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Times have changed.

That’s a reasonable take but there could be other possibilities. What if all the effort we saw from Kawi was only at the absolute insistence by Prado? Chad Reed himself said publicly not all was roses on the Kawasaki side. Why would a guy like Prado, a multi time GP champion, display such extreme behaviour? If you find yourself in a highly undesirable situation and there’s no reasonable way out the you start considering unreasonable options. What Prado did many of us probably wouldn’t do but none of know the full picture. Yes it’s possible Prado had a bruised ego...

Well as it stands, Foxhill is just a few empty fields. It has none of the infrastructure needed to host a GP. So there's the initial cost for all that. It would probably pull in a bigger crowd than Matterley. I looked up which track was closer to London. Both 76 miles away which is kinda funny. But, MXGP isn't something people from London (or any other city for that matter) will just go and watch. Only core fans will.

Seems mad to hold a gp there in the modern era but I’ll be definitely going for old times sake. Hopefully they can recreate the old days of the place, and hope the beer tent doesn’t burn down!

There's been rumblings of this for a little while now. Be interesting to see. Someone clearly has money to burn... but good luck to them!

Sounds quite familiar to me..

Genuinely curious for some of you that say any 450 is down on power - please explain what you mean. Do you not like to shift? Does down on power man “didn’t lug 3rd the entire lap”? I use 1-4 gears on my RMZ450 and this bike is genuinely a rocket. It’s uncomfortably fast. Do you guys only use the first 40% of the throttle? I’m honestly confused how vet riders complain about low power 450’s and top pros want them calmed down. Plz explain.

Having a conversation and not just agreeing with your opinion is “strange behavior really”? I think conversations about racing is entertaining, and I like hearing other fans opinions, ain’t nothing strange about it…

I giggle a little at this, because Vince can really be a pain in the ass in a short race. But more importantly for me is how the rules play out for the Stark. He's a good starter and just might beat them all to turn 1 often... Yes, even more fun.

Same. I've had 5 YZ's over the years, currently on a 300 SX. I've always loved the YZ's, but I also prefer the KTM. 🤷‍♂️

Good idea. Two threads of nothingness is always better than one.

They gave Dungey a hand shifter so I am sure they can give Tomac a cable clutch.

Hey MC did hit a hot lap at every sx race in ‘03 for his retirement tour, so maybe he did get collect a check to? 😂😂 but seriously, I was at one of the Anaheims in ‘03 that MC was doing his hot lap at, and there was a huge whoop section before the triple, and boy did that look scary for MC hitting those whoops lol he pulled a boner air off the triple after those 😂😂😂

Excuses or the writing on the wall? He switched brands for the first time ever (to a team that hasn't had success in a few years), racing new tracks, deeper field, new format, living in a new country, no time to prepare because of injury, and carrying the pressure of a world championship and big expectations.

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All is fair then. I wasnt around then - glad to see we are equal opportunity ball busters here.

ESPN.com: Is it true that you told Coy Gibbs, "I feel like I can't win?" Stewart: Correct. I told Coy that I felt like, in the current situation, on the bike that I was on, that I couldn't win. In my contract I didn't have a performance thing so I could -- I would never do it -- but I could literally go to the races and finish 20th place every weekend and nothing can happen. Obviously it wasn't what we both wanted to hear but this was a conversation that we had before the season even started. He kind...

Prado is a young athlete of privilege. Lack of money or struggles with earning have never been an issue. There is no doubt he has discipline and commitment for training. His championships demonstrate this. His move here, new team and new structure, were elements he couldn’t possibly understand would create unique obstacles. After all, his prior championships solidified that he was indeed capable of continuing this level of performance. Kawasaki was convinced of it. But, all these changes occurring with this move created a slow progressive slipping of his confidence. Friends, family, new home, new team, new training areas, new...