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Some people just go out there and do it.
Some get stuck in their head.
Kullas: Just do it.
George: I can’t get out of my head.
It’s why the Untied States is still the mother F-ing best.
Vialle 2.0 maybe 😂
Not only 2nd, he won the heat race in san fran. Oddly enough in very muddy conditions, which tends to be his weakness
EDIT: ah sorry last year that was when he still was on GASGAS. Man, time flies by
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His bike (suspension) looked like shit compared to Sexton or Jett.
There was a section of the track the camera stayed on during RDL, I think it was the sweeper after Horsepower Hill and before the drop off, where you could really see their bikes working. Jett looked great. Sexton looked soft during practice, but great during race. Prado looked like real shit during practice and race.
I think they have tuned him into something that is not rideable at the pace he can muster.
Roczen never complained about the outdated Suzuki. That thing is so old it qualifies for collector plates. The difference is he believes in his ability. He knew they’d get the bike dialed in eventually.
I honestly think Prado needs a mind reset. He needs the hunger in him. Drooling on the starting line like a hungry old hound standing over a tri-tip steak. You have to want it.
I want to see him do well.
Its easy to get knocked off your chair, sometimes its hard to get back on the thing.
We’ve all been there in some discipline or another.
What a miss both ways. Sounds like one of those men/women marriage jokes.
Kawi hiring Jorge thinking he’d never change and still be consistently at the front. But he changed.
Jorge going Kawi thinking they would change, but they don’t.
JA had some winning rides on the Kawi when he was healthier and faster. RV and ET have proven green bikes can win. Put Sexton on that bike and I'd bet he's top 5, probably top 3. I think Prado has figured out he can't hang with the fast guys here, so he's mailing it in.
Even though I'm a Kawi guy I'll admit, all the factory 450's are awesome bikes. Yes, even KR's kickstart Suzuki. Any rider of Prado's skill level should be in the top 8 or higher on a factory machine every week. F*ck the excuses, he's getting beat by privateers!!
The difference with Tomac is he still won a boatload on the factory kawi. He made it work to where even if he wasn't 100% comfortable HE was still competitive. Which means the bike is still very competitive. Im pretty sure no bike is perfect.
We all say MX is different because such as large percentage of the performance is on the rider compared to other motosports. Pretty sure that hasn't changed just because it's Prado.
Kawi might as well have over promised and under delivered substantially when they signed. That's why he is pissed. He wouldn't even have signed with them if he knew they couldn't deliver. Point is we don't know do we?
Prado is not a good passer, he knows that to be able to win he need that power to start consistent 1-2, and the power (different power) on track so he can ride the way he rides a 450.
That power is something Herlings wants nothing to do with and that MXGP factory Kawi riders now say he ain't going to get near the power he had in his KTM on current Kawi platform.
If I where promised something and didn't get it, I would be fucking pissed at that level.
Again, we don't know what Kawi promised.
nothing is wrong with the bike. jorge is just riding around. i would terminate his contract early if i was Kawasaki if possible. dude is doing some js7 2012 yamaha type reputation damage to that bike lol
Hate to jump in ... but oh well.
1. Riders have in the past complained about Team Kawasaki not being flexible enough - to make the bike changes a rider wants (think Eli leaving Kaw). Reed had challenges and left the team before contract expired. I don't think Villo was super happy either the whole time.
2. This latest vid by Prado... He's clearly saying it's not me. I m good... I m solid. He's biting his tongue on blaming the bike in latest video. I suspect he's probably had a talking to.... Before he was talking about the bike needing changes.... More power etc Now he's squarely and out front saying it's not me. Not blaming the bike... but it sure isn't me. I m good. I m fit. That's what I got out of that interview. I also sense he's a little pissed off.
3. I don't see this lasting for 2026 and 2027. This gets fixed this year... Or I suspect they split up. That's my opinion.
Hiroshi Ito: This is how fucked off I am about Jorge Prado...and it's growing every day.
Has ANYONE in here been to a “test day” at Kawi where they’ve got all the suspension goods, the suspension techs, test riders from the U.S. & Japan, BOTH Team riders…and they’re making whatever changes that’re necessary for the rider including some REALLY cool chassis parts…?
Yet, we’ve been getting worked at des Nations for years, for the most part.
Before the start of the season, Prado said in a couple interviews that he had been eyeing the Kawasaki all along and it was the bike he wanted to ride. He also said if he if he didn’t sign with Kawasaki he would have stayed in MXGP. The Kawi was it for him. Well wtf happened!! No doubt he rode the bike before he signed. Now that he’s here it’s shit? I really wanted to see him do well, but damn, this is as bad as it gets. I can’t remember any other time a World champ has come over and done this terrible. Not a good look. To me it was very telling in the Lewis interview when he said “I don’t know what the future holds”. At this point I can’t see any other team wanting to hire him.
