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"I told them after the heat race we got to make some changes and I don't really know what to do, and my turning and my whoops were way better for my main event".
"we got to make some changes and I don't really know what to do"
This could be a telltale situation that's probably more common with elite racers than we know. They have no idea as to WHAT needs to be tweaked or adjusted...they just know something needs to change for them to feel comfortable and competitive. This might be that there has been a communication breakdown between Sexton and every team he's ridden for, including Kawasaki.
I remember in his honda days... he tucked the front and crashed again... on the podium he said something like "I will Never tuck the front again!"... and he said it with such passion... me being older, I know you should Never say Never to anything...
Sure enough, he's been tucking the front ever since... lol...
Never say never 😂
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I listened to an interview he once gave and he was confused as to what triple clamps were. I think a lot of these riders know very little about bikes.
Teams should send their riders to some sort of suspension training (i.e. something like Paul Thede's class, maybe not that in depth but you get the idea) or testing training with someone like Keefer so they can learn how to test and how the motorcycle actually works from a basic engineering standpoint. They could also learn a basic language to tell the techs what they are feeling and what they are looking for. Just saying you're looking for a feeling and not being able to relay that to make meaningful changes is just trying to pull things out of thin air. How you could a team ever make a rider happy if they are "just looking for a feeling".
we've seen Chase tuck the front end on a SX straight (don't know how you do that).....he will always tuck
These riders invest so much time and money into fitness, and I believe they spend very little on other parts of themselves that could help just as much...learning now dirt bikes work (from suspension to clutches to geometry to top ends), learning how dirt bikes work would help them set them up better...to public speaking, public relation skill, learning how to handle themselves in public and talk in public would do wonders for their image and public perception.
Why invest some time and money and learn how to work on bikes?
Why not invest some time and money and learn how to talk and handle themselves in public?
Daddy has always wrenched on their son's bikes coming up...and as they got better, a hired tech did the same without the kid's paying any attention because they didn't have to. Same thing goes with so many moto-kids being homeschooled. They come into maturity by virtue of age, but don't know much about how to carry themselves socially.
People would be amazed at how much a Nascar, indy car, f1 and motogp racers understand about how every part of their machine works. Little changes, big changes motor parts ect.
Alonso is great to listen to when he gives tech reltated interviews
too true. ive heard multiple pro's that had 0 iq when it came to the bike. Really comes back to the parents and who's around the rider all of them treating them like rockstars instead of an integral part of the machine
Even had a buddy who was a fast local, bike's were always thrashed. I mentioned his bike didnt look good on the track and asked about his suspension; basic things like sag, clickers.. He never touched clickers or anything and His LINKAGE bearings were frozen. somehow still fast as shit
his dad apparently would just wash it, filter and oil and only replaced parts when they were falling off.
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