Prado looks so uncomfortable

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He is just not gelling from the looks of it. Looks so heavy, not himself physically, but just his mannerisms when on the bike. Can’t imagine he’s having a great time out there 

 

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6/7/2025 12:46pm

I agree. Of course, thatbtrack looks pretty gnarly. 

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He’s racing men now. Not weekend warriors

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6/7/2025 12:54pm Edited Date/Time 6/7/2025 12:55pm
yardsailor wrote:

I agree. Of course, thatbtrack looks pretty gnarly. 

This is a guy who has won MXGP championships...on many tracks that are more than "pretty gnarly". He shouldn't look uncomfortable. Maybe that too slow Kawasaki is feeling way too-slow at that altitude. 

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Well, he said he's not confident enough to push, so... 

What you see is in line with what he says.

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Spike33 wrote:

He’s racing men now. Not weekend warriors

Yeah, Herlings and Gajser are just kids in comparison, right? 🤦

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yardsailor wrote:

I agree. Of course, thatbtrack looks pretty gnarly. 

davistld01 wrote:
This is a guy who has won MXGP championships...on many tracks that are more than "pretty gnarly". He shouldn't look uncomfortable. Maybe that too slow Kawasaki...

This is a guy who has won MXGP championships...on many tracks that are more than "pretty gnarly". He shouldn't look uncomfortable. Maybe that too slow Kawasaki is feeling way too-slow at that altitude. 

Oh! That makes sense. 

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Spike33 wrote:

He’s racing men now. Not weekend warriors

He beat those ”Men” on a 250 at Redbud at MXdN…


Starting to wonder how long it takes before he’s back in the GP’s again.

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At this point Kawasaki should mutually release him, sign Chase and Anderson. 

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He must feel like hes swimming upstream. How can he even know what the problem is when literally everything changed AND hes coming back off injury. Is it that hes getting back to race pace coming back from injury? Is it the new bike? Is it because hes in a new country on new tracks? Is it cuz hes on a new team? I’m sure in some way its all of the above. At least if he had stayed on gasgas hed know where he should be on the bike side and could try to fix the other stuff.


I definitely have faith he can get better by the end of the year, but like the other guy said he looks heavy and sluggish and not nimble like he did in europe. I wonder if chase is shitting his pants? The kawi looks like crap and AP just was battling for the lead with jett on the ktm. 

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Spike33 wrote:

He’s racing men now. Not weekend warriors

Mavetism wrote:

Yeah, Herlings and Gajser are just kids in comparison, right? 🤦

Don't take the bait

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Spike33 wrote:

He’s racing men now. Not weekend warriors

Mavetism wrote:

Yeah, Herlings and Gajser are just kids in comparison, right? 🤦

MXRalph wrote:

Don't take the bait

I always take the ragebaits for some reason haha

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Spike33 wrote:

He’s racing men now. Not weekend warriors

Do you need a reminder who beat Jett at MXON?

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I think it would be best for prado and kawasaki to split up if there is no improvement soon

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Prado came here for a new challenge.  Thats great, we all enjoy more riders coming over. 

And good for him to challenge himself more by coming over. 

He gives us people watching the race another person to critique. 

Easier to critizize the riders than to be out in the grind and racing with these guys. 

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6/7/2025 1:29pm

I dunno.  Vialle is another GP champion who was supposed to come over here and dominate outdoors.  Hasn’t happened for him, either.

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I never did hear that Vialle was supposed to dominate. 
He is doing well however. 
 

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Spike33 wrote:

He’s racing men now. Not weekend warriors

Rutgerpol wrote:

Do you need a reminder who beat Jett at MXON?

An exhibition race? Hardly supports your case 

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6/7/2025 1:48pm

Nearly three weeks ago I suggested that maybe that KXF isn’t that good.. I was laughed at! 

Three weeks later we’ve got Jorge telling the press that he wants more power, now today’s result. 

Go figure..

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6/7/2025 1:50pm Edited Date/Time 6/7/2025 1:52pm

I agree with the OP in that he looks heavy. When they were following him around and James was talking he looked dreadfully slow, hesitant throughout the corners. One corner in particular I actually thought the bike was either dying or that he was about to pull up, it really looked like he was stalling out for a second before he was able to start accelerating though the rest of the corner (of course even a bad lap for him is faster than mortal man but that's not the point). No prizes imo for where he's bleeding the majority of time. There's no aggression, no belief... He looks lost in the wilderness. I still think he has the inherent base raw talent to dig himself out of this but he needs to find something and find it soon. How many 70+ second beatdowns can someone take before their confidence is in the bin. 

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6/7/2025 1:51pm Edited Date/Time 6/7/2025 1:54pm
yardsailor wrote:

I never did hear that Vialle was supposed to dominate. 
He is doing well however. 
 

Why wouldn’t that be the expectation for a 2 time world champion?

He just got dropped by a minute, and that was with Deegan not even doing the jumps for the last 5 minutes.  Chance wasn’t even pushing.

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Spike33 wrote:

He’s racing men now. Not weekend warriors

Rutgerpol wrote:

Do you need a reminder who beat Jett at MXON?

The guy must feel so frustrated, literally took MR. 22-0 and beat him by 10 seconds in France two years ago to being beat by him by 45 seconds two years later with #18 coming off an injury 

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Prado did look lethargic and struggling with the ruts it appeared. 
As far as Vialle, nobody said he would dominate. But KTM thought he would have potential so here he is. 
KTM more than likely regrets their business decision is my guess. 
Im too old to contact Roger for a ride. Have you tried reaching out to him yet? 🤣😎

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Spike33 wrote:

He’s racing men now. Not weekend warriors

Rutgerpol wrote:

Do you need a reminder who beat Jett at MXON?

Spike33 wrote:

An exhibition race? Hardly supports your case 

Given the circumstances of that race. Jett coming off the 22-0 and Prado being at full power coming off of his MXGP chip’ I’d say the results of that race are significant. 


I’d argue that’s 1/4 of the reason he felt so confident coming to America in the first place.

6/7/2025 2:09pm

Maybe Chase and Prado should just switch spots 😂🤷

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How much more do the factory bike rules in Europe help get a rider comfortable? 

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Spike33 wrote:

He’s racing men now. Not weekend warriors

The weekend warriors that spank us at the MXdN every year?

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Jett must be AI. He is not human. 
 

-Eli riding the best he ever has

-Hunter the real deal

-AP on a new level

-Jcoop right there 

-Kawi in dire needs for a top 5 contender ( Hampshire)


 

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BCEZ$niper wrote:
He is just not gelling from the looks of it. Looks so heavy, not himself physically, but just his mannerisms when on the bike. Can’t imagine...

He is just not gelling from the looks of it. Looks so heavy, not himself physically, but just his mannerisms when on the bike. Can’t imagine he’s having a great time out there 

 

and Sextons thinks he'll be better while coming from KTM lol

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6/7/2025 3:13pm

So whats the excuse this weekend. Bike not fast enough now him and jason DNF 

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I think this is getting silly. he has had between top 5-10 starts every moto so the bike isn't slow. Kawi's handle well and have good suspension and he is on a factory team. Starting to sound like Sexton always blaming the bike. Fast guys figure it out but excuses never figure anything out

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