Upgrade to enjoy this feature!
Vital MX fantasy is free to play, but paid users have great benefits. Paid member benefits:
- View and download rider stats
- Pick trends
- Create a private league
- And more!
Only $10 for all 2024 SX, MX, and SMX series (regularly $30).
The Shop
He couldn’t compete at that level without drugs. He was also a flat track bully whose only outdoor big bike title was 24-0 against a weak field. As soon as the likes of RC, RV or RD showed up he folded like a cheap pack of cards. The very definition of a flat track bully.
He had a special talent for ragdolling himself through whoops and he had a cool scrub but his career is tainted by the drugs ban. The Ben Johnson of motocross. Lance Armstrong minus the confession. Lame.
Totally factual he got busted but I will never put what he did on the same level as Lance Armstrong.
It isn't very often that a rider of Jett's caliber comes along so why not have a little fun bench-racing?
At one point I was excited about AC being a generational talent. Same with Forkner. Jett is different, he rides with patience. He'll get stronger physically and experience will make him a better rider.
I wouldn't have bet on RC sweeping every moto it in his prime, so definitely not betting anything.
Jett is extremely fast, talented and impressive with a bright future but he’s no Bubba.
**Fun fact** there is a replica of the Vegas 04 track on MX vs ATV unleashed its listed as Boston. Took me back to better days...
I agree with this post. Jett is a special kid for sure, and he’s showing why the young GP guys are better outdoor riders.
That said, James Stewart in his #259 heyday would smoke Jet Lawrence. He made many faster look silly.
"Fuck, dude, it's like so fucking sick bro . . . I just, like, fuck, talk out my ass half
the time and, like, bro, fucking fuck . . .
people just fucking drive my algorithm numbers way up! Fuck bro! So siiiiiiick! And the fucking best part is that the fucking kids don't realize they are getting played and when some fucking old fucker, like fucking OLD, bro, like fucking over 35, tries to say, like, you're just getting tooled, bro . . . the fucking kids say shut the fuck up, Boomer! And then, like, fucking shit, my numbers go up even more! So fucking siiiiiiiiiick!"
but to play devils advocate The Technique, Training, and riding style of The top guys has improved greatly from the time James came into the pro's to now.
If you Drop Jet or Cooper into 2003 in the 125 class they too would slice through the field.
I'm not saying they would beat James but that they would have the field covered just as he did with their current Technique, Training, Conditioning etc, even on a 125cc in my opinion.
Guys like ryno, brown we're hard nosed men, who'd fight tooth and nail... not to mention the former world champ langston. Jesseman was a bullet on the 125 too.
Wouldn't happen.
James did f'up and NOT apply for a TUE when he should have. He had his own personal reasons and I THINK HE SHOULD WRITE A GAWT-DAMN BOOK and tell the story...'cause....he's not alone and HIS STORY MATTERS. He's one of the singular most significant riders...racers...mutli-time Champions in our sport.
EVER.
Many of y'all seem to f'ing forget or NOT KNOW what the hell was goin' on back then...from Diminishing Availability of Factory Rides to Lazer-Gate to seeing actual SIGNS at the track with that N-word shit (that the promoters ALWAYS dealt with and abolished...ALWAYS!) to the POLITICS of the whole USADA/WADA debacle and how James seemed to be in the cross-hairs...all of it.
Oh, while we're here...some of y'all seem to deny that there were...was...still are...complete ASS HOLES in our sport that are still spewing shit about stupid things that shouldn't even be issues...like...
The COMPLETE Ass Hole I kicked out of our box at Oakland when Mookie won...on a 250...that night...and he spewed out some stupid racist shit..."Now they're even taking Moto from us, AGAIN!". Yup. Someone I actually knew; yet, didn't know he was such a stupid f'ck! And, that shit? it still remains...yet, I do have a different opinion about some of this and I'm of a different mind-set than Lenny on a lot of things...yet...we're of a similar mind on this one.
Been there, seen it, NOT NEGOTIABLE.
This has reared it's ugly illogical and ignorant head in here and I thought I'd throw this out there...for reference.
About "Reference":
24 Motos.
Won.
By one person.
How many times has that happened and by whom?
What do you call ONE of the guys that pulled it off?
What did THAT guy have to say about JS7?
James was a Reckoning. I guess you had to be there. From Hangtown to Daytona. He was miraculous...especially on a 125! A 125 against 250s with actual Hand-Built Factory Engines in them that made INSANE POWER!
He DESTROYED the competition...on several occasions...on a 125.
About the perfect season...?
Did ya watch ANY of it?
I saw it...live...from Ross MAKING him figure stuff out and TEACHING him the differences in set-up to the days where he was crushing it from the 1st practice...
NOTHING LIKE IT.
Period.
Now, Jett? Sure, it could happen. He COULD be The Next Game Changer. But, I haven't seen ANYTHING along the lines of the Next-Level stuff like we saw from James. And, know this: I -AM- a Jett fan. I love his style and think he's amazing with the fans. So, I hope he does make a big mark on our spot for years to come.
Pit Row
Its just way too early to tell for sure I don't think it should even be a conversation at this point to compare the two.
No need to start race baiting.
Seriously though, let's see how he does when he moves on from that Honda 250. He was steady battling McElrath for 3rd place in SX, then McElrarth went to Yamaha and he was a shoo-in for the tittle.
Jett is fast, and tough as nails like Reed was, so I think he can do big things in his career. Comparisons to JS7 are pretty Ridiculous though, I agree. James and Guy Cooper changed the way everyone looked at jumps forever thereafter.
$.02
If the evolution of the US amateur/development system is as bad as you have said, the logical result is that the current competition level is lower, not higher.
Unless you’ve simply been talking out of your ass, that is.
Mike who?
Post a reply to: Sorry Gypsy, but Jett not as talented as James Stewart