Chase sexton ghost ride bike in kawi pits hitting Marchbanks

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6/7/2026 11:06am

I’m fine with it. Shows passion and that he still cares.  I see him winning next weekend. 

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6/7/2026 11:06am Edited Date/Time 6/7/2026 11:12am
rstaichi wrote:
That’s embarrassing to hear🙄 come Sunday/monday he’ll probably feel like a complete dumbass when he realizes what he did. He’s gotta be close to rock bottom, maybe...

That’s embarrassing to hear🙄 come Sunday/monday he’ll probably feel like a complete dumbass when he realizes what he did. 
He’s gotta be close to rock bottom, maybe he will be so broken, humbled and let go of his own pressure of his own expectations that can’t be met, that maybe he can grow up and work his way back in his results and fan likability. 
The guy has the skills and physical capability but as life has shown, the mind is a strange thing and not everybody reacts the same or in the right way. 
 Obviously Kawasaki has issues but when you add in Chase, it’s just too toxic to work.
Problem is what team does he do this with?

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Well, there’s a fairly reasonable response.Me? If the ghost-riding and damn near hittin’ Garrett tale is true? Via the behaviors clause…I’d fire him.Sounds harsh? Not to...

Well, there’s a fairly reasonable response.

Me? If the ghost-riding and damn near hittin’ Garrett tale is true? Via the behaviors clause…

I’d fire him.

Sounds harsh? Not to me.

Also, I don’t care about the team and bike stories. Not for a second. He won A2 & SLC. Garrett’s holding his own and making progress. There’s an entirely new chassis on the way…and besides all that? I’m just tired of all the bitchiness from a supposed top-shelf-athlete.

Fired.

Yup. And I’d move on.

Hey, RJ…wanna come test our ‘27? Hey, Malcolm, you got a minute? Cooper, are you beyond an LOI with your ‘27 plans? Hey, how much to buy Carson out of his Red Bull deal?

Ya know what? For “Chase money” I can have a 3 man team with a coupl’a guys and Garrett and we can be a team, again. A fun team. Hell, we can call the 3rd guy the “R&D rider” like the good ol’ days. 

Now, you’re probably thinking I’m shitting on Chase? Well, I am making him pay the consequences of his behavior; but, I’m also setting him free. Aren’t I?

Garrett, RJ and…hell, let’s get Versace on the phone. Let’s have some fun with this. 

It was my money and my team yea I’d shit can him right there but as you know it’s not that easy. Sponsors, big money and other stuff behind the scenes plus it makes Kawasaki look like dumbasses for having two riders with major issues two years in a row.

And yes RJ be good fit and would give it his all but you won’t be getting any chance at wins.  Malcolm doesn’t want to do outdoors so he’s out I think.

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6/7/2026 11:19am
yardsailor wrote:
Sexton is 4-7 rider at this point of hos career.  Just a fact. The evolution of the sport leaves some riders behind a spot or two each...

Sexton is 4-7 rider at this point of hos career.  Just a fact. 
The evolution of the sport leaves some riders behind a spot or two each year.  

I truly think if he was on the KTM still he would be right in the mix with Jett and Hunter..When he is comfortable, he is...

I truly think if he was on the KTM still he would be right in the mix with Jett and Hunter..

When he is comfortable, he is one of the fastest riders on the planet 

LMFAO.....He left KTM because he thought the bike sucked.

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6/7/2026 11:20am Edited Date/Time 6/7/2026 12:42pm

I don't think it's a good bike. Regardless of what you think of Jorge or how he handled things, purely from an ability/ego pov imagine being him in 2025. You're the world champ, you're racing in front of thousands of fans (with many more overseas keen to see how well you'll do). The media interviewing you in the build up etc.

Then at Rd 1 (and many other rounds after) you're in the region of 1:30 - 1:40 secs etc back... Without a crash...

There is something wrong there. At that team. There is something deeply amiss. Again regardless of the many faults of Jorge and Chase etc

Now clearly, given the horrible optics (those optcs being: Jorge doing spectacularly better so far this year, Chase being noticeably worse) Kawasaki are moving hell and high water to resolve the issue, perhaps more than they ever have in 15 yrs. Sometimes the conditions align and Chase does a bit better, sometimes he can even win, but mostly they're chasing their tails with Chase REALLY not trusting the bike. They're trying to overcome a decade + at least of stubborn obstinance...

