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Edited Date/Time 4/26/2016 2:15pm
Are Hondas that far behind? That thing is getting pulled like crazy out of corners by the yamahas, ktms, and huskys.
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It did look like that bike lacked power coming out of the turns.
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He weigths more than most of the other riders and probably had more holeshots than anyone.
The motor can't be that bad
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VilloFan951 wrote:
It did look like that bike lacked power coming out of the turns.
It was like that at Daytona too, Honda has some work to do..
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crusty_xx wrote:
He weigths more than most of the other riders and probably had more holeshots than anyone.
The motor can't be that bad
All the geico motors holeshot good. But it looked like it was lacking serious power in the corners

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Ted722 4/23/2016 3:19pm
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It's like his bike weighs 50lbs more than Martin's. Smile
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maybe it s the guy sitting on the bike ,riding it . I swear people here think it s F1 the whole time .
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VilloFan951 wrote:
It did look like that bike lacked power coming out of the turns.
logan_140 wrote:
It was like that at Daytona too, Honda has some work to do..
Did you ever hear of a thing called corner speed . You can have the fastest corner speed on the slowest bike ,
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Look at Martin and Malcolm side by side. Huge difference
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He was making a lot of mistakes, especially after the finish. He was coming to a near halt, then pivoting and trying to accelerate on blue groove. It made it look like he was very underpowered, just very bad line choice...

His weight is defientely a penalty on the little bikes. It's more noticeable when he makes mistakes and needs to power out... It was noticeable late in the race at Daytona as well because he was pausing a lot and not rolling through his corners as well. If he does that, he doesn't quite have enough to get back up to speed as fast as the little guys.
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Ted722 wrote:
It's like his bike weighs 50lbs more than Martin's. Smile
His honda don't weigh 50lbs more, but Malcome himself is prolly 20lbs heavier than almost everyone out there..he's a big dude..
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Less traction?
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Pete The Fisherman wrote:
Nothing on his Honda is actually Honda.
Funny you say that - Remember back to 2 stroke days and Burner with Gieco - He had YZ crank and all sorts of different parts in it. Was good for 5 hrs before totally strip down and full replacement. Is what I was told by one of the mechanics who worked on it.

Also heard the 250f bikes are like stock 450's...
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ML512 wrote:
He was making a lot of mistakes, especially after the finish. He was coming to a near halt, then pivoting and trying to accelerate on blue...
He was making a lot of mistakes, especially after the finish. He was coming to a near halt, then pivoting and trying to accelerate on blue groove. It made it look like he was very underpowered, just very bad line choice...

His weight is defientely a penalty on the little bikes. It's more noticeable when he makes mistakes and needs to power out... It was noticeable late in the race at Daytona as well because he was pausing a lot and not rolling through his corners as well. If he does that, he doesn't quite have enough to get back up to speed as fast as the little guys.
Stop making sense ML, you will upset the experts here Wink
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Pete The Fisherman wrote:
Nothing on his Honda is actually Honda.
snowy816 wrote:
Funny you say that - Remember back to 2 stroke days and Burner with Gieco - He had YZ crank and all sorts of different parts...
Funny you say that - Remember back to 2 stroke days and Burner with Gieco - He had YZ crank and all sorts of different parts in it. Was good for 5 hrs before totally strip down and full replacement. Is what I was told by one of the mechanics who worked on it.

Also heard the 250f bikes are like stock 450's...
Burner?... He finished 2nd behind David Bailey & ahead of Bob Hannah in the 1983 250 MX Nationals... Cool
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UpTiTe 4/23/2016 8:10pm
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His bike looked fine, his corner technique was atrocious.

