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Brent
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Edited Date/Time 5/19/2024 1:45pm

…at LEMP today  flying warp 5,  corner speed is just sick.

he only did short motos, but he still has it.

Plain  gray fly gear no name or number on the Husqvarna, but everyone knew  who it was.

Who knows if he has any aspirations to come back to The Show, but if he did try a pro race or two in the future  he wouldn’t suck.


 

 

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mb60
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5/18/2024 6:35pm

But how does he compare to Tickle.

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5/18/2024 7:07pm

Were they teammates at PC? Trying to think of the time line

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5/18/2024 7:43pm

I’m not familiar with “LEMP”

 

Must have been awesome to watch Baggett ride again low key, he was badass

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Lake Elsinore Motosports Park.

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Were they teammates at PC? Trying to think of the time line

They were in 2011-2012. 

5/18/2024 10:25pm

Baggett was one of the few to beat Tomac straight up during his Moto Championship run.
Dude could turn it up a notch like no other, 2012 was wild. 

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5/19/2024 3:51am

I'd wouldn't mind seeing a three rider team of former pros like Baggett, Tickle, and Canard for outdoors.

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El Chupacabra has always liked the Steel frame, remember 2017...

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5/19/2024 4:14am

Not this again. Blake was great, but even if he wanted to race now, the sport has moved on......

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Spoonguy wrote:

Not this again. Blake was great, but even if he wanted to race now, the sport has moved on......

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He raced Glen Helen a few weeks ago, saw on MXA. I think Josh Mosiman beat him one moto, they definitely battled back and forth. That should give you a gauge of where his speed is now as Josh was a 25-30th place guy last year. Blake could get in race shape no doubt and is still fast by our standards, but professional outdoors is a different animal than local track.

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Why do some people have such a hard time letting the pros retire and just be regular family men and just ride for fun? Seems like every time one of these guys is spotted riding fast somewhere people instantly start assuming or trying to get them back on the gate for a national or sx. It's wild. 

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motofab36 wrote:
Why do some people have such a hard time letting the pros retire and just be regular family men and just ride for fun? Seems like...

Why do some people have such a hard time letting the pros retire and just be regular family men and just ride for fun? Seems like every time one of these guys is spotted riding fast somewhere people instantly start assuming or trying to get them back on the gate for a national or sx. It's wild. 

Because even on there bad days they would still smoke every one of us.

Every ex pro can still go fast as shit! They don’t forget how to do it.

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motofab36 wrote:
Why do some people have such a hard time letting the pros retire and just be regular family men and just ride for fun? Seems like...

Why do some people have such a hard time letting the pros retire and just be regular family men and just ride for fun? Seems like every time one of these guys is spotted riding fast somewhere people instantly start assuming or trying to get them back on the gate for a national or sx. It's wild. 

lumpy790 wrote:
Because even on there bad days they would still smoke every one of us. Every ex pro can still go fast as shit! They don’t forget...

Because even on there bad days they would still smoke every one of us.

Every ex pro can still go fast as shit! They don’t forget how to do it.

So, they still like to strap on boots and crack a cold one after now. Normal people 

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motofab36 wrote:
Why do some people have such a hard time letting the pros retire and just be regular family men and just ride for fun? Seems like...

Why do some people have such a hard time letting the pros retire and just be regular family men and just ride for fun? Seems like every time one of these guys is spotted riding fast somewhere people instantly start assuming or trying to get them back on the gate for a national or sx. It's wild. 

wht I can tell , not most but at least half of these boiiss be coming back to either race a national or racing these vet classes at Loretta’s , we just seen dunge come back for a whole outdoor circuit & seely come back for a WSX stint , right opportunity & if they want to , they always come back to a pro sanctioned race in some fashion 

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5/19/2024 8:52am
Spoonguy wrote:

Not this again. Blake was great, but even if he wanted to race now, the sport has moved on......

