Check out the battle between Martin and Webb in Moto 2 - EPIC! http://vurbmoto.com/videos/washougal-full-motos/25150/
These riders are knocking my socks off .. What a great example of young professionals applying their trade and then immediately speaking on the event in such a cool manner ... No way these guys can be this well behaved and mannered without all their crew members up to the owners being the ~same way ... Goes double for Coop and his crew ... He talked some smack and then owned up to that shortcoming and then backed it all up with a moto win. The 250 racing is racing right now ... I'm still with JM1 but MM25 can win it for sure ... Toss in Webb who is just as fast and its racing in these final part of the season ... -- JB51, 6 holeshots in a row? Or 7? He's hanging it out ...maybe he is used to riding that YamaHammer now? KR94 seems to be saying his bike suspension is fixed? Might be some real 450 racing at the end here? -- That's about as cool of 1-line racing as possible ... you could see how slick it was with TC41 sliding out a couple times on jump faces ...
I know it! JB51 has been on fire as of late - gotta be the blue platics (ha, ha)! He's riding like he did when he was on the 250's.
My memory is a little weak here but this is JB51 3rd yr on a 450? He sat out much of last yr with an injury... He is a top of the line paycheck (6 or 7 digits?) same as RD5, KR94, ... -- Just do not have the data (wisdom) to recall enough riders who have changed bike brands and stayed at their previous winning levels or got better immediately with a change other than RC4.. KR94 is an current example of a rider who has slowed with a bike change; he's only a 2nd yr rider so not too much to be gathered here ... Might be injuries are part of his issue but he has said the bike is not right for him yet ... CR22 swapped a few brands early on and did well .. Maybe AS29 on a couple brands ... I'm starting to lean towards these riders, same as you or me, need seat time to get comfortable on a brand before the wick can be set ablaze ...
