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A competitive bike? Seriously? He's on factory equipment and getting beat by a privateer on a fairly stock KX 450!
Anderson was very competitive on the Kawi when he was healthy. He just doesn't have the speed to run up front anymore.
Prado should be at least inside the top top 8 every race. Especially since AP, JA and CW are out.
Probably because he just talks about the bike being not up to par. This has been going on long enough that you’d think that if it was something like that…. By now it would have surfaced. But who know’s anything is possible.
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After much thought and deliberation (a few beers). Here is my synopsis.
Riders of all caliber whether it’s me, you or a pro like prado are looking for a good feeling from the bike. We can feel how the bike is loaded and how it will react in situations. He’s looking for a feeling from the Kawi similar to his gas gas. But the Kawi is never going to feel like the gas gas. He needs to dedicate himself to learning how this bike feels and how it will react based on that.
The Kawi may not have bad traits but it’s just going to feel different than the GG. He needs to quit searching and start learning.
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Sexton was in a similar situation when he moved from Honda to KTM. It was well documented that they were having trouble getting the bike set up for him. So this isn't a new situation. It's all about how you handle it. Sexton always rode hard, was very competitive, and didn't blame it all on KTM. He just kept grinding it out until they figured it out. Prado would do well to take a lesson from that.
That's from Millville where he got 12-5, not from the last race.
I can’t imagine his mood improved after washougal.
Jorge got a moto powerful enough to make a holeshot on an uphill starts but his fastest lap is 11 seconds slower than Jett in moto 2. I don't know what else to say.
I hope Prado stays green and if the rumor is true that Sexton will be on Kawi next year that they both put their pride aside and work together to become better and improve the bike platform.
Kawi needs that boost right now.
Honda and Yami are loaded for bear right now.
Can @ML512 or @LewisPhillips find out WTH the problem is with the bike from someone besides Prado?
No, but I don't think he said that he did his best after the 19th place 😂
you cant ride a bike fast your not comfortable on... he can tell kawasaki something it could be totally wrong direction you could go in circles forever.. he tells kawasaki he needs a fast bike. then he gets a lightswitch he cant even hold onto not smooth controllable power. he rode air forks his whole career now hes on spring .. maybe the kawasaki frame is to flexy could be fighting suspension when your frame flexes too much. look at honda they stiffen up jet and hunters frame.. either way a top level rider and team should be able to figure it out before this long...
Supposedly Reed rode his bike at Club MX and said it was the slowest and worst handling factory bike he ever rode and offered his setup services to both Prado and Kawi. Be interesting to see if they take him up on it.
I,m sure he can’t due to contract details. But he should hire Jeremy from MX Tech he’s a genius. And maybe run his suspension if allowed. Larry Ward ran upside down forks on his 89 cr125 . Probably shy he didn’t hv a Honda ride the next yr tho. Changing suspension etc takes time . Then you ride looking for a diff feeling . Instead of high intensity speed & track lines. When I got the back end to quit getting crazy . I pu the pace & started finding different lines big difference in riding. I didn’t ship my suspension out a shop did the form for top 50b I think. Way too soft forks I like stiff for attacking whoops & a plush shock with extra sag. I hv to compensate my style with butt off the back light on frontend . Legs crouched arms bent up& out & get frontend light to blast threw rollers, etc. let the body soak up what the forks can’t. Still progressing on riding but I need to show results here quick . This weekend is a big 1 Fri practice sat, sun race . one of the fastest 125 riders in the country was there last yr. He beat Carmichael from Ca. Sun at redbud . Carmichael won fri. The iL. Rider did not race Fri. . My plan 1st gear on the start to jump 50 ft out. Technically i could say I lead 1 of the fastest riders 125 riders. And top 5 to 8 but expect to be top 5 in 40b but not surprised to go 5-3. Sponsors don’t know 40b is slower usually than 50+. I say let him ride some other bikes . To get him
Loosened up & having fun. MC is a Kawi guy with cool bikes 125,250,500.
Please educate me on this air fork vs spring fork decision that cannot be reversed? Why can't a team like Kawi experiment with some old Showa air forks, or have Showa make some sort of works conversion kit that's similar to what Prado had on the Austrian bike?
Hahah somehow I believe Reed would never say something like that,but what do I know.
Prove it.
See his vid of him talking about events when he got here . He didn’t hv a bed etc I thought that was weird . A 1099 russisn mob Chicago co pays for a hotel room . They might take it out of your check when you quit though. Haha .
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Does Showa even make the TAC fork anymore? Eli needed a clause in his contract to run Kyb/work with gilly. Can’t imagine Kawi is gonna let him run anything but Showa. They seem to move change direction with the quickness of a cruise ship.
Good analysis…..💯
Damn If that’s him trying his best my goodness.
I don't think they still make it which is why I said "old", but a factory team with resources like that could pull a set off the shelves and get to work considering the big money they are paying George.
I don’t know that any factory riders liked that fork when it came out let alone now. The Showa and WP forks are pretty different.
It sounds like there is some politics at play leading to him not being able to try different suspension. (Via Matthes and Phil on pulp show from 7/15).
Factory teams don’t operate with a blank check either and a lot of parts are budgeted at the beginning of the year. Which is why you test to decide what you like and what you need extras of.
Remember a few years ago roczen was wanting a bfrc shock on his Honda. But Honda didnt have any because they didn’t order them based on pre- season testing of Ken preferring the standard shock.
i also thought that was bit strange, when he said he had no bed,i find it hard to believe.
that would he down to Kawasaki surely, i wonder if they have started off on the wrong foot and hes got a sulk on
Nobody forced Jorge to do anything, he chose to race here.
In Lewis’s post race interviews, Matthes said Reed had ridden the bike and was blown away by how fast it was. I’m assuming this would have been the new engine package.
Everyone seems to be stuck on the power thing, but that appears to be old news. The handling thing could be true, who knows?
Crash him self to death!? A bit dramatic.
This just goes to show you how cool it was for KTM to go out of their way and give Chase what he was asking for.....if Prado is that adamant about trying different equipment and I'm Kawi spending milions, I'm doing whatever I can to deliver what Prado is asking for. And if results don't improve, he's out. Save the money for Chase.
He was probably a good chef, he was getting his chunk on again during the RCH days 😂😂😂
I know DV12 has plenty happening after the unfortunate incident with his mothers house in France, but I would love to hear his opinion on this
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