Huge Crash for Sexton on Press Day

JRT812
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6/12/2026 8:16pm

Talk is he wanted out of the contract. What’s the saying… the Lord works in mysterious ways. Glad he walked away from that

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He tucked the front end way too early. It’s safer to wait for the corners to do it. 

gnarly crash! He got very lucky! 

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6/12/2026 8:29pm

We out here really arm chair qb chase Sexton on a routine jump?.

Please. 

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6/12/2026 8:45pm
Looks to me by the position of his hand, wrist and arm he was in full panic throttle mode yet no sound from the engine.

Looks to me by the position of his hand, wrist and arm he was in full panic throttle mode yet no sound from the engine. IMG 8493 0.png?VersionId=Ejvx1W7cc5hD3KK

That’s fkn scary. 

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What did Kawi management do to you lol

DonM wrote:
You got an hour?….I could tell you some stories about Bruce back in the Jet Ski days when he was with Kaw and later when he...

You got an hour?….I could tell you some stories about Bruce back in the Jet Ski days when he was with Kaw and later when he ran the IJSBA into the ground….

I'm a jet ski fan and was just talking to my brother about the IJSBA, I'd be curious to hear.

IJSBA is almost dead. 

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Radical wrote:
Deleted...  I originally posted a link from the top of Chase's X page where he said an injury was ending his season.It turns out that the...

Deleted...  I originally posted a link from the top of Chase's X page where he said an injury was ending his season.

It turns out that the post was last September.  I didn't see the date.  He hasn't posted to his X page since last year.

He did not post that the injury today is ending his season.

 

Check the date.

Oh, crap!

It looks like he doesn't post much on his own page on X.  He just responded to the post about his crash today.

I'll fix my post.

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6/12/2026 9:13pm
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Quad Lock Honda next? 

I would JETT & hunters bikes handle amazing. Too many electrical plugs on these bikes.  Brutal hit though, I know that feeling I hit a steep...

I would JETT & hunters bikes handle amazing. Too many electrical plugs on these bikes.  Brutal hit though, I know that feeling I hit a steep ramp for a triple & the back wheel shot to the sky . At the highest point & the front wheel below me I bailed. Landed on hard pack ok, then the bike is doing hyper 360,s it snapped me in the lower leg good & I blew my acl.  Pedro’s 95 sx bike pneumatic quick shock rebound & butter forks.  Initial shock is that your going die or wheel chair. Today yet my shock has to hv slow rebound . Last yr my shock kicked me sideways off jumps it threw my confidence off hitting jump faces it was so bad. I got a revalve but 5 1/2 months of injections didn’t do much , so I didn’t ride yet & weather sucks yet. I quit a lot of trucking jobs ovr dangerous equipment. & should’ve quit others sooner then I wouldn’t hv all my disk in my neck blown out , some in my back, blow 2 nerves out of my shoulder, etc, etc. 

Welcome back Prof...please head over next door to Non Moto and say hello. The boys are concerned because disappeared for a bit.

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6/12/2026 9:25pm

I wish Kawi would just own the fact that they don’t have their stuff together. They let Jorge take the fall for last year and positioned themselves as “the team trying everything for a rider that quit on them”. It just bugs me….

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6/12/2026 9:48pm
Motodude wrote:

Is Marchbanks having the same issues? 

Legit question. Why the down vote by vitards?

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Ok, Here is an update from Chase on his Instagram account.

It's a story, so it'll only show up first until he posts something else.  I'm also including a screen shot.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/chasesexton/

ChaseSextonCrash20260612 00
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6/12/2026 10:22pm

Can someone explain why febvre on the kawa has no problems meanwhile herlings dnf cause of bike problems. 2 times in a row so how reliable are those  mx bikes anyway 

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I hate instagram…. Just can’t operate it.  I go to that link and the story is nowhere to be found.

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6/12/2026 10:31pm

Looks like he brake tapped it and the clutch wasn’t fully engaged for whatever reason from that second angle.

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6/12/2026 11:24pm

Man oh Man! That was ugly. I doubt he’ll be racing tomorrow. He really took a pile drive there. So lucky no one was right behind him.

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6/12/2026 11:38pm Edited Date/Time 6/12/2026 11:40pm
Paul_Jacky wrote:
Can someone explain why febvre on the kawa has no problems meanwhile herlings dnf cause of bike problems. 2 times in a row so how reliable...

Can someone explain why febvre on the kawa has no problems meanwhile herlings dnf cause of bike problems. 2 times in a row so how reliable are those  mx bikes anyway 

Different people running the teams for one thing. Problems/Success start at the top. Secondly, Different rules for different series. Kawasaki can run a bike with modified frame and engine cases in MXGP. Simultaneously, they can instruct Febvre and the team to tell the media they're running a stock frame/engine, and who's gonna interject and fact check that?

