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Tomac
Interesting comments about the track prep and spot on imo.
You know he raced hunter Lawrence in mxgp 250 and beat him majority of times.
How many times has Hunter beat Jett though?
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IF Jorge were to switch to KTM, I wonder how close a US spec bike is to the MXGP factory bikes he rode. My understanding is they do use different frames in MXGP. No idea what frame he used. It’s possible he won’t have the bike he had.
6 times this year, plenty more in the past.
Exactly
Yeah but he ain't going no where since KTM will only be bonus pay. So he either quit the complaining and get it or back to MXGP if that nestaan deal is true.
I'm not aware of six overalls that Hunter took over Jett. If you're talking about only moto wins, Jett has become much more mature as a rider and is now famous for "managing races". How many first place bonus checks has Hunter cashed when Jett was in the race?
You can use all the numbers you want to justify his lack of performance. I go by what I see. He got a good start in the 2nd moto then got worked by Jett and Chase when they got to him. And he wasn't even close to Hampshire, then got passed on the last lap by Cooper.
He did do a little better, but I still question his fitness and his sprint speed. He looked gassed at the end of the second moto.
But we can just agree to disagree. As a team green guy I hope I'm wrong.
Has George beat Hunta one moto this outdoor season? I’ll wait 🤣🤣🤣🤣 and Jorge was ona Red Bull KTM 250 where Hunta was on that Suzuki then that 114 Motorsport Honda which was probably worse then the Suzuki. Put me on a Red Bull KTM in the MX2 gp class and that bike might turn me into a winner too 😂😂😂😂
The fact that MXGP uses very different frames is vasty exaggerated. They are much closer to stock than people think. Herlings is probably the one that´s credited with having the "most different" frame setup and he´s did quite fine on a US spec bike when he came over to Ironman a couple of years ago. And that was with minimal to no prep on the bike.
Spot on, i was just about to say the same.
You question his sprint speed? 😂
Its like people don't ride and can analyze properly.
First Kawi already had given him everything they could, factory team so they of course had done everything 🙄 Now they fixed the bikes power this weekend. Anyone with any experience knows it's not that easy for a factory team to make changes. Still they argue it was already in place and bike had the power since he gets starts (what?! Not even same power) 😂
Then, it is difficult to comprehend without power, you can't work on suspension, what i have been saying for months now. Prado confirmed, way to soft now that the right power is there.
Now its about putting everything together after suspension is fixed. Probably some fitness left to fix after all testing.
Forgive the question, what is your point? That Prado is meeting the goals set for him by himself and his team? He is performing as expected? I am beginning to think the injury from SX set him back further than anticipated, at least psycologically. The shame is he could very well get injured in next years SX season just as easy.
I don’t disagree. To me it will ‘probably’ be fine. However, we are talking about a guy who seems VERY sensitive to feel. The broader point is KTM had a broader range of options to build the bike to suit him than they will have in the US. Will it matter, time will tell.
From a production standpoint, he could have been on the 23-24, or on the 24.5+. I don’t know, and I don’t know what he could run in 26 if on a KTM. I think any previous homologated frame which would offer some alternative.
If the bike is the problem, than my guess would be that a switch to any of the steel framed austrian bikes will do the trick. The guy has been on one of those his entire pro career and its not impossible that a lot of his technique might be very tied to the feel of that frame.
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You guys are delusional, Tomac is not going back to Kawi
Anyone think that Tomac may have decided he’s over it, creating room for KTM to talk to Prado about next year?
He's not over it.
I dunno man. ET3 does not look like a guy that knows he can chase down Jett. And rolling around in 5th is a long way for him to spend the summer. My crystal ball says he fully retires after SMX. Stamp it!!
He’s going to Ktm it’s already been established.
He doesn’t like the new gen outdoors these are his first races on that gen besides all of 3 races last year including mxon.
This isn’t the bike he was beast mode on in 22. Nobody seems to want to acknowledge that.
Prado was beating Hunter until the switch to Kawi. Hunter was on his current Honda.
Per Matthes, Eli was sick last weekend.
He's doing fine. If he gels with the KTM he'll be in the mix for podiums.
Man, no offense, but you can’t make that blanket statement based on one event.
I’ll be shocked if he makes a podium. I don’t think he’ll ever be a serious threat to battle for a win here in the US.
And not even the entire event where Hunter smoked Prado in the final moto.....that result was conveniently left out....
Just showed that he has beaten Hunter quite easily before. 2 of 3 motos, the last was shit... 20 seconds+ ahead of Hunter over the finish line. Now he's been 1 minute+ behind in 18 motos?
As I said earlier, I go by what I see. Qualifying time means nothing, it's where you finish. Sexton had the same struggle when he went to KTM. But he was still running near the front and riding hard, unlike Prado. He hasn't shown yet that he has the speed to run with the top guys. Time will tell if he does.
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