Video of Tomac and Prado on their Red Bull KTMs

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Prado has to bee feeling the pressure...if he sucks this year on the KTM...it won't look good on him. 

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11/4/2025 12:09pm
Titan1 wrote:

Prado has to bee feeling the pressure...if he sucks this year on the KTM...it won't look good on him. 

I feel pretty confident saying, he's not going to suck.  He's going to surprise a lot of people.

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11/4/2025 12:10pm

Eli on the scoop on Sx is something 

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11/4/2025 12:15pm

Eli and Chase are going to have great years. I base that on nothing but gut feelings. Well, I shouldn't say that. I base that on that they're so good it doesn't matter what bike they're on. They're going to be great no matter no bike they're on. Unlike others lol

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Eli and Chase are going to have great years. I base that on nothing but gut feelings. Well, I shouldn't say that. I base that on...

Eli and Chase are going to have great years. I base that on nothing but gut feelings. Well, I shouldn't say that. I base that on that they're so good it doesn't matter what bike they're on. They're going to be great no matter no bike they're on. Unlike others lol

But how will they do against Hunter and Jett? Also J coop

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11/4/2025 12:22pm

I wanna know what fork setup hes running

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Eli and Chase are going to have great years. I base that on nothing but gut feelings. Well, I shouldn't say that. I base that on...

Eli and Chase are going to have great years. I base that on nothing but gut feelings. Well, I shouldn't say that. I base that on that they're so good it doesn't matter what bike they're on. They're going to be great no matter no bike they're on. Unlike others lol

shortty761 wrote:

But how will they do against Hunter and Jett? Also J coop

Against hunter,just fine . Probably not as well against jett.

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Leeham wrote:

I wanna know what fork setup hes running

Same. @ML512 you know all the fork caps, what is this?

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11/4/2025 1:57pm

Hell yeah here we go boys and girls! 

Don't know what's more weird? Tomac with Redbull or a cable on a KTM? 

As for Prado, pressure is on him! He's got to have the most pressure out of anyone. His time to shine or else!

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ML512 wrote:
https://www.vitalmx.com/videos/features/eli-tomac-and-jorge-prado-first-laps-ktm

Michael, 

In your last silly season report you had  Richard "Pedro" Sterling listed as Eli's mechanic.

Did that change?  It looked like Jade was taking his bike off the stand and talking with him...?

Or am I mistaken?  Or was that "nothing" and Jade was just helping?

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ML512 wrote:
https://www.vitalmx.com/videos/features/eli-tomac-and-jorge-prado-first-laps-ktm
Michael, In your last silly season report you had  Richard "Pedro" Sterling listed as Eli's mechanic.Did that change?  It looked like Jade was taking his bike off...

Michael, 

In your last silly season report you had  Richard "Pedro" Sterling listed as Eli's mechanic.

Did that change?  It looked like Jade was taking his bike off the stand and talking with him...?

Or am I mistaken?  Or was that "nothing" and Jade was just helping?

Pretty sure it’s Jade. 

Rumors are Eli was 1.73 seconds a lap up on prado that day. 

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11/4/2025 2:28pm
ML512 wrote:
https://www.vitalmx.com/videos/features/eli-tomac-and-jorge-prado-first-laps-ktm
Michael, In your last silly season report you had  Richard "Pedro" Sterling listed as Eli's mechanic.Did that change?  It looked like Jade was taking his bike off...

Michael, 

In your last silly season report you had  Richard "Pedro" Sterling listed as Eli's mechanic.

Did that change?  It looked like Jade was taking his bike off the stand and talking with him...?

Or am I mistaken?  Or was that "nothing" and Jade was just helping?

Actually curious about this as well. What a wild turn of events if the brother of his former championship rival ends up being his mechanic. I bet they have some stories to share 😂

11/4/2025 2:41pm
ML512 wrote:
https://www.vitalmx.com/videos/features/eli-tomac-and-jorge-prado-first-laps-ktm
Michael, In your last silly season report you had  Richard "Pedro" Sterling listed as Eli's mechanic.Did that change?  It looked like Jade was taking his bike off...

Michael, 

In your last silly season report you had  Richard "Pedro" Sterling listed as Eli's mechanic.

Did that change?  It looked like Jade was taking his bike off the stand and talking with him...?

Or am I mistaken?  Or was that "nothing" and Jade was just helping?

Actually curious about this as well. What a wild turn of events if the brother of his former championship rival ends up being his mechanic. I...

Actually curious about this as well. What a wild turn of events if the brother of his former championship rival ends up being his mechanic. I bet they have some stories to share 😂

When i seen Jade lift the bike off the stand, all i could think was ‘bunch them up’!

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Eli and Chase are going to have great years. I base that on nothing but gut feelings. Well, I shouldn't say that. I base that on...

Eli and Chase are going to have great years. I base that on nothing but gut feelings. Well, I shouldn't say that. I base that on that they're so good it doesn't matter what bike they're on. They're going to be great no matter no bike they're on. Unlike others lol

shortty761 wrote:

But how will they do against Hunter and Jett? Also J coop

J Coop? be for real

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11/4/2025 3:36pm

not a full moto there but looks like the rear shock works for these guys.

