Blake Baggett racing outdoors?

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4/8/2024 10:14am

Is this a team bike or a stock FE ?

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4/8/2024 10:16am
soyMotero wrote:
 

 

I thought of this very obstacle the other day. Would love to see how today’s gents would get on with it. Jett included 

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4/8/2024 10:25am

Don't get my hopes up! I like Dungey and his select post-retirement rides were great but Baggett's come from behind wins are legendary.

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4/8/2024 10:26am Edited Date/Time 4/8/2024 10:29am

Blake out on one of Rockstar’s bikes with JR Boyd (his crew chief @ Butler) there …who’s currently a WP Suspension Tech…testing makes a lot of sense to me. 

Edit: I would assume…”outdoor” testing…

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4/8/2024 10:27am

Him racing the outdoors on a 250 in his prime was some of the most bad ass racing I can remember. 

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4/8/2024 11:12am

Wonder how fast Bagget currently is compared to Hanny? Cannard? Tickle?  Tedesco? Tony Cairoli?  How about a test rider match race??

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pummel wrote:

Wonder how fast Bagget currently is compared to Hanny? Cannard? Tickle?  Tedesco? Tony Cairoli?  How about a test rider match race??

My $$ on Cairoli...  He's a different breed, followed closely by Dungey.

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4/8/2024 11:53am

Don't care how fast he is and definitely don't expect a top 5-10 anymore, I'd just love to see that dude line up and race again. He was one of the most fun and exciting guys to watch on 250's and 450's and those battles with Tomac were epic.  Nothing but respect for the dude and I'd be thrilled to see him in a main. 

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4/8/2024 12:42pm

It’s crazy people think this is a real possibility, he is riding for fun and we should let him do that. 

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4/8/2024 1:26pm

It’s crazy people think this is a real possibility, he is riding for fun and we should let him do that. 

Nobody is stopping him, or suggesting he stop. Ride, Race, have fun Blake!

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Crazy he was the last KTM outdoor winner (2020)

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4/8/2024 2:26pm
Rosso391 wrote:

Let's not forget: Before Tomac's "Beast Mode", we had Baggett's "El Chupacabra"

That was sick, going to have to go watch the older races with baggett in them now.

In his 250 days he was on a completely different  level when he decided it was time to go to the lead. 

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4/8/2024 2:36pm
McG194 wrote:
I don't see him ever racing professionally again. Too much time has passed, and he is making too much from all reports.  That being said, in...

I don't see him ever racing professionally again. Too much time has passed, and he is making too much from all reports. 

That being said, in both of their primes Baggett was about the only guy in America who could run Eli down.

He was a bad dude on a motor scooter. 

I don't think he returns to racing, but there's less time between his last race and the 2024 season than Dungey had between retirement and 2022. 

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4/8/2024 2:39pm

Pretty confident he’s racing the nationals. Not sure if it’s Craig’s or Mookie’s spot. 

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He had some amazing outdoor rides on the Suzuki. 

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4/8/2024 2:59pm
ProKawi24 wrote:
Don't care how fast he is and definitely don't expect a top 5-10 anymore, I'd just love to see that dude line up and race again...

Don't care how fast he is and definitely don't expect a top 5-10 anymore, I'd just love to see that dude line up and race again. He was one of the most fun and exciting guys to watch on 250's and 450's and those battles with Tomac were epic.  Nothing but respect for the dude and I'd be thrilled to see him in a main. 

Me too. Even more so, I'd love to see him race the last 10 minutes of a national moto. That's when it started getting good!

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4/8/2024 4:04pm

It’s crazy people think this is a real possibility, he is riding for fun and we should let him do that. 

JN wrote:

Nobody is stopping him, or suggesting he stop. Ride, Race, have fun Blake!

Wait what? I’m simply saying let the man ride for what he wants to ride for

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TeamGreen wrote:
Blake out on one of Rockstar’s bikes with JR Boyd (his crew chief @ Butler) there …who’s currently a WP Suspension Tech…testing makes a lot of...

Blake out on one of Rockstar’s bikes with JR Boyd (his crew chief @ Butler) there …who’s currently a WP Suspension Tech…testing makes a lot of sense to me. 

Edit: I would assume…”outdoor” testing…

JR is the tech for TLD though and Hunter Falk is the tech for Rockstar Husky.

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4/8/2024 5:59pm
McG194 wrote:
I don't see him ever racing professionally again. Too much time has passed, and he is making too much from all reports.  That being said, in...

I don't see him ever racing professionally again. Too much time has passed, and he is making too much from all reports. 

That being said, in both of their primes Baggett was about the only guy in America who could run Eli down.

He was a bad dude on a motor scooter. 

I don't think he returns to racing, but there's less time between his last race and the 2024 season than Dungey had between retirement and 2022. 

He's no Dungey

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4/8/2024 6:02pm

looks like he didn't get fat anyway.

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4/8/2024 6:19pm
TeamGreen wrote:
Blake out on one of Rockstar’s bikes with JR Boyd (his crew chief @ Butler) there …who’s currently a WP Suspension Tech…testing makes a lot of...

Blake out on one of Rockstar’s bikes with JR Boyd (his crew chief @ Butler) there …who’s currently a WP Suspension Tech…testing makes a lot of sense to me. 

Edit: I would assume…”outdoor” testing…

ML512 wrote:

JR is the tech for TLD though and Hunter Falk is the tech for Rockstar Husky.

Yup…but, isn’t interesting that he’s there..at Blake’s ride day…? 

“Hey, man! We’re putting the band back together!” 

 

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4/8/2024 6:41pm

It’s crazy people think this is a real possibility, he is riding for fun and we should let him do that. 

JN wrote:

Nobody is stopping him, or suggesting he stop. Ride, Race, have fun Blake!

What he is getting at is, most people, when they see an ex pro get back on a bike not knowing the reason, immediately start with the “comeback” talk when maybe all that BB want to do was take a spin on a dirtbike for some fun. 

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4/8/2024 7:00pm

It’s crazy people think this is a real possibility, he is riding for fun and we should let him do that. 

JN wrote:

Nobody is stopping him, or suggesting he stop. Ride, Race, have fun Blake!

brocster wrote:
What he is getting at is, most people, when they see an ex pro get back on a bike not knowing the reason, immediately start with...

What he is getting at is, most people, when they see an ex pro get back on a bike not knowing the reason, immediately start with the “comeback” talk when maybe all that BB want to do was take a spin on a dirtbike for some fun. 

Showing up at Pala looking like that ? I think it’s not just for fun. If it goes further is anybody's  guess. 

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4/8/2024 7:03pm
JN wrote:

Nobody is stopping him, or suggesting he stop. Ride, Race, have fun Blake!

brocster wrote:
What he is getting at is, most people, when they see an ex pro get back on a bike not knowing the reason, immediately start with...

What he is getting at is, most people, when they see an ex pro get back on a bike not knowing the reason, immediately start with the “comeback” talk when maybe all that BB want to do was take a spin on a dirtbike for some fun. 

Ob917 wrote:

Showing up at Pala looking like that ? I think it’s not just for fun. If it goes further is anybody's  guess. 

And that thing looks stock…which is a pretty good statement the him and the bike: They both looked pretty damn good. 👍🏼

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4/8/2024 7:13pm

The press conference was 100% better when Baggett was on the podium. He clearly wanted to be 'seen' going riding at Pala. Why? Who knows. Its Blake.

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4/8/2024 7:14pm

Guarantee you Blake is laughing about all the talk.

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