Pit Bits - A1

ML512
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Edited Date/Time 1/12/2026 7:24pm

It actually got done by Monday night; I even impress myself sometimes. (That's a lie, most of my work is a disappointment, but hey...we try to be a little better each day)

Enjoy, it's a fairly big version. Link here (yes, the homepage is a real thing, check it out sometime): https://www.vitalmx.com/features/vital-mx-pit-bits-2026-anaheim-1-supercross

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1/12/2026 7:37pm

Honestly ML you do great work and most of us appreciate the hell out of you for what you do and also what you dont do.

Now we just have to figure out how to make gp bits work again one day and all will be good!

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PRM31
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1/12/2026 7:56pm

Thanks ML, nice Monday surprise!

Can I put in a request for next week to get details on the new WP shock and forks Eli is using? 

Enjoyed this as always.

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CR92
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1/12/2026 8:20pm

That was nice. I'm looking forward to the ducati deep dive. 

The Shop

shortty761
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1/12/2026 8:53pm

Thank you ML 🙌🙏🏻

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BigBoreFan58
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1/12/2026 8:58pm

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mx_563
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1/12/2026 10:09pm

YES!!!!!! Thank you Mr. Lindsay. 

truck
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1/12/2026 10:29pm

Is it just me or do more teams than ever before have semis? Are there just more used ones available now? Are they necessary to get decent sponsorship? What's the ballpark cost for a team like KMR to buy the thing, fix it up, wrap it, driver salary, insurance, fuel, etc? Has to be huge portion of their budget. 

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G-man
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1/12/2026 11:39pm

WoW! 😲

Thanks for all that info and pictures, great job. 👍

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1/13/2026 12:10am

Awesome as usual, but especially appreciate getting the detail on the dukes.

Motofinne
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1/13/2026 1:10am
truck wrote:
Is it just me or do more teams than ever before have semis? Are there just more used ones available now? Are they necessary to get...

Is it just me or do more teams than ever before have semis? Are there just more used ones available now? Are they necessary to get decent sponsorship? What's the ballpark cost for a team like KMR to buy the thing, fix it up, wrap it, driver salary, insurance, fuel, etc? Has to be huge portion of their budget. 

I think ML wrote about that a couple of years ago after he had run his team. Long story short, yes you need that kind of semi to attract big sponsors.

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1/13/2026 2:54am

Thx ML ! Love pit bits

MikeID
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1/13/2026 3:02am

Fantastic!

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1/13/2026 4:26am
Honestly ML you do great work and most of us appreciate the hell out of you for what you do and also what you dont do.Now...

Honestly ML you do great work and most of us appreciate the hell out of you for what you do and also what you dont do.

Now we just have to figure out how to make gp bits work again one day and all will be good!

If ML sends me to the races I’ll grab photos. Haha.

Johnny Ringo
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1/13/2026 5:25am

The day Pit Bits ends is the day I stop caring about pro motocross

Thanks for the content ML

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Lentz197
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1/13/2026 5:27am

really enjoyed seeing the history of the trucks and trailers     crazy how they bounce around

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alphado
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1/13/2026 5:30am

Good stuff!

Zeke27G
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1/13/2026 6:07am

Much appreciated ML!

4DAIVIPAI2K5
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1/13/2026 6:21am
Lentz197 wrote:

really enjoyed seeing the history of the trucks and trailers     crazy how they bounce around

Agree, I find that stuff interesting 

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1/13/2026 6:28am

+1 on the trucks and trailers. 

Be nice to have a look round a few in more detail, especially the privateer guys , to see how they deal with the realities of a lower budget. 

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aeffertz
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1/13/2026 8:30am Edited Date/Time 1/13/2026 8:47am

ML, can you get a closer look at the clutch on Webb’s bike? See if it’s the new Nissan stuff or if he’s still running the Brembo. If it’s the Brembo, wouldn’t that mean he’s running the full ‘25 setup just with new plastics?

It looks different from JCoops.

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uncledaddy69
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1/13/2026 8:48am
aeffertz wrote:
ML, can you get a closer look at the clutch on Webb’s bike? See if it’s the new Nissan stuff or if he’s still running the...

ML, can you get a closer look at the clutch on Webb’s bike? See if it’s the new Nissan stuff or if he’s still running the Brembo. If it’s the Brembo, wouldn’t that mean he’s running the full ‘25 setup just with new plastics?

It looks different from JCoops.

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I couldn’t see it up close, but from the front of the semi, I thought it was the old brembo. Hopefully ML got a closer look. 

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1/13/2026 8:50am

ML, it looked like maybe there was a pretty big difference between Eli and AP’s forks? I couldn’t get a good enough angle to see what Eli was running. 

ML512
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1/13/2026 11:55am
ML, it looked like maybe there was a pretty big difference between Eli and AP’s forks? I couldn’t get a good enough angle to see what...

ML, it looked like maybe there was a pretty big difference between Eli and AP’s forks? I couldn’t get a good enough angle to see what Eli was running. 

Eli spring, AP air.

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1/13/2026 1:23pm
ML, it looked like maybe there was a pretty big difference between Eli and AP’s forks? I couldn’t get a good enough angle to see what...

ML, it looked like maybe there was a pretty big difference between Eli and AP’s forks? I couldn’t get a good enough angle to see what Eli was running. 

ML512 wrote:

Eli spring, AP air.

Spring Kyb? Or did WP copy the Kyb and make there own 

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1/13/2026 1:38pm

About the shock shafts. Do they bend because of insane stiff shimstacks sort of hydrolocking or chassis flexing somehow?

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