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RDnutz wrote:

not a full moto there but looks like the rear shock works for these guys.

LOL 

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ML512 wrote:
https://www.vitalmx.com/videos/features/eli-tomac-and-jorge-prado-first-laps-ktm
Michael, In your last silly season report you had  Richard "Pedro" Sterling listed as Eli's mechanic.Did that change?  It looked like Jade was taking his bike off...

Michael, 

In your last silly season report you had  Richard "Pedro" Sterling listed as Eli's mechanic.

Did that change?  It looked like Jade was taking his bike off the stand and talking with him...?

Or am I mistaken?  Or was that "nothing" and Jade was just helping?

jmo443 wrote:

Pretty sure it’s Jade. 

Rumors are Eli was 1.73 seconds a lap up on prado that day. 

Remember when Reed would be the slowest at the practice track during the week and then win when it comes to race weekend? I get there is a lot of different factors comparing that to this but I always had this in mind when off-season testing is going on. 

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Leeham wrote:

I wanna know what fork setup hes running

The Xact Pro forks are spring, so I will assume that is what he is running. 

11/4/2025 4:55pm

What is causing the weird sound on this bikes?  In the air off the gas they sound like big turbo drag cars spooling down. Anyone’s hear that or is it just me?  

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11/4/2025 5:15pm
Leeham wrote:

I wanna know what fork setup hes running

Preston412 wrote:

The Xact Pro forks are spring, so I will assume that is what he is running. 

From the pics I've seen the top tubes appear to be tapered like the standard production ones not the exact pro. 

Not sure what internals but, would be very interested to know?

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The sticker on the back says he has a 5.4N spring installed. Just a tad bit stiff…! Still no idea which forks they are. 

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Eli and Chase are going to have great years. I base that on nothing but gut feelings. Well, I shouldn't say that. I base that on...

Eli and Chase are going to have great years. I base that on nothing but gut feelings. Well, I shouldn't say that. I base that on that they're so good it doesn't matter what bike they're on. They're going to be great no matter no bike they're on. Unlike others lol

shortty761 wrote:

But how will they do against Hunter and Jett? Also J coop

J Coop? be for real

JCoop and Hunter both. 

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PRM31 wrote:

The sticker on the back says he has a 5.4N spring installed. Just a tad bit stiff…! Still no idea which forks they are. 

Safe to say they are not air 🤣

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Stay healthy fellas - if we can get to January with everyone healthy and dialed, this is gonna be a hell of a SX season.  

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ML512 wrote:
https://www.vitalmx.com/videos/features/eli-tomac-and-jorge-prado-first-laps-ktm
Michael, In your last silly season report you had  Richard "Pedro" Sterling listed as Eli's mechanic.Did that change?  It looked like Jade was taking his bike off...

Michael, 

In your last silly season report you had  Richard "Pedro" Sterling listed as Eli's mechanic.

Did that change?  It looked like Jade was taking his bike off the stand and talking with him...?

Or am I mistaken?  Or was that "nothing" and Jade was just helping?

Yes, I got that wrong.

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11/4/2025 8:37pm
Titan1 wrote:

Prado has to bee feeling the pressure...if he sucks this year on the KTM...it won't look good on him. 

I feel pretty confident saying, he's not going to suck.  He's going to surprise a lot of people.

I hope you’re right….the more guys battling for wins the better!  

In the same way that Prado is feeling a ton of pressure, I bet Kawasaki is as well, but they are hoping he sucks on KTM too….if he does good on KTM it won’t look good at all for Kawi…

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11/4/2025 9:01pm

Eli makes that thing look small.

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11/4/2025 9:03pm
Titan1 wrote:

Prado has to bee feeling the pressure...if he sucks this year on the KTM...it won't look good on him. 

I feel pretty confident saying, he's not going to suck.  He's going to surprise a lot of people.

Titan1 wrote:
I hope you’re right….the more guys battling for wins the better!  In the same way that Prado is feeling a ton of pressure, I bet Kawasaki...

I hope you’re right….the more guys battling for wins the better!  

In the same way that Prado is feeling a ton of pressure, I bet Kawasaki is as well, but they are hoping he sucks on KTM too….if he does good on KTM it won’t look good at all for Kawi…

I hear you, I hope he does well because the more riders at the front the better.  Only a few guys have potential of winning and he is one of them (outdoors), so I hope he'll ride to his potential since he's back "at home".  I believe he might be able to take some wins outdoors this year, and I do think he will surprise a lot of people in Supercross too.

With that said, he's molded himself into a controversial rider like Deegan with what he did at Kawi last year.  He's generated a ton of haters who will be voodoo dolling against him and cheering if/when he goes down.  If he plays it right with the interviews he'll be able to win back some of them, but he definitely has a bunch of haters for life now like Deegan.

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kylemenz1 wrote:
What is causing the weird sound on this bikes?  In the air off the gas they sound like big turbo drag cars spooling down. Anyone’s hear...

What is causing the weird sound on this bikes?  In the air off the gas they sound like big turbo drag cars spooling down. Anyone’s hear that or is it just me?  

I hear it also. Heard two Husky’s at the track last weekend like that too

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