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6/13/2026 12:08am Edited Date/Time 6/13/2026 12:09am

It may have been his mistake, who knows, but regardless his mind clearly isn't in it with that bike. it's extremely difficult for these guys to go the pace they do without a certain amount of feeling and trust in their bikes.  "Am I not allowed to brake tap now either" sounds like a hangover from the arguments he must be having privately with the team, probably (if Mitch Evans is correct) in regard to how they want him to ride the bike and change his style in other ways. 

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6/13/2026 12:23am Edited Date/Time 6/13/2026 12:24am
Paul_Jacky wrote:
Can someone explain why febvre on the kawa has no problems meanwhile herlings dnf cause of bike problems. 2 times in a row so how reliable...

Can someone explain why febvre on the kawa has no problems meanwhile herlings dnf cause of bike problems. 2 times in a row so how reliable are those  mx bikes anyway 

Different people running the teams for one thing. Problems/Success start at the top. Secondly, Different rules for different series. Kawasaki can run a bike with modified...

Different people running the teams for one thing. Problems/Success start at the top. Secondly, Different rules for different series. Kawasaki can run a bike with modified frame and engine cases in MXGP. Simultaneously, they can instruct Febvre and the team to tell the media they're running a stock frame/engine, and who's gonna interject and fact check that?

Their both top level, so if the us has major problems its not a Kawasaki problem but those  different rules are the problem. B’s rules add a mxgp bike with Some minor changes because of the altitude. Problem solved 

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6/13/2026 12:49am Edited Date/Time 6/13/2026 1:16am
Paul_Jacky wrote:
Can someone explain why febvre on the kawa has no problems meanwhile herlings dnf cause of bike problems. 2 times in a row so how reliable...

Can someone explain why febvre on the kawa has no problems meanwhile herlings dnf cause of bike problems. 2 times in a row so how reliable are those  mx bikes anyway 

Different people running the teams for one thing. Problems/Success start at the top. Secondly, Different rules for different series. Kawasaki can run a bike with modified...

Different people running the teams for one thing. Problems/Success start at the top. Secondly, Different rules for different series. Kawasaki can run a bike with modified frame and engine cases in MXGP. Simultaneously, they can instruct Febvre and the team to tell the media they're running a stock frame/engine, and who's gonna interject and fact check that?

Paul_Jacky wrote:
Their both top level, so if the us has major problems its not a Kawasaki problem but those  different rules are the problem. B’s rules add...

Their both top level, so if the us has major problems its not a Kawasaki problem but those  different rules are the problem. B’s rules add a mxgp bike with Some minor changes because of the altitude. Problem solved 

It's not necessarily the rules either. Yamaha's factory 450 effort in the US was pathetic, and they had horrible results before Star Racing took over. I would bet a lot of money that Kawasaki is currently in a similar predicament with their 450 effort and they don't REALLY know the best way to set up the bike for their riders, in spite of what they tell the media.

Some riders like Eli, Jett, and Roczen know how to set up a bike without the team's assistance. Chase clearly doesn't have that skill, so whatever base tune the team has for him is about as good as the bike is gonna get. $0.02

Apparently, he greatly preferred the Anaheim 2 Pro Circuit suspension. You can hear him on the broadcast telling the team "The bike actually turns." They probably should have let him ride that suspension until now, but the team has too much pride so they ripped the parts off and went back to sub par results.

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6/13/2026 1:09am

The field is getting quite thin. 

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It may have been his mistake, who knows, but regardless his mind clearly isn't in it with that bike. it's extremely difficult for these guys to...

It may have been his mistake, who knows, but regardless his mind clearly isn't in it with that bike. it's extremely difficult for these guys to go the pace they do without a certain amount of feeling and trust in their bikes.  "Am I not allowed to brake tap now either" sounds like a hangover from the arguments he must be having privately with the team, probably (if Mitch Evans is correct) in regard to how they want him to ride the bike and change his style in other ways. 

this is some high iq sleuthing. good shout as they say over there. 

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6/13/2026 1:58am
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It's impressive the bike is still rideable.

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6/13/2026 2:37am

He wasnt really holding back in the interview with Swap yesterday (as usual in regards of the Kawi/Team):

Interviewer: I dont think we saw the real Sexton this summer, is tha - (got corrupted) 

Sexton: You didnt see him all year

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6/13/2026 2:39am

Chase must have an adamantium skeleton. The guy has big wrecks pretty regularly and never seems to break anything. Dude’s just freakishly strong.


No idea if the bike or he was responsible for this. Just glad he avoided serious injury.

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6/13/2026 2:47am Edited Date/Time 6/13/2026 2:55am

The field is getting quite thin. 

the american field for sure. Deegan is ur only hope now to snag a win/podium. Others would need help

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I don’t get the hype around Chase, sure he is fast some times but there is always a problem with the bike no mater the brand and he seems to have mistakes that are purely his own fault and takes him self out. 

When are manufacturers just going to say he is the problem not the equipment. 

And shouldn’t I guy that is supposedly that good be able to ride anything fast. 

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Motodude wrote:

Is Marchbanks having the same issues? 

Motodude wrote:

Legit question. Why the down vote by vitards?

Is marchbNk winning  anything, can't really compare the speed chase can run

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