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James said the kaw was a bike you had to ride on the edge to go fast.
Reed doesn't seem to be digging it too much, RV is on crutches.
Wonder where RV and Reed would be right now it they had been on a different bike...
Reed doesn't seem to be digging it too much, RV is on crutches.
Wonder where RV and Reed would be right now it they had been on a different bike...
's out their on Kawi's and they love them........all in the setup.
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But for the 450 it might be a different story. Keep in mind that since Kawi came out with the 450, it has only been raced 2 seasons outdoors at a top 5 level, and only by James. Pro Circuit has 4 guys out there every year providing setup information for next year.
It's not that the 450 has less potential, it's just the lack of testing and data. When Dungey complains about his bike having some sort of issue, Suzuki has many years of experience with several top 10 riders on that bike so they have the information to go back and revisit.
Rode a buddy's KX250 once, separated my shoulder on it.
As to the original question...the particulars of RV's injury didn't really have anything to do with the bike IMO.
I'm not saying by any means that it's a bad bike, in fact Iv'e always fancied one myself and no one can tell for sure how Chad would be doing if he were still on the suzy. However I have a feeling he'd be doing a touch bettter than he is right now, but it was his decision to leave for the dollars so... there you go.
But still, Suzuki and Honda have more solid testing programs then Yamaha or Kawasaki, or KTM. Honda has had Windham, Millsaps, and Short racing the bikes, McGrath testing them, and the experience of Jedi Warrior type guys managing the team.
Same thing with Suzuki.
I've owned a few Kawasakis, Suzukis and Yamahas. The only big bikes I haven't owned are Hondas (I've had 2 KTMs, but they were for offroad and hardly count). The Kawis were always very solid but they do feel bigger than the Yamaha and especially the Suzuki. You have to ride them with the throttle more than the handlebars compared to the other 2.
But keep in mind that these guys ride factory bikes, and they are able to modify the handling significantly more than we can.
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But there is no doubt that Reedy looked better on the Suzuki though, for whatever reason...it suited him.
If your talking production bikes, then yeah, in my opinion they are. Not performance wise, but all the little shit that always seems to go wrong. There is a reason why you see so many Red and Blue bikes at the local tracks
Reed, Alessi, Dung.. all look good on yellow... Reed has struggled since going green, RV has always been on green, I wonder if he would look any better or smoother on a Zook, or is the Kawi just made for his style...
Face it, he discovered that RD put competition to a new or more normal level compare to last year that kind of resembled a Vet series.
I have said it thousands times, Bubba dominated on a underpowered 125 in a series where power is said to be the major factor. So, yeah, sure the KX isn't good enough for Reed. Didn't he say he was so glad to be back on KYB forks as well?
It's hard to imagine RV looking any better on another brand then he did on that Kawi last year at GH, he was Stewart fast that race.
You do see the diff I hope...
I agree that the comp was weaker last year for sure, but, Chad hasn't looked the same on that bike at all, even the clips I saw from the Aussie SX series, he looked slightly off... JMO
I might be biased though because I own one, but at 6'1 it seems to fit me the best size wise.
I think if you were to point the finger at a bike for doing poorly this year it would be the yamaha.
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