Looks like Mikey.....

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....is ready to get to work:


....OK, I suck at the innernets.



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"he likes it!"
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Guess he isnt doing MX only
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BobbyM 8/27/2009 12:07pm
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PD441 wrote:
....is ready to get to work:


....OK, I suck at the innernets.



[url]http://www.motocrossactionmag.com/ME2/Default.asp[/url]

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i still say mike can kick ass in sx...but what the hell do i know? get that head on right with the whoops and lay waste

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PD441 wrote:
....is ready to get to work:


....OK, I suck at the innernets.



[url]http://www.motocrossactionmag.com/ME2/Default.asp[/url]

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BobbyM wrote:
i still say mike can kick ass in sx...but what the hell do i know? get that head on right with the whoops and lay waste
I actually agree. If SX had no whoops he would be a podium threat.
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PD441 wrote:
....is ready to get to work:


....OK, I suck at the innernets.



[url]http://www.motocrossactionmag.com/ME2/Default.asp[/url]

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BobbyM wrote:
i still say mike can kick ass in sx...but what the hell do i know? get that head on right with the whoops and lay waste
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BobbyM wrote:
i still say mike can kick ass in sx...but what the hell do i know? get that head on right with the whoops and lay waste
The kid has tons of skill, but I think you're right, If he can get his head around it he'll be fine.
Watch 09 Daytona, and he gets passed in the whoops by guys using the right side, but Mike stays to the left which was much more whooped out, like he was focused on his whoop technique while the rest were missing most of the bumps.
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BobbyM wrote:
i still say mike can kick ass in sx...but what the hell do i know? get that head on right with the whoops and lay waste
toroP wrote:
The kid has tons of skill, but I think you're right, If he can get his head around it he'll be fine. Watch 09 Daytona, and...
The kid has tons of skill, but I think you're right, If he can get his head around it he'll be fine.
Watch 09 Daytona, and he gets passed in the whoops by guys using the right side, but Mike stays to the left which was much more whooped out, like he was focused on his whoop technique while the rest were missing most of the bumps.
In his heat race at Indy he was being chased by RV and Kdub. He'd pull on them over the entire track, then lose all that time he had gained in the whoops section.
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I read, or heard, somewhere a while ago Reed saying that Alessi struggles with the whoops because he didn't trust his suspension, and was usually either a gear too low or too high (can't remember which).

I'd have thought with Reed as a team mate and one of THE best whoops riders that he might have picked up a few tips. Then again maybe Reedy didn't tell him, just to keep a bit of an edge Smile
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ando wrote:
I read, or heard, somewhere a while ago Reed saying that Alessi struggles with the whoops because he didn't trust his suspension, and was usually either...
I read, or heard, somewhere a while ago Reed saying that Alessi struggles with the whoops because he didn't trust his suspension, and was usually either a gear too low or too high (can't remember which).

I'd have thought with Reed as a team mate and one of THE best whoops riders that he might have picked up a few tips. Then again maybe Reedy didn't tell him, just to keep a bit of an edge Smile
Yeah, that might have happened if Mikey would of practiced with his team instead of doing his own deal during the week.
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He should have just made the entire track whoops...whoops section, corner, whoops section, corner, whoops section, corner, whoops section corner...

And looking at those pics really makes me wish I wasn't afraid of getting my tires off the ground...that looks fun. (Assuming of course, That I had the talent to get around a track like that in a somewhat graceful manner...which I don't...but if I did, that would be a fun track)
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Mike can blow through the gnarliest whoops outdoors no problem....... and in years past, he was just fine in whoop speed indoors.... he must have a case of what Fro got in 98'....
BattlezFMX 8/27/2009 3:05pm
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Anyone have a direct link for MXA story mentioned above, did not see on their website. Thx.
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Where is the article
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Curiously enough it is gone from their site. I saw it earlier today and now it's gone.
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Another AAA mystery post in the making?Smile
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Kinetic1 wrote:
Curiously enough it is gone from their site. I saw it earlier today and now it's gone.
That explains why I can't find it.

