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So…GasGas held a gun to his head and made him…
Ask to ride SX…? 🤣
If he wasn’t pushing and got 3rd like Jett did, we wouldn’t all be scratching our heads. At no time that I can remember was an uncomfortable Jett 8 seconds a lap off the pace. Uncomfortable or not, at least Jett has some pride.
He's getting beat by privateers! Some on mostly stock KX's. Quit making excuses for him. With the 450 class being so depleted, he should be top 5 on a bad day. Hell, Barcia caught and passed him easy. And he's making big money as well. Cruising around in 20th place for half a moto, not even trying on a factory bike is inexcusable for a world champion.
It ain't the bike.
It’s because it isn’t the bike.
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Have we all forgotten he is coming off shoulder surgery? How long did it take for Eli to get back to speed? I know, Eli did 2 but shoulders are no joke. If you can't test at speed on a new bike, how do you know at actual race conditions, the best settings when speed picks up? Maybe his frustration is both physical and equipment induced? JMO
I watched privateer Max Miller #79 on a Kawi pass Prado over the new step-up jump with a huge whip right in his face while looking back at him like, "Well?" Prado's reaction? Nada, zip, zilch. Got passed by another dude and finished 19th .
Anyone see Dan Crower commented on the Prado pulp sexton insta post, say the motor is down on torque, new motor with long rod is the reason. Can make plenty top but less torque?
It has been mentioned Prado likes to ride really really low rpm.
What a mess this is. Chase racing the KX will show how much of it has really been the bike...
Get Marchbanks cheap for a year or two then go after Cole Davies.
Has he ever mentioned that he was having any physical ailments? If he does have something going on he’s not mentioned it that I know of. He’s just mentioned that the bike isn’t up to snuff.
That’s interesting, because I always thought a longer stroke would give you more bottom end less rpm.
More excuses. If he was hurt, don't you think he would say that instead of throwing the whole team under the bus?
It was the same engine last year when he tried it prior to signing the contract and then went around and told every journalist with a video camera how much better the bike was compared to his Gas Gas. On top of that, I’d be willing to bet the factory team could find at least as much torque as what Max Miller’s bike is putting out. Sorry, we’re not buying it.
So, if he was on the Kawi in mxgp would his results be better, and if he was on the GG in the US would results be better? Quite the conundrum
Longer rod, not longer stroke.
I’m wondering if there’s some subtle nuances being somewhat overlooked here.
When Prado is blaming the bike maybe he’s meaning that it’s not good enough to win on, which would be his benchmark. It might be not bad and good enough for fifth but to him that’s a fail. Doesn’t excuse the lack of effort to go out and actually log some fifth place finishes though.
Also JT has mentioned a few times now on podcasts that Jorge looks physically tanked at the end of the motos; much more than he should be.
I cant remember who said it because I'm listening to too many moto pods lately. But Max Antsie was saying people might be underestimating the difference between the works GP bikes and the production based AMA bikes. KTM over there has the bikes so dialed with any kind of hand built parts you can imagine. It just seems like if Prado isnt comfortable he's not going to push. If he's not trying to win he's fine just riding the races basically testing. Forkner kind of said something similar on Pulp. When hes back in 13th, he's not pushing hard to pass a guy for 12th. Does anyone really think Chase is going to struggle that much on the Kawi? He might be chasing settings for a little bit but no way is he out of the top 5 ever
We know the stock bike is down on power but is generally praised for its handling and forgiving chassis. Power can be found numerous ways (stock bike wakes up with a pipe and holes in the airbox cover). The bike just can’t be THIS far off from podium performance underneath a good rider.
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Everyone can see that Prado needs to grow up, that’s exactly what’s happening here.
DB is reporting JA21 is done officially at Kawi (see latest vid). This departure (which has not been pretty) and then the Prado situation must make for one miserable rig to be in right now.
And frankly, I think it's only going to make this situation look worse...
Everyone has known that he is leaving. Jason and Kawi haven't had any beef and it hasn't been messy. His situation and Jorge's are not related
Wouldn't be something if Prado got out of his contract, went back to Europe and then Kawisaki signed Marchbanks to be Sextons teammate?
did we forget how long it took Chase to get sorted on the KTM?
Seeing Prado ride around in 20th was disheartening. He needs a serious reset imo, and I hope he gets it because his results are not matching his talent.
One of my thoughts was something along these lines. Because the GP's can have different frames and all that, is Prado struggling because he has to be on a production based motorcycle?
I fail to believe that Kawi can't build a KX450 that puts out as much power as they want and that they can't move it around anywhere they want. UNLESS they have decided they don't want to do it. You just cannot convince me that Kawi doesn't have the ability to make their bike just as fast as the Honda, KTM or Yami.
He’d be a great fill in, but unfortunately, Mitch needs him.
If he does a tight fair race track with two 100 yard whoop section .s And I,m there on the DBP with my butter soft forks & a shock that kicks sideways into the next county . And I get the big check with all the cotton candy & corn dogs I can eat . His contract might be up . Or I become rich releasing whoop clipping videos. Haha
True but despite that Chase got 3rd o/a in his first outdoor race on the KTM, and won his second race. I think Kawi would be cool with that.
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