lets keyboard mechanic chases bike

Speculating that Sexton might be using an auto clutch.   He said on the pulp show in the past that he doesn't like to cover the clutch in whoops and other sections, and that's why he stalls the bike occasionally.  

Autoclutch could solve that problem but would probably throw him off during starts and possibly cornering (no engine braking).

He does stall the bike a lot on corner entry so this makes sense 

He needs Bridgestone tires!!!

Bros, I can't believe nobody has stated the obvious: his mechanic needs to torque the damn sprocket bolts! 

Cheng Shin front...

IDK...maybe put a man on the bike.

Depending on the track, torque the motor mounts 1.5 ft lbs tighter on the side facing the most turns. Asymmetrical torques are the way of the future.. 

Not many faster than the man already on it.

Spoke covers and a sprocket bolt re-torque. Starting to wonder if they are making his front tire from wood. If so, go back to rubber.

Chase had a problem with KTM...Eli immediately wins on it first race. Eli wins championships and a lot of races on Kawi...Chase has same problems. Chase is blazing fast, no one will ever doubt this...but he has his issues. Like a I said, put a man on the Kawi. 

It's so frustrating because it's so obvious. 

His graphics are .1mm too thin making it hard to squeeze the bike

The front fork guards aren't aero optimized causing his front end to dip in the air

Agree with others that mentioned his air filter is too small, that's obvious, but harder to spot is the fact that they're using about half an ounce too much oil on it. 

The tension on his chain looks way off 

I could go on but it's just too frustrating. 

Can he even bottom A kit? 

Not the most outlandish conspiracy I have heard. Actually makes some sense. Potentially.

Now,that's clever!

Don't forget to add a few washers too.

Right or left side?

Probably 1 tooth up on back sprocket now I think about it...

This is obviously all speculation and I could be dead wrong but to my eye:

Our boy has a big honkin long ass torso and shorter arms and legs by the look of him which makes his weight distribution way front heavy all the time. I share similar proportions (though I may be slightly heavier than he is) and am a setup nerd so this problem is near and dear to my heart. You can change the suspension to compensate for this problem but in my experience it is always an inconsistent compromise. Moving his body weight further back on the bike is most of the fix and the rest can be done with chassis mods. The indicator of weight being in the right place will be the normalization of suspension settings and spring rates on his bike. I have no idea what they are running as of now, again I am just speculating based on my own experience as a not-pro not-supercross rider. 

The problem manifestation: It looks to me like the fork is being overloaded mid corner and over some specific jump situations. I remember hearing that chase wants front end feel in the corners, as do we all but with the weight he puts on the front end he needs an overly stiff setting to compensate and therefore cant get the feel/traction. Since every corner loads the front slightly differently finding a setting that is stiff enough to resist chase's body weight and the g forces of cornering and still soft enough to give good traction and feel will result in a distinct lack of predictability and consistency. That same setting when chase is not loading the front end hard will cause a lack of front wheel bite. This all gets worse as he gets tired and defaults to weighting the front of the bike slightly more due to his physical makeup. I believe they are biasing toward a softer setting for maximum cornering feel and so if chase doesn't run perfectly on that razors edge he gets bit by physics.

Moving his body weight back will allow him to run a normal fork setting netting him the feel he is after without overloading it and tucking the front end (fork is too low in travel, head angle steepens). This will make him more consistent as he will not be riding on eggshells so to speak and when he gets tired his weight bias will remain as neutral as can be expected. He will have to adjust his cornering technique and will lose some front end authority but that will just put him even with everyone else. 

Ergo mods for moving weight back can be: More bar sweep (true sweep in degrees, not the bs sweep number bar mfg's give you) moves weight back as will moving the bar mounts behind the fork centerline like dirt bikes used to be (he's back on the xtrigs so they already have this capability and have maybe already done it), bars with more rise/taller bar mounts will make his torso and head more vertical and centralize mass as will lower and further back offset footpegs. A taller seat can be used to compensate for taller bars giving some front end authority back when sitting only without affecting standing weight balance. I believe we may have seen this in effect with that goofy ass seat he was running at ktm. 

Chassis mods: moving rear axle as far forward as possible (rear wheel closer to COG, shorter rear center, rear wheel carries more of the weight of the bike and body taking load off the front end) I think they just did this for Seattle, slacken head angle with races (kx is already pretty slack) more trail and more planted front end feel and slightly longer front center. Larger series front tire and smaller rear tire to change weight bias statically. (120/9019, 90/100 21)

Suspension: Linkage with more leverage initially will put less load on front suspension, air fork and its more progressive nature can allow for less aggressive damping and better weight transfer to front end under braking providing more traction.

my best guess. I fully expect him to read this, implement my protocol and run away with the next race 😀

Slap on some spoke skins.

Need those old green color tires.

They must’ve had the washers in the wrong place last night.