 

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6/7/2026 11:22am

The best move Kawasaki made is keeping Marchbanks and putting him on a 450, LOL..

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not one single cell phone vid taken by a fan as this happened? I truly wanna see him basically "throw" the bike at his team. if he really did this, dude is gonna implode his career. Until then, I'll withhold judgement slightly....

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6/7/2026 11:34am
Cargo wrote:
Chase on his way into the Kawasaki Pitts!

Chase on his way into the Kawasaki Pitts! IMG 2394 6.jpeg?VersionId=TSsK

Fixed it for you

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yardsailor wrote:
Sexton is 4-7 rider at this point of hos career.  Just a fact. The evolution of the sport leaves some riders behind a spot or two each...

Sexton is 4-7 rider at this point of hos career.  Just a fact. 
The evolution of the sport leaves some riders behind a spot or two each year.  

I truly think if he was on the KTM still he would be right in the mix with Jett and Hunter..When he is comfortable, he is...

I truly think if he was on the KTM still he would be right in the mix with Jett and Hunter..

When he is comfortable, he is one of the fastest riders on the planet 

rogers wrote:

LMFAO.....He left KTM because he thought the bike sucked.

He said he loved the bike when it was on. The window was just too small. His Bluetooth reference in a podcast, like sometimes it was connected, then it’s like it was disconnected. 

And he/they had a huge shock issue. Having to swap shocks out everything session because of it fading so bad. That would give you very little confidence in the team that they couldn’t figure it out all year.  Seems perfect now, but that and some other freak mechanical issues caused a lot of friction over there. I can’t blame him for that. 
 

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yardsailor wrote:
Sexton is 4-7 rider at this point of hos career.  Just a fact. The evolution of the sport leaves some riders behind a spot or two each...

Sexton is 4-7 rider at this point of hos career.  Just a fact. 
The evolution of the sport leaves some riders behind a spot or two each year.  

I truly think if he was on the KTM still he would be right in the mix with Jett and Hunter..When he is comfortable, he is...

I truly think if he was on the KTM still he would be right in the mix with Jett and Hunter..

When he is comfortable, he is one of the fastest riders on the planet 

rogers wrote:

LMFAO.....He left KTM because he thought the bike sucked.

No he left the team because he didn’t get along/agree with management…..the same management that fired his mechanic that he brought over from Honda and the same management that made him ride at Baker’s although he wasn’t training with him… 

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6/7/2026 12:02pm Edited Date/Time 6/7/2026 12:02pm
mtbkris2 wrote:
He just rides very over the front and it forces him to chase a setup that can’t be obtained. He needs to spend some serious time...

He just rides very over the front and it forces him to chase a setup that can’t be obtained. He needs to spend some serious time changing his technique and position on the bike

Exactly this.

Accusing him of being a headcase is about the most intellectually lazy comment you can make.

No one gets to this level by being a headcase. He’s not out there thinking about fishing.

His riding style bites him every single time. 

Weak brains get weeded out in amateurs.

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Exactly this.Accusing him of being a headcase is about the most intellectually lazy comment you can make.No one gets to this level by being a headcase...

Exactly this.

Accusing him of being a headcase is about the most intellectually lazy comment you can make.

No one gets to this level by being a headcase. He’s not out there thinking about fishing.

His riding style bites him every single time. 

Weak brains get weeded out in amateurs.

You know this is a thread about him ghost riding his bike into the pits, right? Listen to him speak or explain literally anything, he is all over the place. Guy is absolutely a head case.

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Cargo wrote:
Chase on his way into the Kawasaki Pitts!

Chase on his way into the Kawasaki Pitts! IMG 2394 6.jpeg?VersionId=TSsK

Fixed it for you

Fixed it for you

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Head's up Garrett!

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Cargo wrote:
Chase on his way into the Kawasaki Pitts!

Chase on his way into the Kawasaki Pitts! IMG 2394 6.jpeg?VersionId=TSsK

Him leaving. 😄

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Bouncing around from team to team like LeBron James isn’t the answer. I have always thought the reason Dungey had so much success with KTM was...

Bouncing around from team to team like LeBron James isn’t the answer. I have always thought the reason Dungey had so much success with KTM was because he stuck it out and developed the bike to his liking. When he came to KTM the bike wasn’t great. 

