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I didn't say anything about what you "liked", I said exactly what YOU said. Clearly I read your post. That's why I quoted it?
You said you respect the mindset of mailing it in after throwing around his resume and signing a contract.
I wasn't and I'm not fighting lol, I'm calling out a pathetic compliment of a professional athlete giving half ass effort after signing a contract. Pretty simple. If that offends you so much maybe you should go back to lurking. It's a message board, kinda what we're all here for.
So with Prado now moving to and living at ClubMX full time for the next month or so, how much can they develop the bike there since the team’s based out of California? Do they just ship a bunch of stuff out there for time being or how does that work? It seems like if you were trying to develop a race bike you would want to be close to the headquarters with all the resources. I honestly don’t know the process at all.
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Okay, I've done a U-turn on my opinion on Prado's bike. Reed, Townley, JT, Osborne, Matthes, and others are all totally unconvinced that the bike is the issue. They know a million times more than me, so I'll take their word for it.
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Wait.
...So Prado can't just ride the bike at the level privateers do because he is a championship competitor and that takes a different level of bike, but he also doesn't need to tough out riding the bike unlike previous championship competitors, because he is already completely out of the Championship ?
This is a very confusing scenario.
It's not a option to go to a different bike setup and try and get 3-5. That ain't why he is here. Waste of time since he would anyway need it fixed for next year.
Wasting thu-sun when you already out of the championship? That mean you have 3 days to test on instead of 7. Skip a round, work on the bike and go back when you feel you are closer.
What's so hard to understand?
I guess the big part I'm missing is the part where he rides a dirt bike and tries to be faster than other people riding dirt bikes.
I really doubt the bike is slow, not at that level. Still, once you have that in your head it's hard to get rid of. My guess that once his contract is up, he'll move back to KTM or maybe Yamaha as both are known as powerhouses and will do the little things necessary to give the rider the package he wants.
KTM is still asking most of their riders to run stock-based forks.
Yeah, that seems to be one thing they are pretty stubborn about although we've heard of cases of WP being run with KYB internals in the past. Prado has already dealt with WP so probably not an issue.
You know how a race weekend works, right? Travel on Thursday, press day Friday, racing Saturday, travel Sunday.
He gets to ride his bike 2h in 4 days, with a maximum of 4 opportunities to change things in limited time between sessions.
Vs being able to ride, test ride, test for 4 days extra 3-5h a day with unlimited changes being made in between with no time to follow.
What's really so hard to understand? He ain't going to linearly improve by just riding.
How do you beat the guy 5 spots ahead without first beating the guy directly ahead of you?
Seriously?
You think he needs to go rider by rider? Like this weekend beat one, next week next rider until he reaches first? 😂
Once bike is sorted, he will make the jump and then can start fine tune stuff to be at the top. Jesus Christ.
Probably should beat another rider, then right? I mean, that's what everyone else out there does. Oddly, it occurs, week after week.
We even track it on a piece of paper, count who beat who the most times, and give them all trophies accordingly.
It is appreciably weirder to think your next testing session will give you 5 positions than one.
It's not the bike, at least not more than 10%... No way a multi time GP champ can't take a factory race bike to the top 5 in AMA. There's something else going on, as referenced by all of the insiders. I'm a big Prado fan from back in '18 when my wife and I sat with the Spain contingent at Red Bud MXoN in the Thor grandstands cheering for JP. I can still hear the constant Ado Ado Ado ringing in my ears... He needs to figure it out.
Yet another thread making excuses for Prado?
Maybe he doesn't win the championship because of the bIke. But, being outside of the top 5 is inexcusable.
Looks like Jett is the best starter in the world
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Oh snap! Turtle now the rabbit?!
Don’t think so…. 2 segments not recorded. But we’ll see what Q2 looks like.
Brock Tickle was on Gypsy and said Prado is happy with the power now and that their just working on the suspension...
From blue pig to green turtle is some crazy work.. What are we getting next, orange sloth?
Typically, People who think every difference of opinion is an argument, arent great communicators.
Anderson's green turtle is smoking him this moto
I’ve seen Prado at numerous GP’s, insane talent and speed. Watching him on this Kawasaki looks like a totally different rider.
Paturel’s bike must be way faster than Jorge’s, since he reeled him in from way back. 🤦🏻♂️
I don’t know what Jorge’s real issue is, but it ain’t the bike. If it is, he needs to figure out what he needs to get comfy because 2026 SX ain’t going to be any easier.
On a relatively hard packed east coast track, he got a good start and dropped the anchor. The Prado panic button has to be smashed at this point.
Was he dragging an anchor ?
So Anderson beat him by 40 seconds, and Prado only finishes 10 seconds ahead of the first privateer on a Kawasaki? It is not the bike
He's not even trying. He pushed for a bit early in the race when he passed Webb. Then had two good laps. Then dropped by 4 seconds a lap. There's no way that's bike related or fitness related. He must have made a mistake and decided to just mail it in.
He just seems to pump up really bad, he rides pretty good for a few laps then drops anchor, I think he is hiding an injury and/ or gets major arm pump and drops. Hoping he gets whatever it is figured out.
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