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Just rewatched the race (cuz Pats vs. Rams, who cares). Saw a few things that made me go hmmm.
- You know the mud is bad when these guys are singling everything except for maybe 1 or 2 doubles every lap!
- Why was everyone still using the start devices, when 5 feet out the gate they were all over the rear fender to get the front tire up through the water??? Habits die hard.
- Webb needs to learn how not to follow. Half a lap before he crashed (because he was following), MM25 came to a dead stop in the left between the whoops and he could've made the pass by walking his bike around him.
- How how how the hell do Enduro teams get their bikes to last 3 hours at places like Erzberg and Romaniacs, and SX bikes can't go 10 minutes in the mud??? Seriously though, you know there will be at least 1 if not more mud races during the season. They spend months looking for tenths of a second just to lose massive points during mud race (I'm looking at you Yamaha)
- Anyone else notice the poor privateer waving for his mechanic to get him goggles right before the 250 Main?
- No double goggles? Of all the races...
- Enzo Lopes had an awesome race! Oh wait, that's Jimmy D, again.
- Did Marchbanks really think he was gonna pull a tearoff going into the first turn and come out ok? He sure redeemed himself though.
Great racing though. Now on to the East Coast!
- You know the mud is bad when these guys are singling everything except for maybe 1 or 2 doubles every lap!
- Why was everyone still using the start devices, when 5 feet out the gate they were all over the rear fender to get the front tire up through the water??? Habits die hard.
- Webb needs to learn how not to follow. Half a lap before he crashed (because he was following), MM25 came to a dead stop in the left between the whoops and he could've made the pass by walking his bike around him.
- How how how the hell do Enduro teams get their bikes to last 3 hours at places like Erzberg and Romaniacs, and SX bikes can't go 10 minutes in the mud??? Seriously though, you know there will be at least 1 if not more mud races during the season. They spend months looking for tenths of a second just to lose massive points during mud race (I'm looking at you Yamaha)
- Anyone else notice the poor privateer waving for his mechanic to get him goggles right before the 250 Main?
- No double goggles? Of all the races...
- Enzo Lopes had an awesome race! Oh wait, that's Jimmy D, again.
- Did Marchbanks really think he was gonna pull a tearoff going into the first turn and come out ok? He sure redeemed himself though.
Great racing though. Now on to the East Coast!
The Shop
Oh, and great observations TriRacer27 - spot on. Couldn't believe no one used double goggles...talk about rolling the dice...
One add'l observation - Tomac and Reed (and AC) showed why they're just aliens....they have amazing balance on the bike. And Marchbanks is an amazing mud rider....no hesitation at all. I was chuckling when he passed Ferrandis (I dig DF - no bad vibes toward him at all) given that he's a Euro and all...those guys are next level, so it was a good measuring stick for Garrett.
It was cool seeing how genuinely stoked AC and Marchbanks were at the finish....
Why not have a plan b in case it gets really bad, where you can run something other than your high-strung race engines. I'm pretty sure a stock 250FX engine with a Recluse clutch would've made it to the finish for Ferrandis.
also, half the field were pulling a tear-off going into the first corner, he just was unlucky enough to knick the yamaha's rear wheel when he pulled his.
i wonder how his eyes are feeling, he rode over half the main with no goggles
as for the enduro observation, it's always blown me away that nobody has ever run an offroad engine/tranny knowing damn well it's going to be a muddy mess of a race.
and shortening the timed race was almost as lame as Ralph yammering endlessly about tear-offs and automatic roll-offs
Either way,you can still change the gear ratios. And the sproket. And the countershaft sproket. Still plenty of ways to gear that thing like it's gonna be Doug Domokos riding it to avoid having to feather the clutch all the way around.
"d. Number of transmission gears must be the same as the homologated model."
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