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Kids taking the fight to the KTM riders
When’s the last time a rider on a Yamaha did that
They really have to fix some points around the track for the spectators though. It was sad with that entire section shut off for public.
The Shop
I have no idea if that is true or not. But if it is true that might actually make some sense why they didnt allow fans over there.
That's a good observation, PhilG .
I was giving a bit of thought to that myself. They smooth out the surface - well, they bloody well Have to - I can't imagine the carnage if they didn't do prep for the start, and any early turns at Valkenswaard, or other 'soft' tracks. So initially ,no braking bumps, and, with the speed of that first LH 'kink', I doubt any of the blokes out front or near the front, touch the brakes.
So, the front end low, with the super steep head angle and reduced trail, in what still will be fairly soft ground, at speed, makes for an 'iffy' front end. Tuck tuck tuck.
There's a bit of the Luddite in me, so, at times, I wish they'd stop the use of manual start devices. The various Electronics - well, that would be impossible to stop, unless they went to control ECUs. And, I don't believe in that. Yet.......
Anyone here remember the antics at ISDT's (yes, long ago, before it was renamed the ISDE) with the use of tie downs, belts, rope etc to hold down the front ends during the "Acceleration Tests"? That, my friends, is where the seed for the Start Device was planted, I reckon.
Now this weekend, it was snotty of top and as the guys are full on into the turn, with the front clamped down , with no suspension at all , all the weight dropping instantly as soon as they get off the gas, its always going to happen. And the guys know what you need to do to get it off, some guys sky the first jump just to be sure I reckon.
It cant be nice , and it certainly isn't safe, we have a track where we go through 3 fast lefts , and it the wet , it wont click off because you hardly brake, on tarmac, what that must be like on sand is anyones guess.
And because a sand set up is so hard , you could see Hofer didn't have the weight to generate the load to compress the forks more than they were already .
Will they do it tomorrow or wait for the end of the season when we have all become zombies?
This year's champs will all have an asterisk next to their names.
Pit Row
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