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Once back in the pits, he'll say "I woudve won that if I had confidence in the bike lasting the duration- sort it out!"
Kawasaki would much prefer this message Id imagine, as opposed to yours..
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All I’m saying is that a professional should be focused on results, and finishing is always better than a DNF. Always. Should Kawasaki make a tougher bike? Absolutely! But last Sunday ET had a bike with a proven weakness in those conditions and he didn’t adjust his riding enough to finish the second moto after not finishing the first moto.
BTW, I’m a huge ET3 fan, just like I’m a long time fan of his dad.
And no one wants to ride in it.
Basically, teams build the best they can while keeping mud in mind, but mostly how to “logically” waterproof everything if and when needed.
20% of the bikes DNF’d and many “factory team” bikes didn’t finish.
450 - Tomac, Barcia, Anderson, Noren, Sexton, Savatgy, Masterpool, Bloss,
250 - Hampshire, Justin Cooper, Pierce Brown, Steinke, Root, Joey Crown, Hartranft,
Hindsight is always 20-20, but it stinks to have a mud race determine a championship.
Then, many of us could remember the rubber flaps that would be run on bikes in the 70s and earlier?
I kept an KX /KDX fender ( the w8dest at the time, and, in red) with fender extenders and rubber mud flaps for my XR/CR Hybrids ready, when I was facing a mud run. Those and the rear fender extension made things so much better, plus some thorough airbox and electrical prep.
Maybe such things might be of use, even now?
They are, of course, no guarantee, and, with today's fenders that are, essentially styling exercises, and much less of a 'Fender / Mudguard' - well, it would make for some pretty complicated extenders to be made.
Having said all that, I've still found mud in the Back of my radiators - from it bouncing / deflecting off my legs.........
Build , Preperation , a Rider using his Intelligence, and, a bit of Luck is what can get you through the conditions we encounter riding Motocross / Offroad.
Not getting through 2 x 30minute plus 2 lap Motos, from a Factory Team and Rider combination is a worry. On all those points I put forward in the previous sentence.
After watching the amount of Kawasakis that didnt finish the last 2 des nations & throw tomacs 2 dnf’s in last week, id be very nervous to go buy a kawi 450. This bad press for kawi will hopefully lead to some engine mods which will help us customers in the future.
Pit Row
250 - Hampshire - Husky, Justin Cooper - Yamaha, Pierce Brown - KTM, Steinke - Kawasaki, Root - Husky, Joey Crown - Yamaha, Hartranft - KTM
It sure doesn't look like Kawasaki was the only manufacture with bikes dropping. Just based on the guys listed here, it was literally every brand. What wins on Sunday also seems to have had their fair share of failures. Even if it was only Kawasaki failing, why would a failing factory bike that is nothing like what you buy off the showroom scare you away? Do you ride as hard as Tomac?
They need a roll-off screen for the radiator or a small hydraulic actuator on the existing radiator guard to provide a very sharp/quick pop to knock the mud off.
The rotating knobby tyres only do it if they are spinning past a certain speed; the louvres are natural traps.
a lot of bikes broke down, chalk it up to complete shit conditions and pounding the piss out of a dirt bike for 30 +2. things are going to go wrong.
Done.
That may get you that extra needed lap or two
Rider can see and chose lines better, so go faster and avoid death traps
Might be worth it for teams to consider
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