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Biggest surprise: - Gibbs, no discussion - Charlier - Lupino - Anstie Biggest letdown - Cairoli - Prado - Dean Ferris - Covington Biggest told ya so - Herlings - Osborne - Hunter

Wondering also why/if you none of the test riders switched to the bigger throttle cam that comes as standard accessory to KTM and Husky? That gives the bike a total different power package, and in my view cant be ridden without.

This is why i handed back my WP Cone Valve AER and got a spring version instead last week. Upper (main) chamber in the Cone Valve AER was similar to regular AER, 2-4psi (say 165 to 168psi) depending on how hot it is outside and type of track. The balance chamber however, first session (morning or evening does not matter...

You can just bend a thin flat regular screwdriver and use that to adjust comp. If you are careful adjusting one click at a time is not problem. Adding i just bent it slightly, not 90 degree or anything.

R&D is one thing, cost of parts and manufacturing another. Wifi-units can make debugging easier as well for workshops and people owning the bike, and it is a nice gimmick. Current limited debug/tuning device was like $700 (US , and they stopped selling it last year. Mechanical workshop equipment is a shit-ton of money more. Considering how busy the workshops are...

"Waiting like a kid on Christmas eve"

Yea, that motor mount and pipe mount does not sit in the same spot as the 2017 SXF 450. Things look much tighter. So for sure i think you are looking the new frame and engine. Well done!

How many would get support from a team, riding AMA SX first year with so many riders out of contract already in US. Those Euro-riders would hardly make it to the A-group in 250 supercross. Look at someone like Freddy Noren, rode 2 years of Arenacross, looked like a newbie first 2 years in Supercross. Now he is on 3...

Looked now, Honda 11 and Kawi 12 in the points in the championship. Not even a podium or top 5 this year? Not a lot of exposure, but a shitload of money spent. Better take that MX2 budget, spend it on EMX and contract some promising riders to then continue with in MX2 and at least have the possibility to...

Might be that they hold it for 1-2 years while recruiting younger riders from EMX and waiting for them to become MX2 capable riders. With Husky and KTM sweeping the winns, i doubt having no MX2 team make a huge difference in their sales of bikes. Not like they been getting a lot of exposure this year, and if they...

Know when it was serviced last time, clicker is in default setting including HSC? Can play a huge role. Sag around 100mm? You are a bit heavy for the stock springs, if you now have the stock springs. 2 steps up should be good.

ML, Cant you try and reprimand this kind of shit? when you have 10 threads going on that you "listen" to, half of the posts are pure bs. Some of the topics as well like "have you heard latest about js7 - oh i have not but wanted someone to click on it" Lower the quality of the forum.

Cant see them dropping the AER as long as it gets the reviews it gets. WP also released last year Cone Valve AER. If Husky was smart, they would go for spring fork. The question is just what fork should they run? The CC fork is outdated and has not been used since 2015. Enduro forks has poor reviews. 4CS...

Dunlop has stiffer sidewalls then Pirelli, so lower air pressure is needed to get some traction. Pirelli should be 13.5-14 psi rear, and 14 front. Rider weight also impact pressure, as well as riding style and type of tracks. 12-13psi and 2.5mm tube in rear tire is just to low on a track that has tendency to get square edge.

Performance wise, no production tire beats Pirelli MX32. Same rubber mix and design as they use in MXGP. In combination with a Michelin Mousse tube (1200gram), it is a deadly traction combination. Tire sidewalls are soft, thats what makes it great for traction. Run around 0.9.1.00bar if you run it with a tube. Not less air then that. 80-100/21 in...

It also depends on what bike you run. On a 450, one click slower rebound (in rear), or faster in front can make the bike difficult to turn with, while at a 125 or 250 would not be noticeable. Just look at Tomac, 13 to 1 just changing from more hard packed to soft track setup.

AC222 went to 450 when the new one came out 2015/2016. The advantage of the 350 was basically gone since the 450 became so nimble and easy to ride with all weight shaved of (engine + chassi). Herlings has tested the 350, but he gave up to much in the starts so went with 450. A light weight rider could...

I think 1 to 3, is kind of different from going 13 to 1. Specially since he has told us he was worn out, and did not do some sections that JH and AC did so he lost some time there every lap.

Yea to some extent. You can compare deep sand to supercross, both are very very different from the US tracks that lucas oil runs on. The bike settings for real sand races (where most of the euro guys practice during weeks because of the demanding nature of those tracks) cant be compared to a hardpacked or US setup. Herlings runs...