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I like Chase but Im afraid its all between the ears.
Honda bike issues losing the front, Jett and Hunter sorted it out.
KTM hates the bike cant go through whoops, Tomac and Prado seem fine ie yes they have an updated shock.
Kawi, rode for 3 mths set the bike up and couldnt stay on the track at A1. Radically changes the bike to a pro circuit set up and wins. Then changes the bike every week.
Get Tickle to set the bike up and just ride the f… thing.
Well, I got what I expected.
Blah blah blah, corporate BS one-o-one. Kawasaki, let the good times roll.
Good thing we can speed up the casts, these days...
I agree, but only to a certain degree.
It’s literally a team’s job to set up the bike, regardless of the rider’s skill at testing and giving appropriate feedback. It’s part off the competition.
A team cant set up a bike if they dont know what to change .
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It’s literally their job to work that out, with or without rider feedback.
Thats a very childish take on how to expect to build a winning team.
So, if it's the team's job, wouldn't making their job easier by being good at communicating what you want and knowing when to stop chasing settings speed the process up and take it to another level? Or just dig your heels in and say "not my job!" and wonder why it isn't instantly happening?
I wonder if the KTM financial aspect and team relations was more why he left and not as much the bike. Which would really be sad watching how well prado and tomac are doing
That’s what I found interesting about the rigid comments. The Kawi in stock form is always revered for having a compliant plush chassis. The media always raves about how good the bike feels at Glen Helen.
I was also shocked to hear how many stock parts roczen runs on his bike.
I don’t know if I’d call that “sad”. If you think there’s a risk of your employer going BK, you do what you think is best and secure your future. Common sense I’d say.
Maybe try a scoop tire on the front
Maybe he’s been riding the new two stroke during the week
A factory team should be able to build a "good" bike right out of the gate. Each rider has preferences though and they need to communicate how to get there. The feedback might be that the bike is twitchy and the rear is losing grip on corner exits. The team might suggest lowering or softening the rear. If the rider says the bike is twitchy, I want to raise the rear, the team is going to roll their eyes. If they have a good relationship, they should explain to the rider that the suggestion makes no sense. If the bike is twitchy, we aren't going to raise the rear. If the rider gets mad that their feedback wasn't taken, they're wrong.
I'd hope that everyone that makes it to a factory team would know that one but just throwing an example out there. The rider should give behavioral feedback and the more experienced ones may be able to propose a remediation and go back and forth with engineers. I think things will go sour when the rider and team disagree about what to do, and sometimes the rider might think something that makes no sense. Also though, some things end up working counter-intuitive in the real world to how you expect they would so sometimes you have to test something outside the box. It's all a respect thing at the end of the day, as with anything. If the rider and team can bounce ideas off eachother with mutual understanding and respect, that's a good test rider. If the rider can't give anything meaningful to work towards, bad test rider. If the rider thinks they know significantly more than they do about what to change, bad test rider.
For a good rider/team pairing, listen to what Ian Harrison said about Eli setting up throughout the day last week in Seattle. Eli struggled a bit in practice, in the heat races, and kept making changes. He got to where he needed to be and won the main despite not starting well. You could tell that Ian Harrison, the team manager, was super impressed with how Eli handled the day. I'm sure 24 year old Eli couldn't do that the same way but that's how things would ideally work.
He now just gives up and settles for a 6th in the heat race unable to move fwd. Second time I will say we have seen that somewhere before 😄
Tear that #3 KTM 50 down and make sure it's not an ebay big bore...
There's no rule against breaking the rules !
I don't know how I got that smartass remark in the wrong thread, I haven't even started drinking yet...
Dude needs to learn how to start.
Among other things...
That has to be 4 races now that he has been the clear last place person going into the first turn. Like they aren't just bad, they are horrible.
Pit Row
Anyone have any more panic buttons?
Guys guys, it’s okay, Will said they “found something” again
Prado is vindicated. Both sexton and march banks have been a complete mess
Again tonight. Last by a bike length. How does this even happen. Marchbanks was 18-20 off the start. The other kawis are constantly out starting both of them off worse gates. I'm so confused
I'll say it again. Jorge, I'm sorry.
Probably the shape of the seat foam, like the same issue he had on the KTM.. lol.
Savatgy crashed and was only 6 seconds behind Sexton at the end. You could say Savatgy should have Sexton's ride, but I don't think Savatgy wants it now. Savatgy would be like "yeah man, you just stay right where you are, keep that @#$ bike away from me"
What’s even worse is Eli pretty much had the exact same horrific start right next to him and made the orange bike fly tonight. It’s fuggin rough being a Chase fan these days.
It's gonna be a long 3 years for Chase. What a waste.
Found new parts to try? 😅
Season starts at Daytona, we may need to win out tho 🤣🤣🤣
That’s 3 races in a row now where Sexton has been closer to being lapped than he is to the win. If they weren’t worried already they must be now. Hard to say where they go from here
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