2025 Silly Season.

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1/3/2025 9:27am
TalinH112 wrote:
Do we really know how much time he has had on the bike? Just because his deal was announced later doesn’t mean he wasn’t already riding...

Do we really know how much time he has had on the bike? Just because his deal was announced later doesn’t mean he wasn’t already riding the motorcycle necessarily. 

Kyzer138 wrote:
I mean, judging by some interviews on the YouTube and his Instagram, he had to take like 8-9 months off I think? That’s a lot of...

I mean, judging by some interviews on the YouTube and his Instagram, he had to take like 8-9 months off I think? That’s a lot of time not riding, then trying to get accustom to a brand new motorcycle that he started riding like the end of October/start of November…not much time IMO.

I'm of the unpopular opinion that a lot of these guys get to a point of diminishing returns with their thousands of pre-season laps, resulting in over-thinking the bike and risking pre-season injuries. He's had plenty of time to get to know the bike, and he'll be fresh at A1. We'll see . . .

 

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1/3/2025 9:29am
aeffertz wrote:
Spitballing here, how about…Anderson out at Kawasaki, Sexton fills his spot there and Anderson goes to Triumph? And since we’re talking ‘26, Roczen and Barcia to...

Spitballing here, how about…

Anderson out at Kawasaki, Sexton fills his spot there and Anderson goes to Triumph? And since we’re talking ‘26, Roczen and Barcia to Ducati? It sounds like the latest rumor is that TLD is no longer going to be running the Ducati team so Roczen could in theory still keep his Fox deal. 

davistld01 wrote:
As picky as Sexton is about setup...and with Kawasaki notoriously less than enthusiastic about adjusting things to please a rider, do you really see Chase being...

As picky as Sexton is about setup...and with Kawasaki notoriously less than enthusiastic about adjusting things to please a rider, do you really see Chase being comfy there? 

This right here. It would almost be career suicide for Chase if he can't have the flexibility for bike setup. Heck, I was shocked when I...

This right here. It would almost be career suicide for Chase if he can't have the flexibility for bike setup. Heck, I was shocked when I found out KTM was letting him run KYB inserts. Ain't no way Kawi would let him do something like that. But Star would...I see this as his best option once he's done with orange. He can be like Tomac, gets to setup his bike how he wants and still do his own thing training/living wise. 

Kawi let Eli run KYB and even released a SR edition of the bike with KYB instead of the Showa suspension they came with. 

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1/3/2025 6:41pm
davistld01 wrote:
As picky as Sexton is about setup...and with Kawasaki notoriously less than enthusiastic about adjusting things to please a rider, do you really see Chase being...

As picky as Sexton is about setup...and with Kawasaki notoriously less than enthusiastic about adjusting things to please a rider, do you really see Chase being comfy there? 

This right here. It would almost be career suicide for Chase if he can't have the flexibility for bike setup. Heck, I was shocked when I...

This right here. It would almost be career suicide for Chase if he can't have the flexibility for bike setup. Heck, I was shocked when I found out KTM was letting him run KYB inserts. Ain't no way Kawi would let him do something like that. But Star would...I see this as his best option once he's done with orange. He can be like Tomac, gets to setup his bike how he wants and still do his own thing training/living wise. 

soggy wrote:

Kawi let Eli run KYB and even released a SR edition of the bike with KYB instead of the Showa suspension they came with. 

Yep until they didn't...

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1/4/2025 2:52am

its weird feeling first Saturday in January but no A1🧐

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1/6/2025 3:21pm

Does anyone know anything about a possible injury to Hunter? I heard he hurt his knee...

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1/6/2025 3:58pm

Does anyone know anything about a possible injury to Hunter? I heard he hurt his knee...

I hope no one gets hurt, I hope everyone stays healthy. If there is a post about hunter's situation, could you post it?

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1/6/2025 6:25pm
Jdog2221 wrote:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DEgUgJCSvua/?img_index=1&igsh=aXJncDhkenV4dmg0 not sure how to make this pop up like mav does, but Derek drake found out he has Lyme disease and will miss the beginning...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DEgUgJCSvua/?img_index=1&igsh=aXJncDhkenV4dmg0 not sure how to make this pop up like mav does, but Derek drake found out he has Lyme disease and will miss the beginning of the season

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1/6/2025 7:16pm
Jdog2221 wrote:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DEgUgJCSvua/?img_index=1&igsh=aXJncDhkenV4dmg0 not sure how to make this pop up like mav does, but Derek drake found out he has Lyme disease and will miss the beginning...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DEgUgJCSvua/?img_index=1&igsh=aXJncDhkenV4dmg0 not sure how to make this pop up like mav does, but Derek drake found out he has Lyme disease and will miss the beginning of the season

Just a quick FYI. 

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4- Click submit to make your post. 

