Championship burnouts - the aftermath

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Edited Date/Time 9/23/2022 6:30am
Jett’s championship bike at Honda HQ.



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zehn 9/22/2022 3:25pm
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He earned the right to do it
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Glen 9/22/2022 3:26pm
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that is absolutely awesome, love it
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TeamGreen 9/22/2022 3:26pm
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Don't think it would look like that if it were a MXGP Championship Bike! Grinning (MX2, of-course)
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TriRacer27 9/22/2022 3:26pm
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That's a proper trophy!
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Zachintosh wrote:
Jett’s championship bike at Honda HQ. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/09/22/569826/s1200_18782C16_25C5_4718_A10B_8A1717F3CC67.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/09/22/569825/s1200_35F2EC69_650C_4164_AB01_D1210842CD0E.jpg[/img]
Jett’s championship bike at Honda HQ.



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MotofactioN 9/22/2022 4:11pm
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Ahhh yes. The championship horse, let’s cut its legs off!!! Come on man. Have some professionalism and prestige… Dry
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kpiper 9/22/2022 4:25pm
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Call me crazy but I don't like how they destroy the machines like this. I don't get why that is exciting for them to do.

Those bikes are a work of art and should be respected as such in my opinion.
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MotofactioN wrote:
Ahhh yes. The championship horse, let’s cut its legs off!!! Come on man. Have some professionalism and prestige… Dry
Exactly. I agree with you 100%.
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MotofactioN 9/22/2022 4:38pm
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MotofactioN wrote:
Ahhh yes. The championship horse, let’s cut its legs off!!! Come on man. Have some professionalism and prestige… Dry
kpiper wrote:
Exactly. I agree with you 100%.
Glad to see I’m not the only one. Cool
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Timo 9/22/2022 4:45pm
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The bike is a throw away item at the end of it's service life. If it wasn't on display it'd be heading to the crusher, so I'm fine with a trashed tire.
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MotofactioN wrote:
Ahhh yes. The championship horse, let’s cut its legs off!!! Come on man. Have some professionalism and prestige… Dry
kpiper wrote:
Exactly. I agree with you 100%.
MotofactioN wrote:
Glad to see I’m not the only one. Cool
I’ve never understood either.
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Langhammx 9/22/2022 5:59pm
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Timo wrote:
The bike is a throw away item at the end of it's service life. If it wasn't on display it'd be heading to the crusher, so...
The bike is a throw away item at the end of it's service life. If it wasn't on display it'd be heading to the crusher, so I'm fine with a trashed tire.
Championship bikes do not get crushed or thrown away… just sayin’ Wink

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Langhammx wrote:
Championship bikes do not get crushed or thrown away… just sayin’ Wink

Right, not sure where people come up with this stuff.
I guess Yamaha crushed the Deegan bike after LL also. Haha. Too soon?
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MX558 9/22/2022 8:14pm
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Break out the knobby knife , she's good to go
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Nothing some sc1 can’t fix
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MotofactioN wrote:
Ahhh yes. The championship horse, let’s cut its legs off!!! Come on man. Have some professionalism and prestige… Dry
Slight difference between an animal and a machine..
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CPR 9/22/2022 9:15pm
9/22/2022 9:15pm Edited Date/Time 9/22/2022 9:16pm
Doing a burnout to celebrate is one thing, but going until the tire or engine blows?
Nah not onboard with disrespecting the amount of work that goes into a bike like that.
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sumdood 9/22/2022 11:10pm
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CPR wrote:
Doing a burnout to celebrate is one thing, but going until the tire or engine blows? Nah not onboard with disrespecting the amount of work that...
Doing a burnout to celebrate is one thing, but going until the tire or engine blows?
Nah not onboard with disrespecting the amount of work that goes into a bike like that.
Can it be "Disrespecting the amount of work that goes into a bike like that" if the guy doing the burnout is the guy who did the work ? Whistling
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King_George_III 9/23/2022 12:03am
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Should have gone until the engine blew up as well, proper celebration of a well earned championship.
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CPR 9/23/2022 5:22am
9/23/2022 5:22am Edited Date/Time 9/23/2022 5:28am
CPR wrote:
Doing a burnout to celebrate is one thing, but going until the tire or engine blows? Nah not onboard with disrespecting the amount of work that...
Doing a burnout to celebrate is one thing, but going until the tire or engine blows?
Nah not onboard with disrespecting the amount of work that goes into a bike like that.
sumdood wrote:
Can it be "Disrespecting the amount of work that goes into a bike like that" if the guy doing the burnout is the guy who did...
Can it be "Disrespecting the amount of work that goes into a bike like that" if the guy doing the burnout is the guy who did the work ? Whistling
True and I get the being caught in the moment factor because those moments are hard to come by.

But THE mechanic on big teams doesn’t build all the bike these days, it must be the reason it’s a reasonably new thing? I don’t remember title winners celebrating like that until recently?

Ha I used to chastise riders for even dropping a bike I built. Old school I guess.
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TalinH112 9/23/2022 5:44am
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What else should they do with it? Race it next year? Give me a break guys, it’s a celebration! They built it they can burn it down if they so choose, what happened to minding your own damn business? 😂
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sandman768 9/23/2022 6:05am
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Wonder if the tire still stinks?
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tcannon521 9/23/2022 6:06am
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Langhammx wrote:
Championship bikes do not get crushed or thrown away… just sayin’ Wink

Maybe not crushed but after a year or two they become dust collectors in a random warehouse for most OEM’s.
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TalinH112 9/23/2022 6:30am
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sandman768 wrote:
Wonder if the tire still stinks?
You know it does hahah, the front desk lady hates championship Monday. Her whole office stinks.
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Skerby 9/23/2022 6:32am
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I see more kids on 50s and 65s doing in the parking lot than ever before. Try to explain to the parents that there might as well be dollar signs flying off of that tire but they don't want to hear it.
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thundergoat 9/23/2022 6:41am
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CPR wrote:
Doing a burnout to celebrate is one thing, but going until the tire or engine blows? Nah not onboard with disrespecting the amount of work that...
Doing a burnout to celebrate is one thing, but going until the tire or engine blows?
Nah not onboard with disrespecting the amount of work that goes into a bike like that.
The rest of the bikes life is to be on display anyway. Why would it matter if it runs at that point? Some sports fans destroy their whole city when they win a championship. This team damaged their own stuff that they built and paid for. I don't see the problem.
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Timo 9/23/2022 11:11am
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Timo wrote:
The bike is a throw away item at the end of it's service life. If it wasn't on display it'd be heading to the crusher, so...
The bike is a throw away item at the end of it's service life. If it wasn't on display it'd be heading to the crusher, so I'm fine with a trashed tire.
Langhammx wrote:
Championship bikes do not get crushed or thrown away… just sayin’ Wink

The none championship bikes go to the crusher, the championship Hondas go to their race museum, or used to. Now that Dave is gone what will they do with them? In any case it probably will never have to run again so pretty useless.
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mx313 9/23/2022 4:18pm
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TalinH112 wrote:
What else should they do with it? Race it next year? Give me a break guys, it’s a celebration! They built it they can burn it...
What else should they do with it? Race it next year? Give me a break guys, it’s a celebration! They built it they can burn it down if they so choose, what happened to minding your own damn business? 😂
When ac won his championship.
They flogged the shit out of the bike.
I seen a Mitch payton interview. He was talking about how he pulled it down and examined the parts to see what was failing and the weak points.
So a stupid thing like this can actually be used to for research purposes to make the bikes stronger.

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