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OwenJakes
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but OH MY GOSH being a Tomac fan is gonna make me start. 

What the hell am I watching?

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4/11/2026 3:08pm

The scoop tire seems like a horrible idea 

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Front242
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4/11/2026 3:09pm

I'm with u 😏

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OwenJakes
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4/11/2026 3:13pm
kylemenz1 wrote:

The scoop tire seems like a horrible idea 

I’m honestly just flabbergasted by that one too. 

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Nairb#70
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4/11/2026 3:16pm

Being an SX fan will make you start. I can't remember crap like this ever happening before. It used to be so much more predictable

 

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El_Rayo
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Don’t worry. I’ll drink for you tonight bro. While I’m here in Mexico 🇲🇽 


To tomac giving the championship to Hunter 🍻🤦🏽‍♂️

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WZB
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4/11/2026 3:22pm
kylemenz1 wrote:

The scoop tire seems like a horrible idea 

Is the scoop on the front or the back?

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TalinH112
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4/11/2026 3:23pm
kylemenz1 wrote:

The scoop tire seems like a horrible idea 

I think it was his ticket when in qualifying and the heat race cause the track still had some moisture, once it dried out and blued in that was never gonna work. 

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OwenJakes
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4/11/2026 3:47pm

If he doesn’t win out the title is certainly over. If Hunter gets second all those rounds then it still won’t be enough. 

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Jaybird67k
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4/11/2026 3:47pm

Lining up on the inside was a terrible decision also.

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4/11/2026 3:52pm Edited Date/Time 4/11/2026 3:53pm

I blame sports betting. HRC padding pockets

Edit: not to take away from Hunter. His riding has really improved this year

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Front242
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4/11/2026 4:11pm
kylemenz1 wrote:

The scoop tire seems like a horrible idea 

or must be dimencia already to miss how important the gate pick is 🫣

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ShipLap
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4/11/2026 4:34pm
OwenJakes wrote:

but OH MY GOSH being a Tomac fan is gonna make me start. 

What the hell am I watching?

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4/11/2026 8:39pm

The quali got me really excited, but his heat win calmed that when he wasn’t putting time on Mook and his whoop speed was waaaay off.  Stop trying to make the scoop happen, damnmit

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RonSkj
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Front242 wrote:

I'm with u 😏

Like James would say.. I am wit chew. 

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jmo443
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4/11/2026 9:03pm
kylemenz1 wrote:

The scoop tire seems like a horrible idea 

Front242 wrote:

or must be dimencia already to miss how important the gate pick is 🫣

A sx start is nothing like a mx start. Both very important but when is the last time you saw them get a tractor out and disc the start strait right before the gate drops or main? 

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jmo443
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4/11/2026 9:03pm

All the complaining last year by Prado about getting the slow bike did KTM give him the fast bike and Eli is getting the slow one? 

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4/11/2026 9:12pm

Tomac aside, as a person who reads your posts on Vital I would encourage you to at least dabble in hard alcohol or better yet drugs to increase the readability of your posts. 

Any other advice i will have to charge for.

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4/12/2026 5:09am
jmo443 wrote:

All the complaining last year by Prado about getting the slow bike did KTM give him the fast bike and Eli is getting the slow one? 

This doesn’t even make sense considering Prado rode a Kawasaki last year lol

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30minmotos
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4/12/2026 6:07am
jmo443 wrote:

All the complaining last year by Prado about getting the slow bike did KTM give him the fast bike and Eli is getting the slow one? 

This doesn’t even make sense considering Prado rode a Kawasaki last year lol

It’s a joke…Anderson at kawi said idk what his problem is I guess they give me the fast one.


So jmo443 is saying is that what Ktm is doing now, but giving Eli the slow one this year.


