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! Great bikes… keep the updates coming….

Don't see too many Swiss or French posters on vital, pretty cool man! What's your local track out there?

Cool build man, excited to see the progress. I assume a gas shielded mig welder? Nice looking welds for a "first timer"!

Here's the bike in it's current state

The knuckle internals are in much worse shape than the link arm's. They are rusty and crusty. I don't think I'm blasting these, I want them smooth as possible. Getting a 2nd opinion on that tomorrow. For the corrosion and grime built up, I had a two step method. Grip Clean wipe, then scotch brite scrubbed, then wiped clean again before ever reaching the blast cabinet. Ready for blast: Swingarm bolt looking straight nasty. All linkage and swingarm hardware prior to blast: After blast:

Good luck on your build! They are still very fun bikes.

I understand what you are saying, but they should have thrown the red either earlier or let the race be over. After being down two laps, seven seconds didn’t matter. He should have been carried off on a backboard in my opinion. He could barely walk and they really didn’t know what injuries he may have had to his spine. Think back to another rider they put on the Mule and he ended up not walking again.

So youre an employee, a top performer in your group, and your boss comes up to you and says, " i hear you dont want to succeed." This despite your obvious performance and current success. But he doesnt say this to your face, but instead on a phone call, while you are the one actually at work. Bobby took a comment from max out of context, ignored the actual results from his performance, then tried to question his motivation. Max wanted to send a message and he damn sure did it. On the track and off.

I'm sure this is going to get downvoted to hell, but fuck it. Motocross is filled with very incompetent people. The agents, media members, former racers now running industry companies, lower rung race teams...it's extremely bush league. The industry is very lucky that their fan group is so dedicated to the sport because the fans suffer through a lot. The broadcast and RDL has improved greatly, but we suffered for a long time there. Press conferences are unbearable. The podcasts are hard to listen to at times. The YouTube channels are out of control. The normal practice from teams and...

The same medic crew who saw forkner crash and didn't put him on a backboard to prevent further injury, but made him walk to the mule.

Same medic crew who carried Brian Moreau off the track.

I was gonna say your post was retarded but I thought I’d be nice if your sensitive but you don’t seem to be so I’ll say it’s not only not funny it’s also retarded to say that. As I said, I’m an Eli fan but you gotta be in it to win it and the best will win in the end.

The radiator is the hot part. The air going through it is room temperature and does not get to the temperature of the radiator by passing through it momentary.