Chase changing the whole setup!?

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Its too bad he didn't have any time to test prior to A1

If only there some pre-season races where he could discover these gaps sooner. 

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bvm111 wrote:
prado qualified second and eli first .., so there is that going for kawi and everyone saying that kawi did everything for prado and chase having...

prado qualified second and eli first .., so there is that going for kawi and everyone saying that kawi did everything for prado and chase having to get off that awful KTM 😂

Talk about adding insult to injury, jeez. Those KTM's are locked in. Listen, I'm no pro SX rider, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, and well, I'm having a hard time figuring out how changing literally everything from last week is going to be the magic bullet for a win. I think it is the opposite. I think of Chase like he is on a dingy at sea, not knowing quite where land is, and he rows for a bit in one direction, then decides fuck it, and goes in another direction, then another, then the season is over and he is miserable, and he is still out at sea..... My spider senses are tingling and they are suggesting this pairing is in for a long season.

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1/17/2026 3:59pm Edited Date/Time 1/17/2026 4:00pm

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Why doesnt he just ride the thing and sort himself out?? 

But lets face it, Kawi hasnt done anything since the RV days, the only exception is Febreve(?). RV rode Kawi since he was born, even then he quit early imo.

How many careers has Kawi toasted?

1. Reed

2. Tomac

3. AC

4. JS

5. Prado

Now Sexton is on the brink.

Lets face it, the bike and/or management arent were they should be. Or is it just a money thing?

 

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1/17/2026 4:42pm
Motodude wrote:
Why doesnt he just ride the thing and sort himself out?? But lets face it, Kawi hasnt done anything since the RV days, the only exception is...

Why doesnt he just ride the thing and sort himself out?? 

But lets face it, Kawi hasnt done anything since the RV days, the only exception is Febreve(?). RV rode Kawi since he was born, even then he quit early imo.

How many careers has Kawi toasted?

1. Reed

2. Tomac

3. AC

4. JS

5. Prado

Now Sexton is on the brink.

Lets face it, the bike and/or management arent were they should be. Or is it just a money thing?

 

Kawi hadn't done anything since RV? What about Tomac?

Sexton on the brink might be a mild dramatization given it's race 2 of the relationship. 

Your coming off as a knob.

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1/17/2026 4:45pm

Looks like it's working

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1/17/2026 4:49pm
Motodude wrote:
Why doesnt he just ride the thing and sort himself out?? But lets face it, Kawi hasnt done anything since the RV days, the only exception is...

Why doesnt he just ride the thing and sort himself out?? 

But lets face it, Kawi hasnt done anything since the RV days, the only exception is Febreve(?). RV rode Kawi since he was born, even then he quit early imo.

How many careers has Kawi toasted?

1. Reed

2. Tomac

3. AC

4. JS

5. Prado

Now Sexton is on the brink.

Lets face it, the bike and/or management arent were they should be. Or is it just a money thing?

 

Jmicmoto13 wrote:
Kawi hadn't done anything since RV? What about Tomac?Sexton on the brink might be a mild dramatization given it's race 2 of the relationship. Your coming off...

Kawi hadn't done anything since RV? What about Tomac?

Sexton on the brink might be a mild dramatization given it's race 2 of the relationship. 

Your coming off as a knob.

Kawi "toasting" Tomac's career is wild. 4 championships on Green for Eli? Not too shabby 

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1/17/2026 5:01pm
DownSouth wrote:

Looks like it's working

5 pages of armchair suspension anylists. Vitals being vitarded.

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bvm111 wrote:
prado qualified second and eli first .., so there is that going for kawi and everyone saying that kawi did everything for prado and chase having...

prado qualified second and eli first .., so there is that going for kawi and everyone saying that kawi did everything for prado and chase having to get off that awful KTM 😂

bents wrote:
Talk about adding insult to injury, jeez. Those KTM's are locked in. Listen, I'm no pro SX rider, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn...

