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Covered my butt there, thankx

No doubt the dominate bike in big bore twin shock class. The 82 was a disaster transition bike. The 83 was the King with redesigned bottom end with gear drive primary, Ohlin rear shock upgrade but outdated in the class it runs in today.

1983 Maico 490 Now, end of thread. Nuff said!

Gotta go with these guys standing on the podium. Paulin Tony Jeremy Desalle

Tony Jeffrey Paulin Clement Kevin

Sorry about that.

There is the possibility that the "setup" confusion is due to a lack actual competitive track time in preseason and having to perform "preseason" adjustments with a new rider/style on 3 tracks without much prior data to rely on while in the points race. Now that they are back on familiar tracks with mega data in their possession on those...

When RV forms his own Independent team like DP19 he can have any setting he believes will work for him. RV is just a hired rider on the flagship Kawasaki Factory Racing Team. This team has been developing & engineering the Kawasaki bikes on your showroom floor for years. They have no production rule to follow like in the AMA...

That's Asia. Thai's version of potato chips.

Bingo!

He must like the European food.

I guess Zach changed that.

You are right on that, I mentioned earlier that this is the team RV rides for now. They know how to set up a bike. Rv wants different components? It's not working at the GP level so what's the deal? Who's in charge?

You did notice that Nagl was running wide and made his passes on the outside then in the sharp left turn he was using a strange squaring off move, looked like he was always losing time in the deep stuff at the bottom but once he hooked up he made up the time, RV wasn't the only one using different...

Something else that's a plus is that while traveling to races you will have a few riders show up at little local club tracks in route and practice with the kids watching in a state of awe and shock. Nothing pretentious and that why the fan base in Europe seems to be more knowledgeable and dedicated. Almost every small town...

You're right, 5 year begging in 2015. Pit knows what he wants and he gets it. KTM is pretty well set and always has top talent waiting to just step right in when the others move up.

Not too sure but didn't Davy just sign for a 5 or 6 year KTM contract?

Zach was a welcome American addition to the GP's, I'm sure RV had a conversation with him before deciding.

He can keep Tony honest but Tony's tradecraft can't be overcome. Tony will take it if he stays healthy by 1 point if he has to.

Kongols, what is the latest on Matiss? He borrowed one of our practice bikes at a EM250 race in Gdansk when his didn't make it on time,. Great kid and he took the overall without a lap of practice on the bike.