Herlings out, again :-(

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6/16/2019 10:18pm
Herlings makes it sound like he tipped over in a corner and one of his rivals roosted over him. He ate shit trying to scrub a...
Herlings makes it sound like he tipped over in a corner and one of his rivals roosted over him. He ate shit trying to scrub a jump and is lucky Jasikonis? didnt plow right into him.

Video on youtube.
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6/16/2019 11:24pm
One has to ask if the crash or getting clipped did the damage. Not enough video to conclude, but it doesn't look like getting nipped was the reason imho.
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6/16/2019 11:34pm
Man...Herlings has had some of the most fluke injuries in his career. Glad it's minor but I'm bummed out I don't get to see him race for a while (again). It's so weird seeing the pinnacle talent in the world hurt all the time. It's minor but he's in his prime and should be attacking the record books and adding to his legacy. Shit deal all around.
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6/17/2019 1:38am Edited Date/Time 6/17/2019 2:05am
Has anybody heard from our buddy Richard Loots? Maybe somebody should do a wellness check.
didnt know Rainman had a double account on here , already missed the dude or did he get clicked ? and all of a sudden you are here ...Laughing welcome back

i quess you missed my comment on first page


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avidchimp wrote:
One has to ask if the crash or getting clipped did the damage. Not enough video to conclude, but it doesn't look like getting nipped was...
One has to ask if the crash or getting clipped did the damage. Not enough video to conclude, but it doesn't look like getting nipped was the reason imho.
It looked like the very slightest of 'glance' type hits to his boot. Very strange if that was the cause of the break.

Herlings would have undoubtedly felt that glancing hit, especially if it had just been damaged in the prang itself, so it's understandable it might register, to him, as being what may have caused the injury. But, he sure as hell wasn't landed on. Which, is a bit of good luck, in this latest back luck for him.

I hope he heals up, but, with the rate of injuries he's sustained, previously, and now this one, it's highly unlikely He'll get near the title count of Everts, Cairoli, or some others. He's certainly one of, if not, the most mindbogglingly talented and fast riders I've ever seen. Scarely so.

I thought / hoped we'd see Herlings show up during a break in the GPs at, say, Unadilla (He was set to do it one of his injury ruined 250 years) this year , but, I'd say that's not going to happen now.


Such a bummer for Cairoli. In a report I read, they (he / his Team) put it down to a weakness in his arm / hand from the previous weeks Big prang, and it sort of explains the nature of this prang. I do hope he can still ride competitively for the rest of the season. It's not over, yet.

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6/17/2019 4:58am
Has anybody heard from our buddy Richard Loots? Maybe somebody should do a wellness check.
didnt know Rainman had a double account on here , already missed the dude or did he get clicked ? and all of a sudden you...
didnt know Rainman had a double account on here , already missed the dude or did he get clicked ? and all of a sudden you are here ...Laughing welcome back

i quess you missed my comment on first page


Just looking out for one of the fellow members. No need to take offense.
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6/17/2019 5:42am
Hint: He needs to hire Ryan Dungey as his riding coach.

Sadly his always pushing at 150% mindset that we all love bites him in the ass way too much. His need to "Dominate", live up to "The Bullet", etc has already costed him many titles & race wins.

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6/17/2019 5:47am
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I have seen the video, but it is the sighting lap right? it's Herlings own fault but both Jasikonis and Tonus jumping full under waved yellow...
I have seen the video, but it is the sighting lap right? it's Herlings own fault but both Jasikonis and Tonus jumping full under waved yellow, they have penalised racers for less than that.
They were most likely in the air already once the flags came out.
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6/17/2019 5:50am
Paul333 wrote:
Hint: He needs to hire Ryan Dungey as his riding coach. Sadly his always pushing at 150% mindset that we all love bites him in the...
Hint: He needs to hire Ryan Dungey as his riding coach.

Sadly his always pushing at 150% mindset that we all love bites him in the ass way too much. His need to "Dominate", live up to "The Bullet", etc has already costed him many titles & race wins.

