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Chase's ghost ride tantrum was unprofessional and isn't acceptable. People seem to forget though:
KTM was on about their 3rd iteration of a new chassis that they struggled to get working when he started with them.
KTM had a "shock" issue.
KTM was having significant financial difficulties with a very uncertain future.
So at the time Chase jumped ship, there were compelling reasons to do so.
As for RV, how many people watched those races? He had a huge target on his back. Riders were messing with him during practice, qualifying, and moving over on him at every start. They really resented him, it was like racing a full field is Frieses and Barcias. We can only speculate on how the season would have unfolded but I suspect he would have gained some respect and finished on the podium at a minimum.
he'll have a practice crash this week and come back when he's "healthy". In the mean time, his agent will be begging teams for a ride.
I heard that RJ guy needs a ride soon
I agree with you. Every rider will slow down at some point in their career or will not be able to elevate to another level to be a consistent threat to win.
Sexton has had some great rides but he was never the ultimate threat to win each weekend.
When he battled with et3 outdoors one year, those 2 were ahead of everyone else. Now you have the Law brothers, Haiden, et3, Prado etc. Chase is a 4-7 rider each week but can potentially land a podium here and there.
Every dog has their day. Chases days over unless he can reinvent himself.
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Chase scored a 4th in the 2nd moto on the same bike he was having a hissy with in moto 1.
Just do that for the rest of the year Chase. Drop the ego and be the 4th best man. That’ll be an improvement on what we’ve seen so far.
That's fair, but when I said "GP style" I meant European style more than GP style
That KTM stuff is true, but people also seem to forget what the relationship between Chase and the team was like. Apparently he would walk into KTM and not even look at or acknowledge anyone there
There aren't any more teams. Chase has used them up.
He can go to Triumph and focus on developing a 450 from scratch, which hasn't proven his strong suit. He can maybe go to Star if they want him to play support for Danger Boy (and potentially Davies soon).
But it feels like we're about to enter Chad Reed circa 2016+ phase, where after years of complaining about the bikes, he gets to ride the same damn bikes for a second go-around, but now he is a veteran "developing the bike" for the team.
I wasn't aware Star was looking fot another 450 rider when Cole is most likely going to be on a 450 for '28. Love the assumptions from people Star will just give Chase a bike
RV did fine, he won the 2nd race. Everyone got hurt that year.
Chase a bitch for that lil stunt yesterday
I like Chase, but at this point, he could tuck the front of a 4X4 quad..... in park. Christ hasn't built an MX bike yet, so it seems he is fucked no matter what he rides. The problem isn't these teams, nor their equipment, So.......
There’s a lot of back and forth about whether it’s the bike, the team or the rider. In my experience when things have escalated to this level it’s rarely just one factor.
It could be true that all three are problematic and it’s a combination that has got things to where they are.
It’s not the team
Give him a new gen Honda and he stops tucking the front and gains 1 sec per lap.
Ducati
He was also very rude to the staff at Honda - a fact he admitted to after he'd left the team.
Pit Row
Last time he was on Honda he tucked the front constantly...
He must have left about 5 SX wins on the table...
He’d give all those seconds he gained back up when he’s pushing the new gen Honda back to the pits over and over like Herlings this year.
Give him a new gen bike of any color and he loses a year chasing (ha!) setup. He does best on a well developed bike with everything figured out for him, and then he needs a team that knows what to change for any conditions that they might run into, then he needs a psychic to predict how those conditions will evolve during the race day, then he needs a team that puts up with emotional outbursts when all that doesn’t happen perfectly..
I’m a big believer in CS, but it’s a roller coaster. Unstoppable, world class speed sometimes, no ability to adapt to adversity..
Dude should be benched for a race if the ghost ride really happened. Hes an employee, and should be held accountable for childish actions. No one else is making that bike crash out there.
If a third top professional rider complains about the bike, would that convince you guys the bike/team isn't performing well? Or would you keep blaming the rider?
In any other case, blame the bike, but its the fact Chase keeps doing the same thing, ie tucking the front, on every manufacturer he has ridden for. Im not absolving Kawi of their problems, but this is a whole different basket case.
Well didn't Prado say the bike was unstable at speed?
And Ciancirarul suffered from the KX tuck too
Don't these top-tier factory riders actually ride the bike before they sign their contracts?
I think for all the guys saying that he needs to settle in and be a just be a 4-7th place guy don't know what they're looking at. He won 2 sx's this year appearing to ride about 80% doing it. How many guys even won a race? He wants to win and feels like he should and is good enough to. He needs to get off of the Kawasaki and back on a KTM or Honda. Needs to stop being a head case and grow up a little. Chase is a threat to beat anyone in the world except Jett in any race and maybe Jett if the cards fall right. He didn't all of sudden lose half his speed after winning the last SX of the season...and he was just riding around when he did that.
Yes, but it might not be the same bike they will be racing.
Famous example was McGrath going to KTM.
Does anyone want to accuse McGrath of being a head case?
https://www.dirtrider.com/features/interviews/jeremy_mcgrath_ride_ktm_2003/
With the exit of Webb, that leaves 27. Easily they can slot Chase in with a bonus contract if he exits stage right with Kawi. Bobby will pitch in and make it happen if Yamaha doesn't want to play. Either way. It is all speculation for fun.
There is a big gap between riding a bike at a smooth private test track and racing with 20-40 other very fast riders on a hammered track
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