Brent wrote:

Yes, I see your point there.

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5/19/2024 11:42am
motofab36 wrote:
Why do some people have such a hard time letting the pros retire and just be regular family men and just ride for fun? Seems like...

Why do some people have such a hard time letting the pros retire and just be regular family men and just ride for fun? Seems like every time one of these guys is spotted riding fast somewhere people instantly start assuming or trying to get them back on the gate for a national or sx. It's wild. 

Because losers live through their idols in the same way loser parents live through their children.

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soyMotero wrote:
El Chupacabra has always liked the Steel frame, remember 2017...

El Chupacabra has always liked the Steel frame, remember 2017...

Blake was on rails that year!  Nice to see he’s back on a bike even if it’s just for fun.  Imagine having skills of that level and just not riding, the whole legal battle situation must have tainted it for a while for him.  

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motofab36 wrote:
Why do some people have such a hard time letting the pros retire and just be regular family men and just ride for fun? Seems like...

Why do some people have such a hard time letting the pros retire and just be regular family men and just ride for fun? Seems like every time one of these guys is spotted riding fast somewhere people instantly start assuming or trying to get them back on the gate for a national or sx. It's wild. 

Typically agree yes, but with Baggett it wasn't exactly a clear or chosen "retirement", even though yes it was some time ago now. 

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5/19/2024 6:19pm
Spoonguy wrote:

Not this again. Blake was great, but even if he wanted to race now, the sport has moved on......

Brent wrote:

Bagget was never as fast as this man.

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Spoonguy wrote:

Not this again. Blake was great, but even if he wanted to race now, the sport has moved on......

Brent wrote:

thewrizzle wrote:

Bagget was never as fast as this man.

In general I agree, but Bagget did have a few outstanding days.

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5/19/2024 6:26pm
Spoonguy wrote:

Not this again. Blake was great, but even if he wanted to race now, the sport has moved on......

Brent wrote:

thewrizzle wrote:

Bagget was never as fast as this man.

Damn straight

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5/19/2024 6:27pm
Brent wrote:

thewrizzle wrote:

Bagget was never as fast as this man.

CPR wrote:

In general I agree, but Bagget did have a few outstanding days.

Sure he was lightning fast at times, but 5 is an all timer.

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5/19/2024 8:07pm
motofab36 wrote:
Why do some people have such a hard time letting the pros retire and just be regular family men and just ride for fun? Seems like...

Why do some people have such a hard time letting the pros retire and just be regular family men and just ride for fun? Seems like every time one of these guys is spotted riding fast somewhere people instantly start assuming or trying to get them back on the gate for a national or sx. It's wild. 

lumpy790 wrote:
Because even on there bad days they would still smoke every one of us. Every ex pro can still go fast as shit! They don’t forget...

Because even on there bad days they would still smoke every one of us.

Every ex pro can still go fast as shit! They don’t forget how to do it.

Everyone knows these guys are fast and they don't forget how to ride, but that doesn't answer the question of why people assume the said rider is coming out of retirement just because he's spotted at a local track. 

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soyMotero wrote:
El Chupacabra has always liked the Steel frame, remember 2017...

El Chupacabra has always liked the Steel frame, remember 2017...

Teejay wrote:
Blake was on rails that year!  Nice to see he’s back on a bike even if it’s just for fun.  Imagine having skills of that level...

Blake was on rails that year!  Nice to see he’s back on a bike even if it’s just for fun.  Imagine having skills of that level and just not riding, the whole legal battle situation must have tainted it for a while for him.  

Everyone assumes that because these guys are so fast they must also love riding.  RV is the clearest example of someone that says he wasn't that into riding, he just happened to be extremely good at it - hence his career choice. 

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5/19/2024 11:44pm
Spoonguy wrote:

Not this again. Blake was great, but even if he wanted to race now, the sport has moved on......

Brent wrote:

Yeah, Blake Baggett is not Ryan Dungey. 

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