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Prado said he wasn`t comfortable, and now Kawasaki`s team manager says Sexton isn`t comfortable and that`s something they`re working on 🤔
Whose front end does Chase run next weekend? All this Prado hate, seems like the bike is just dangerous to ride. James quit when JGR’s bike was that way, Prado did, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Chase opts out before 2027. Called it before the season started, this team ruins careers.
I like Sexton….but last nite was the last time I pick him to win fantasy ! Maybe Prado was right about the bike?…boring ass race last nite…
It’s his first year on a new team/bike with a 3 yr contract.
He’s already won a race and shown crazy speed to come thru the pack.
They are trying new bike setups for each race By end of year they will have new data and can start building off that for a championship within the 3yr contract.
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I'm a Sexton fan and want him to win, but this isn't going good. Eli looks unreal on his old bike, and he just straight up rode around in 7th when he should have capitalized on Eli's bad night. He might turn it around, but it might be too late, then Jett's back and it'll be even harder.
As someone who is not really a Sexton fan, I think we should give him some time before being harsh with the criticism. His skills on the bike are incredible. It has not been a good start to the season, other than one of the rounds with that win, but I think he will get there.
I was very surprised with last night's results, but at least he didnt have a massive crash that took him out. It's a long championship series. He has work to do, but is still fully in this championship fight.
Im very curious to see how he does on the Kawi outdoors.
The thing is, i don't think Sexton himself thinks like that. I'm 99.9% sure that if we ask him today how has your start to the season gone, he will say it has been a failure and he needs to step up (with the help of the team ofc).
Sure he has a win. But he is on pace for a season where he wins 3-4 races out of 17 rounds if he continues like this and by no circumstances is that good enough in a year when Jett is out with injury-
You’re never going to find the perfect setup unless it’s between your ears. I’ve been defending Chase for many years now. He’s still my favorite rider, but he needs to quit changing up his entire bike every week and start to adapt better. I get that a confident rider is a dangerous one. Ripping the whole damn bike apart isn’t going to miraculously bring to light some unfound key to it all. He needs to rip into his own mind and find the key and confidence there. How you can go from blowing the doors off the rest of the pack one week to getting beat by privateers the next is not a bike issue.
He didn't ride well at all. But his terrible start in the main sure didn't help.
You can't give Chase "time to adapt." Everyone was so critical of Prado from the start, when he not only changed his team, he changed his entire life and program. Chase is doing exactly what he's done on every other team. By the end of his contract, he's going to disappear without even a head nod to his old team.
Enough of the Prado comparisons. Yes both he and Chase struggled to get comfortable on the Kawi, but that’s where similarities end. Sexton is not giving up. He’s not bad mouthing his team and his team is busting their asses to fund a setup Chase likes. Chase will figure it out. Hopefully he can find a setup that is close to what he likes and then he should just ride the damn bike for awhile. This constant chasing/changing to find the perfect setup isn’t working.
No one was critical of Prado until he started saying the bike wasn’t fast enough, then they worked on the engine package, he was getting top 5 starts and then threw the team under the bus a second time when he faded back from those good starts. That’s when the hate started
He has been pretty much dead last going into the first turn at at least 3 maybe 4 of the rounds so far.
With this field, he needs to figure out his starts as much as anything. Pretty sure the only person who had started at the back and finished close to a podium all year is Chase. He is just digging himself a massive hole to start each main.
The Prado Kawi thing has been beaten to death, buried and then dug-up and beaten again. There is nothing left to say. Chase is known to chase the elusive perfect setup. He’s done that with every team. He’s doing that now. We can discuss this without dragging Prado into it.
Dude, are you joking? Did you bother reading the thread before my comment? I didn’t bring Prado into it. Let it go.
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You clearly like to argue for the sake of an argument. I do not. If you need clarification on my statements, go read the numerous threads on this topic from last year. Have fun.
He's already won a race and he's only 17 pts out of the championship lead with 13 races to go. Relax people.
He's already faster than Prado was on the Kawi and is on the KTM, there's no comparison in SX between these 2.
For a Euro with little SX education and only less half a season in the bag last year Prado is doing pretty good this season for sure, Sexton is still much better than him, even on a new bike he's still setting up.
The constant chasing of settings seems futile for conditions that are unknown. Find something that you are mostly comfortable with and learn to maximize it for each condition. I.e. Kenny for example…
Who is the undisputed world champion of throwing race wins away while leading?
FWIW, matthes said he was sick this weekend.....
Kawi needs to start drawing a line somewhere with all the testing. Sexton clings to the search for the perfect setup like a toddler clings to their security blanket. If it's always the bike's fault then he never has to confront any of his own limitations or mistakes. It's nearly impossible to go through life like that unless you're surrounded by enablers. At some point if you play along with the constant futile testing, you're the enabler. I find it hard to believe that chase can't win on the same bike marchbanks can get 13th on.
Chase isn’t giving up, yet…..
I have no idea where they're at with testing, but his KX450 looked super twitchy to me last night. I thought 7th was pretty good on that bike...he could've over-ridden it and been 22nd.
Pretty concerning how much he chases setup....could it be that both he and Prado just aren't that great at testing? Both phenomenal riders, but maybe testing is just a huge weakness....
Wow, the dislike for Chase is reaching new levels…. Almost Prado’ish.
I just think back to Hangtown moto 2 to remember why we should respect Chase and what he is capable of.
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