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thrillbillie91
5/25/2020 9:44am
5/25/2020 9:44am
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5/27/2020 1:33pm
The Shop
But the main thing that derailed his potential was Carmichael. That guy turned a lot of careers into "what-ifs".
Remember MC (and I believe Lammy backed it up) said he LOVED the 97 bike in pre-production testing... then Honda added ali everywhere to meet durability testing. Rode it again and said wtf happened, then left.
Just to clarify, in my opinion, I think the Honda at that time was also better for super smooth riders. Like MC, Everts, Bolley, Emig, Lusk, Pichon, etc.
But not that great for hard chargers like Tortelli, Beirer, Demaria etc. With their style, not afraid to hit every bumps on the track, I guess a more stable and forgiving platform was more adapted.
Not that it matters, but around that time, I tested both highly modded 125 & 250 CRs, the first aluminium frame. On a nasty track, where I had to go through choppy minefields, I just could not ride it. It was a bit scary and really exhausting. I was moved up like a shaker and with violent engines, on/off likes, it was making things worse. But on a much cleaner track, then I could go fast, turn like a dream and throw the bike everywhere i wanted, much better than a YZ for instance. The 250 engine was great too, even had too much for me, a bit too violent to secure myself for jumps as it was too easy too overshoot 10 meters with just 1 too generous brap. These CRs were probably great on a SX or hard pack track with smoothen mod engines. I am also a bit biased as my favorite bike around that time was a modded 125 KX, a fast yet very easy to ride bike, one of those you feel it has been your bike forever after 3 corners (a bit like a 250yzf 2010).
Those frogs have always been fast. Go the Lawrence cane toads
Pit Row
Great video
Much appreciated as ive never seen or heard of this Motovision.
I sincerely believe the classes should be redivided, each class should have its own event, it used to bring as many people if not more and there were more chances to have a race nearer. (+ purse money of course)
Similar body types, ultimate corner speed (especially outsides), aggression over finesse.
They also tend to go about their business in a similar way. Outside the bubble, largely alone, minimal effort in trying to appear cool, 100% focused on their craft.
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