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It's not as bad as you think. I would assume KTM wants to field at least 2 450s for SX..
Dayum, 1-1 after snapping an ACL 16 weeks prior is bananas.
You weren't comparing Chase to Jett, you were comparing him to Prado.
Chase is not Jett.
He's superhuman. He obviously has good doctors, trainers and therapists, but I would assume Pat Mahomes does as well, and it took him 7 months to be fully cleared to play.
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I was comparing a fully fit Chase to a fully fit Prado.
You said Chase wouldn’t be ready due to his ACL injury.
I provided an example of why the ACL injury shouldn’t be of the slightest concern come A1.
“Chase has no options!”
”Speed?? We can work with speed…”
All these "IF ______ signs Chase" threads are reminding me of the children's book, If You Give a Pig a Pancake.
You know,
"If you give Chase a KTM, he'll want a special shock to go with it. You'll give him a trick, works WP device with KYB internals and a cooling system.
He'll probably notice the forks are unbalanced. So he'll want to fix that.
He'll ask you for different settings.
When you give him the settings, he'll probably ask for a faster engine. You'll have to find your special Pankl parts..."
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this is insane! Jett truley is a badass!
Leverage is maybe the wrong word.
But for sure KTM wants to have insurance to have at least one rider on the track for the full season. But they won't pay anywhere near full asking price.
I can also imagine some of the deciding factors is related to whether Chase would be allowed to run KYB suspension.
Chase is a SX champion and recent runner up with 2 wins this year. KTM doesn't have that; they have upside in Prado / Coenen. It seems very obvious to me that they want a recent winner / prior champion in their stable - like they had with Eli. Granted Eli and Chase working norms and needs are very different but the pedigree still matters. For Chase's side - go back to the last place he was successful and make any deal he can.
Ian Harrison mentioned on more than one occasion how much of a pleasure it was to work with Eli Tomac because he knew what he wanted and took accountability and didn't blame the bike. In my humble opinion that comment was more than just about ET3. Would they want to deal with that again?
Chase did not feel comfortable on the KTM or Im sure he would have stayed.
I have no answer.
Reminds of some people love the Honeymoon phase of new relationships. Then they get bored and ramble on to the next.
Roger has also mentioned the same thing several times - most recently in a Swap moto interview. I think there is zero chance Roger and Ian want to jump back into the Chase/Keir shit show. Win a race then throw all the settings in the dumpster and start searching for something different.
No, you didn’t. My bad 🤷
None except he’s a proven race winner (even on a bike he hated), past champion and only one of the fastest guys around. But other than that, he has no leverage
Best thing i’ve seen on vital today. 😂
Heck the apology is a good sign of maturity for Chase, since I don’t think he did that with any team he’s bailed on previously.
“Bailed on” is such an inaccurate description of his previous contracts which he went full term on. He just was public about his desire to go a different direction at the end of his deal. We say we want the riders to be more transparent and then damn them when they are..,
Pit Row
Do we think Chase apologized willingly or because he is in a bind and needs a ride?
Cooper Webb is openly running KYB suspension on his full-factory supported Husqvarna. No reason Chase couldn't do the same thing if he can assemble a team. A lot of work and negotiations occuring now, I am certain!
Folks seem to forget Ian is supervising both KTM and Husky efforts and how Chase isn't able to expect a high salary at this point, only results based financial bonuses. That makes him a 'bargan' for any team at this point. Just as Prado was last year for KTM.
I suppose one might view it that way. I submit though, that Chase is coming back after proving Prado to be the correct ass in the situation.
Let's hope they are flexible. The husky team and KTM official factory team is quiet different. I can see Husky team allowing it since it's not a in-house factory team compared to KTM.
Also with a new bike, running dual suspension vendors trying to find a base would probably but a constraint on team resources.
Yeah, perhaps that is a slap at Chase, but it may be just that for ANY rider (Chase/Prado, whoever) Eli was just a cut above. I don't think Ian would go out of his way to indirectly complain about another rider. Seems like a straight shooter.
Roger is the straight shooter.
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