Mike Sleeter! with great insight i never knew about.

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I seriously cant wait for this full interview to drop. I wish more of the guys in the know would talk about chassis stuff like this and what the R&D guys do more.

Makes me wonder, what happend to js7's bike the year jgr made his radiators lower and all of the extreme changes, because the bike became unpredictable when it would load up the frame.


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TeamGreen 12/29/2019 1:04pm
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Excellent interview. It's nice to get some simple truth from a guy that has -nothing- to hide.
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burnside 12/29/2019 1:41pm
12/29/2019 1:41pm
Loving this podcast.
Great addition to the moto world.
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SeaClassExpert 12/29/2019 1:43pm
12/29/2019 1:43pm
Sleeter is a bad man on 2 wheels, dude rips
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GODZILLA 12/29/2019 2:49pm
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Interesting.
Quite the opposite of this.
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PTshox 12/29/2019 5:11pm
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That chassis development vid was empty as far as any useful data.... (
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Lightning78 12/29/2019 8:41pm
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GODZILLA wrote:
Interesting. Quite the opposite of this. [embed]https://www.vitalmx.com/videos/features/Chassis-Development-with-Honda-HRC,18611/Klinger,64408[/embed]
Interesting.
Quite the opposite of this.
That interview was muff cabbage (garbage) it was the most vague explanation possible....",yea uh we use some parts to change things"
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Johnny Ringo 12/29/2019 8:48pm
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I don’t necessarily like the Gypsy dude but he has good guests and gets good info out of them.
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Momus 12/29/2019 9:31pm
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Waste of 12 minutes. Closes his eyes to think.
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BUTWHY? 12/29/2019 11:08pm
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I think he has gotten a bad image from a few mistakes and insecurities get the best of him in the past. He’s really rebounded and throughly enjoy his content! His wife is also a god damn smoke show!!!
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mxryan25 12/29/2019 11:37pm
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mxryan25 wrote:
full interview
https://player.fm/series/2341011/221484955
you can also find it on the apple podcast app, really good one
8tensolutions wrote:
That podcast is over a year old. I am confused.....is there a new one also?
I don’t believe so, that podcast has the segment about dungeys bike from the video in it
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GODZILLA 12/30/2019 1:41am
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PTshox wrote:
That chassis development vid was empty as far as any useful data.... (
Well you basically learn... nothing.
Laughing
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Motodave15 12/30/2019 8:06am
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mxryan25 wrote:
full interview
https://player.fm/series/2341011/221484955
you can also find it on the apple podcast app, really good one
8tensolutions wrote:
That podcast is over a year old. I am confused.....is there a new one also?
mxryan25 wrote:
I don’t believe so, that podcast has the segment about dungeys bike from the video in it
I don’t believe so, that podcast has the segment about dungeys bike from the video in it
I think the date on the pod is wrong.. because the video was listed as December 20th 2019, but this podcast link says a year ago.. i dunno
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moto0852 12/30/2019 4:46pm
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I only saw Sleeter race twice. Once at DelMar fairgrounds and once at Glen Helen. Both times he cut the track. That left me less than impressed with him.
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8tensolutions 12/30/2019 7:14pm
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8tensolutions wrote:
That podcast is over a year old. I am confused.....is there a new one also?
mxryan25 wrote:
I don’t believe so, that podcast has the segment about dungeys bike from the video in it
I don’t believe so, that podcast has the segment about dungeys bike from the video in it
Motodave15 wrote:
I think the date on the pod is wrong.. because the video was listed as December 20th 2019, but this podcast link says a year ago...
I think the date on the pod is wrong.. because the video was listed as December 20th 2019, but this podcast link says a year ago.. i dunno
It was a year ago. There is a 10 min video from 10 days ago about Dungeys bike, but the podcast link posted was a year ago.
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brocster 12/30/2019 7:34pm
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Momus wrote:
Waste of 12 minutes. Closes his eyes to think.
What a peach you are...

Feel better about yourself now???
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kage173 12/30/2019 8:36pm
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Pretty interesting to hear about the dynamics between product r&d and the race team
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Momus 12/30/2019 10:43pm
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Momus wrote:
Waste of 12 minutes. Closes his eyes to think.
brocster wrote:
What a peach you are...

Feel better about yourself now???
Tell me, Sleeter who, what great insight did you gain from watching that video?

And Dungey, he is the guy who did the sport a dis service by retiring prematurely.
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Spudnut 12/30/2019 10:57pm
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Momus wrote:
Tell me, Sleeter who, what great insight did you gain from watching that video? And Dungey, he is the guy who did the sport a dis...
Tell me, Sleeter who, what great insight did you gain from watching that video?

And Dungey, he is the guy who did the sport a dis service by retiring prematurely.
You’re quite the ray of sunshine bro, do you even like dirtbikes?
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Momus 12/31/2019 8:45am
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Momus wrote:
Tell me, Sleeter who, what great insight did you gain from watching that video? And Dungey, he is the guy who did the sport a dis...
Tell me, Sleeter who, what great insight did you gain from watching that video?

