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I think he will have one more really strong run. This year he's coming back from injury and trying to figure out a new bike. Once his body and bike are dialed he can be a real threat. He's proven his ability to consistently outrun Ken and Ken is right there with the #18. I could also see a world where he does some wax races, mxgp and enjoys some travel and racing in new places.
Yes, Sir! Eli proved a 30-year-old could win the title even though on paper it didn't work out that way. Personally, I think Tomac should know he is better outdoors and will be more in 'race shape' by then. But who knows what he thinks.
I think you are right. He was better on the 2022. But he probably felt he had a lot to prove then too.
He has shown he has the speed this year to win. Just has to get better starts and ride hard the whole race...Kenny is riding hard and I am sure Eli has taken note of that.
That's good, that's the way it should be🫡
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I watch the videos, the races and listen to the podcast, not so much read the articles, and i don't ride a dirt bike but I will be more emotionally invested in this sport than I ever was for baseball, and i used to play t ball and coach pitch. I can't explain to you how much I want to ride a dirt bike.
Oh thats how it works? Bradshaw won too in 92?
Bro go buy a bike 🫡
How did you even find Vital Forum anyway? Lol
1. I don't have a job
2. I am a community college student who doesn't have much money.
3. The only form of transportation I have is my ford fiesta, I don't have a hitch or a hitch carrier.
4. My dad doesn't even want to get us new helmets because we don't use them that often, if we do its because we take a can am trip in a friend's can am, or I am riding a friends quad.
5. I forgot how I found the vital forum, but I am kind of glad I did, even though I lose brain cells reading some of these threads.
When I have the money to buy a bike and everything that goes with it, even gear, I would want the 2024 yz250f with the 50th edition graphics, some race tech suspension and some other parts, and Malcolm Smith motorsports is 5 minutes or less from my moms house.
Would be having a different conversation if he wasnt starting 16th in the mains.
Thats what makes me wonder if he lost the edge. Other than his couple arm pump races, he's been pretty good after the first turn
Keep trying dude, Don't let the haglers on here bother you. You gotta start somewhere and if reading a bunch of bitchy old guy posts about moto keeps you interested, Good for you and I hope you find a way to get a bike.
Very true. If he'd actually charge into the first turn and be top 5 he'd have a shot. You can't win a race from 18th in the first corner..
Well man. Get through college as quick as you can. Secure a good paying job and buy yourself a bike as a grad present to yourself.
How do you two guys explain Daytona?
Don't count Eli out for a race win. Nobody outlasts father time, but I bet he still has a win or two left in him.
Lots of good input here, and some nonsense too.
I'll go with #3 has some wins in him yet. I've personally known 2 people in my life with the massive Achillis tear and repair,
it lingers, in spite of the first-rate care one would receive. It's a got damn impressive thing that he's out there doing it.
I might do that, my now dream career is to be on the floor of supercross some day taking pictures. That is achievable, i just need to get out to Perris raceway and take some pictures some time.
It would be sick to see him race the MXON 1 more time.
That track wasn't even raceable...it was survival. Tracks that are beyond beat up aren't real supercross tracks. You want overly rutted and rough tracks?...go watch outdoors. These track conditions with playdough dirt need to stop. They should be racing each other not the track. *BRING BACK LIME*
Pit Row
Hahahaha your boy got smoked
Listen to you...
I wonder if Eli is in the same position I am in with my business, albeit, totally different areas of life. I've ran a semi-successful business for just over 10 years. I say semi-successful because it pays the bills but I'm definitely not getting rich.
Where I hypothesize a comparison is where I'm at mentally with my business. After college, I worked somewhere else for less than a year before I quit and started my own business. At the time, I was obsessed with it. I would constantly work on the website, organize and decorate the shop, look for new products to sell, was much more active on social media, etc.
Needless to say, it was my baby, and I still consider it my baby. It has basically become my identity, but if I'm being honest with myself and all of you, I'm kind of over it. I still have a passion for what I do but it's all of the extra stuff that is draining like billing, taxes, customer relations, social media, maintaining equipment, ordering materials, inventory, etc. I don't get many minutes out of the day where the business isn't on my mind, or there isn't a customer I need to contact, or materials that need to be ordered, or the work itself that needs to get done.
I find myself jealous of those who work a 9-5 job, who can come home after a long days work and sit down without any worry. It sounds like paradise to be able to work a job where you think about work while you're at work, but once you're home, you don't think about it again until you're back at work the next day.
The problem is, I don't want to let go. I want to find that passion again. I want to get the energy and obsessive feeling I use to have and I 100% truly believe I will get back to that state but it's been a struggle to get back there. I have moments where I pump myself up, and get super motivated but not long after, I will be over it again.
Whatever it is with both myself and Eli, I hope we figure it out. Of course, I don't have the risk factor Eli has but I've often wondered if he feels similar to how I feel, to basically want to want it more, like in the past.
ah yes. these brilliant posts age so f'n well....
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