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8/22/2022 5:29pm
8/22/2022 5:29pm
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8/26/2022 8:22pm
In the RacerX 3 on 3 article today, Kenny seems to be consistently unhappy with the Honda. Here is what he said:
Another excellent day today. Good to see. Can you summarize your day?
"It’s been a long time since I’ve been up here, but we’re stepping in the right direction. I overall just made some changes. Podiums are hard to get nowadays, at least for me at this point, never mind winning. So, I was just excited. I had some good speed this morning. It seems like on a weekly basis I just struggle definitely with my bike a little bit, but at the same time that’s just something that’s always going to be there. I just try to fight through it."
Would this suggest he is unofficially done with the Honda? And where is his next destination?
Another excellent day today. Good to see. Can you summarize your day?
"It’s been a long time since I’ve been up here, but we’re stepping in the right direction. I overall just made some changes. Podiums are hard to get nowadays, at least for me at this point, never mind winning. So, I was just excited. I had some good speed this morning. It seems like on a weekly basis I just struggle definitely with my bike a little bit, but at the same time that’s just something that’s always going to be there. I just try to fight through it."
Would this suggest he is unofficially done with the Honda? And where is his next destination?
The Shop
Maybe it's in his head that he can't get this Honda right anymore? Does he even know what he wants? I've heard in multiple interviews (Whiskey throttle with both Ryans, RC at Pulp for example) that Kenny is really special to work with in terms of setup and that he likes his stuff really weird.
I'm obviously just a vitard and not an expert..
Being a big Kenny fan and from germany and seeing him since he was competing at ADAC youngster cup basically, it really blows my mind that a rider struggles so hard with a certain bike setup throughout the whole year, specially when they have multiple professionals working for them. I still somehow think he has everything to win at least one more 450 title, I really wanna see him on a new bike and a fresh start. I bet he thought about that more than once after seeing Tomac and Anderson this year.
Really not a fan of the bike setup and complain thing.. It's such a big topic these days and no rider but the winner is happy or feels good anymore? But I still hope we see him a couple more years. The sport is way better with him in it.
He seems to have other problems. Definitely time for a new ride for him.
Pit Row
^As a Roczen fan that sucks to read.
But….. just a handful of weeks later when Cooper was winning he was saying that he was struggling with it.
So these comments from riders never really carry much weight. Just like Cooper this year, blaming the bike, when we can all see he’s on a headf*ck this year..
Now Chase is making the bike work. A bike, remember that was more modelled around Kenny for the last six years than it ever was Chase.
How embarrassing for Kenny and the pressure must be huge.
At least he should win that two race world championship. He'd better.
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