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Crocodile Dundee.
Shimoda needs to grab this thing by the horns. If not now, it'll be never.
They completely removed his brain and sent it to Geneva to be worked on then sent it back and reinstalled it.
You can fix the fitness. He has the speed. Only Hunter had a faster lap in the 2nd motos Saturday. Obviously Cole had a smoother track but still. And it was only his 3rd or 4th National
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George
I see what you did there
Ehhhh technically speaking if Prado podiums again he is not of the "George" nickname.
Is there a moto podium without a Lawrence on it this season?
It's Genova. Hot tubs and brain mods, what a dude.
Definitely not
Just saw this. How in the world do you dive bomb someone from the outside 😂. Wild comment
Will we see a non-factory Ducati on the line this summer? Surely there's a Ducati dealer out there ready to set up a bike for a decent rider? How about it, www.motocorsa.com? Plenty of time before Washougal!
My biggest concern is how Jetts foot injury is going to hold up. I was really shocked and didn’t realize how badly he was injured. Looking forward to see how Danger Boy will come out of the gate as well as adjustments made to the bike and his riding if it will be enough to make the podium.
This is actually one of the most unknown seasons in recent history. I wouldn't say there's a complete favorite in either class. Exciting times!
If 4 can ride to his potential and not tip over or crash, I expect him to be on the podium. Could legit see Sexton, Jett, Hunter, Jorge, and Deegan battling for top 5 and Hampshire and JCoop being spoilers. I’d expect Chase as the most likely to make an error, though. I hope Jett is slightly better than last week. Hunter and Jorge are the best RN. Deegan needs to learn to ballerina the 450. Riding the 450 like the 250 won’t work.
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From watching Jett's improvement from 1st practice to the last moto, you could see him getting better and better, he could very well go 1-1 this weekend. But I'm thinking big brother goes 1-1 and Jett 2-2 with Chase going 4-3 for third. JP & HD will battle for 4th.
The only thing you can take away from rd 1 is that you can't take anything away from rd 1. It is always like that.
Someone on IG just posted a video of Jett (moto 2 - 25 min mark) doing an insane jump combination with the comment "is he alien"
He will go 1-1 within the next 2 rounds and go on to win the Championship...
Mickey Diamond
As to Deegan looking "different" on the 450...no expert here, but clearly he has probably found that he can't fling the 450 around, or stuff it into corners aggressively like his style on the 250 was, because of power and maybe a weight difference. Indeed, he might be lowering his positioning for more control and he appears "smaller" on the 450 as a result. He looked different in an actual race situation than he did hauling ass around a practice track for sure. He'll figure it out, and improve.
I think maybe Sexton has decided to quit complaining, quit overthinking, and just "ride the bike". I definitely see some podiums & maybe a win or two before the series wraps.
Deegan was a beast in the 250s no doubt, but 450 is a whole other beast and he didn’t do himself any favors heading into the race, and it likely bled into his performance on race day no matter what he claims. He built a very high‑pressure environment around himself, and that kind of load can likely trigger the brain’s automatic fight‑or‑flight systems when it comes time to perform. When that happens, athletes typically fall back on familiar techniques, even outdated ones that may have worked once but are actually detrimental now. In Deegan’s case, during the race it looked like he got pushed into some old 250 habits that once worked then he tried to correct it but ultimately it likely hurt him on a 450 at Pala.
It’s one thing to have a chip on your shoulder that’s internal fuel that's ok. But it’s a whole different situation when you wake a sleeping bear, or in this case likely multiple bears, by not showing the rest of the class the respect or dues they feel they’ve earned by providing bulletin‑material to the whole class. That’s when guys may start making your day harder on purpose. You could see it on track: Jett sliced through riders with almost no resistance, while Deegan had to grind for the same passes. Is that because Jett knows them better? Maybe. But RJ flat‑out said he fought to keep Deegan behind him, and that tells you everything about how the class may have responded.
I’ve seen a couple people now mentioning you can’t stuff a 450 into a corner like a 250 and Deegan doing this. Can we stop this narrative?
chase - as long as he doesn't yard sale...I think he'll have a pretty decent summer
hunta - gonna be 2nd place all year
prado is gonna be 3rd
Jett - my theory is that he was nervous going into this round and it showed. ASSUMING his foot doesn't deteoriate and ASSUMING he gets better starts, the cship is his for the taking. He was all over top 2 in moto 2 and simply ran out of time.
Deegs is gonna bounce around 3-6 all summer and continue being a little prick like he's always been (sorry, not sorry. Can't stand him)
Nice pull!
I don’t remember him on a Maico…but, I do remember him on the Husky.
1982 was his Maico year after Alan King went to Suzuki…I believe Dymond ironically ran number 490 on a 490 Maico….the single shock was such a downgrade from the 81 Spyder….
I bet there are ALOT of Factory riders wishing they could stuff the 450 into the corners as good as Deegan did last week .😀.
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