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The good thing is if he has a good season, top 4 overall, most will forget the torrid past.
who are the Hunter Brothers?
KGB is going to have something to say about that.
Gotta ask the goat that question
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Was he supposed to say the Gas Gas was better when he had just signed with Kawi? I’m pretty sure that would be a really bad idea. I get what you’re saying, but think logically.
And I’m sure he thought the Kawi was fine when he initially rode it. It’s not like all the settings and such would have been figured out when he first tested it. I’m sure he thought they’d be able to get the bike where he wanted it. Clearly he was wrong. I’m not a huge fan of how he handled everything. But I still hope he improves and is able to battle with the front runners. More competition is better for us fans.
Delusional
It's the Hunta' brothers, Jett and Hunta'
That was Ralph
He only tested the bike in SX (which was stupid?)
Think I remember him saying it felt more stable through the whoops than the Gasgas?
Here's my issues with these interviews.
We all in now how fickle teams and riders are about what information they give out...on any subject.
For sure He's not going to come out and say the bike has issues, or he's struggling with setup....right ?
Great, good, soso, or bad he's going to say just what he said, it's all going to be protrayed as "it's awesome" ... or something on that level.
For sure He's painted himself into a corner!
He needs to be a top 3 to 5 guy, If he's mediocre for most of supercross and into outdoors, that would be really bad.
We'll see
Going to be a really interesting season, for chase, prodo, eli, anderson, marchbanks and plessenger with the health issues he was dealing with.
Wouldn't be surprised if we see another Lawrence bros sweep, they are coming in healthy and everything dialed in.
He is a quitter.
You mean Chase and Hunter.
If he does well all will be forgiven no doubt and the mob will lay down their torches, but last season really took the shine off him for me. The cardinal sin in any sport is quitting. We teach our kids that from the day they sling a leg over a p dub. Now here’s a professional athlete getting paid millions that just up and stops trying? He can go out and win a championship this season and I still won’t forget how poorly he handled that.
thanks for letting us know
The thing is, i think there are multiple riders in the history that has been on a bike that they have really, really disliked and turned down the effort from 100% to 85%. I think nobody would fault a rider from doing that, in the end of the day they are risking their lives and going 100% on a bike that isn't even close to what you need is just not smart and it's dangerous.
The problem was obviously that Prado did not go to 85%. He went to 5% too many times.
The 'real' Kawasaki version of things, needs to come from the guys on the spanners.
I have been in teams where the top management had only one vision that they poured $1m into , and it was shit, but they couldn't possibly lose face by it being seen to be the reason our car was shit, so they carried on .
Meanwhile the guys on the ground were bolting on the parts we knew worked, to do the 'grunt work testing' and finding out exactly how far off the car was from what it could actually do.
The Ilmor MotoGP project died for the same reason, not listening to rider feedback, and ploughing on regardless.
There will be 10 guys in that team that know exactly what is needed , but are not allowed to do it, happened to Weimer, Watson, Seewer, Evans, all on the green bike. When there is a 'fix' that you are not allowed to do, at that point you check out.
We will see soon enough.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Thing is, even if he’s 4th he will start blaming the bike as he feels he’s faster than Jett
The one thing i cant get over is him running his mouth right now. Bragging about how great the orange bike is at this point just smells like a really bad decision. Stay humble George, and let the riding do the talking. When youre clicking off heat race wins, and top 3 overalls indoors, then you can tell the world how good the bike is.
Pit Row
Prado’s bold comments about his competitiveness reminds me of the egg scene in Cool Hand Luke.
“Why you got to go and say fifty eggs for? Why not thirty-five or thirty-nine?” https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxuCXQYaUD69MtbIYVUF0fI1sJ8FNclP_1?si=s4GV7iT07aAneIth
Fans to Prado “Why you got to go and say winning for? Why not top five?!
pretentious is a better word
Why,he stayed in the US?
He definitely had a spoiled brat attitude last year. That was blatantly obvious… Kawasaki was livid with his attitude and lack of performance. For all we know he had to take this pay cut because of the situation he put himself in. And lack of rides available… Come back to reality Whip!!
It sounded like Tickle and Kawasaki were trying to do everything they can do to make him happy with all the bike changes they did. That’s what reputable people were saying during his tenure at Kawi… So….🤷♂️
I hate it when riders lie and tell us everything is fine when it's not. and for the longest time I agreed with everyone on here about that. I agreed that the fake interviews were terrible, that when a rider was struggling with their bike, that they should be more open about what it is they're struggling with and what they're doing to fix it.
HOWEVER, after seeing how Vital is reacting to someone from outside, who is used to speaking his mind more, doing exactly what we've been asking for, I kind of understand why riders don't tell us. They don't trust us with any details because no matter what they do or say, someone will not like how they did it. Chase just mentioned the same thing on Pulp.
Moto fans can be the biggest drama queens, all the while calling out riders for causing drama.
No, JT said Chase and Prado.
The guy tried not to qualify,,,that's a suckers move. Now let see what he's got. Bust or go home .
Started last year talking to Gypsy about how good the Kawi was on SX and how he didn't like the KTM...
He would be much better off staying reserved with his comments in these early interviews. Like “this is a great team and we’re putting in the work”. But he can’t seem to help himself. The silent assassin was always a bigger threat than the boisterous joker…
“We can work with speed” explains a whole lot of what we see in moto. And Prado has speed. But he’s doesn’t know the difference between confidence and talk.
Results are all that matters, and he dilutes whatever great results he gets by blabbering about how great he’s gonna do.
Guys on the spanners, you say?
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