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ninety percent rider? (Ev)?
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:01 pm
by hondafan
hey i was just wandering how it can be 90% rider on a straight? You know Ev is always preaching it but i smoked a dude that races on his 125 on my 250. 90% rider on a straight?? Am i just confused, stupid, idiotic,manic, psychodic, dumb, challenged, mentally ill, listen to jim morrisson too much, worried, stressed, scared, insane, lame, hypnotic, hypnotised, jeopardised circumcised, frightenedheightenedafraid of fightin, right, wrong, listenin to a janis joplin song?
whats the deal? someone please!?
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:22 pm
by crfsonly
hondafan...i hesitate to jump in but i have to point out that ricky has been pretty consistent in taking the first turn out of the gate...in other words he's been winning the drag race even though windham has the same 450 and the rest of the riders likewise have the same class bike...so, obviously ricky must have some advantage to be this consistent...and it's not the bike.
just my .02 worth...
Re: ninety percent rider? (Ev)?
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:20 am
by ev
hondafan wrote:hey i was just wandering how it can be 90% rider on a straight? You know Ev is always preaching it but i smoked a dude that races on his 125 on my 250. 90% rider on a straight??
so, the trained monkey did not hesitate to open the trottle because it does not know fear or can picture scenarios in the future
and
who the heck wants to go straight? he who corners poorly? my friend called 'traction'?
racing does not inevitably mean being fast
outrunning a bike with a lot less power on a straight does not make you a winner
in a few years even you will find out
straight
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:17 am
by wade
I have to agree with ev on this one. Any one can build something to go very fast in a straight line but it takes talent and skill to take someone in the corners. If we were only ment to go straight the bike designers would not have designed the handle bars to turn. Congrats on the win.....now beat him in the turns.
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:00 pm
by hondafan
STRAIGHT STRAIGHT STRAIGHT STRAIGHT STRAIGHT.
okay i didnt think about carmichael winning every holeshot.
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:09 pm
by james_24
RC is good Too bad hes switching to suzuki. we still got k-dub and i would like to see larocco switch to the 450f.
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:20 pm
by crfsonly
i'm a huge k-dub fan...and respect him a lot but next year would have been great to still have ricky riding for honda. just think of the battles between RC/Reed/Bubba/K-Dub/???.
actually i'm a bit surprised that kevin hasn't been able to consistently finish ahead of Reed...i really thought it would be honda 1-2 in the nationals...it's still possible so i'm not counting him out but reed appears to be getting faster each round so not likely without a mishap or equipment failure.
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:41 pm
by james_24
oh yeah and dont forget ernesto fonseca. crf450. is it true that theres gonna be a 450X? if so i cant wait.!
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:24 pm
by crfsonly
no one is confirming the 450X but there's a lot of rumor going on right now...some think it will be an '05 mid-season bike...we'll see.
there's no doubt eventually there will be one though...the wr450f is selling too well for honda to ignore that market.
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:32 am
by ev
james_24 wrote: crf450. is it true that theres gonna be a 450X? if so i cant wait.!
huuuu
and you are actually thinking about a 230?
forget it
you will long for the thoroughbred as long as you ride that mule
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:53 pm
by james_24
i dont need that much power and i dont want that much power. I just cant wait to see it.
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:03 pm
by ev
james_24 wrote:i dont need that much power and i dont want that much power.
neither do I
but still I'd rather have a used 250 than a new 230
let us know how you decide
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:09 am
by jackalvin
I have to agree with ev on this one.