Tommy Searle + SX?

I saw him at the KTM test track about a month ago, he looked comfortable and said he was gaining confidence with every day's practice. Steve Cox over at RacerX pretty much said the same thing when he saw him last week, so things are looking good so far.

Personally I think he should be aiming top 5, racing's a different world from practicing but he's a quick learner and really determined, he may just surprise a few people..

Hopefully top 5, being on the KTM might hold him back, he def didn't have his best year last year so hopefully he will get back to his 2008 level

Tommy is riding very good and i'm sure he'll be up their this year!

I've seen him three or four times at the KTM track, and he's looked better every time out.

The big challenge will be to see how he does in a raceday program. Learning new tracks, dealing with all the riders around, and the actual racing.

On the one hand he's had practice riding the outdoor supercross jumpfest that is the GP series but on the other he's on a KTM and its going to be infront of 60,000 people every time.

I think he'll do alright, top 5 should be his target, but I think the same goes for outdoors too - he'll only ever be top 5 in my opinion as much as I hate to admit it!

i disagree tommy showed good pace in a quite a few races last year and getting on the podium on more than one occasion. He suffered a mid season dip in form which he didnt really recover from and i think billy mac played his part in that from what we here. Tommy was on the gas at the des nations, over taking musquin and pulling away from him! Its a big year for tommy and a stacked lites class again. lets get behind him and give the brit the support he deserves!

Good luck Tommy

i like searle, even rooted for him in person at the 07 des Nations.

i just hope he takes it as a learning experience. i have him as a contender this year for the nationals though when that comes around.

I see Tommy doing reasonably well. Its his first supercross year, so just take it easy and take from it whats its worth. Then parlay it into outdoors for a much better year.

I hope he does great, and I think he has alot to prove to people that think he can't do it.

What is everyone's problem with KTM? I'm not saying this directly to anyone, but riding a KTM isn't holding anyone back. It is so weird to me that if someone has a bad season on a KTM it's always "well he was on that p.o.s. KTM". Again, this isn't pointed towards any particular person on here, it just gets annoying. I think the main reason KTM is putting linkage on the new 350 is because everyone thinks it's better even if it isn't. Now people will just gripe about the steel frame or something else that doesn't fit the mold of the current Japanese machines. Alright, rant over.

Top 5, or atleast top 10.

I guess none of us can know what the KTM is like unless we've ridden one of their factory supercross bikes? Even then, how many people are good enough to tell the difference between that and another manufacturer's factory bike?

I think Tommy's style will fit him well in SX.