Chad Reed on a Yamaha was his best years

I remember one time at Millville, guessing 2002, Bubba was untouchable in the small bore class.   Reed was on a Yamaha and those two went at it the entire first moto.  I think they finished 3 months ahead of 3rd place but Chad and Stew swapped the lead for most of the 30 minutes.  

I was/am a Stew fan but I also became a fan of the 22 that day.  

He could never beat rc and James on a Yamaha and then James went to Yamaha and got worse so I don’t agree 

IMO it's 2011 Chad on the Honda.  The sport had elevated a lot by then and he kept up with it.

Yep best on the YZ. But he was good on the Suzuki as well, just didn’t have the same competition. 

Was that the race stew waved his opponent by so he could pass him again 

Not sure but read pinned him down in the first moto after a seesaw battle.  Moto 2 If I remember, 22 crashed or had a bad start.   
 

If the sport never went to four strokes, Reed would have won more titles…him on a YZ250 two stroke was a thing of beauty!  

I don't know man, Stew was kind of decent on those two-strokes....they were definitely the last of their kind, including RC of course. 

Completely agree. I think his best look was 2017 when he went back to Yamaha as well, although that was a later Chad. On other bikes he showed flashes of what he had 03-08, but never in my opinion truly regained the form outside of SX ‘09 and MX ‘11 in my opinion.

Have to agree with this. I mean he was giving Villopoto all he could handle before he got hurt. 

I didn’t say he’d of won all the titles…just that he’d of won more than he did.  Stew was going to win, on anything, same with RC…but on two strokes, he was a lot closer to (on par or better on a lot of days even) both of them, than on four strokes…

His sx form in 2011 and 2012 before his Dallas crash was better than ‘09 and his Suzuki year imo. 2011 MX was definitely him at his best outdoors. 

03-04 steel frame yz250

2009 RMZ450

2011 CRF450R

In that order, Chad on the RMZ450 in 09 looked amazing, way better than anytime on a Yamaha four stroke and I feel like 2011 was just a continuation of that form. When I watch races from 03-04 I’m shocked at how fast and modern his riding style is. 

Reedy was amazing in SX on the steel framed YZ250, but Yamaha screwed him over with the change in 2005. I truly think RC missing 04 SX, was a blessing for him, because Reedy had him beat on the steely two banger.

Was looking  good to win a mx title on Honda before his big crash.

IMO Reed was best when he seemed to be up against it. 

No ride? Step in last minute on Suzuki and had a fantastic year. 

No ride? Go buy his own Hondas and had a fantastic year! 

He did seem to flourish when the odds were stacked against him. 

To be fair, James won the title in 09 on a Yamaha and Reed and many others had success on the 06-09 bike.

that dallas crash still haunts me. as soon as he seat bounced you could tell he was going to crash. watching it in person it felt like everything slowed down and i watched it all play out in slow motion. same with kdub houston 2012. 

The fastest I ever saw him in person was 2015 Atlanta 1 when he was on the TwoTwo Kawi 450. He was on point that night.

Reed win the 08 sx title on the yz. Stewart was out with injury. 

I THINK THAT THIS GUY DUDE THE BEST ON SUSZUKI

He says 2011 honda. I guess he could do what he wanted owning the team.

I'm always impressed watching the guys from the 2000-2010 era go from carbed two strokes to carbed four strokes, to the efi four strokes. That's a ton of different characteristics to learn on top of regular racing strategy and technique. 

Riders today complain about bike set up, at least your YZ426 carb isn't falling off 😂

RM ARMY BROTHER

The best all around Chad was 2011. Outdoors and indoors he was so good. Won most of the overalls until Millville. Took the SX title down to Vegas.

His Yamaha years were good in SX but he got schooled every weekend in the summertime

'03-'05 Chad Reed was insanely fast. Should've won the title in '05, but too many mistakes cost him. He was arguable the fastest of the Final 4 (Stewart, Carmichael, Windham, Reed) at the end of the 2005 season.

Should have won the title in 05? What?

Honda Days 100%

2014 Toronto James was radical...

BUT!!

2014 A3 when he beat the whole field 'straight up' I lost my fucking voice screaming at the TV 

Whatever year it was that spawned his Party Rock gif was his best. I can't find it now.