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crusty_xx wrote:
He weigths more than most of the other riders and probably had more holeshots than anyone.
The motor can't be that bad
This! Seriously people , the guy is huge for a 250F, it's not the bike.
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adam8781 4/23/2016 8:53pm
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Geico bikes arent slow im sure, malcom is just a bigger dude.
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Ted722 wrote:
It's like his bike weighs 50lbs more than Martin's. Smile
*insert comment that completely misses your joke*
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UpTiTe 4/23/2016 9:03pm
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crusty_xx wrote:
He weigths more than most of the other riders and probably had more holeshots than anyone.
The motor can't be that bad
adamdf wrote:
This! Seriously people , the guy is huge for a 250F, it's not the bike.
I'm sick of this, hes not huge for a 250f. There's 2 other guys out there bigger.

Sorry, but 5'10 165 is not huge.
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UpTiTe wrote:
I'm sick of this, hes not huge for a 250f. There's 2 other guys out there bigger.

Sorry, but 5'10 165 is not huge.
this.........is it just jealousy or those people just want the guy to lose because hes on a honda? or because he is JS's brother? whatever the reason its getting really boring reading the absolute drivel.
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Bearuno 4/23/2016 9:18pm
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UpTiTe wrote:
His bike looked fine, his corner technique was atrocious.
This.

And yes, his cornering would be better than mine - but hell, riding bikes (and fishing) seems to be what / all Mookie has ever done.

He's a funny young bloke, and quite a good motorcycle rider - he got out ridden by a few others in that race, that's all.
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crusty_xx wrote:
He weigths more than most of the other riders and probably had more holeshots than anyone.
The motor can't be that bad
adamdf wrote:
This! Seriously people , the guy is huge for a 250F, it's not the bike.
UpTiTe wrote:
I'm sick of this, hes not huge for a 250f. There's 2 other guys out there bigger.

Sorry, but 5'10 165 is not huge.
You sure about those numbers? 5'10" might be right but 165 sounds 20-ish pounds too low just based on an eye test.
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Bearuno 4/23/2016 9:33pm
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UpTiTe wrote:
I'm sick of this, hes not huge for a 250f. There's 2 other guys out there bigger.

Sorry, but 5'10 165 is not huge.
Two agreements with Uptite - Yikes!

This "Mookie is huge" is a bit of a chuckle. Hell, I think all of the stuff about the MX Panda - DeDycker - being huge is a bit of a chuckle ( I grew up with a whole bunch of people around me being well over 6'6", so 'big' to me is on a different scale to many people, I think), as, at 6'3", he's not particulary tall - but, hell, he, DeDycker, does ride "Big". Maybe that's it - Mookies somewhat upright upper body style makes him seem bigger to people.

I watch the pre-show stream with more regularity than the night show, and there certainly are quite a few genuinely tall blokes among the privateers trying to qualify for the night show - it seems more so in the 250s, than the 450s, but that might be down to weight of numbers?
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ML512 4/23/2016 9:38pm
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UpTiTe wrote:
I'm sick of this, hes not huge for a 250f. There's 2 other guys out there bigger.

Sorry, but 5'10 165 is not huge.
Umm, when did Malcolm get down to that height and weight? Laughing He lost 50lbs since he was at TLD!?
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crusty_xx wrote:
He weigths more than most of the other riders and probably had more holeshots than anyone.
The motor can't be that bad
adamdf wrote:
This! Seriously people , the guy is huge for a 250F, it's not the bike.
UpTiTe wrote:
I'm sick of this, hes not huge for a 250f. There's 2 other guys out there bigger.

Sorry, but 5'10 165 is not huge.
The dudes a tuna sandwich from 200! 165 come on uptite.
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ob 4/23/2016 10:16pm
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He is not a big guy, thick yes, big compared to Martin yes. But he isn't big by any means. Big hair, yep that's for sure.
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ob wrote:
He is not a big guy, thick yes, big compared to Martin yes. But he isn't big by any means. Big hair, yep that's for sure.
Maybe not "big" compared to a football player but c'mon man, the dude is huge when it comes to pro SX riders. Moto riders in general are smaller guys

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