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I just want to say I am clearly not a webb fan but do not wish injury or hardship on any of these guys and would much rather see the guys I don't root for get beat straight up. It's OK to still have empathy for people you don't love. Just like I've said with chase, talking about the issues you've had along the way isn't the same thing as making excuses. It's just reality. Wish the fans and haters didn't selectively pile on and interpret similar things in wildly different ways based on whether they like a guy or...

I've been in a chair the last 23 years from a racing accident, T4-T9 with fusion from T3-T10 and can tell you the first year is by FAR the hardest but also the absolute best opportunity to get back walking. This is when physical therapy is extremely important before scar tissue begins to develop around the spinal cord. One of the best things to do is move his legs/feet/toes and have him mentally try to make the same movements as this sends signals from the brain through the spinal cord to the extremities. Even just sitting there in bed do...

Webb is great at taking advantage of race circumstances, at race strategies, race craft, head to head racing and adapting to breaking down tracks. All those positives hide his tiny lack of speed/technique compare to a Jett, Sexton, Tomac (when he's hot but has been on fire or freezing this season) or even an Anderson when he's not a lightning rod of short sticks. He wins A2 with a 2-2-5 score. Gets second in St Louis with a 5-6-2 score. He wins Dallas when Jett crashed in the last lap. He's making everyone pays for their mistakes but rarely wins...

Update - Jake has been moved to the hospital's inpatient therapy center after spending some time in the trauma ICU. He will be there for about 4-6 weeks, maybe even more. The good news is that his pain is under control now that they have figured out the right medication. However, yesterday was his first day of therapy, and it was tough. He had to get 42 staples in his back. Unfortunately, he still can't move yet, but he's slowly getting very slight feeling each day. He was a bit disappointed when he couldn't tell which toe the nurse was...

Shell Rotella T oils, particularly the ones designed for diesel engines, might not be the ideal choice for your modern four-stroke dirt bike for a couple of reasons: Additive Package: Rotella T oils are formulated for heavy-duty diesel engines and contain a higher concentration of detergents and dispersants to handle soot and contaminants produced by diesel combustion. This may not be necessary for your dirt bike engine, and some argue these additives might not be optimal for a high-performance engine [1]. Friction Reduction: Motorcycle specific oils often have friction modifiers designed to minimize friction between metal components in the engine...

The problem is that you don't know whether or not it's right. It's just scraping data from the internet, which may or not be right in itself. We had a client (on the engineering side of the business) who had Chat GPT solve some thermodynamics equations to prove out their concept. Problem was that the answers were way wrong, and on simple thing like unit conversions and similar even. But he had no way of knowing that, he just blindly trusted it.

Story time... I was taking pics at a Milestone Straight Rhythm Ride Day (2014 I think?) and I just so happened to take this picture of Justin and Tyler. Fast forward to Tyler's memorial ride day at Glen Helen and I see this: Fast forward a few years and I'm at Wyvern taking pictures of Justin Hoeft when he was on that IB-Corp team and I walk up to Darrin (his dad) and say Hey you know that picture of Tyler you used at his memorial? and he said yeah and I said I took it! and he said YOU...

Stopped by the hospital today to visit with Jake. He's improving and just like what you'd think of a Moto guy. Tough as nails. Looks like they are moving Jake out of ICU today and he prepares for the rehab scenario. Got to spend some time with Jake his dad who is right there at the track every weekend riding. Typical Moto family. They live Moto.. Great kid and he's got a great family and attitude. I told Jake we would see him at the track again. Thats a promise!

Visited with Jake and his dad, Terry, a little yesterday. He's still in ICU and in a lot of pain (which is possibly a *good* sign, as he can *feel* it). Keep your good thoughts coming.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you. I really appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers for Jake. I have been a part of Vital for some time now, and while everyone has their own quirks, it means so much to me that we can all come together as a moto family and pray and think about Jake. Thank you all again from the bottom of my heart. If any of y'all are in the Colorado area or wanting to come out I will always have a extra room and a spot in the garage. Jake had...

The older I get the less I post...because I'm coming to realize that my opinion just doesn't matter to anyone but me, so I keep it to myself more and more...I avoid comment sections on news articles, and I'm honestly starting to come here less and less...the fact that the internet gave EVERYONE a soap box and a microphone is causing so much division...everyone thinks their opinion matters to everyone else, and so they type away with an over inflated sense of ego leveraging the lack of consequence for what they say...when the only way to communicate was face to...

You could argue that any change will make a difference, and that's true. But the real question is whether or not it will make a noticeable difference. There are two primary reasons why it shouldn't: 1) Speed: Airflow effects (drag, lift) are related to the square of speed. Our average speeds aren't fast enough to have a large effect. 2) Relative size: Compared to the rest of the bike (and rider), the larger fender portion is pretty small. The frontal area of a numberplate, etc. is there whether that big chunk of fender is there or not. So in a...