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pamoto 6/2/2026 9:40am
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When Prado finished his interview and turned around his smile disappeared quick. Good, second sucks. At least I hope that’s what he is thinking. He is one person that I think can step up to challenge for wins. Championship? I’m not there yet. It’s gonna be a good Summer. 

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The Wolf Man 6/2/2026 3:54pm
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davis224 wrote:

It all depends on how fast Jett can adjust to his ankle. Still really hard to bet against him figuring things out.

Smuffers wrote:
Jett was barely able to walk after that second moto. They mentioned on the broadcast that he had his suspension too soft in the first bc...

Jett was barely able to walk after that second moto. They mentioned on the broadcast that he had his suspension too soft in the first bc he hadn't been pushing at the practice track. That means that two hard motos is probably relatively new territory for this injury. I wouldn't be surprised if Jett didn't finish the season due to this talus injury. It is very possible that it continues to worsen. 

Yes, I think he may need to take a longer break.

The fact they're not doing MXDN this year shows they're more concerned about the injury than they've been letting on...

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davis224 wrote:

It all depends on how fast Jett can adjust to his ankle. Still really hard to bet against him figuring things out.

Smuffers wrote:
Jett was barely able to walk after that second moto. They mentioned on the broadcast that he had his suspension too soft in the first bc...

Jett was barely able to walk after that second moto. They mentioned on the broadcast that he had his suspension too soft in the first bc he hadn't been pushing at the practice track. That means that two hard motos is probably relatively new territory for this injury. I wouldn't be surprised if Jett didn't finish the season due to this talus injury. It is very possible that it continues to worsen. 

The Wolf Man wrote:
Yes, I think he may need to take a longer break.The fact they're not doing MXDN this year shows they're more concerned about the injury than...

Yes, I think he may need to take a longer break.

The fact they're not doing MXDN this year shows they're more concerned about the injury than they've been letting on...

That doesn’t explain why Hunter is missing MXoN as well.

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Smuffers 6/2/2026 5:26pm
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Smuffers wrote:
Jett was barely able to walk after that second moto. They mentioned on the broadcast that he had his suspension too soft in the first bc...

Jett was barely able to walk after that second moto. They mentioned on the broadcast that he had his suspension too soft in the first bc he hadn't been pushing at the practice track. That means that two hard motos is probably relatively new territory for this injury. I wouldn't be surprised if Jett didn't finish the season due to this talus injury. It is very possible that it continues to worsen. 

The Wolf Man wrote:
Yes, I think he may need to take a longer break.The fact they're not doing MXDN this year shows they're more concerned about the injury than...

Yes, I think he may need to take a longer break.

The fact they're not doing MXDN this year shows they're more concerned about the injury than they've been letting on...

ando wrote:

That doesn’t explain why Hunter is missing MXoN as well.

They're kind of a package deal if you didn't notice. 

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ando 6/2/2026 5:28pm
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davis224 wrote:
With his doctors saying he should continue to improve, I'll be taking that as an indictator until proven otherwise. We'll see, that's why they run the...

With his doctors saying he should continue to improve, I'll be taking that as an indictator until proven otherwise. We'll see, that's why they run the races!

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I wouldn't put much stock in what the doctors are saying publicly in a PR piece made for tv. Especially when they called it career ending...

I wouldn't put much stock in what the doctors are saying publicly in a PR piece made for tv. Especially when they called it career ending for a number of other athletes. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out over the season. 

Chris_Buehler wrote:
I'm with you. I'm surprised at all the confidence in Jett after Pala. He's way off IMO and dont see racing improving his condition. Weege was...

I'm with you. I'm surprised at all the confidence in Jett after Pala. He's way off IMO and dont see racing improving his condition. Weege was talking about whether he could even ride during the week. Hey wtf do I know though. 

I think riding during the week for fitness is over-rated.  

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Nutellalord 6/2/2026 11:26pm
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Joey Bridges wrote:
I don't expect to see a fall off from him, or Prado this weekend. Or the next, or the...I think the bigger battles will be for...

I don't expect to see a fall off from him, or Prado this weekend. Or the next, or the...