I think if Prado can't get comfortable with the bike he'll definitely go back to MXGP. He'll know that if he can't get it sorted for motocross he'll be absolutely fucked in SX. While Kawi presumably hope he'll learn SX eventually a big part of this whole thing would have been their hope he can compete for championships in motocross. The equation for teams is always massively in favour of SX, so the only thing that would tilt their hand in signing someone more on outdoors performance would be the potential to win championships. The fact Chase is coming to Kawi has also altered the whole dynamic. Prado will without a doubt be the second rider on the team now. And with Chase there Kawi will be far less likely to put up with Prado shitting all over the brand on a weekly basis and going for leisurely trail rides on race days. Especially when he's getting a rumoured 3 million a year.
The best motocross/supercross rider in the world is an Australian.
And in terms of the most popular sport in the world by far - football (soccer as you call it) - you're ranked 15th.
Any Americans in F1? Ah...no.
Howabout MotoGP? Ah......no.
Pit Row
If you read the post I was responding to you’ll see I wasn’t talking about MX proper.
Maybe the closest thing was when RV tried the MXGP, and looped out like a C rider?
Well they say he puts in 60% effort at the test track so how are they supposed to set the bike up for him when he decides he wants to push it. It’s set up for his Sunday cruise at the test track.
I always appreciate your input but man if they're testing at perris that could be a problem just saying! It's nowhere near National track and their prep has been s*** lately!
He is a world champion that cannot even make top five, sorry it's not the bike..
Man if he barely finishes the season and goes straight back to the gp’s, could this be considered the biggest bunt in motocross history?
His gypsy interview didn’t exactly aged like fine wine.
US owns all other countries when it comes to athletics. Olympics, all stick and ball sports, most MXdN wins. We have the best athletes by a mile. If we actually cared about soccer we would be the best at it. You can type a whitty response but you know its a fact deep down
I don’t get this argument. He IS getting good starts. And then you’re telling me the power isn’t there after the start….ok well even if it isn’t I’d have to imagine he has more power than the privateer kawi that beat him… this is a champion. There’s no excuse for what we’re seeing.
I feel for the guy, but him trashing kawi and taking zero accountability is just inexcusable. I totally get he’s frustrated, but that’s not how a professional and champion should act and ride. Go home Prado. Let someone who deserves that ride take it.
Chase said in the Vital interview he doesn't know how Prado holds on to that Kawi for 35 mins. So it must be pretty terrible if another rider can tell its ass by watching him ride it.
Which begs the question, why would Chase sign with Kawi after saying something like that? 😂
It did work in mxgp. And Webb was known for this before Aldon and went ok for him.
But it probably doesn't help, because if you know how you want to setup the bike assuming power is there also it will probably translate poorly when it's not. I mean Tomac was like 7 positions off when he misjudged his setting and it didn't translate to race track.
Not riding at full speed and bike/engine setup in parallel motion. Fucking Impossible it seems like.
The US had been the best in the world at soccer for most of the last few decades. Its just the women's team. And for that matter USA women's teams are pretty dominant at most sports.
I didn't say he is not getting good starts? Not as good as in MXGP but still ok.
I said he need massive power for both, and I've seen like 5 or 10 post where people don't know the difference between power for a start vs riding power. Villo holeshot on a 250 against 450. But you ain't riding that 250 as a 450 on the track.
You are just seeing one side of it because its only one side that speaks.
If it turns out that Kawi has overpromised, underdelivered and refuse to fix it, even though they technically could try (but won't, because they are Kawi). Its a completely different story is it.
Its Kawi that fucked Prado when they sold something they cannot deliver.
Prado knows (good or bad, doesn't matter) that he needs to start up front and he needs an ultra powerful bike to win. If he doesn't have that, no need to race.
He is not in US to settle for podiums. Then he could have just stayed in MXGP and made another 1-2 million euro in championship bonuses.
Based on how much Prado is biting his tongue on what's really going on, and history of Kawi it's likely this isn't on Prado. Maybe also SX is good, wouldn't be first time a bike works in one but is shit in the other.
But we don't know.
Im just fucking glad I'm not getting the Tomac PR for last week every week "we didn't do good, need to get better". I'll take Prado talking about as much as he can, 10 years fwd before reading another fucking US team release that says shit.
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