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brappster Added a reply to What are the rules and regs to ride/race in the USA?
10/23/2012 3:58am The race orgs I raced at over the years never had tech inspection. They use to many many years ago but because there are so many classes to run in a day they can barely get through the day. Tech inspection would take too long which is why I don't think they do it any longer.
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brappster Added a reply to Yamaha find a use for the YZ450F
10/10/2012 8:33am Maybe the point was missed. The price difference is $17k for the 450 and $11k for the 600. Could you make the 600 race ready for $6k (then the price would be the same).
If you could, why would you want a yz450 for road racing?
brappster Added a reply to Yamaha find a use for the YZ450F
10/9/2012 6:10am Maybe I am missing something but the price of that bike is 17,000, a new Yamaha R6 is $11,000. Create a stock 600 class. add tires, exhaust, steering damper, frame/engine slider, A sharkskin body to get rid of the headlights is about $900 You would have some work, wiring nuts and removing turnsignals/tail lights.
I have never raced on the...
brappster Added a reply to Emig's fitness comments = naive
10/5/2012 3:24pm " On what evidence does he base these assumptions? GP riders race for longer and on rougher more technical tracks," That Bagget would come from behind at the end of the moto and pass the world champ Roczen. Barcia and Tomac both pass him after the middle of the moto. So I would call that evidence. It may not be...
brappster Added a reply to So...the apologies thread...
10/3/2012 3:47pm Yes, if the Germans win the next 7 in a row, I think we can say the Germans are on equal footing with the US.
brappster Added a reply to This is Why I'll Never Buy a Quad
10/3/2012 3:24pm Nerver seen that before. I almost started gagging but then I started laughing because it looked like I was watching a overdubbed Japanese movie. Still it was terrible, probably why I did not see the movie.
brappster Added a reply to Team USA sand practice before MXoN
10/3/2012 8:10am I agree it was terrible that while the GP riders have practice and ridden this track for years, that the Americans after practicing on sand tracks other than Lommel and then some practice at Lommel could only beat most of the Euros even after several crashes, Barcias mechanical and get a still get a 3rd overall. It would seem that...
brappster Added a reply to What caused Barcias front wheel lock?
10/3/2012 8:04am I thought he damaged his front wheel when he ran into the rider in front of him and crashed.
brappster Added a reply to Do the "Euros" deserve Kudos?
10/2/2012 9:05am "I can bet my house he won't!!!!!"
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brappster Started a new thread Do the "Euros" deserve Kudos?
10/2/2012 9:05am Absolutely,
The Euros beat the US, which they have not been able to do the last 7 times. Does it mean much? Like the Euros are faster? No because of a couple reasons.
First Americans had a bad hair day. If Barcia would not have hit another riders and lost spokes, (self inflected) or Barcia would not have distracted Dungey...
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brappster Added a reply to FIM vs. AMA article so correct.
10/2/2012 7:17am I don't agree with the article. Times have not changed the Americans are still the fastest. Just not at every track. The fact they have won 7 years in a row and so many times before that tells us they are the faster and better riders. They lost one race, if Barcia would not lost his spokes and Dungey not...
brappster Added a reply to So...the apologies thread...
10/2/2012 6:59am I am sorry for the American riders winning the last 7 races before this one and the long winning streak before that to cause people like the original poster to be so bitter. I am sorry that even though the the Americans are the best, they don't win every race and they cannot beat the Euros on every track the...
brappster Added a reply to Man!.....This humble pie tastes like poop!
10/1/2012 10:02pm "If you're an American , French , Great Britain , Australia, Russia, Sweden, ....or any other team that isn't Germany or Belgium." It was Germany, Belgium, and America that were on the podium, everyone else gets to stuff the hole. We did not walk away from the race with the trophy we wanted but we got one. The world has...
brappster Added a reply to Do the "Euros" deserve Kudos?
10/1/2012 9:54pm I remember when a younger Caroli and everyone else was smoked by Villopoto on a 250 when the MXON was here.. Did it mean much?, No, What means a lot is the Americans have smoked the Euros for the last 7 years. That kinda says something like winning a championship and beating the competitions 7 times in a row.
This...
brappster Added a reply to So does the 350 get some respect now?
10/1/2012 4:45pm Those bikes at the MXON, except for Dungeys, were works bikes, they are nothing like you or I would buy.
It is interesting that Short,struggled with his 350. Caroli in MXON here seemed to struggle too. Perhaps it is the difference between the bikes over there and over here. It may be that that the bikes here are slower.
I...
brappster Added a reply to has bagget been lapped before...will he be lapped again?
10/1/2012 1:59pm The Americans are plain better at the MXON European tracks year after year. How does that fit into your little theory. Bagget crashed, that could happen to any Euro whether they were in Europe or America.
brappster Added a reply to Do the "Euros" deserve Kudos?
10/1/2012 1:55pm I think he was surprised as many Americans were how different Lommel was. It was obviously very different.
It was easy for the Americans to underestimate the track since the Americans win year after year with no challenge from the Euros. This year was different. Kudos to the Germans, but I don't think the Americans will underestimate them again. But...
brappster Added a reply to Do the "Euros" deserve Kudos?
10/1/2012 1:51pm Where did I say it is not fair? They could have the MXON every year at Lommel The Americans will have to learn the track. If they would have had a better day and not crashed as much (which is in their control) or had less bad luck, things would have been very different.
You guys were telling us Lommel...
brappster Added a reply to Do the "Euros" deserve Kudos?
10/1/2012 1:02pm The point was that Herlings, Caroli, have raced and practiced that track a lot. The Americans never rode it until now. That is home Europe track advantage. Herlings has no magic, he learned his sand skills from riding sand tracks like Lommel, that is why he is fast especially on that track.