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He's baaack... JS7

I am glad he is back. Fun to watch. I hope he does well this season, and stays out of trouble (on and off the track). There is a video of him riding a Kawasaki 110, which is just amazing.

I think the boots are specially made for him and one other rider (Dungy maybe). Not sold to the public. Oh well.

JS
 
At the 9 sec mark, he says he a PRO motocross racer ... humm ... other than the feeble 1 moto attempt 2 yrs ago when RD5 showed him the way around the track, he has only ridden supercross now for how many years in a row? Is he trying to live off past glory like the rest of us old guys?

Nice video trying to explain how to ride a bike ....

2012 SX racing starts today... Let's hope he does not stink the place up ...
 
ray_ray said:
At the 9 sec mark, he says he a PRO motocross racer ... humm ... other than the feeble 1 moto attempt 2 yrs ago when RD5 showed him the way around the track, he has only ridden supercross now for how many years in a row? Is he trying to live off past glory like the rest of us old guys?
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Dude, this is one of the fastest guys to ever ride a bike, he has earned everything he gets.
 
he has a 2-3 year contract....both MX and SX....

The King of SX also had a SX only contract for a couple years...he was surely still a PRO MXer....
 
racemx904 said:
he has a 2-3 year contract....both MX and SX....

The King of SX also had a SX only contract for a couple years...he was surely still a PRO MXer....
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'Was' is the correct word ...

He crashed enough last year that cr22 finally out-pointed him ... He'll have to survive sx to even look at a MX track this year...
 
SuperCross is essentially MotoCross indoors with a man made track. The style of riding is the same. Your avg non-rider refers to either as Motocross.
 
mnb said:
SuperCross is essentially MotoCross indoors with a man made track. The style of riding is the same. Your avg non-rider refers to either as Motocross.
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I completely dis-agree... The riding style is quite different. MX is a much rougher track generally speaking.. Same skill set without a doubt, but bikes are set up different as well...
 
Blakelpd5 said:
I completely dis-agree... The riding style is quite different. MX is a much rougher track generally speaking.. Same skill set without a doubt, but bikes are set up different as well...
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You gotta have something close to a real suspension in MX ... sx, just make it stiff to handle jumps ... If whoops are there, learn to deal with them ... I'm sure there is a little more to sx tuning than what I described but nothing what a MX track needs ...
 
Villopoto wins the main event at Anaheim, basically humiliating the rest of the pack from start to finish. JS7 crashes on lap 15, blowing a podium finish! He's back... crashes and all.
 
That track last night was not the typical Sx track. It was more Mx. Interesting. JS7, needs to practice his starts. Villopoto looked pretty good. I do not think he will win the title this year. JS7 looked out of shape.

JS
 
Stew went Hollywood a couple years back ... He's not committed to racing now ... He'll win a race when the pieces fall into place for him during the season but don't expect alot more from him other than mixing it up ... He probably still hates for cr22 to beat him ... Expect action when ever they meet on the track during a race ... It looked like IT9 took notice also when js7 was in his AO (Area of Operation) also ..

On the js7 scale of crashes, I'd give his crash a weak 3 ...He was not even going for the lead in an out-of-control manner ...

Villopoto looked pretty good? lol ...
 
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TXC&KTM said:
This. And RV2 may just run away with it this year. Championship decided before Vegas. Sorry, Ralph Sheheen, the "greatest season ever" will not be followed by the "greatest season ever"
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You are probably right about RV2. I am a bit tired of 1-2 guys dominating SX/MX while all the other riders, well...get lapped. Last year was good because it finally looked like racing. Not sure why SX always has one superstar who dominates (at least in my era 90s to present).

It seems like they tried to build a track that would create mistakes and/or crashes to keep the field close. Of course they did not want big crashes that could hurt the superstars. I am OK with this, but the racing seemed a bit slow. I hate the "hip" jumps.

Honestly, if anyone watches Arenacross it is just as exciting if not more exciting. Anyone remember the name of the Arenacross champion last year? They said he may move to SX?

JS
 
jsleeper said:
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You are probably right about RV2. I am a bit tired of 1-2 guys dominating SX/MX while all the other riders, well...get lapped. Last year was good because it finally looked like racing. Not sure why SX always has one superstar who dominates (at least in my era 90s to present).

It seems like they tried to build a track that would create mistakes and/or crashes to keep the field close. Of course they did not want big crashes that could hurt the superstars. I am OK with this, but the racing seemed a bit slow. I hate the "hip" jumps.

Honestly, if anyone watches Arenacross it is just as exciting if not more exciting. Anyone remember the name of the Arenacross champion last year? They said he may move to SX?

JS
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RV1 may not win every race as RC3 did, or tried to, a few yrs back .. he'll win when needed and when it is handed to him, but if you watched him last year, he just raced at a pace to ensure no crashes but kept him in the points lead ... He can beat these guys here running at a pace well off his crash edge, then go to a higher gear when needed ... Someone has taught him well...

If you build a track to slow everyone down, the faster guys will still win ... Seems like I remember tracks being built to slow RC3 and js7 down a few yrs back ... It slowed them but also slowed all the other riders even more...
 
I personally loved the track it was technical SX track. Ive been tired of seeing hairpins into straights with huge jmups back to hairpins into straights with jumps/whoops over and over. this one had great flat turns and jumps("hips") and hills in corners, and some really mixed up table to jump combos so the riders had options and could not completly flow around the course (a slight bit of E cross thrown in).
As usual in any top tier racing series from WSB to GP to F1 to Rally to Arenacross, to MXGP the top 3-5 guys are in another complete level than the rest of racers, thats just the way it is and has been historically like that forever in motorsports. This is another good SX season for sure.
 
robertaccio said:
I personally loved the track it was technical SX track. Ive been tired of seeing hairpins into straights with huge jmups back to hairpins into straights with jumps/whoops over and over. this one had great flat turns and jumps("hips") and hills in corners, and some really mixed up table to jump combos so the riders had options and could not completly flow around the course (a slight bit of E cross thrown in).
As usual in any top tier racing series from WSB to GP to F1 to Rally to Arenacross, to MXGP the top 3-5 guys are in another complete level than the rest of racers, thats just the way it is and has been historically like that forever in motorsports. This is another good SX season for sure.
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Yep cool track last week and this week at Phoenix ... I like seeing a track that keeps the forced air time down to something at least reasonable ... And you can add the lock the rear-tire-up-and-slide-move around many corners also to the list of too many per race...

Here is the Stew update ... This week cr22 drove him to eat it ... And again, the crash only rates a 2 as he hit a bike from behind and just fell over in the soft sand ... I'm glad to see he was not hurt ...

James Stewart (Toyota/JGRMX/Yamaha) had started in 13th spot at the end of lap one, with Chad Reed (TwoTwo Motorsports) in eighth. James steadily sliced through the pack, and by the time the two of them got together it was for seventh and eighth position. But James went down on lap seven in the sand section, and dropping him back to 14th. He remounted, but never showed the speed he had earlier in the main, and finished in eighth spot. That’s two races and two crashes…and a 17-point deficit to start the season. With the level of the talent right now, he can’t let too many more points get away.
 
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