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IMO, which doesn’t amount to crap. If he would have stayed on the Suzuki, he would have even more championships.

Maybe so , but I thought he left to go to Roger over there. It was a good move. Those 2 worked great together .

This is true as well. 🤙

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Chase was infinitely better on the KTM. What are we talking about? He beat Jett "for that one race" on the KTM. He's getting his doors...

Chase was infinitely better on the KTM. What are we talking about? He beat Jett "for that one race" on the KTM. He's getting his doors blown off by Deegan now. And he beat 100% healthy Jett, not this injury hampered version we have now. To be clear, I know hes a total headcase and I blame his issues this year on him. But saying there's been little difference between him on Kawi or KTM is crazy talk

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While yes I agree it’s irrelevant on the fact he complained non stop about his KTM. He’s bitched and moaned about every manufacturer he’s ridden for...

While yes I agree it’s irrelevant on the fact he complained non stop about his KTM. He’s bitched and moaned about every manufacturer he’s ridden for as a professional. 

Zycki11 wrote:

He didn’t actually bitch and man about the Honda. That started at ktm. 

Uh yes he did. They were constantly fighting set up issues

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Cargo wrote:
Chase on his way into the Kawasaki Pitts!

Chase on his way into the Kawasaki Pitts! IMG 2394 6.jpeg?VersionId=TSsK

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Him leaving. 😄

Him leaving. 😄

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The surfboard on the side of the cart 😂

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The guy is talented as anyone out there and is capable of being the fastest guy, but he’s the biggest head case I’ve ever seen. It’s frustrating because we all know what he is capable of. 

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Someone mentioned the Rango aspect…

Now I’m in a Fuck Cause Sexton position.

Rango burns the midnight oil for his riders. I know this for a fact. Hell, his “previous riders” drop by his pit and check in on him and his family/life. The fucking agents of his previous riders check in on him…fuck! 

It’s time for Team Green’s Fuck Chase Sexton shirts! 🤣

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6/7/2026 1:06pm Edited Date/Time 6/7/2026 1:10pm

Sexton's new nick name should be Head Chase.

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Dan Fahey has got to go. 

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Yep. Ken was notorious for being a bit of a headcase with setups during his Honda years (never as bad as Chase) but it seems he's...

Yep. Ken was notorious for being a bit of a headcase with setups during his Honda years (never as bad as Chase) but it seems he's learnt in recent seasons to build a bike that's 'pretty good' and comfortable everywhere and then leave it the hell alone so that it doesn't constantly surprise him and he can let his talent do the talking. Chase seems incapable of accepting that he and his bike can't be perfect on every section of every track, so he's constantlmaking changes that catch him out.

As a competitive guy who's also a bit of a perfectionist, I've always had a bad habit of believing my absolute best days and performances are the 'real' me, and anything less than that is me having a bad day. The reality is that most people have good days, bad days, and their average is somewhere in the middle of that. Chase has a really high ceiling and seems to expect hangtown '24 level rides every time he gets in the track. The reality is he's probably just a couple of percent worse than Jett Lawrence, and has been around on par with Eli/Coop/Hunter/Kenny on average the last few seasons talent and speed wise, with the chance of beating them handily when he's 'on'. Unforunately, he has burnt endless bridges and relationships, crashed more than any other elite guy, and tanked his average performance for 2-3 seasons chasing his perfect days rather than finding a place where he could comfortably compete for wins 80% of the time and settle for 4th-5th on days where he wasn't feeling it. And while he's been doing that, the people around him like Hunter Lawrence have just been getting better and better 

Chase was good on the Honda but decided it was the problem when he was tucking the front and losing to Eli or Jett straight up. Then he was very good on the KTM but burnt the bridges and became even more of a headcase. Now he's doing worse than ever and he's competely lost the plot. The sad thing is anyone who objectively watched him ride on his average days could have told him he was good on the KTM, and anyone who watched the Prado saga or Kawi's other performances post-Tomac could have seen it wasn't going to be some magic answer to his problems. He's in a bed of his own making and it's hard to feel sorry for him at this point.

I think he needs to take a step away from full factory efforts with limitless resources and move to a PMG-style ride or explore a 22 Motorsports style project. It might give him a bit of the perspective he seems to be lacking and would mean he had nobody to blame but himself 

Excellent post.