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1/6/2025 8:58pm
Jdog2221 wrote:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DEgUgJCSvua/?img_index=1&igsh=aXJncDhkenV4dmg0 not sure how to make this pop up like mav does, but Derek drake found out he has Lyme disease and will miss the beginning...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DEgUgJCSvua/?img_index=1&igsh=aXJncDhkenV4dmg0 not sure how to make this pop up like mav does, but Derek drake found out he has Lyme disease and will miss the beginning of the season

Hopefully Derek reaches out to Jimmy Decotis.  Pretty sure he had Lyme Disease as well, and he might be able to offer some insight and support.

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1/7/2025 2:11pm

Kitchen and Marchbanks confirmed West 

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1/7/2025 5:53pm
Kyzer138 wrote:

Kitchen and Marchbanks confirmed West 

The west is gonna be exciting, lots of big hitters racing that coast. 

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1/8/2025 2:48pm

Matthes says swoll out with Achilles injury, Stilez Robertson to west and forkner to east

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Kyzer138
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1/8/2025 2:58pm
Jdog2221 wrote:

Matthes says swoll out with Achilles injury, Stilez Robertson to west and forkner to east

So Forkner is now going from west to east?

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Logan114
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1/8/2025 3:29pm
Jdog2221 wrote:

Matthes says swoll out with Achilles injury, Stilez Robertson to west and forkner to east

I didn't understand this, at all. So originally Smith & Forkner were going West, Stilez & Swoll East. Swoll gets hurt who was already planning to race East, and that makes Forkner leave West to go East? Only thing I could get from this is they don't want Stilez alone on East and Forkner could use the extra time, but why line him up on the West in the first place if he needed time.

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1/8/2025 3:41pm

Yet we still don’t know exactly where RJ is going and we are 3 days out…

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1/8/2025 4:08pm
Logan114 wrote:
I didn't understand this, at all. So originally Smith & Forkner were going West, Stilez & Swoll East. Swoll gets hurt who was already planning to...

I didn't understand this, at all. So originally Smith & Forkner were going West, Stilez & Swoll East. Swoll gets hurt who was already planning to race East, and that makes Forkner leave West to go East? Only thing I could get from this is they don't want Stilez alone on East and Forkner could use the extra time, but why line him up on the West in the first place if he needed time.

I completely agree with everything, especially the point about forkner.

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1/8/2025 7:06pm
Jdog2221 wrote:

Matthes says swoll out with Achilles injury, Stilez Robertson to west and forkner to east

Logan114 wrote:
I didn't understand this, at all. So originally Smith & Forkner were going West, Stilez & Swoll East. Swoll gets hurt who was already planning to...

I didn't understand this, at all. So originally Smith & Forkner were going West, Stilez & Swoll East. Swoll gets hurt who was already planning to race East, and that makes Forkner leave West to go East? Only thing I could get from this is they don't want Stilez alone on East and Forkner could use the extra time, but why line him up on the West in the first place if he needed time.

Maybe banking on Swoll to be a title threat and now they want forkner there 

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1/8/2025 8:18pm

Maybe Triumph said our best chance to win a title is Forkner. Staying away from Deegan, Kitchen and Shimoda is not bad as well. 

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1/8/2025 8:21pm
mb60 wrote:

Maybe Triumph said our best chance to win a title is Forkner. Staying away from Deegan, Kitchen and Shimoda is not bad as well. 

That's what they should have done all along. 

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1/9/2025 12:33am
Kyzer138 wrote:

Yet we still don’t know exactly where RJ is going and we are 3 days out…

Isn’t he going east coast because of his injury?

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1/9/2025 2:04am
Kyzer138 wrote:

Yet we still don’t know exactly where RJ is going and we are 3 days out…

ElliotB16 wrote:

Isn’t he going east coast because of his injury?

That’s what he said initially but recently he’s said he may still do West. Guess we’ll know in a day or so. 

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1/9/2025 5:01am
Kyzer138 wrote:

Yet we still don’t know exactly where RJ is going and we are 3 days out…

ElliotB16 wrote:

Isn’t he going east coast because of his injury?

aeffertz wrote:

That’s what he said initially but recently he’s said he may still do West. Guess we’ll know in a day or so. 

I would imagine they're banking on RJ racing West so he can run the number one plate. It may even be a race day decision if he lines up at A1. 

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Kyzer138
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1/9/2025 5:07am
ElliotB16 wrote:

Isn’t he going east coast because of his injury?

aeffertz wrote:

That’s what he said initially but recently he’s said he may still do West. Guess we’ll know in a day or so. 

Snapper wrote:
I would imagine they're banking on RJ racing West so he can run the number one plate. It may even be a race day decision if...

I would imagine they're banking on RJ racing West so he can run the number one plate. It may even be a race day decision if he lines up at A1. 

Yeah who knows. Darkside said RJ is on the press conference list for tomorrow! 

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1/9/2025 5:47am

How about they think they have a better chance at grabbing #1 plate on both coasts. Did not make sense to me having the dog's fighting over the same bone. Swoll was a proven contender with solid cred. I am sure Stiles will have admirable results but they needed a big dog on the East coast. The big question is who replaces Swoll, he may be back but not early enough to have a shot at a title. 

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