JH84 for the US first round and some more?? Bait??

Oh woaaaw

Yea I would think that GP championship thing would be priority lol. 

KTM let him race. I think he was hoping to race Jett, Chase, and Eli but 2 out of 3 aint bad and hopefully Ferrandis will be 100% then.

If I'm KTM I would let him come and race or pay Marvin to race the bulk of the nationals at least while Webb is out. This is if Musquin is 100% at the end of this month. If not, let him race a few once he is 100%. The field is already pretty thin, adding a few guys would be nice.

I would give up a limb to see this..  I have been a Herlings fan since he was a loud mouth punk that nobody liked.  However, he is in a title battle in his own series.  He already has had 1 championship chase lost to a crash in a one-off race, I do not see this happening   If he was out of the championship, maybe.  But he has a title to win, if the attrition we see going on right now in both series' is any indicator, he would be wise to focus on the prize.

I agree it could be not the wisest thing to do, but he reached the 102 GPs goal and cannot easily achieve the 10 world titles, so the risk involved in racing the AMA date is not that big compared to the possible reward.

Additionally, Austria has no contender available in the states and Herlings could help fill the gap while some of the injured ones recover, even if for a single weekend only.

Do it.

I understand there´s that risk doing extra races thats not part of the GPs but he´s already been racing dutch and french championship on off weekends so what´s an extra gate drop in AMA. If I had to choose would love to see him at Southwick over Fox Raceway.

He knows as well as we do that it ain't happening. Just a talking point......

He never gets permission from KTM for that, he has to win the world title that's what he gets paid for
I was actually surprised that he is allowed to ride the Dutch Nationals.

Why are you surprised he can race the Dutch nationals? Heaps of riders in MXGP race European national championship races on off weekends

Well. He raced Ironman while back and that was ok.

And ready to race is the company slogan?

Man Tomac lives in this dudes head 

Tbf the title at that point was done & the next GP was in the USA. The title at the moment is very much not done. 

Probably not the best decision given his injury record but as a fan I don't care. The day he announces which round he does (if any) I'm booking a flight

I have but this to add....

To be fare to him , i believe he really wants to ride, but doubt it will happen

He seems to be trying to race anywhere and trying to get back up to speed, he isn’t were he once was yet but he’s getting faster slowly. 

Yeah, he is on a crazy grind currently. Not missed a single off season race or non mxgp race this year. He wants it bad.

So Eli is out and now u wanna race?

I've text someone who is close to Jeffrey and they'll tell me straight up.

I'll have a reply when everyone in Europe wakes up, so sit tight for now.

I will say this: Jeffrey is on a ridiculous mission to race every weekend...

Because Cairoli is now the teammanager and Cairoli only raced a few pre-season races but took no further risks to enter national races, he was 100% focused on the MXGP..

I  think Herlings has already screwed up enough titles with nonsense bullshit.

As sucks as that is for the fans, he needs to win Worldtitles.

Doesn’t he say this every time he’s healthy or close to healthy and the nationals are close? 

I think it’s just that real recognizes real. You failed that test. 

Did he say this after he realized Tomac wouldn't be racing...?

It's a ridiculous mission but strategy is working. He's getting faster with every race. He was blistering fast in Spain.

That is the greatest sign of loving what you do..

Herlings: Yes, and the only unfortunate thing is a lot of the AMA guys are injured, just like here at the moment. With Eli, I hear he might retire now, and they are rumours, but I don’t know. I still want to race Eli another time and for me.

Keep forming fairy tales in your head on what you want to hear, it still amazes me how insecure some of you US fans argue about this guy when the people who have had to race him such as Webb have said he's the fastest man on the planet on his day yet you still argue otherwise.


Anyway good interview as always from Herlings he's clearly a big fan of the sport he watches and lives all of it.

Any word on this yet?

I would love to see Pay Per View with like a 8-10 rider field doing 1 on 1 for somewhere around 20-30 mins + 1 or 2 laps. Maybe double elimination style. Tomac, Ferrandis, Herlings, Sexton, Gajser, Roczen, Prado, etc. Would probably have to be done in like 2 days, but would be sweet to see.