I think I even remember RC awhile back saying something along the lines of he learned to just get the bike to a "good not great" setup and just learned how to ride it best from there instead of always chasing setups and letting it affect your riding mentally. When you can just focus on "riding" instead of "oh the shock bounces a little too quick in this corner and the frame kinda flexes over here" he would just....focus on going as fast as possible with how it was. These are HIGH performance racing machines built by the absolute best in the world....it's very hard for me to accept any excuse of why a PRO racer can't go win on it.  

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I mean he didn't fight Deegs at all in that second moto, and if you can't find the motivation to keep that guy behind you then...

I mean he didn't fight Deegs at all in that second moto, and if you can't find the motivation to keep that guy behind you then you aren't that competitive. No fucking way Deegan should be ahead of Sexton regardless of what bike he is riding-in theory, but hungry dog gets the bone so Deegs to his credit gapped him like a back marker. He has totally lost the plot. Every guy out there has a bike that is bouncing around.....hell watch moto 2 of the WMX! Those girls were sending it! He needs to decide like right now what he wants to do, otherwise give Kawi their money back and fly back to Hawaii. He needs to watch Rocky 3, go back to Detroit, eye of the tiger Rock!

Yeah! That fucking pussy needs to drink a glass of raw eggs,and man up.

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6/7/2026 1:55pm
rstaichi wrote:
That’s embarrassing to hear🙄 come Sunday/monday he’ll probably feel like a complete dumbass when he realizes what he did. He’s gotta be close to rock bottom, maybe...

That’s embarrassing to hear🙄 come Sunday/monday he’ll probably feel like a complete dumbass when he realizes what he did. 
He’s gotta be close to rock bottom, maybe he will be so broken, humbled and let go of his own pressure of his own expectations that can’t be met, that maybe he can grow up and work his way back in his results and fan likability. 
The guy has the skills and physical capability but as life has shown, the mind is a strange thing and not everybody reacts the same or in the right way. 
 Obviously Kawasaki has issues but when you add in Chase, it’s just too toxic to work.
Problem is what team does he do this with?

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Well, there’s a fairly reasonable response.Me? If the ghost-riding and damn near hittin’ Garrett tale is true? Via the behaviors clause…I’d fire him.Sounds harsh? Not to...

Well, there’s a fairly reasonable response.

Me? If the ghost-riding and damn near hittin’ Garrett tale is true? Via the behaviors clause…

I’d fire him.

Sounds harsh? Not to me.

Also, I don’t care about the team and bike stories. Not for a second. He won A2 & SLC. Garrett’s holding his own and making progress. There’s an entirely new chassis on the way…and besides all that? I’m just tired of all the bitchiness from a supposed top-shelf-athlete.

Fired.

Yup. And I’d move on.

Hey, RJ…wanna come test our ‘27? Hey, Malcolm, you got a minute? Cooper, are you beyond an LOI with your ‘27 plans? Hey, how much to buy Carson out of his Red Bull deal?

Ya know what? For “Chase money” I can have a 3 man team with a coupl’a guys and Garrett and we can be a team, again. A fun team. Hell, we can call the 3rd guy the “R&D rider” like the good ol’ days. 

Now, you’re probably thinking I’m shitting on Chase? Well, I am making him pay the consequences of his behavior; but, I’m also setting him free. Aren’t I?

Garrett, RJ and…hell, let’s get Versace on the phone. Let’s have some fun with this. 

Well said.  Team green needs a manager like "Team Green".

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6/7/2026 2:02pm

I'm not sure what Chase is looking for. Is the fix he's looking for even physically possible?

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rstaichi wrote:
That’s embarrassing to hear🙄 come Sunday/monday he’ll probably feel like a complete dumbass when he realizes what he did. He’s gotta be close to rock bottom, maybe...

That’s embarrassing to hear🙄 come Sunday/monday he’ll probably feel like a complete dumbass when he realizes what he did. 
He’s gotta be close to rock bottom, maybe he will be so broken, humbled and let go of his own pressure of his own expectations that can’t be met, that maybe he can grow up and work his way back in his results and fan likability. 
The guy has the skills and physical capability but as life has shown, the mind is a strange thing and not everybody reacts the same or in the right way. 
 Obviously Kawasaki has issues but when you add in Chase, it’s just too toxic to work.
Problem is what team does he do this with?

