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Southwick was a bit of a weird day. Alessi. Goerke, and Chisholm finished 2-3-4 in the overall, and 4 riders who have been regularly beating all 3 of those guys had a horrible days (Short-Metcalfe) or motos (Townley-Hahn).
My question is how far does the confidence gained on a day where your competitors blew it go? Is Mike back in the mix or is will things be even stranger next week?
Another thing that seems odd was the post race press conference where Mike said he his problem had been over training and trying too hard. Then his next statement was that in the week off he trained super hard and was running on the beach and really pushing himself and it all paid off. Huh?
With the much tighter sound limits on GP bikes I thought they would be even closer?
Also KTM has a fairly solid history in the last 5-10 years of putting their GP technology onto production bikes within a year or so. I know that's not proof of anything but it is an indicator that they don't tend to run bikes in the GP's that are pure fantasy for anybody else.
The Shop
338 was a really short start straight into a 180 turn, by the time you get going you're having to slow a 450 down, no doubt Mike could stay in it longer and easily out brake everyone into that turn, and he was on the inside. Given the amount of corners, sweeping lines and relatively short straights it's not a surprise to see the 350 do well there. I haven't ridden there but compared to the 2 stk days and even the 250's, the 450's look sort of confined on that track.
AC is faster than Mike. He was faster at Glen Helen and he only had 1 gear.
Mike rode well this last week, he hasn't ridden that well since the first race of the year and his result showed.
Stop spewing out all these excuses for Mike losing and excuses for AC winning when you have zero inside knowledge about what actually goes on.
irony...
haydos25 wrote: I'm gonna call BS too. Did you build both bikes?? Maybe your confusing fact with uneducated and unsupported opinion.
are you saying the only person in the entire fucking universe that would know if both bikes were identical or not would have to have built both bikes?
you win...i made it all up, because i didn't and have never even touched either bike. you got me.....
I bet the AMA teams don't bother with the 1st year exemption either, why would you when you could just feed your own ego by riding less than what you legally can? like AC is doing.
Sure a 450 may make a better looking 350 than a 350 but working harder for the same or less results is more gratifying.
Pit Row
Explain this then?
1) People on 250s going quicker... ie, CP, RV, Bubba, Reedy, RC, RR at selected tracks...
2) And if AC's bike is a 400... How much difference is that really... You telling me if Mikey gets a 5mm stroker kit in his bike he'll go from 10th to first...
IT'S NOT THE ENGINE.
Having been at the press conference it was obvious this weekend was a big relief and building block for him and there is no doubting his passion for the sport regardless of where you fall on Mike's career thus far.
Mike has overcome a lot of obsticles. I hope he continues to pick HIMSELF up.
Who knows how much bigger AC's bike is but every single thing you hear suggests the 350 is probably closer to a 250 2 stk than a 450.
Most of the AC lovers claim there's also nothing special in a GP works bike and the 350 is plenty. That would mean they're not doing much but getting a hell of lot from a bike that nobody thinks is near equal to the 450 and AC was only diminishing the 350 when discussing a 450 for MXDN.
How do you get those starts from a 350 that's really no different than an AMA bike and why would you need a 450 for a certain race if power isn't a problem?
Is it because a good showing in Colorado would be too much over the top bullshit to believe it was really a 350, and to perpetuate the same lie there would raise doubt on the entire season?? So we'll just use the same bike and call it a 450 in Colorado?
Cairoli's bike is a 400. Oh yeah, prove it!
Both bikes are the same. Oh yeah, prove it!
The only evidence that suggests to me that perhaps the 350 is under par, are the comments that Cairoli made about using a 450 at the MXoN. He anticipated the 350 being a problem at the high altitude. This would lead my to believe that:
A) The bike is different enough that it would be hard for Cairoli to get a good setting at altitude.
or
Then again, all I can do is speculate....just like everybody else.
B )
I think it would just be the same bike he's already on but calling it a 350 and running well up there would result in raising the bullshit flag on the entire 350 season. So they just call it what it is up there, a 450, and all is well.
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