Lieb is motivated for 2011!

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Edited Date/Time 1/25/2012 8:40pm
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Wants to be top 5...he can do it but so can at least 10 others...

Paulin
Herlings
Anstie
Roczen
Searle
Aubin
Charlier
Van Horebeck
Roelants
Osborne
Tonus
Nicholls
Kullas
Tiellet

MX2 is stacked next year, can Osborne and Lieb win a few GPs for the USA?
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DL 10/29/2010 10:36am
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He'll give it hell.....
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Ddavis 10/29/2010 10:44am
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Michael is one of the most determined racers out there, on and off the bike.


A few years ago I was hanging out with Randi Kiesel and she said he trains harder than any other amateur, all he does is train his butt off as hard as he can just to be in the best shape as possible. Lets hope Michael stays healthy because I think he can be the first MX2 World Champion since Donny Schmidt in 1990! I believe he's capable.
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mccread 10/29/2010 10:48am
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Ddavis wrote:
Michael is one of the most determined racers out there, on and off the bike. A few years ago I was hanging out with Randi Kiesel...
Michael is one of the most determined racers out there, on and off the bike.


A few years ago I was hanging out with Randi Kiesel and she said he trains harder than any other amateur, all he does is train his butt off as hard as he can just to be in the best shape as possible. Lets hope Michael stays healthy because I think he can be the first MX2 World Champion since Donny Schmidt in 1990! I believe he's capable.
Moore won it in 94.... but its been way too long since there was a US World champion.. hopefully Zach or Lieb can do it at some point.

Next year will be really tough in the MX2 GPs after the first few the next 10 are all pretty even in ability.. they can all get up tthere and challenge for top 5/podium on their day.
motocampo 10/29/2010 10:51am
10/29/2010 10:51am
is there a reason why you keep spelling his name wrong?

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jamma10 10/29/2010 12:40pm
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'i' before 'e' except after 'c'...


...and 'L'
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NeWskoolmxer 10/29/2010 12:44pm
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DL wrote:
He'll give it hell.....
That's a given! He's gonna be on a Husky right?
aFACEdismembered 10/29/2010 1:03pm
10/29/2010 1:03pm Edited Date/Time 10/29/2010 1:11pm
Paulin is on 450's now. Anstie, Herlings, Roczen, Searle and Osborne will see a large portion of the top 5. Leib will be lucky to get a top 10. Not because he's slow but he's going from a Yamaha to a Husky. Different team also. Still, nice to see some European teams put some faith in a US guy for once. Hopefully Husky is financially committed to mid season testing and development. I just don't see the bike being top 10 material unless you put someone like Ken on it and that's still a stretch in my eyes.
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bauman117 10/29/2010 3:56pm
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aFACEdismembered wrote:
Paulin is on 450's now. Anstie, Herlings, Roczen, Searle and Osborne will see a large portion of the top 5. Leib will be lucky to get...
Paulin is on 450's now. Anstie, Herlings, Roczen, Searle and Osborne will see a large portion of the top 5. Leib will be lucky to get a top 10. Not because he's slow but he's going from a Yamaha to a Husky. Different team also. Still, nice to see some European teams put some faith in a US guy for once. Hopefully Husky is financially committed to mid season testing and development. I just don't see the bike being top 10 material unless you put someone like Ken on it and that's still a stretch in my eyes.
The bike he was riding the past year was a kawasaki,,,and i know he was on hondas before that..not that it changes the point you were trying to make..but i hope he proves u wrongWink GO LEIB
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Alex 10/29/2010 5:56pm
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I think most people in the GP paddock can see Leib has the stuff to go top 10 but Husky really need to step it up in order to take him there. Good luck to him, allways nice to see a young American in Europe just getting on with it
aFACEdismembered 10/29/2010 7:43pm
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aFACEdismembered wrote:
Paulin is on 450's now. Anstie, Herlings, Roczen, Searle and Osborne will see a large portion of the top 5. Leib will be lucky to get...
Paulin is on 450's now. Anstie, Herlings, Roczen, Searle and Osborne will see a large portion of the top 5. Leib will be lucky to get a top 10. Not because he's slow but he's going from a Yamaha to a Husky. Different team also. Still, nice to see some European teams put some faith in a US guy for once. Hopefully Husky is financially committed to mid season testing and development. I just don't see the bike being top 10 material unless you put someone like Ken on it and that's still a stretch in my eyes.
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The bike he was riding the past year was a kawasaki,,,and i know he was on hondas before that..not that it changes the point you were...
The bike he was riding the past year was a kawasaki,,,and i know he was on hondas before that..not that it changes the point you were trying to make..but i hope he proves u wrongWink GO LEIB
You're right. I always saw those all black Bud Kawi's and saw them as Yamaha's. Cosworths were black, Rinaldi's were black and the Ricci's were black too.
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mccread 10/30/2010 2:33am
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Ken could win on anyhthing, as far as I know Paulin is MX2 for 2011, Frossard ans Phillipearts are MX1 for Rinaldi. I think the husky will be good, since it is the factory team it should be fast, Chiodi won two world titles for them in the late 90s.
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Alex 10/30/2010 4:55am
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There been quite a bit of talk of Paulin moving up too btw
THE mx addict 10/30/2010 5:42am
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Paulin will definitively ride a 250 YZ-F next year.
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Alex 10/30/2010 6:03am
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How old is he?
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DL 10/30/2010 9:40am
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jamma10 wrote:
'i' before 'e' except after 'c'...


...and 'L'
That's a good rule.... lol. It's Leib and is often misspelled. No biggie. FYI Michael had a really cool day today. Ricci Racing is located 25 minutes from the Ferarri factory. He and his mechanic, Franchesco, spent the day there. Michael got to drive a 458, sit in Massa's F1 car and got the VIP treatment. I'm just a little jealous.
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downandup 10/30/2010 9:45am
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Will he return to the US after the 2011 GPs?
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downandup wrote:
Will he return to the US after the 2011 GPs?
Plans can change but he wants to spend 2011 learning more especially the sand. His goal is to be challenging for the championship in 2012. Then back to the US. He really does want to do SX this year too but it's not in the cards.

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