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2/14/2026 7:13pm

Great post race interview with the General.

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2/14/2026 7:13pm

That Prado slam they replayed looked brutal. I thought he went down in the whoops during qualifying, not right after the finish. 

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Front242 wrote:

honestly Hunter....shows balls

at the podium to took it all on him...moron's

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2/14/2026 7:14pm

Where can we find the post race press conferences now?

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Juck wrote:
Kenny lost 5 spots because of no e-start, and Anderson couldn't get back going in his heat for the same reason. Bad night to be a...

Kenny lost 5 spots because of no e-start, and Anderson couldn't get back going in his heat for the same reason. Bad night to be a kickstarter

Yeah that was tough to watch. Hunter immediately getting up continuing in 4th and Kenny sitting there for 25 seconds dropping to 10th. Shouldn't even be in this position but for sure doesn't make it better..

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2/14/2026 7:16pm

Top 4 within 11 points. Thats NOTHING at this stage of the season. 

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crusty_xx wrote:
Thank God you only had to go back 6 weeks and not find a race from last year 😂 here's some more proof of me tearing...

Thank God you only had to go back 6 weeks and not find a race from last year 😂 here's some more proof of me tearing him down. Hope it helps 

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kage173 wrote:
You see a guy a faster than the entire 450 class on half the motor go out and win the race. And you're response is to...

You see a guy a faster than the entire 450 class on half the motor go out and win the race. And you're response is to come up with some weird inaccurate metric to claim he'll struggle in 450s. Its just a weird take. 

But, It's not that big of a deal bro. Just because you say something stupid, it doesn't mean you're a stupid person. Just admit you were wrong and let's move on. 

Mavetism wrote:
"Faster than the entire 450 class"Are we talking about different qualifying sessions again? Does that mean Kitchen is a better rider than the 450 field aswell...

"Faster than the entire 450 class"

Are we talking about different qualifying sessions again? Does that mean Kitchen is a better rider than the 450 field aswell because he had a better qualifying time other than Prado? Do you realise how much faster the track was? lol

Well, he set the fastest time of the day, by a whole second. But, cmon buddy. Let me see your mental gymnastics to explain how that doesn't matter. Go on...

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Replay of the Hunter/Kenny crash didn't show any malice I could see.

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plowboy wrote:

Replay of the Hunter/Kenny crash didn't show any malice I could see.

No malice at all, just a boneheaded move by Hunter.

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Juck wrote:
I feel like I remember him jumping into Webb in a sand section and taking himself out but I also remember the other way around so...

I feel like I remember him jumping into Webb in a sand section and taking himself out but I also remember the other way around so who knows what I'm thinking of

aeffertz wrote:

We all 3 have the same foggy memory. Maybe one more foggy brain can remember the Jett incident if it exists. Grinning

I can practically see it in my head but can't find it. Want to say it was an SMX round maybe? 

2/14/2026 7:18pm

Man, Tomac looks so good on the KTM! I thought he would be top 5-8, but man he is killing it. 

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Watching the Kenny/Hunter crash again, it looked like Hunter meant to take the inside but had too much entry speed because he hadn't been taking it and popped over the berm, you see his inside foot come off, I think that was him trying to plant his foot to reorient the direction of the bike back to the inside, but he just had too much speed. Such a bummer though

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Juck wrote:
Kenny lost 5 spots because of no e-start, and Anderson couldn't get back going in his heat for the same reason. Bad night to be a...

Kenny lost 5 spots because of no e-start, and Anderson couldn't get back going in his heat for the same reason. Bad night to be a kickstarter

Mavetism wrote:
Yeah that was tough to watch. Hunter immediately getting up continuing in 4th and Kenny sitting there for 25 seconds dropping to 10th. Shouldn't even be...

Yeah that was tough to watch. Hunter immediately getting up continuing in 4th and Kenny sitting there for 25 seconds dropping to 10th. Shouldn't even be in this position but for sure doesn't make it better..

Suzuki cooperate philosophy..."Don't crash".

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plowboy wrote:

Replay of the Hunter/Kenny crash didn't show any malice I could see.

any block pass is the same....

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plowboy wrote:

Replay of the Hunter/Kenny crash didn't show any malice I could see.

It wasn't an intentional take out but it was poor judgment by Hunter that put them both down. He jumped from the inside of the sand section to the outside directly into Ken.

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Recap of Seattle: 

Kawis suck ass! KTM's my gosh rub my tits. Hondas have an error code. Yamahas pretty solid! Suzukis stuck in the past. 

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2/14/2026 7:20pm Edited Date/Time 2/14/2026 7:21pm
Juck wrote:
Watching the Kenny/Hunter crash again, it looked like Hunter meant to take the inside but had too much entry speed because he hadn't been taking it...

Watching the Kenny/Hunter crash again, it looked like Hunter meant to take the inside but had too much entry speed because he hadn't been taking it and popped over the berm, you see his inside foot come off, I think that was him trying to plant his foot to reorient the direction of the bike back to the inside, but he just had too much speed. Such a bummer though

No he ran that line all night, inside jump to outside. It was a fast line and he made some passes earlier like that, just mistimed it that time and ran into Kenny.

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Juck wrote:
Watching the Kenny/Hunter crash again, it looked like Hunter meant to take the inside but had too much entry speed because he hadn't been taking it...

Watching the Kenny/Hunter crash again, it looked like Hunter meant to take the inside but had too much entry speed because he hadn't been taking it and popped over the berm, you see his inside foot come off, I think that was him trying to plant his foot to reorient the direction of the bike back to the inside, but he just had too much speed. Such a bummer though

watch the replay on JCoop same move same section 

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Juck wrote:
Watching the Kenny/Hunter crash again, it looked like Hunter meant to take the inside but had too much entry speed because he hadn't been taking it...

