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Wonder what the shame is in admitting you read the forum, is this place that nasty??
PS, take your arrogance elsewhere Matthes. Twat!
Keep on "not reading Vitalmx" and playing with your fanboys.
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Like: Someone tells that a rider just quits because he couldn't handle the heat, and the true story is boiling fuel squirting on him?
Like: Attacking a rider for selling sponsored stuff, but he's selling it for charity.
Like: Telling a 'journalist' about a crazy project, and he reacts "cool story, I don't read Vital" and walks away. But afterwards that "journalist" says (on Vital) you're not credible and lying.
Maybe you're just misunderstood 🤷.
With all the noise coming from the Honda rig from their celebration, and you were in fact buried in your phone, It was easy to miss some random dude yelling at you.
I’m not a pushy person and you don’t know me, so I get it- if I was in your position I might have done the same thing- you probably get tons of guys hassling you during race day. I just wanted to introduce you to Elzinga quickly before everyone left.
Good thing is now Rick is getting meeting calls from teams in MX2 , and he may have some pretty good opportunities for next year,
I just can't wrap my head around why stoke the dumpsterfire NOW when this thread is kinda sorta over what happend. I wonder if you could name one occasion when arguing with people on the internet (let alone here on Vital) caused one of the sides change their mind... because i can't. It all seems kinda pointless.
The dude does far more for privateers than most, why are you trying to blow him out?
edit: Hadn’t yet read the replies that pointed this out. Disappointing thread. Matthes doesn’t owe anyone coverage and it’s his fucking outlets to cover what he deems interesting. Also from what I remember of the podcast, it was Paul that was casting doubt on the gas story. Could be misremembering.
And while doing that together with his friends, they questioning the credibility of three people who worked their ass off to make this happen.
While you're question good people there credibility just to score at your fanbase, you're a pathetic creature in my book.
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If there is a question about the fuel boiling, It did happen, we got a visit from a KTM mechanic after the race, and it was his opinion.
We used the wrong Pro 6 fuel,, didn't insulate the tank, and did not wire the vent hose to the KTM Powerparts gas cap. It was my fault for not knowing how hot the fuel could get. At least we installed a cooling fan on the radiators, but it wasn't enough.
Rick came in with his helmet foam reeking of fuel, the MR Pro 6 stinks like hell so It got up into his helmet somehow.
He also did two 30+2 motos the Wednesday prior at Elsinore in the heat with no issues, and then went on a 5 mile run in the hottest part of the day. For a guy who doesn't race in these temps, he didn't do too badly for the first visit to this country.
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He didn't have to make a story about Rick. But then don't insinuate shit either!
Anyway, like someone else already wrote, this should stop here. Lets keep the focus on Rick.
So, give Rick a factory bike, some time and he can run top 10 in the nationals. No doubt.
Lets hope all of this effort of him and Brent will help him get a ride next year. GP or AMA, he deserves it.
I hope he reads everything critical about him and uses it as motivation.
There are a lot of people in high places watching now, and hopefully he can win this championship, because this kid needs to be in MX2 next year at least.
He REALLY wants to race full time here, as he has grown to love the USA and the lifestyle.
...but he also wants to be paid, and since there are no offers from US based teams yet, his best bet is to do another year in MXGP and and get great finishes first, kind of like Hunter Lawrence did.
There is interest from a huge name in Europe - time will tell if it works out.
If Rick signs with a European team for 2022, he would have to get permission to train in California for Supercross.
They are on a plane now headed toward Holland as of an hour ago -
Notice Bones, Ivan Tedesco, Seth Hammaker, and Jo Shimoda on the left at the start of the video.
Prior to this, Rick was matching the PC guy's lap times during training motos earlier in the day.
Hi Def is still processing from youTube, so if its looks grainy give it a hour or so and re watch.
This is a different story to the usual dude coming from some part of the World. It was done via a forum message and a random dude pulling out his credit card and buying a bike!!
Surely that in itself is a cool story Steve!
This was an awesome story, and showed the true positive aspects of this forum - regardless of who thought it was a cool story or not in the "media".
It also doesn't matter 1 bit how Rick did, and whether or not the fuel got certain places...that was not the story here.
On, Matthes. People must get jaded on how much he does for the privateers and cool stories of the sport. His platform has made me a fan of so many people, I otherwise would have never looked our for and learned about.
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