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Looks like he rustled some feathers again; From his Facebook:
"Apparently I recorded a debrief last night (for me in California). Woke up this morning to the phone saturated with notifications from people, from all corners of our industry, who didn't appreciate my speech or analysis of the Paris SX and the current climate of our sport."
I need to give it a listen! <Well I mean listen to French and read cc translation to English LoL!>
Bunch of gibberish!
Ya u gonna have to translate bruh...
Going through the video comments now; highly entertaining even with the sketchy yt translation!
DV replying to question regarding steel versus aluminum frames:
"How can we talk about motorcycle specificity when we compare the same steel-framed motorcycle with completely opposite settings (Tomac and Plessinger's KTMs, for example) to aluminum-framed motorcycles with completely different settings (Eli's Yamaha and Anderson's Kawasaki)? The game is rigged. It's not about the frame alloy, but about the settings, balance, and equilibrium of the motorcycle."
viewer's comment: "Tomac will help KTM move forward; I think he'll develop power."
DV's reply: "Historically, this has not been the case…"
DV speaks his mind... I'm all for it. Don't have to agree with it either. I do think Tomac is going to help KTM put up bigger power numbers, because he is going to ask them to keep pushing the envelope. I mean, if we believe Jade...
@dv12.com Keep it up, we love your commentary.
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DV says he's a has been. The most important word is "has." Most people with comments are "was'es" as in never was.
DV is a guy who when I don't agree with him I rethink what I previously thought. A good SX rule of thumb is If you've ever beaten MC straight up I'll listen to what you have to say.
I love DV's insight. He's not afraid to put his opinion out there, and he's more qualified than most people to have one.
Equally important to his creds, to me, is his ability to actually articulate why he's says what he says (and a lot of times, it's in his second language).
Okay can someone give me a idea of what was said?
Is there any reason to think that power has been the thing holding KTM back in recent years?
Let me get this straight, a man has an opinion and the world is upset?
The French. It’s like they have a different word for everything!!
Same. Still so confused? lol all dv said he was he doesn’t think tomac will help move Ktm forward with adding power? Is that it? People are upset about that?
Far as I can figure out we're supposed to watch a 2-1/2 hour video in French and it will all be crystal clear. Cancelling plans as we speak...
"What if you're wrong"
Who’s qualified to answer that?
The guy operating the dyno will have 1 answer, pro #1 might have a different answer and pro #2 thinks the question is insane. And when Tomac is asked? He doesn’t care, just wants more…
Good points. I would also add that we don't know that a lack of power has been holding Eli back either.
Whatever the bike changes I hope they work and he can show us beast mode all season.
Right. Was Chase's problem a lack of power on the KTM? Especially when it comes to sx. I dont think a fire breathing 450 is the key to winning in a stadium
Pit Row
I know I've mentioned on here before but DV is probably the person who I enjoy listening to, more than anyone in the industry. Whether it is an interview, when he's on Pulp or the few English breakdown episodes he did on his YT etc, it's just very interesting. He's a straight shooter and just always has a unique, detailed perspective. I don't always agree with everything but I can respect it.
Agreed…. But I tend to agree with most of his opinions
French Youtube community sounds like Vital community.
Fans: Man, that pro rider is excelling/struggling now that he's on an aluminum/steel frame.
DV: The whole damn bike top-to-bottom is different than the previous, not just the frame.
Fans: But clearly he's better/worse now on steel/aluminum.
DV:
i would pay WEEKLY for a show of just dv by himself giving his unfiltered thoughts/opinions on anything mx/sx. im so glad he is still involved in the sport as much as he is.
Sounds like Tomac is happy about the engine: "The bike is ripping. It`s fast. It got plenty of power"
From 3:40
Rarely do those in power try to silence someone telling tall tales......All too often it is the ones telling the truth that are immediately silenced.
Tony Alessi was given the platform and an hour-long rant about Davey Coombs and the Drug Ring inside MXsports. It was allowed to continue because we all knew it was not the truth.
Now a few years back a certain DangerBoy had his bike claimed at Loretta's - The kid that claimed it had his sponsorships threatened within the hour & has rarely, if ever, been given a platform to speak about what transpired. Even Matthes, who doesn't seem to find any topic taboo, brushed it under the rug & never had the kid on to discuss.
If DV ruffled feathers throughout the industry, it was not because he doesn't know what he's talking about.
Of course, I don't have a real answer...but I doubt seriously that a guy of Eli Tomac's caliber, especially a guy who wants a really "fast" bike, would sign with a team whose bikes were down on power.
Sure, because when he asked for more, Jade says they got it for him...
But...adding power does change the suspension. I mean, this is plain 'ol physics. Slow bikes need softer suspension...the faster you go, the stiffer it generally needs to be for SX.
It does always kind of annoy me when people just always equate a steel frame to be softer and an aluminum frame to be stiffer. Aluminum is way softer than steel as an alloy, they just design the frames to be so robust to compensate for the softness of the alloy that it gives a stiffer characteristic. Steel is harder, but KTM for a while made their frames to have a softer feel, using less of the harder material.
An engineer may come along and correct the semantics of what I said, but it always irks me when people are like "steel = soft no matter what".
It's basically as you said. Steel is about 3x stiffer (and stronger) than aluminum. They can make an aluminum frame feel identical to steel and vise-versa, blind test the riders and they wouldn't be able to tell the difference if everything else was identical.
Aluminum frames can easily be stiffer, though, as they need to add material (larger cross section) to get the strength up to that of the thinner steel. The resulting structure will be stiffer in bending and torsion in aluminum than in steel for the same strength (though about the same stiffness in tension/compression). But with careful design, it's possible to make either one stiffer than the other.
The general statement of an aluminum frame being stiffer than steel is nonsense. There's A LOT more information needed before that conclusion can be made.
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