Talk about adding insult to injury, jeez. Those KTM's are locked in. Listen, I'm no pro SX rider, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, and well, I'm having a hard time figuring out how changing literally everything from last week is going to be the magic bullet for a win. I think it is the opposite. I think of Chase like he is on a dingy at sea, not knowing quite where land is, and he rows for a bit in one direction, then decides fuck it, and goes in another direction, then another, then the season is over and he is miserable, and he is still out at sea..... My spider senses are tingling and they are suggesting this pairing is in for a long season.

Looks like that tingling may have just been jock itch.

Or crabs. Can't rule those out.

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1/17/2026 5:12pm
Motodude wrote:
Why doesnt he just ride the thing and sort himself out?? But lets face it, Kawi hasnt done anything since the RV days, the only exception is...

Why doesnt he just ride the thing and sort himself out?? 

But lets face it, Kawi hasnt done anything since the RV days, the only exception is Febreve(?). RV rode Kawi since he was born, even then he quit early imo.

How many careers has Kawi toasted?

1. Reed

2. Tomac

3. AC

4. JS

5. Prado

Now Sexton is on the brink.

Lets face it, the bike and/or management arent were they should be. Or is it just a money thing?

 

Jmicmoto13 wrote:
Kawi hadn't done anything since RV? What about Tomac?Sexton on the brink might be a mild dramatization given it's race 2 of the relationship. Your coming off...

Kawi hadn't done anything since RV? What about Tomac?

Sexton on the brink might be a mild dramatization given it's race 2 of the relationship. 

Your coming off as a knob.

You're *

Maybe Kawi is where Honda was before the Lawrences fixed it. 

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1/17/2026 5:18pm
Motodude wrote:

You're *

Maybe Kawi is where Honda was before the Lawrences fixed it. 

Thanks for the grammatical correction. I was rage typing and missed that one. Thanks. 👍

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the setup changes looks bangin'
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1/17/2026 8:14pm

Maybe next week he is on Kyb lol 

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1/17/2026 8:19pm

Chase was fast and consistent tonight, except for the first hundred yards where he sucked. But he never slowed down substantially and worked his way forward the entire race. The track was better, but that wasn’t all of it.

Whatever he did, it worked pretty good.

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As usual all the experts in here were wrong 

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3strokemx wrote:
the setup changes looks bangin'

the setup changes looks bangin'
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1/17/2026 9:55pm Edited Date/Time 1/17/2026 11:08pm

Ya. I'll eat some crow. Just finished watching the 450 main event.Chase rode great and the podium would have been different had he not snagged himself on the gate.

Hopefully this setting can carry him forward now. 

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Boomslang wrote:
Ya. I'll eat some crow. Just finished watching the 450 main event.Chase rode great and the podium would have been different had he not snagged himself...

Ya. I'll eat some crow. Just finished watching the 450 main event.Chase rode great and the podium would have been different had he not snagged himself on the gate.

Hopefully this setting can carry him forward now. 

Is hitting the gate good or bad, I can't tell?

We need a counter at the bottom of every race for how many days have passed since the last time Chase hit the gate. I like the guy but holy crap man. 

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1/17/2026 11:01pm
He said they changed everything a week out of A1 in an interview.Chase for the love of God, you landing in the face of the double...

He said they changed everything a week out of A1 in an interview.

Chase for the love of God, you landing in the face of the double was on you.

ohh_454 wrote:

I thought I heard on pulpmx that he tried something that Kitchen suggested before A1 and it opened up a whole can of worms lol

ML512 wrote:
Swingarm pre-A1. Then this week, he ended up riding Kitchen's entire front end setup on his bike, that's how he got to a point he's basically...

Swingarm pre-A1. Then this week, he ended up riding Kitchen's entire front end setup on his bike, that's how he got to a point he's basically running Pro Circuit-built suspension on his 450.

What’s the reason for the change of clamps from xtrigs to pro circuit clamps ? Be interesting to hear what you think ?