Watching the Kenny/Hunter crash again, it looked like Hunter meant to take the inside but had too much entry speed because he hadn't been taking it and popped over the berm, you see his inside foot come off, I think that was him trying to plant his foot to reorient the direction of the bike back to the inside, but he just had too much speed. Such a bummer though

That's what I saw.

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kage173 wrote:
You see a guy a faster than the entire 450 class on half the motor go out and win the race. And you're response is to...

You see a guy a faster than the entire 450 class on half the motor go out and win the race. And you're response is to come up with some weird inaccurate metric to claim he'll struggle in 450s. Its just a weird take. 

But, It's not that big of a deal bro. Just because you say something stupid, it doesn't mean you're a stupid person. Just admit you were wrong and let's move on. 

Mavetism wrote:
"Faster than the entire 450 class"Are we talking about different qualifying sessions again? Does that mean Kitchen is a better rider than the 450 field aswell...

"Faster than the entire 450 class"

Are we talking about different qualifying sessions again? Does that mean Kitchen is a better rider than the 450 field aswell because he had a better qualifying time other than Prado? Do you realise how much faster the track was? lol

kage173 wrote:
Well, he set the fastest time of the day, by a whole second. But, cmon buddy. Let me see your mental gymnastics to explain how that...

Well, he set the fastest time of the day, by a whole second. But, cmon buddy. Let me see your mental gymnastics to explain how that doesn't matter. Go on...

**on the best track of the day before it was beat down. lol it’s been done before.

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2/14/2026 7:21pm

That kickstarter just cost ken dearly.  Im amazed the dont scab something on. Nothing worse than kickstarting when you are gassed after a crash.  

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Seattl has the best racing year after year. 

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2/14/2026 7:23pm Edited Date/Time 2/14/2026 7:28pm
resetjet wrote:

That kickstarter just cost ken dearly.  Im amazed the dont scab something on. Nothing worse than kickstarting when you are gassed after a crash.  

Is it illegal to modify the bike’s start mechanism? Surely HEP would have the means to add an aftermarket e start I would think.


Even worse than being gassed is how unwilling that bike will be to get kicked back to life after 15+ mins of race pace.

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2/14/2026 7:24pm
davis224 wrote:

I was practically yelling "don't do the jump in the sand!" as Hunter closed on Kenny.

I was wondering when Hunter was going to collide with another rider using that line. Bummed it was Ken he can never catch a break in SX.

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2/14/2026 7:26pm
aeffertz wrote:

Does anybody remember a very similar crash between Jett and someone in a sweeper sand section a couple years ago? Maybe on Anderson?

It was Webb 

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Is Chase riding with an injury? Know they are still figuring out the bike but the last two weeks has shown zero speed or intensity 

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crusty_xx wrote:
Thank God you only had to go back 6 weeks and not find a race from last year 😂 here's some more proof of me tearing...

Thank God you only had to go back 6 weeks and not find a race from last year 😂 here's some more proof of me tearing him down. Hope it helps 

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kage173 wrote:
You see a guy a faster than the entire 450 class on half the motor go out and win the race. And you're response is to...

You see a guy a faster than the entire 450 class on half the motor go out and win the race. And you're response is to come up with some weird inaccurate metric to claim he'll struggle in 450s. Its just a weird take. 

But, It's not that big of a deal bro. Just because you say something stupid, it doesn't mean you're a stupid person. Just admit you were wrong and let's move on. 

Mavetism wrote:
"Faster than the entire 450 class"Are we talking about different qualifying sessions again? Does that mean Kitchen is a better rider than the 450 field aswell...

"Faster than the entire 450 class"

Are we talking about different qualifying sessions again? Does that mean Kitchen is a better rider than the 450 field aswell because he had a better qualifying time other than Prado? Do you realise how much faster the track was? lol

He lost me with motor…

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2/14/2026 7:29pm
resetjet wrote:

That kickstarter just cost ken dearly.  Im amazed the dont scab something on. Nothing worse than kickstarting when you are gassed after a crash.  

AVL28 wrote:
Is it illegal to modify the bike’s start mechanism? Surely HEP would have the means to add an aftermarket e start I would think.Even worse than...

Is it illegal to modify the bike’s start mechanism? Surely HEP would have the means to add an aftermarket e start I would think.


Even worse than being gassed is how unwilling that bike will be to get kicked back to life after 15+ mins of race pace.

No, but engine cases need to be production. 

Suzuki cobbled together and tested an estart last year but it broke during the testing.  They made the decision to stick with kickstart. 

 

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2/14/2026 7:30pm
resetjet wrote:

That kickstarter just cost ken dearly.  Im amazed the dont scab something on. Nothing worse than kickstarting when you are gassed after a crash.  

AVL28 wrote:
Is it illegal to modify the bike’s start mechanism? Surely HEP would have the means to add an aftermarket e start I would think.Even worse than...

Is it illegal to modify the bike’s start mechanism? Surely HEP would have the means to add an aftermarket e start I would think.


Even worse than being gassed is how unwilling that bike will be to get kicked back to life after 15+ mins of race pace.

LB talked about adding an aftermarket electric starter last season, but if I remember correctly, Kenny said he didn’t like the way it changed the weight of the bike or something like that. 

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yak651 wrote:

Is Chase riding with an injury? Know they are still figuring out the bike but the last two weeks has shown zero speed or intensity 

We would never know.

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