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I don't really get it, the guy can beat the best as it shows in the MXdN at Ernee but at Red Bud 2023 he's 1. 09 and 1.29 off 1st place, I'm sure he'd have done better if he'd stayed on KTM though
I didn't make a connection with Big Air Tom, because Tom went from battling for wins in MX2 to struggling to qualify for an outdoor national... At least Prado is running top 10's "most" of the time. Thunder Valley looked worse than Pala and Hangtown though, even with the P8 in moto 1.
Agreed, AP was running P2 in the MX2 qualy race when he cross rutted on what they call the Hammer now, and had a big one. It was on the other side of the track, we were in the THOR grandstands... but when it happened, my wife and I both thought his weekend might be over. He toughed it out, but was only about 70% for Sunday...
Do you mean he did better or worse on the 2025? He switched to the 2025 model from Unadilla on if I remember correctly
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Here’s a question - if Prado was here on his MXGP GasGas where do you think he would be finishing?
Instead of being a minute behind the leader he would only be 45 secs
Top 3
85% rider is the formula we were told for my 65 years. And that seems reasonable.
He might be hurt, should be able to deal with bike setup so doubt that’s it.
First if you put Jett and Eli on kawis 😂
Not 1 minute+ behind the winner 😅
I mean at this point Anderson is far better than Prado, Kawasaki has to be panicking by now?
There been plenty of crappy works bikes. Anderson and Adam were already complaining. Eli left cause they wouldn't give him what was needed. Sure Prado might have some issues but you don't win 4 world championships and be holeshot king . He's starting to get it in his head the bike sucks. All those pros are mental.
His teammate is far better than him right now. Same bike.
Tru Tru! Hopefully Prado can get some confidence and get back to form.
But is that running 5-7?
Prado hasn’t got enough motor for the Kawi, not the other way around
Thought that Prado could maybe turn it around n podium southwick. After today that’s hard negative
5-7 in this field is not bad, people that thought he would be a threat for a title were being optimistic. Nothing wrong with that and understandable given his record.
Next year will be the real test. If SX goes well
Pit Row
It’s not the damn bike. That KX450 can win a race TOMORROW. It’s FKing Prado. Quit making excuses for him. He’s riding like shite. Freaking Paturel beat him in Moto 1…
Cooper Webb is on a SX championship hangover and today he crashed in the first corner of moto 2, picked the bike up and finished 11th in the mud. Prado started 15th in that second moto and finished 23rd.
AGAIN, stop blaming the damn Kawi for Prado riding like crap. JA has limited outdoor time on the bike and he went 7-7 on it today and got decent starts on it. Prado is the damn problem, not the Kawasaki.
Correct. I think the AMA national riders have upped the pace the last couple years again, which includes foreign riders.
PANIC
I think everyone wants him to succeed and bring a challenge to the leaders, and obviously this is a big change and an aluminum framed bike, plus a shoulder injury so we can give him somewhat of a break.
But he has to show some sparks and signs of life! I was really hoping that 2 second a lap faster qualifying time was legit today but no dice.
I thought at A1 he had good starts and ran up front for awhile before settling mid pack.
Things gotta be tense for Jorge and his team right now, yikes!
…I was wrong.
his mindset is fucked. Good thing he is going to train @ Club from now on instead of riding by himself at Pala all the time.
I watched him in person just kill everyone in the sand at Arnhem- if he doesn’t get his shit together in the sand at Southwick, it may be time to…
pradio has to stop this.....this is not going to work......I don't know exacly what is going on....but if paturel overtakes him something is seriously wrong believe it or not but in mxgp the chance that he would double paturel was greater than that paturel would overtake him......... The only reason for prado to stay in america is the money.....
When will the Kawi deal implode..? 🙈
If so, will RdC make room for a white Gasgas in the Husky 450 squad? 🤪
Agree. Get him on the orange brand. I bet it would be a mutual departure at this point
i dont think you can category say its the rider, one bike may suit different riders in different ways and dont forget hes been riding steel frame for ages , although he must of ridden a few brands before he signed, so one would if thought it ticked most of boxers at the time,or maybe was it the best deal for him $$$$
makes me laugh , all these guys on here thinking they are experts on the bike and riders
none of us really knows why, but i can not really see it getting any better any time soon, but hopefully it does
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Moving series and manufacturers at the same time was a daft decision IMO.
Kid's been racing KTMs since he was on 65s.
somethig is terribly wrong with the Prado program, we can only guess at what it is.
Do we think we're experts? Or are we just fans who ride, have watched hundreds of hours of racing, some have watched thousands, and we're giving our opinions. I'll actually put a disclaimer on some of my posts that Im just a nobody otherwise some people, i.e. you, will think I'm a know it all expert. We've never seen a World Champ go to being a total non factor on the track. He's completely lost out there. He said he was going to beat Jett. Just recently we saw a rider, Sexton, ride his whole career on aluminum frames go to a steel frame and win immediately. Is his situation the same as Prado's? Definitely not but there are similarities. Its not crazy to think its more than the bike.
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