I think the bigger battles will be for the podium, and top 5-6.

Hopefully Jett can consistently shadow his brother, being a points buffer through the entire season.  That may be the best we can hope for.

And I really hope Chase can overcome the tendency for his bike to tuck the front. 

And J.Coop seriously needs to put two motos together. 

Last2Stroke wrote:

Chase has been on 3 different brand bikes that tuck the front, maybe it's the rider.

To be fair when he lost the front at Pala it looked different then his typical washing the front end out. You can see the front end is unsettled the second he lands, didn't even look like he was pushing it hard. I wish we could actually get info on what is going on with the bike bc it seems like Chase, Prado, and Ando haven't liked this generation. 

Brian Butterfield 6/3/2026 12:05am
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c0ncEpT wrote:
Over reaction after 1 race. I think Hunter wins the championship. His starts are awesome and it looks like he has a slight edge in speed...

Over reaction after 1 race. I think Hunter wins the championship. His starts are awesome and it looks like he has a slight edge in speed on the field. No chance in hell he goes undefeated though.

Hunters and Prado’s starts and early sprint speed are going to the story of the season.

I hope jet improves with his injury but having broken a foot this year myself it has surprised me how slow the recovery has been. 

Last2Stroke 6/3/2026 1:34am
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Joey Bridges wrote:
I don't expect to see a fall off from him, or Prado this weekend. Or the next, or the...I think the bigger battles will be for...

I don't expect to see a fall off from him, or Prado this weekend. Or the next, or the...

I think the bigger battles will be for the podium, and top 5-6.

Hopefully Jett can consistently shadow his brother, being a points buffer through the entire season.  That may be the best we can hope for.

And I really hope Chase can overcome the tendency for his bike to tuck the front. 

And J.Coop seriously needs to put two motos together. 

Last2Stroke wrote:

Chase has been on 3 different brand bikes that tuck the front, maybe it's the rider.

Nutellalord wrote:
To be fair when he lost the front at Pala it looked different then his typical washing the front end out. You can see the front...

To be fair when he lost the front at Pala it looked different then his typical washing the front end out. You can see the front end is unsettled the second he lands, didn't even look like he was pushing it hard. I wish we could actually get info on what is going on with the bike bc it seems like Chase, Prado, and Ando haven't liked this generation. 

He looks unbalanced from the moment he landed...

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Tyler D 6/3/2026 2:15am
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Last2Stroke wrote:

Chase has been on 3 different brand bikes that tuck the front, maybe it's the rider.

Nutellalord wrote:
To be fair when he lost the front at Pala it looked different then his typical washing the front end out. You can see the front...

To be fair when he lost the front at Pala it looked different then his typical washing the front end out. You can see the front end is unsettled the second he lands, didn't even look like he was pushing it hard. I wish we could actually get info on what is going on with the bike bc it seems like Chase, Prado, and Ando haven't liked this generation. 

Last2Stroke wrote:
He looks unbalanced from the moment he landed... 

He looks unbalanced from the moment he landed...

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excellent shots. just so bizarre. i don't even know what to say. is he even holding on? adhd?

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plink01 6/3/2026 2:28am
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MXRalph wrote:

One race in and there's already talk about a perfect season?  

 

"Lotta racing left"  -RC

Only a perfect season? On current form i rekon Hunter could potentially go for 3 perfect seasons.

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Nutellalord wrote:
To be fair when he lost the front at Pala it looked different then his typical washing the front end out. You can see the front...

To be fair when he lost the front at Pala it looked different then his typical washing the front end out. You can see the front end is unsettled the second he lands, didn't even look like he was pushing it hard. I wish we could actually get info on what is going on with the bike bc it seems like Chase, Prado, and Ando haven't liked this generation. 

Last2Stroke wrote:
He looks unbalanced from the moment he landed... 

He looks unbalanced from the moment he landed...

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Tyler D wrote:

excellent shots. just so bizarre. i don't even know what to say. is he even holding on? adhd?

No idea what the underlying cause is but I reckon Chase suffers from occasional concentration lapses.

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