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Since it's officially bench racing (hot take) season.........
One of the most interesting things to look forward to next season is how the Eli/Dylan relationship works out. Full disclosure I have been a fairly harsh critic of Eli because I think he left too many SX titles on the table. That being said I can't remember a time when a team had two legit number 1 riders of their ability and championship pedigree.
The big question I have is with Eli. Was this move to Star a hope to jumpstart his career and get back to championship level even though he's only a year and a half away from his last championship?
The other question with Eli is how will he train. He is notoriously private in his training and does the whole Rocky lV training in the mountains to fight Drago thing. Will he change it up and train in Florida? Most will say I'm crazy thinking that but if Eli looks at Dylan as his primary adversary why not put yourself against him every single day. The whole steel sharpens steel thing. I doubt it will work out like that but it would be great to see.
One of the most interesting things to look forward to next season is how the Eli/Dylan relationship works out. Full disclosure I have been a fairly harsh critic of Eli because I think he left too many SX titles on the table. That being said I can't remember a time when a team had two legit number 1 riders of their ability and championship pedigree.
The big question I have is with Eli. Was this move to Star a hope to jumpstart his career and get back to championship level even though he's only a year and a half away from his last championship?
The other question with Eli is how will he train. He is notoriously private in his training and does the whole Rocky lV training in the mountains to fight Drago thing. Will he change it up and train in Florida? Most will say I'm crazy thinking that but if Eli looks at Dylan as his primary adversary why not put yourself against him every single day. The whole steel sharpens steel thing. I doubt it will work out like that but it would be great to see.
Hard to imagine Eli moving to Florida after all these years in the twilight of his career though.
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I also doubt it would happen but what better way to train than with your main rival.
Btw, I'm thinking like some others around here are: a little change at this point in his career...is good.
Eli’s disadvantage is the carousel of people messing with his suspension setup.
If he’s got his KYB guy that he loves all year next year...grab the popcorn.
Three premier class titles in a row have been handed out to guys not named Eli. Sounds like the perfect time to switch it up. Old training mantra I used to say is "Everything works and nothing works for long." The human body and mind get used to things a certain way and then training has less effect and you get burned out.
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As far as deservedly so, you could say that with Kawasaki but with Star Yamaha he doesn't deserve anything yet. Besides, who believes anything on DMXS?
How are the other teams going to compete against Star?
ET
DF
CC
AP
Plus ~154 250F riders
Did he trade a "base-pay" cut for a substantially HUGE win/championship bonus structure?
Look for some guest appearances at the new Star racing facility.
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