Lighten up its a joke…lololol

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4/12/2026 7:34am

It sucks to see him struggle like this. If its not an injury, its mental. Which I find crazy. Yes, you can point out his history of mental mistakes. But I really thought those things were in the past. After he won that first sx title and got the monkey off his back, I feel like he's been solid. He was unflappable during his '22 mx battle with Chase, when the championship pressure was on. Yes, you would see him have an off race here and there indoors when he wasn't feeling comfortable to push it. This is way beyond that. This is a meltdown. He was SO good to start the season. The worse part about all of this, is how long does he stick around riding like this? Is his time truly up? The way he started the season I thought we might get a couple more seasons of him riding amazing. What now?

jmo443
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4/12/2026 2:35pm
jmo443 wrote:

All the complaining last year by Prado about getting the slow bike did KTM give him the fast bike and Eli is getting the slow one? 

This doesn’t even make sense considering Prado rode a Kawasaki last year lol

30minmotos wrote:
It’s a joke…Anderson at kawi said idk what his problem is I guess they give me the fast one.So jmo443 is saying is that what Ktm...

It’s a joke…Anderson at kawi said idk what his problem is I guess they give me the fast one.


So jmo443 is saying is that what Ktm is doing now, but giving Eli the slow one this year.


Lighten up its a joke…lololol

Wow someone who actually understands something I say. Was beginning to think these people weren’t idiots and I am. 

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Dynamometer
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4/12/2026 3:26pm
kylemenz1 wrote:

The scoop tire seems like a horrible idea 

Dude that scoop is not the same tire you buy off the shelf. It probably hooks up better than any regular production knobby on hardpack. His suspension valving would probably be a horrible idea for most too.. You can't make any assumptions of what works or doesn't at his level.

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Zycki11
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4/12/2026 3:30pm

He looked to be pushing hard on a track you really couldn’t push on. Hard on the throttle out of every corner while Kenny and Hunter were rolling the throttle on and getting momentum. 

jmo443
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4/12/2026 3:44pm
kylemenz1 wrote:

The scoop tire seems like a horrible idea 

Dude that scoop is not the same tire you buy off the shelf. It probably hooks up better than any regular production knobby on hardpack. His...

Dude that scoop is not the same tire you buy off the shelf. It probably hooks up better than any regular production knobby on hardpack. His suspension valving would probably be a horrible idea for most too.. You can't make any assumptions of what works or doesn't at his level.

It’s basic common sense. Yes the compound is different, but Dunlop labels that as a mud/sand tire for a reason. The tread pattern is not optimal for hard pack which the track was minus the sand section. 

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jmo443
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4/12/2026 3:45pm
kylemenz1 wrote:

The scoop tire seems like a horrible idea 

Dude that scoop is not the same tire you buy off the shelf. It probably hooks up better than any regular production knobby on hardpack. His...

Dude that scoop is not the same tire you buy off the shelf. It probably hooks up better than any regular production knobby on hardpack. His suspension valving would probably be a horrible idea for most too.. You can't make any assumptions of what works or doesn't at his level.

jmo443 wrote:
It’s basic common sense. Yes the compound is different, but Dunlop labels that as a mud/sand tire for a reason. The tread pattern is not optimal...

It’s basic common sense. Yes the compound is different, but Dunlop labels that as a mud/sand tire for a reason. The tread pattern is not optimal for hard pack which the track was minus the sand section. 

Just think how good the one off hard packed ties are. The gap of tires stays the same when you compare both production and one off tires… sand tires better compound as well as hard packed. 

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4/12/2026 4:10pm
kylemenz1 wrote:

The scoop tire seems like a horrible idea 

Dude that scoop is not the same tire you buy off the shelf. It probably hooks up better than any regular production knobby on hardpack. His...

Dude that scoop is not the same tire you buy off the shelf. It probably hooks up better than any regular production knobby on hardpack. His suspension valving would probably be a horrible idea for most too.. You can't make any assumptions of what works or doesn't at his level.

Yeah the factory tires are magic. Sorry I'm pressing X to doubt that any paddle tire worked on that dried out desert of a sx track yesterday. Factory tire or not

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