“We found something on the bike”

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Edited Date/Time 7/10/2022 2:58pm
This phrase should be banned from interviews. Did you find a note from your mommy on the bike? Tell us what the bike was doing that you didn’t like at least. You don’t work for the CIA, you didn’t sign an NDA, tell us something interesting about the machine or don’t say anything at all.
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Andingo86 7/9/2022 4:40am
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sandtrack315 wrote:
This phrase should be banned from interviews. Did you find a note from your mommy on the bike? Tell us what the bike was doing that...
This phrase should be banned from interviews. Did you find a note from your mommy on the bike? Tell us what the bike was doing that you didn’t like at least. You don’t work for the CIA, you didn’t sign an NDA, tell us something interesting about the machine or don’t say anything at all.
I agree, to much secrecy.
ButteryWaffles 7/9/2022 4:47am
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The first rule of motocross: say something, while saying nothing at all.
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Richy 7/9/2022 5:07am
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More or less useless than "hitting my marks"?
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Mavetism 7/9/2022 5:11am
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"We made big changes this week". I always cringe when I hear that line. 😂
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Dirty Points 7/9/2022 5:36am
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"How did we not notice this button before?"
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sbarrington314 7/9/2022 5:45am
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The interviewer also needs to pry more. I wonder if they are told not. It really seems like it. They are just like "okay I got words. My job is done"
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ML512 7/9/2022 6:07am
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To “find something” does it first have to be lost? I don’t get how this many riders keep losing things on their bikes… 😂
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ML512 7/9/2022 6:09am
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“We found something on the bike this week”

What did you find?

“Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it. Really improved our speed!”
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soggy 7/9/2022 6:17am
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sbarrington314 wrote:
The interviewer also needs to pry more. I wonder if they are told not. It really seems like it. They are just like "okay I got...
The interviewer also needs to pry more. I wonder if they are told not. It really seems like it. They are just like "okay I got words. My job is done"
Asking good questions is hard but the majority of the media are not good at it. Instead of being straight to the point ie: “Ken what was wrong this weekend?”
They’ll say something like “Ken what was wrong this weekend, we’re you not feeling the bike, the track, didn’t like your breakfast?” They give an answer for the rider so they don’t have to come up with one on their own. It’s annoying.
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sbarrington314 wrote:
The interviewer also needs to pry more. I wonder if they are told not. It really seems like it. They are just like "okay I got...
The interviewer also needs to pry more. I wonder if they are told not. It really seems like it. They are just like "okay I got words. My job is done"
soggy wrote:
Asking good questions is hard but the majority of the media are not good at it. Instead of being straight to the point ie: “Ken what...
Asking good questions is hard but the majority of the media are not good at it. Instead of being straight to the point ie: “Ken what was wrong this weekend?”
They’ll say something like “Ken what was wrong this weekend, we’re you not feeling the bike, the track, didn’t like your breakfast?” They give an answer for the rider so they don’t have to come up with one on their own. It’s annoying.
So true. Interviewers in this sport commonly seem to ask a question and then give the two or three possible iterations of the answer they expect.
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EnvyMedia 7/9/2022 6:29am
7/9/2022 6:29am
The most hilarious thing always is:

"We felt great in practice. We found something on the bike that felt very good. Then we made some changes for the first moto, but we went in the wrong direction, so I wasn't comfortable with my bike."
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davis224 7/9/2022 6:35am
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ML512 wrote:
“We found something on the bike this week” What did you find? “Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it...
“We found something on the bike this week”

What did you find?

“Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it. Really improved our speed!”

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Dirty Points 7/9/2022 6:37am
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ML512 wrote:
“We found something on the bike this week” What did you find? “Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it...
“We found something on the bike this week”

What did you find?

“Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it. Really improved our speed!”
davis224 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/07/09/558740/s1200_Screenshot_20220709_083417_Chrome.jpg[/img]

Don't forget to take the washer out of the exhaust pipe!
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philG 7/9/2022 7:01am
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EnvyMedia wrote:
The most hilarious thing always is: "We felt great in practice. We found something on the bike that felt very good. Then we made some changes...
The most hilarious thing always is:

"We felt great in practice. We found something on the bike that felt very good. Then we made some changes for the first moto, but we went in the wrong direction, so I wasn't comfortable with my bike."
'It wasnt broken but we fixed it till it was'

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uncledaddy69 7/9/2022 7:01am
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ML512 wrote:
“We found something on the bike this week” What did you find? “Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it...
“We found something on the bike this week”

What did you find?

“Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it. Really improved our speed!”
Reminds me of the story Decoster told about Suzuki finding out at the end of the season that Mcgrath’s throttle could only turn 3/4s of the way because the mechanic was distracted by his girlfriend.
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davis224 7/9/2022 7:15am
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ML512 wrote:
“We found something on the bike this week” What did you find? “Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it...
“We found something on the bike this week”

What did you find?

“Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it. Really improved our speed!”
uncledaddy69 wrote:
Reminds me of the story Decoster told about Suzuki finding out at the end of the season that Mcgrath’s throttle could only turn 3/4s of the...
Reminds me of the story Decoster told about Suzuki finding out at the end of the season that Mcgrath’s throttle could only turn 3/4s of the way because the mechanic was distracted by his girlfriend.
Wasn't it too short of a throttle cable?
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Magoofan 7/9/2022 7:23am
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Sounds like the "bad news" from a medical scan...

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JB 19 7/9/2022 7:48am
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ML512 wrote:
“We found something on the bike this week” What did you find? “Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it...
“We found something on the bike this week”

What did you find?

“Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it. Really improved our speed!”
Funny you say that, I only rode for fun for a few years and unknowingly developed this habit of only turning the throttle about 3/4. Started racing again and realized the throttle goes a lot further to the stop. Laughing
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aeffertz 7/9/2022 7:57am
7/9/2022 7:57am Edited Date/Time 7/9/2022 8:07am
“We found something on the bike…”

-3 weeks later-

“We went back to our base setting…”
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Yeah no for sure we found something
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hartebreak 7/9/2022 8:18am
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reminds me of this one.

"Speed pit reporter Erin Bates asked Stewart about some sort of traction control device on his Yamaha YZ450F. No doubt surprised by the question, James deflected it, smiling and saying something about a piece of dirt. It wasn’t the perfect answer, but it’s hard for anyone to have the right answer to a hardball question when expecting a softball down the middle. Stewart’s response actually created more questions than answers, and so fans went crazy."
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FWYT 7/9/2022 8:37am
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I remember a story years ago, I think it was a flat tracker, who dnf'd race. The reporter pressed for an answer on what went wrong with the bike.
(Paraphrasing)
"Broke a fuel line."
"You broke a fuel line? How?"
"Rod went through the cylinder and broke the fuel line."
Hahahhahhahaaaa
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BigBoreFan58 7/9/2022 9:10am
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It's not like if they "find something" on Eli's Yamaha or Anderson's Kawasaki, and some privateer finds out, that privateer is suddenly a threat to win. And it's not like those Yamaha settings are going to work on the Kawi, and vice versa.

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PTECH 7/9/2022 9:39am
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This is pretty much standard across all forms of racing I’ve ever watched. Makes sense to me when you’re chasing tenths
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SEEMEFIRST 7/9/2022 9:40am
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FWYT wrote:
I remember a story years ago, I think it was a flat tracker, who dnf'd race. The reporter pressed for an answer on what went wrong...
I remember a story years ago, I think it was a flat tracker, who dnf'd race. The reporter pressed for an answer on what went wrong with the bike.
(Paraphrasing)
"Broke a fuel line."
"You broke a fuel line? How?"
"Rod went through the cylinder and broke the fuel line."
Hahahhahhahaaaa
In auto racing it's known as "Oil pan failure".
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Dirty Points 7/9/2022 9:42am
7/9/2022 9:42am Edited Date/Time 7/9/2022 9:57am
PTECH wrote:
This is pretty much standard across all forms of racing I’ve ever watched. Makes sense to me when you’re chasing tenths
But why not, "they moved the forks up in the clamps and softened the shock, and I liked that combination more?"

"We found something" is a giant WTF. They are changing settings/parts on a machine, not excavating Tutankhamun's tomb.
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lostboy819 7/9/2022 9:43am
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ML512 wrote:
“We found something on the bike this week” What did you find? “Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it...
“We found something on the bike this week”

What did you find?

“Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it. Really improved our speed!”
uncledaddy69 wrote:
Reminds me of the story Decoster told about Suzuki finding out at the end of the season that Mcgrath’s throttle could only turn 3/4s of the...
Reminds me of the story Decoster told about Suzuki finding out at the end of the season that Mcgrath’s throttle could only turn 3/4s of the way because the mechanic was distracted by his girlfriend.
LOL Good old Wyatt Seals, he had several more screw ups before being demoted. Laughing
https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Jeremy-McGrath-in-97,136…
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seth505 7/9/2022 10:57am
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We found a way for those dunlop tires to really hook up!
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BigBoreFan58 7/9/2022 1:05pm
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ML512 wrote:
“We found something on the bike this week” What did you find? “Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it...
“We found something on the bike this week”

What did you find?

“Umm, the throttle turns farther than I realized, so I just kept turning it. Really improved our speed!”
uncledaddy69 wrote:
Reminds me of the story Decoster told about Suzuki finding out at the end of the season that Mcgrath’s throttle could only turn 3/4s of the...
Reminds me of the story Decoster told about Suzuki finding out at the end of the season that Mcgrath’s throttle could only turn 3/4s of the way because the mechanic was distracted by his girlfriend.
lostboy819 wrote:
LOL Good old Wyatt Seals, he had several more screw ups before being demoted. Laughing
https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Jeremy-McGrath-in-97,136…
Assuming Wyatt failed, that's a much a failure of management as it is Wyatt.
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Chance1216 7/9/2022 1:45pm
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Can’t dazzle them with brilliance, buffalo them with BS.
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