This time though it was on the sighting lap. He was hardly pushing 150% Tongue

Bad luck seems to follow this poor guy
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6/17/2019 6:33am Edited Date/Time 6/17/2019 6:45am
alex69 wrote:
I have seen the video, but it is the sighting lap right? it's Herlings own fault but both Jasikonis and Tonus jumping full under waved yellow...
I have seen the video, but it is the sighting lap right? it's Herlings own fault but both Jasikonis and Tonus jumping full under waved yellow, they have penalised racers for less than that.
mpy wrote:
They were most likely in the air already once the flags came out.
First things first... no One is to blame here just an accident (imo) if you start cherry picking maybe Tonus. Once again it became painfully clear that there is room for improvement when it comes to flaggers / safety etc. Two flaggers per obstacle is not a luxury for a world championship (they were also wrongly positioned or no flaggers present at some obstacles ) switch to traffic lights one on the left and one on the righthandside. ( also what whe need at the practise tracks trafic light system 🚥 )
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6/17/2019 6:54am
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[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/06/16/355182/s1200_2C1D4C10_EA1D_4EDC_A97C_A5EE39BD19C1.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/06/16/355183/s1200_2562F4A2_6772_4421_BFCC_5219D88F0A4D.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/06/16/355184/s1200_67C8834D_8EBB_4666_9AA6_E2809A169BA2.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/06/16/355185/s1200_80F5B1F0_29B7_4AFA_AB64_AAFD4CDBA89E.jpg[/img]







Is that giant GoPro banner blocking the flagger? How frantic was the flagger signaling? Does yellow flag rule no jumping in mxgp? Are the riders even looking out for flags on the sighting lap?

Agree about signal lights though.
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6/17/2019 7:01am
This is why AC is so good you don’t see this shit from him. GWS herlings
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6/17/2019 7:31am Edited Date/Time 6/17/2019 7:32am
Paul333 wrote:
Hint: He needs to hire Ryan Dungey as his riding coach. Sadly his always pushing at 150% mindset that we all love bites him in the...
Hint: He needs to hire Ryan Dungey as his riding coach.

Sadly his always pushing at 150% mindset that we all love bites him in the ass way too much. His need to "Dominate", live up to "The Bullet", etc has already costed him many titles & race wins.

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That’s exactly the problem. He’s not exactly trying to win at the slowest speed possible. Going down like that in the sighting lap is stupid when your nursing and healing an injury. A bit less ego massaging and some more pragmatism wouldn’t go amiss. Now he’s out for longer. We all know he’s good enough to win Moto’s at this level even with a broken foot. This is not the way forward for him. Slow down, still win and be more healthy = more titles. Having said that Jesus he’s good to watch when he’s pinned.
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steed 2.0 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/06/16/355182/s1200_2C1D4C10_EA1D_4EDC_A97C_A5EE39BD19C1.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/06/16/355183/s1200_2562F4A2_6772_4421_BFCC_5219D88F0A4D.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/06/16/355184/s1200_67C8834D_8EBB_4666_9AA6_E2809A169BA2.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/06/16/355185/s1200_80F5B1F0_29B7_4AFA_AB64_AAFD4CDBA89E.jpg[/img]







early wrote:
Is that giant GoPro banner blocking the flagger? How frantic was the flagger signaling? Does yellow flag rule no jumping in mxgp? Are the riders even...
Is that giant GoPro banner blocking the flagger? How frantic was the flagger signaling? Does yellow flag rule no jumping in mxgp? Are the riders even looking out for flags on the sighting lap?

Agree about signal lights though.
Dude, it's a teenager who goes bananas ( afraid for dirt bikes no joke watch the video... and probably first time flagger as well ) and at some obstacles there is one flagger and a handful officials with walkie talkies or something simular... and I see flaggers diving 😂 and the one by Tony’s crash stood compleed freezed 🐳 brain fart 🤣
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6/17/2019 7:43am
Bunch of experts here. What;s the use of riding slowly in the sighting lap? You have to know how the track has changed, how bad it is after the MX2 race. It is a silly crash but don't come talking like he was pushing and taking risks. Just bad luck.
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6/17/2019 8:13am
seventeen wrote:
This is true no doubt.
Sluggo77 wrote:
James had his share of gnarly crashes that lost him races but there is no way he was injured as much. Herlings is the king of...
James had his share of gnarly crashes that lost him races but there is no way he was injured as much. Herlings is the king of broken bones.
seventeen wrote:
Yeah James was like Gumby; how he could have a gnarly digger and walk away from it...Herlings is more like Mr. Glass
Yeah JS7 had some nasty crashes for sure!
I remember watching this one at Daytona and it wasn’t even one of his bad ones.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5oEKAIUroIU
6/17/2019 8:19am
Was he atleast winning the sight lap race?
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6/17/2019 8:28am
Paul333 wrote:
Hint: He needs to hire Ryan Dungey as his riding coach. Sadly his always pushing at 150% mindset that we all love bites him in the...
Hint: He needs to hire Ryan Dungey as his riding coach.