TeamGreen wrote:
Well, there’s a fairly reasonable response.Me? If the ghost-riding and damn near hittin’ Garrett tale is true? Via the behaviors clause…I’d fire him.Sounds harsh? Not to...

Well, there’s a fairly reasonable response.

Me? If the ghost-riding and damn near hittin’ Garrett tale is true? Via the behaviors clause…

I’d fire him.

Sounds harsh? Not to me.

Also, I don’t care about the team and bike stories. Not for a second. He won A2 & SLC. Garrett’s holding his own and making progress. There’s an entirely new chassis on the way…and besides all that? I’m just tired of all the bitchiness from a supposed top-shelf-athlete.

Fired.

Yup. And I’d move on.

Hey, RJ…wanna come test our ‘27? Hey, Malcolm, you got a minute? Cooper, are you beyond an LOI with your ‘27 plans? Hey, how much to buy Carson out of his Red Bull deal?

Ya know what? For “Chase money” I can have a 3 man team with a coupl’a guys and Garrett and we can be a team, again. A fun team. Hell, we can call the 3rd guy the “R&D rider” like the good ol’ days. 

Now, you’re probably thinking I’m shitting on Chase? Well, I am making him pay the consequences of his behavior; but, I’m also setting him free. Aren’t I?

Garrett, RJ and…hell, let’s get Versace on the phone. Let’s have some fun with this. 

Well said.  Team green needs a manager like "Team Green".

lol yes because kawi wants to spend millions of dollars for guys with no chance of getting podiums.


Chase has a problem. It’s his dad. Kawi has problems, and it’s their factory R&D team (and management). They absolutely cannot let another top guy out of their contract years early, which is why now they are finally throwing everything they can to fix it. Problem is, it’s years too late for development. 

Funny a few of you mentioned monster having a hard time because of the Prado incident. While true, they were only upset because he was bailing to go to a Red Bull backed team. If he, or chase now, just slid over to a monster team (star or even any team without an energy drink sponsor) they would have zero problem. 

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Renner153 wrote:
lol yes because kawi wants to spend millions of dollars for guys with no chance of getting podiums.Chase has a problem. It’s his dad. Kawi has...

lol yes because kawi wants to spend millions of dollars for guys with no chance of getting podiums.


Chase has a problem. It’s his dad. Kawi has problems, and it’s their factory R&D team (and management). They absolutely cannot let another top guy out of their contract years early, which is why now they are finally throwing everything they can to fix it. Problem is, it’s years too late for development. 

Funny a few of you mentioned monster having a hard time because of the Prado incident. While true, they were only upset because he was bailing to go to a Red Bull backed team. If he, or chase now, just slid over to a monster team (star or even any team without an energy drink sponsor) they would have zero problem. 

Did anyone else here on vital have a little hunch when they heard that Chase was going to Kawi that this “was” going to happen?

Either it was going to be good or be nasty. 

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I’m fine with it. Shows passion and that he still cares.  I see him winning next weekend. 

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not one single cell phone vid taken by a fan as this happened? I truly wanna see him basically "throw" the bike at his team. if...

not one single cell phone vid taken by a fan as this happened? I truly wanna see him basically "throw" the bike at his team. if he really did this, dude is gonna implode his career. Until then, I'll withhold judgement slightly....

He should throw his dad out of the pits...

...and invest in a new coach/mentor...

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JJO741 wrote:
The guy is talented as anyone out there and is capable of being the fastest guy, but he’s the biggest head case I’ve ever seen. It’s...

The guy is talented as anyone out there and is capable of being the fastest guy, but he’s the biggest head case I’ve ever seen. It’s frustrating because we all know what he is capable of. 

I disagree. He is not as good as Jett Lawrence and he knows it. He can't accept this - which is why he blames the bike. 

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He just rides very over the front and it forces him to chase a setup that can’t be obtained. He needs to spend some serious time...

He just rides very over the front and it forces him to chase a setup that can’t be obtained. He needs to spend some serious time changing his technique and position on the bike

Exactly this.Accusing him of being a headcase is about the most intellectually lazy comment you can make.No one gets to this level by being a headcase...

Exactly this.

Accusing him of being a headcase is about the most intellectually lazy comment you can make.

No one gets to this level by being a headcase. He’s not out there thinking about fishing.

His riding style bites him every single time. 

Weak brains get weeded out in amateurs.

Lechien and Bradshaw just took their shirt off.

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