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BattlezFMX wrote:
Anyone have a direct link for MXA story mentioned above, did not see on their website. Thx.
It's gone now. It was a short article with photos of the new Alessi SX track with lotsa whoops and dragonbacks.

I guess we can call it Area 800 now?
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PD441 wrote:
....is ready to get to work:


....OK, I suck at the innernets.



[url]http://www.motocrossactionmag.com/ME2/Default.asp[/url]

Click on the Alessi story.
BobbyM wrote:
i still say mike can kick ass in sx...but what the hell do i know? get that head on right with the whoops and lay waste
I think if he gets it in his mind that he's just as good at SX as he is outdoors he will do just fine.

The only thing holding him back is his mind and attitude.
Jordan421 8/27/2009 9:05pm
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PD441 wrote:
....is ready to get to work:


....OK, I suck at the innernets.



[url]http://www.motocrossactionmag.com/ME2/Default.asp[/url]

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BobbyM wrote:
i still say mike can kick ass in sx...but what the hell do i know? get that head on right with the whoops and lay waste
He isnt to bad in whoops, its just that James and Chad are ten times better at them.
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I thought I was the only one without a clue. That splains it.
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ctaco188 wrote:
Understood.....sometimes things leak, but I gotta wonder how anyone could find the location of that track from the pics, it's the friggin high desert! THere is nothing for miles out there and if you're lost looking for the track good luck getting back home that area is a barron wasteland. Mike's got better security from photogs and spies out there than the factories do on their test tracks in the hills of corona, you can find those track easily on google maps!
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ctaco188 wrote:
Lightning78 wrote:
Understood.....sometimes things leak, but I gotta wonder how anyone could find the location of that track from the pics, it's the friggin high desert! THere is...
Understood.....sometimes things leak, but I gotta wonder how anyone could find the location of that track from the pics, it's the friggin high desert! THere is nothing for miles out there and if you're lost looking for the track good luck getting back home that area is a barron wasteland. Mike's got better security from photogs and spies out there than the factories do on their test tracks in the hills of corona, you can find those track easily on google maps!
A nerd with the googles, and the internets could prob make short work of it in an afternoon.
I found a bunch of tracks near me using google maps, and now I'm tryin to fig out how to make friends with the owners. Smile

That said, sometimes the secrecy in MX is a bit much.
God forbid we see a test track. If another rider sees pics of your track, they are guaranteed to be faster than you come the start of the season. It's almost smarter not to have a track, and never practice on it, to ensure no one can spy on you and see your skills. True Story, if you don't believe me, just ask, me.
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BobbyM 8/28/2009 8:35am
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ctaco188 wrote:
What difference does that make?
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PD441 wrote:
....is ready to get to work:


....OK, I suck at the innernets.



[url]http://www.motocrossactionmag.com/ME2/Default.asp[/url]

Click on the Alessi story.
BobbyM wrote:
i still say mike can kick ass in sx...but what the hell do i know? get that head on right with the whoops and lay waste
Jordan421 wrote:
He isnt to bad in whoops, its just that James and Chad are ten times better at them.
No he really is that bad in the whoops.
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List of riders who passed Alessi in the whoops at Daytona
Lawrence
Reed
Windham
Villopoto
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PD441 wrote:
....is ready to get to work:


....OK, I suck at the innernets.



[url]http://www.motocrossactionmag.com/ME2/Default.asp[/url]

Click on the Alessi story.
BobbyM wrote:
i still say mike can kick ass in sx...but what the hell do i know? get that head on right with the whoops and lay waste
Jordan421 wrote:
He isnt to bad in whoops, its just that James and Chad are ten times better at them.
Actually a lot more people than Chad and James are better than him in the whoops......he looks like a novice in most whoop sections.

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