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I want to see Jett on Kawasaki (not that it'll ever happen). I'm sure bike would not be an issue.
It absolutely would be if he asked to try certain parts and they told him "no."
I still want to know why Sexton won a race on PC suspension parts and they haven't been seen since. Why did their "reset" go back to the x-trig clamps when they couldn't find their magical setting and Sexton decided to just "focus on himself?"
This^^
He had a setup that looked pretty good, why not keep using that? Did Kaw take those PC parts and duplicate them as close as possible with the KHI approved parts?
Bizarre..
Chase definitely wasting some of his prime years. I wonder if anyone has told him that “perfect” setup doesn’t exist?
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On “Vital” press day today, during the interview with Chiz, he mentions they found something positive in outdoor testing….
Cool, right? But then he says so and so approves, etc…. Then he says Chase’s dad approves. I’m not sure if it was a subtle jab, or just simply backing up the perspective that Pier is that influential in the process.
Chases Dad is Yoko Ono.
Yes they used those parts the next week…
More like Tony Alessi, I heard Tony had Varner tear down a motor on one of their factory KTM 250fs and had someone tear down the factory suspension from his factory Suzuki 450 😂😂
Or maybe not so astonishing for the few of us that thought Prado had a credible point.
But he’s only been able to overcome it once in 12 (?) tries??
Maybe he isn’t as talented as you think he is…
That’s what I thought, he ran the PC setup again after his win. Which makes his win this season even more bizarre.
Source?
He got caught in the gate and moved up to 4th the week after the win.
...a very well fed Yoko Ono...
Yep. His finish positions really aren't that bad when you consider his start positions in many of the races. None of the championship contenders have been any more successful coming from last place.
Unpopular opinion: Much credit to Prado that he didn’t stay on board of the Kawasaki trainwreck poop cruise, he’s to European to sugarcoat it.
When did the KX450 get bad?
Americans might not like it but Europeans are usually more direct and honest about things. I prefer to hear about the problems in interviews rather than hear "We need to work harder till next race" etc.
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What do you think Prado's salary is at KTM... literally $0?
Hard to think he walked away from $155k a month base to basically nothing.
There really must have been some big problems at Kawi
I'm pretty sure money isn't an issue for Ducati.........
Wake me up when Bobby signs Chase
Do you have access to their financials? What are you basing your statement on? Is Ducati US the same parent company as the Italian based? Or are they separate like many of the Japanese are? What is their budget for the US based program? Or are you just guessing at this since you assume since Ducati appears to have money since they cater to high end customers? Would you think Ford or Ferrari has more free cash to spend?
I am not reading your AI slop. He’s won races before and lucked into championships. His days of being an outside contender for a championship are done.
I’m as anti-AI as anybody. Says a lot about you that any time you lay your eyes on a thought-out post, you assume it’s AI. There’s a pretty clear difference in phrasing between AI writing and human writing. You should read more.
Seems like Chase blindly goes for the fat contract over the confidence of a race bike or a teams willingness and ability to make the bike comfortable for him. His pride/ego has gotten him into a rough situation...first with Honda, then KTM & now Kawasaki, and for him being stuck in a 3-year downward spiral with Kawie now is ludicrous. I hope he matures in all of this, and won't wind up being a "shoulda, coulda, woulda rider" because of his choices.
And I hope that he has the courage to broom his Dad if he is a stumbling block to him. Lots of other riders have done it.
Chase went 4-4 the last two rounds. Prado went 13-15
I'm wondering, when do we shift the narrative to 'Panic Button for Jorge/KTM?
When Prado has 6 seasons of SX behind him.
Prado has ridden less SX than the 16y old SMX future kids.
From his post, reasoning isn’t a strong suit of his
I wonder how long he had to wait to get it back
No shit. Anytime anyone posts more than a paragraph it’s “ai”. It’s pretty telling
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