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He looked pretty good in Hawaii
Savatgy would know since he spent a year there!!
It is not Chase's bike - The bike belongs to Kawasaki.
Yeah I'm not sure why the sky is falling because of Chase's reaults thus far. Didn't most of us call this? The first year on Kawi, at least indoors, would be a thow away. His average finish through 7 rounds in '24 was 4.85. His average finish through 7 rounds for '26 is 5.14. And I'd argue his win this year was more "real" than his win in '24 that came from a mudder. This is the same ole Chase. Talk of him getting out of his Kawi contract 7 races into it is wild
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Can't really "subtract" stiffness from the frame as I understand the rules. Teams can add material or bracing but cannot remove material or portions of the frame. Now, I guess you can "Subtract" stiffness by changing engine hangers, so there is that.
Against a nobody field.
Delusional. Lots of plumbers and carpenters here. Argue with a wall.
Good Lord. I was born in 95 but I know every racer there. Stacked.
Do you know how closely they check that? Maybe take away a little material here and there on the inside on the frame, would anyone ever know?
Well if we’re being honest do any of PC’s riders have Chase’s talent and experience? I’m referring to Mitch’s ability to put a package together that works. He took his 250’s as a package to sit even (maybe even better) than the star bikes who had enjoyed power advantages for years. He will produce a package that Chase has faith in and that’s the difference. Why Kawi hasn’t just swallowed their pride and done this already is enough proof of problems management-wise for me.
Just went through Lewis interview with Tickle.
IDKM. Kawi has a cultural problem. They are into the second year of a major cluster fuck, and Tickle isn't allowed to suggest how to fix the issues. Only to ride what the team serves him and provide feedback.
He also said, if it was my bike and I could do and suggest what I wanted, I would have it dialed in 3 days and be done with it 😄
You can of course interpret things he said in many ways with this in a vaccum, but adding up everything it's they need to make changes to that team. Definitions of insanity? Kawi right now.
There have been whispers in the past of teams shaving some material from the frame spars, then showing up to the races with a fully polished frame to hide the work.
Maybe Mitch can run the Kawi 450 team🤔
I seem to remember Jeremy Albrecht talking about bringing something from the Nascar world that can measure material thickness, but for the most part it seems frame is visual inspection and measurement. Surely if a team was motivated enough they could find a way to reduce the strength of the frame in ways that wouldn't be noticed but doubt that kind of trial and error and ruining frames along the way is in the budget for most.
Ultrasonic thickness gauge.
King Tuck
To all these idiots saying chase ‘now jumping whoops is insane’ y’all have a short memory. Remember when he was jumping the whoops last year on ktm and lost a race because Webb kept skimming? Yeah. It ain’t a new thing
I saw this exact comment on a Pulp YouTube vid. And some genius responded how Mitch is overrated. Mitch Payton. Overrated. SMFH
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Seems like a pretty stout field.
As someone else suggested. PC do the Kawi 450 program instead. I can't believe how much better Star made the Yammy 450 when they tok over
Pc hasnt been having a lot of luck lately tho.
I like how you chose 1999 lol. RC’s rookie year…after RC and MC who pretty much stopped winning everything at that point the list gets pretty low. Go pick 1997 or 1998 and it’s a whole different story. If you exclude RC, because like Jett he didn’t have much for wins yet. There were only 2 guys on your entire list that are in the top 20 for wins.
For Chase there are 5 guys in the top 20 all time wins list and they are still actively all winning. By the way, that 5 guys doesn’t include Jett because he only has 9 wins.
I swore I remembered a Kawasaki like that with blue hubs but could never remember who or when. Felt like I was crazy.
2011 Factory Kawasaki
2012 Factory Kawasaki
2013 Factory Kawasaki
The PC bike's never been the problem.
RV’s was the one I remember because of the FMF pipe and the FMF energy drink debacle.
Do you know why that era has less guys in the Top 20? Because 6th and 7th won 120 of the races run.
Just watched this main event on YouTube. Exciting race!
Yes I do get that, supports my original post response to your post. But also at that point in your stats RC had no wins, like Jet only has 9 now so I did t include either in stats.
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