And Dungey, he is the guy who did the sport a dis service by retiring prematurely.
Spudnut wrote:
You’re quite the ray of sunshine bro, do you even like dirtbikes?
Been racin, selling, building, spannering dirtbikes since the early 1970's..gives me a perspective for an opinion sonny. Avatar photo is about 2 months old.
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xrmark 12/31/2019 10:17am
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Momus wrote:
Been racin, selling, building, spannering dirtbikes since the early 1970's..gives me a perspective for an opinion sonny. Avatar photo is about 2 months old.
Always gotta be THAT guy
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Patrick Potato 12/31/2019 1:00pm
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Momus wrote:
Been racin, selling, building, spannering dirtbikes since the early 1970's..gives me a perspective for an opinion sonny. Avatar photo is about 2 months old.
Ok Boomer.
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BUTWHY? wrote:
I think he has gotten a bad image from a few mistakes and insecurities get the best of him in the past. He’s really rebounded and...
I think he has gotten a bad image from a few mistakes and insecurities get the best of him in the past. He’s really rebounded and throughly enjoy his content! His wife is also a god damn smoke show!!!
How someone's wife looks makes a difference in content quality?
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slipdog 12/31/2019 1:13pm
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Momus wrote:
Been racin, selling, building, spannering dirtbikes since the early 1970's..gives me a perspective for an opinion sonny. Avatar photo is about 2 months old.
Patrick Potato wrote:
Ok Boomer.

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Motodave15 12/31/2019 1:33pm
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Momus wrote:
Tell me, Sleeter who, what great insight did you gain from watching that video? And Dungey, he is the guy who did the sport a dis...
Tell me, Sleeter who, what great insight did you gain from watching that video?

And Dungey, he is the guy who did the sport a dis service by retiring prematurely.
Insight on the the fact that a steel skid plate, changes the flex in the frame while riding. ( i personally would've never guessed)

That chad reed is a chassis setup kind of guy, and uses offsets in the triple clamps to feel the front end slip sooner than others. Headstays and much more that is absolutely never covered by anybody else.

Um also, within the pod cast, teams also hire riders for racing/testing purposes..which is why some riders get rides over better riders... because they can test their ass off and give great feedback.
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Momus 1/1/2020 1:15am
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Momus wrote:
Tell me, Sleeter who, what great insight did you gain from watching that video? And Dungey, he is the guy who did the sport a dis...
Tell me, Sleeter who, what great insight did you gain from watching that video?

And Dungey, he is the guy who did the sport a dis service by retiring prematurely.
Motodave15 wrote:
Insight on the the fact that a steel skid plate, changes the flex in the frame while riding. ( i personally would've never guessed) That chad...
Insight on the the fact that a steel skid plate, changes the flex in the frame while riding. ( i personally would've never guessed)

That chad reed is a chassis setup kind of guy, and uses offsets in the triple clamps to feel the front end slip sooner than others. Headstays and much more that is absolutely never covered by anybody else.

Um also, within the pod cast, teams also hire riders for racing/testing purposes..which is why some riders get rides over better riders... because they can test their ass off and give great feedback.
I'm pleased and happy that you are learning about motorbike chassis and development.

Back when I was racing CR125M Elsinores the gurus talked about 'strength through selective weakness' when discussing the part chrome moly frames they came with: exactly the same concepts Sleeter is grasping at were current 45 years ago.

At the time- early 70's- there was a young American named Marty Smith who could ride quite well and campaigned the Elsinores for Honda. He was testing or practising for an event and came back in after a lap saying he had a flat rear tyre. he didn't but the factory-only lightweight 2 ply he was used to had been changed for a production 4 ply and the extra weight killed the feel. So the story goes.
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MJC 1/1/2020 1:19am
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So what previous username did this peanut ☝️ have?
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Momus wrote:
I'm pleased and happy that you are learning about motorbike chassis and development. Back when I was racing CR125M Elsinores the gurus talked about 'strength through...
I'm pleased and happy that you are learning about motorbike chassis and development.

Back when I was racing CR125M Elsinores the gurus talked about 'strength through selective weakness' when discussing the part chrome moly frames they came with: exactly the same concepts Sleeter is grasping at were current 45 years ago.

At the time- early 70's- there was a young American named Marty Smith who could ride quite well and campaigned the Elsinores for Honda. He was testing or practising for an event and came back in after a lap saying he had a flat rear tyre. he didn't but the factory-only lightweight 2 ply he was used to had been changed for a production 4 ply and the extra weight killed the feel. So the story goes.
Glad you have fond memories but pretty sad to see you're pretty much just livin in the past there bub.
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Tuna 1/1/2020 10:36am
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Momus wrote:
I'm pleased and happy that you are learning about motorbike chassis and development. Back when I was racing CR125M Elsinores the gurus talked about 'strength through...
I'm pleased and happy that you are learning about motorbike chassis and development.

Back when I was racing CR125M Elsinores the gurus talked about 'strength through selective weakness' when discussing the part chrome moly frames they came with: exactly the same concepts Sleeter is grasping at were current 45 years ago.

At the time- early 70's- there was a young American named Marty Smith who could ride quite well and campaigned the Elsinores for Honda. He was testing or practising for an event and came back in after a lap saying he had a flat rear tyre. he didn't but the factory-only lightweight 2 ply he was used to had been changed for a production 4 ply and the extra weight killed the feel. So the story goes.
mooch wrote:
Glad you have fond memories but pretty sad to see you're pretty much just livin in the past there bub.
😂

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