2024 Supercross Thread

So sorry SX has to come to Seattle.

 

Dry or mud this year? I forgot it was an outside stadium.

 

Gonna be dry. Any moisture today will be easily groomed out by track crew.

 

I can't wait to see Christian Craig and Jett to get together later this season. Craig currently #1 qualifier.

 

Guess Webb took a hit during practice too but he is racing. Dude is tough. Sure likes flying out onto concrete.

 

Tonight’s track in Seattle is sweet. I would love to rip some laps around it.

 

Had to DVR.

 

That UFC bout in the 250 LCQ was pretty dope.

 

This is the same dirt Ricky Johnson raced on. This track needs some organic material. Eli's too much for these guys. No one has even challenged Eli this year.

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Not one pass. haha how boring. Felt more a fan meet n greet then a race.

 

Tomac checked out immediately

 

Not bad for an old rider he is getting absolutely killer starts with that Yamaha!

 

The sound of his Bike at Daytona was unique compared to all the rest of the bikes. Had a nice crisp & more powerful sound for a 450.

 

Caught up on the race tonight. Pretty boring lol. Idk what's wrong with Seattle, but pretty uneventful / lame for TV race imo.

Eli is untouchable right now. 15 seconds ahead of the next position...
Even tho Christian crashed, Hunter looked better on the night. Weird seeing the west coast guys again.

 

Yamahas in general sound unique, especially when they are built. It's just because of the backwards head and the way the intake is up front. The built 250s especially sound crazy and rev faster than the other bikes.

 

Yami's engineers really separated themselves from everyone else when they rotated the engine. I like that the header is also tucked up tight to the bike and doesn't droop down to the ground like the Honda's.

 

Ya that 1st gen 450 (of that platform) didn't quite have it all worked out (10-13) but the current-gen is awesome. I love mine. I had a '14 250F too and it was really really good but the new ones are even better. The response and how fast they rev is absolutely ridiculous.

 

Thanks for the Schooling

As far as some of the other bikes, if I read it correctly The gas-gas and the KTM’s are Running Husqvama engines.

Another cool experience watching the racing live is getting the full sound of the rev-limiters

 

No problem. And ya, nothing like seeing the races live in person and hearing those guys revving the heck out of the machines. It's awesome.

And as far as the GG/KTM/Hus, KTM is actually the parent company. So all 3 bikes share most of the parts (engine chassis everything.) The confusing part is Factory KTM and Husky are actually on 22.5 bikes, which are the new generation bikes coming out in 2023. They will have all new frame, engine updates. Factory Gasgas is still on the previous generation and will NOT be changing for 2023. Also, right now every non-Factory KTM/Hus that you see out there is on the standard 22 model, which that generation ran from 19-22. So it appears that moving forward Husky and KTM will continue to share the new platform and Gasgas will remain on the old platform and be marketed as the "budget" platform of the 3.