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https://www.lebigusa.com/articles/action-avec-plessinger-prado-et-tomac.html
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Ha surprised they let that video out.
My word KTM needs to fire their suspension group.
That’s crazy. What the hell is going on over there?
Dang. That can't be confidence inspiring for their riders. I understand failures can happen, but man, this is FACTORY KTM. Tomac and Prado already questioning their decisions 😝
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Wow! Well spotted 👏
Broken spring? Or does a shock compress if it ”blows” regardless if spring is intact?
Yikes!
It seems like they’ve got to have options in hardware or settings to get durability. Maybe the riders have a favorite setup that’s not ready for prime time yet?
Sometimes stuff breaks when you’re pushing tech to the next level
Testing Dungey's old air shock? Heard Tomac is already in Sexton's dad's DMs asking about practice bike suspension...
Maybe they are trying out the air shock for the 15th year in a row
Damn you barely beat me lol
lol, yeah it was all Chase being a head case…
I can see Eli moving to KYB asap. No way he risks a championship with these issues.
How have they not fixed this problem yet?!?
Seelys shock from 2017 mxon?
I’ll still never forget that. Fucking twice in the same day
hard to believe this is happening at this level… a shock is a shock is a shock essentially, unless it has to do with WPs threaded bodies???
Was that the intro shoot? And why did no one else report it if so?
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Two fun facts: I have the feeling the guy who shot the images didn't even notice what he was filming (not surprising if it's Lebig himself, who doesn't know squat about bikes), since there's not ONE word anywhere in the intro or elsewhere on the site (except now in comments). And it happened just after Prado said he put his 2024 settings back and everything immediately felt perfect.
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I listened to Pulp and Steve interviewed the REP guy who said that there are limits to the shock settings and configuration that, if you go beyond, the shock can’t handle it. My guess is they are out of that window already?
I believe anything Mark Johnson says about suspension. Pretty sure he was a factory KTM suspension guy for a long time before he went out on his own (AEO partner first now his own shop REP).
I imagine KTM had every person that stepped near their facility sign a NDA, and KTM would most definitely not want this discussed.
Hell I’m an absolute nobody and years ago a a Premix movie premiere at GoPro in Carlsbad I had to sign a NDA.
Prado must be shocked!
Exactly. Looks like a broken spring or the top or bottom spring perch. If the spring is intact the shock will still have its ride height even if the damping is faded or "blown".
Signing an NDA at a press launch? This wasn't some super secret practice session. Anything and everything is fair game, it's more about how many bridges you want to burn in an endemic industry.
I would pay good money to be on the factory Kawi group chat right now.
Sounds like you read Pinkbike comments 🤣
Motogp has lower devices on there bikes. Looks like there using it on there dirt bikes now to😬
He is blown away by ktm suspension.
Ktm themselfs are keeping a low profile.
It was for outdoors he put his 2024 setting back i understood it.
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