Triumph.

I came on here to post the very same thing! There  could be 4 realistically.

The bike looks great, it already looked great in MXGP last year. Haarup is really solid and what a ride from Swoll after just his second race back!

And of course Smith made sure to give the bike some extra screen time. 😁

Dude has some embarrassing falls

Impressive to say the least. A massive success for everyone involved. 

People were saying Jalek was hauling ass in the offseason, safe to say they were right. 3rd race back and in the podium, awesome ride for him. 

Any updates on smith!?

Swoll is dam impressive

Gravity dam? Arch dam? Embankment dam? Hydropower dam? Beaver dam? 😄

He gained a super fan last year after Washougal!  We’re stoked to see him riding so well  

Not to mention they took the last remaining color that nobody wanted, the color that was associated with the metal mulisha or a CLAPPED out kx125 off craigslist with spray painted black plastic, and made it look GOOD. Damn good. 

What Is going on with Forkner lagging so far behind the other guys on the team because it's obviously not the bike?

I guess if you are him it’s hard to gain confidence on any bike at this point.

It's wild how far off he's fallen. Everyone expected this to be a building year, but I think most people expected that to look like 5-10, not outside the points.

Id be interested to know too. I believe he just had a kid around his last super big injury. I remember in one of his interviews he talked about how its different riding for someone else and not himself anymore. Maybe the last crash along with having a kid has made him see his own mortality and he cant turn off the fear anymore. I dont have any kids but ppl say it changes you and until very recently there were no champions with kids. Maybe he consciously took the big payday and is just riding to not get hurt and ride off into the sunset? 

Id love to see him get that elusive championship, but idk at this point its looking like its coming to an end. 

On one hand you can look at the past and before he was winning in sx before the big one that whole outdoor season before that he was in the back of the pack as well. Remember when he got run over a bunch with his jersey ripped off and everyone was cheering him in last place cuz he stuck it out? After that he came out swinginng in sx. This time though hes had an sx and mx season now on the bike and its not improving. If he lines up for sx after making a full sx season and outdoor season and looks the same then its over.

Right!! They actually pull off the black plastics and I couldn’t stand an all black bike at first. Black rear fender and side plates is fine, but all black like the Mulisha was too damn much 😂😂😂 the triumphs looks great out there. 

It just seems like his speed isn’t there anymore. After watching him in sx, this is what I thought he would be doing. I didn’t think he’d be close to the top 10 when he was struggling with the top 10 in sx with half the field and that’s his bread and butter. Sucks to see and I wonder if this is it for him. Can’t blame him, that last crash as scary as hell and then having brain surgery after that would be just as scary. I wonder if nothings improves with him, if Triumph keeps him around for next year or just cuts losses and find a way out of his contract. 

I wonder what Mitch is thinking, Mitch wanted to keep him on for this year but Austin said Kawi would only let Mitch do a one year deal and he wanted more security with a 2 year deal that Triumph offered. 

I was thinking the same thing, the neon yellow accents on the fenders really made that bike pop 👌🏼 

Does anyone know if Haarup rides SMX aswell?

Yea they really do, it looks great. I winder if over time theyll sneakily start adding more neon yellow to the bike since suzuki is basically non existent in the 250 class and only has a couple 450s. I wouldnt mind seeing a bit more yellow out there again. 

i don't get why they are running 2x 450's in the nationals here in OZ but nothing in the USA?

Pretty boy dam 🤣

I dun only gradiated 6th grad.

He’s fine and was doing post race interviews. He mentioned they watered that face and coupled with the paddle tire, it just sent him flying to the left. 

He said in a post race interview he wasn’t going to originally but now that he’s in the points he is considering it. 

I believe it was mentioned in an interview but they didn’t have enough testing time, haven’t signed their main guy yet and Smith (who’s slated to take the second 450 seat) is focusing on the 250s at the moment. Not sure what the newest rumor of who they’re going after now but it was Mookie for quite awhile. 

I would guess he’s just trying to make it thru the season safe.. I feel like he did that at PC one year and he came back swinging in SX. 

I guess this is the question, is he consciously backing it down 10% and this is just what that looks like? Like I said before, most people probably expected him in at least the top 10, but is the tip of the spear that sharp now? If/when he wicks it back up, can he find it again?

Who lined up for the 450 class in '26?

Thanks bro! 

I would really like to see Anderson next year on a 450. I think Swoll and Harrup are killing it so to far.