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1/17/2026 11:05pm
Jub wrote:
Is hitting the gate good or bad, I can't tell?We need a counter at the bottom of every race for how many days have passed since...

Is hitting the gate good or bad, I can't tell?

We need a counter at the bottom of every race for how many days have passed since the last time Chase hit the gate. I like the guy but holy crap man. 

When all things are working Chase is about the only dude who can run with Jett, but geez, there is always some silly mistakes that handicap him. Hitting the gate last night stopped him from competing for the win. Last to 4th was an excellent result but he is like 18 points down after two races.

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ohh_454 wrote:

I thought I heard on pulpmx that he tried something that Kitchen suggested before A1 and it opened up a whole can of worms lol

ML512 wrote:
Swingarm pre-A1. Then this week, he ended up riding Kitchen's entire front end setup on his bike, that's how he got to a point he's basically...

Swingarm pre-A1. Then this week, he ended up riding Kitchen's entire front end setup on his bike, that's how he got to a point he's basically running Pro Circuit-built suspension on his 450.

What’s the reason for the change of clamps from xtrigs to pro circuit clamps ? Be interesting to hear what you think ?

I did a whole video that includes it. It's a lot more than clamps:

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1/17/2026 11:12pm
ML512 wrote:
I did a whole video that includes it. It's a lot more than clamps:

I did a whole video that includes it. It's a lot more than clamps:

Hey ML, don't you ever sleep? Must be close on.midnight in your neck of the woods.

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1/17/2026 11:13pm

Yeah, Prado really showed the world that it was just the bike last year with his 12th place finish last night, rolling around and looking backwards again like last year.

Sexton also cemented it by going from last to 4th lapping the fastest times before he ran out of steam or settled the last 5 minutes, the Kawasaki really looked horrible out there..

People really put to much in to the A1 results regarding flaming Kawasaki and praising KTM with no middle between.

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1/17/2026 11:29pm
ML512 wrote:
Swingarm pre-A1. Then this week, he ended up riding Kitchen's entire front end setup on his bike, that's how he got to a point he's basically...

Swingarm pre-A1. Then this week, he ended up riding Kitchen's entire front end setup on his bike, that's how he got to a point he's basically running Pro Circuit-built suspension on his 450.

What’s the reason for the change of clamps from xtrigs to pro circuit clamps ? Be interesting to hear what you think ?

ML512 wrote:
I did a whole video that includes it. It's a lot more than clamps:

I did a whole video that includes it. It's a lot more than clamps:

Amazing! Didn’t see that so thank you for this, I’ll watch it later 

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1/18/2026 5:21am

Chase looked good on his Kawi, other than the gate debacle. He'll be fine. 

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1/18/2026 5:56am

Wait, I thought Team Kawi is super strict and won’t allow the rider to make changes……😬

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280driver wrote:

Wait, I thought Team Kawi is super strict and won’t allow the rider to make changes……😬

What if the reported 70 something fork settings that Prado tested last year and Oscar being with him for a week at Club are actually true and Team Kawasaki is not as bad as Vitards want them to be.

I’m mind blown.

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1/18/2026 6:19am

Wondering if Prado's result was in direct correlation with his sound.  Meaning, he rides in a higher gear, so needs engine to pull in that gear. If they had to drop sound lets say 3 db or something, it would effectively change his power.  Just a thought.  

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1/18/2026 6:23am

So Prado was 29 seconds from 1st at A1 and 50 seconds last night but the Kawasaki was the problem.

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Wondering if Prado's result was in direct correlation with his sound.  Meaning, he rides in a higher gear, so needs engine to pull in that gear...

Wondering if Prado's result was in direct correlation with his sound.  Meaning, he rides in a higher gear, so needs engine to pull in that gear. If they had to drop sound lets say 3 db or something, it would effectively change his power.  Just a thought.  

It was in direct correlation to him not getting a holeshot. Prado is a great rider but I can't see a scenario where he starts 13th and rides his way through this pack into a top 5 finish.

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