James said:Considering the grief setup issues caused him this year...I wouldn't bet on him winning much on a bike that was substantially less than what he has.
Its something that can't be proven of course but I remember him crashing a whole bunch putting the hammer down trying to race RC on comparable equipment and I remember him blaming a whole lot on his equipment disadvantage with the KX250 that one year he ran it against the 450s. So history would seem to indicate that "hammer down" Bubba or inferior equipment Bubba is not a great bet.dirt bike dave said:He looked a little shaky at the start of the year, but he is dialed in now.
It seems he is spanking Chad and the rest of the field with little effort. IMO if he really put the hammer down for 20 laps, he could be winning by 30+ seconds instead of his usual 10 seconds.
Is a factory prepped '98 bike 1.5 seconds slower per lap than his current bike? Assuming Bubba has had tons of time to practice on the machine, I think he could still win some rounds.
James said:Its something that can't be proven of course but I remember him crashing a whole bunch putting the hammer down trying to race RC on comparable equipment and I remember him blaming a whole lot on his equipment disadvantage with the KX250 that one year he ran it against the 450s. So history would seem to indicate that "hammer down" Bubba or inferior equipment Bubba is not a great bet.
James said:So history would seem to indicate that "hammer down" Bubba or inferior equipment Bubba is not a great bet.
He looked better on the green machine.SpDyKen said:I think the guys that sign his paychecks would much prefer him to switch to a YZ250 instead. Same outcome. :cool: :boss:
FruDaddy said:I think that Mr. Stewart could live with a lesser engine, but he needs the best suspension that he can get to compensate for his mistakes. The lesser powerplant would increase the error tally, and therefore create a greater necessity for that factory suspension.
True RC knew his weakness, and so does Reed. James Stewart cannot ride under pressure. It blurs his vision and reduces him ability to ride within his limits. The promoters have been reminding us all year that he wins every supercross race that he doesn't wreck in. Ricky kept the pressure on and indirectly caused the wrecks. Chad now realizes that he only needs to apply the pressure (does anybody remember a recent round 1 missed shift) and he will witness as crash and probably experience a win.
This only applies to supercross, since RC absolutely owned Stewart in warm weather. Also, since Reed has already left the outdoors and Stewart has made his departure from the realm just in time to avoid the Northwestern leprechaun that could turn the same lap times on half the bike, we will never verify this out there. We will only know that when the only pressure being applied was that of accepting the gift of a championship, given by RC running half of the season, Stewart blew out a knee and wasted 2 seasons (one out and one in).
James said:Anybody see Indy?
so does SX/MX. Pretty sure there's no AMA races from mid-September to January. Or something like that.ericz103 said:Most other sports have an off season . . .
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