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So around mid-season he told the boys "Give me a superstock bike, take the factory triples off, all the crazy shit, and give me basically a stock race motorcycle". After that Josh went on a tear and closed the season off by winning 6 of the final 8 rounds, and 2nd in the championship. He then went on to win 4 Superbike Championships. You can find interviews with Josh as he talked about this, very candidly, about how all the infinitely adjustable factory superbike stuff was getting himself, and the team, running in too many directions. They simplified the bike (ie: superstock build) and then slowly added / tested parts and eventually got it dialed in to become the dominate package.
His crew, and the racing department heads (Keith, Mike, Roach, Halverson, etc), all sit in the same office in Cypress. I've been in that office. It's not particularly large.
To think those same guys wouldn't let Cooper try out stock parts, when they had PROVEN success with that same strategy, is laughable. In fact, Josh's old crew chief, Jimmy Roach, is now the head of the overall racing department, and Roach is a sharp fella.
Now I do know of plenty of other teams that refuse to change settings for riders, but in my experience, Yamaha USA wasn't one of them. YMMV.
Good thing you guys are here so I can read about the content.
We need Keefer and Matthes to test Cooper Webb's YZ450F to set this straight.
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CRF450 on the other hand? Haven’t ridden one that I can trust hitting the same bump lap after lap.
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