Sadly his always pushing at 150% mindset that we all love bites him in the ass way too much. His need to "Dominate", live up to "The Bullet", etc has already costed him many titles & race wins.

teamddr wrote:
+1 That’s exactly the problem. He’s not exactly trying to win at the slowest speed possible. Going down like that in the sighting lap is stupid...
+1
That’s exactly the problem. He’s not exactly trying to win at the slowest speed possible. Going down like that in the sighting lap is stupid when your nursing and healing an injury. A bit less ego massaging and some more pragmatism wouldn’t go amiss. Now he’s out for longer. We all know he’s good enough to win Moto’s at this level even with a broken foot. This is not the way forward for him. Slow down, still win and be more healthy = more titles. Having said that Jesus he’s good to watch when he’s pinned.
RC didn't try to beat people at the slowest speed possible, he tried to absolutely demoralize every other rider on the gate. I respect that attitude, but Herlings can't seem to do it without wadding himself up in the process.

It really does seem like he's the James Stewart of MXGP, but Bubba didn't break bones as much as land on his head.
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Bunch of experts here. What;s the use of riding slowly in the sighting lap? You have to know how the track has changed, how bad it...
Bunch of experts here. What;s the use of riding slowly in the sighting lap? You have to know how the track has changed, how bad it is after the MX2 race. It is a silly crash but don't come talking like he was pushing and taking risks. Just bad luck.
Over here more than a handful of riders passed away exactly the same way ( were a rider crashed in a blindspot after the jump and other riders land on top ( at the practise track without flaggers around nor to many bystanders ) and from a flaggers point of view: not to many poeple are praised with the honor to be asked to flag on their free Sunday (for nothing) with those crazy mini parents around ( they let you know with a few swearings that you were wrong, thats not everyones cup of thea ) So something electronical would be helpfull over here.
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6/17/2019 12:09pm
I thought they pretty much rolled everything on the sighting lap just to get a look at the track. Remember when Langston tumbled over one of those dropoffs they had with ads on them on the sighting lap ? I think it was the year he won the 450 AMA title.
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6/17/2019 1:13pm
Herlings is made of glass...and seems to make poor decisions and/or have incredibly bad luck...that's an equation that makes racking up titles and wins very very difficult.
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6/17/2019 1:18pm
I'll say it again: WTF!
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6/17/2019 1:44pm
Sluggo77 wrote:
James had his share of gnarly crashes that lost him races but there is no way he was injured as much. Herlings is the king of...
James had his share of gnarly crashes that lost him races but there is no way he was injured as much. Herlings is the king of broken bones.
seventeen wrote:
Yeah James was like Gumby; how he could have a gnarly digger and walk away from it...Herlings is more like Mr. Glass
Yeah JS7 had some nasty crashes for sure!
I remember watching this one at Daytona and it wasn’t even one of his bad ones.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5oEKAIUroIU
He was a tough summabitch for sure...
6/17/2019 1:56pm
Titan1 wrote:
Herlings is made of glass...and seems to make poor decisions and/or have incredibly bad luck...that's an equation that makes racking up titles and wins very very...
Herlings is made of glass...and seems to make poor decisions and/or have incredibly bad luck...that's an equation that makes racking up titles and wins very very difficult.
looking at his 450 seasons so far he hasnt crashed out more as Tony or Gajser did , but when he did crash he got hurt big almost every time .. looks like he has some weak bones. should have drunk more milk in his youth Wink
he has had that many fractures with almost every crash in his career its unreal , ,some were bad luck and some were bad decisions but in the end there was a fracture and time off and a title gone ..

on the other hand , Gajser seems to be made out of rubber bones , looking at his crashes and he walks away 9 out of 10

i hope Tony gets back soon and makes the rest of season some how interesting as rest of riders are too far behind
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6/17/2019 2:15pm
ATKpilot99 wrote:
I thought they pretty much rolled everything on the sighting lap just to get a look at the track. Remember when Langston tumbled over one of...
I thought they pretty much rolled everything on the sighting lap just to get a look at the track. Remember when Langston tumbled over one of those dropoffs they had with ads on them on the sighting lap ? I think it was the year he won the 450 AMA title.
It was Josh Grant that got royally screwed by that when he was at Honda. Took the side by side out I believe and wrecked something, knee maybe.
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6/17/2019 7:07pm
Herlings is quickly becoming the James Stewart of the GP's; fastest guy out there but crashes out with injuries. Rinse/repeat. Get well, soon.
At least he didn’t have blisters
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