again. Something is going on with his drawers! lol
Idp57 wrote:
That something is Eli crashing.
I agree. I think he likes his pants tight and the wrecks put too much pressure on his belt.
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Raoul Duke 8/10/2018 3:27pm
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Racer111 wrote:
From what I’ve heard it has to do with his gripper seat. Between his set up and the way he uses the torque of his bike...
From what I’ve heard it has to do with his gripper seat. Between his set up and the way he uses the torque of his bike, they tug really hard on his pants.
The way he uses the torque of his bike to pass people around the outside makes me tug really hard on my pants.
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robkinuk 8/12/2018 4:04pm
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Racer111 wrote:
From what I’ve heard it has to do with his gripper seat. Between his set up and the way he uses the torque of his bike...
From what I’ve heard it has to do with his gripper seat. Between his set up and the way he uses the torque of his bike, they tug really hard on his pants.
Raoul Duke wrote:
The way he uses the torque of his bike to pass people around the outside makes me tug really hard on my pants.
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