Jeremy Martin interview

[jetfuel]

Always a mellow dude.. I hope he does well ?

 

[Havingfun]

sounds like they are behind bike setup?

[redrider144]

8 minutes ago, Havingfun said:

sounds like they are behind bike setup?

That's what @Mongo134 is hoping!

[SilentAssassin II]

Both Martin brothers are good dudes and I hope they do well.  Will be cool to see how jmart does on the 450.  I remember he rode it at Daytona last year and did pretty well, lead for a good while

[OUTERLIMITS]

I don't know about supersucks, but JMart is going to destroy outdoors!

[BLSJDS]

8 hours ago, SilentAssassin II said:

Both Martin brothers are good dudes and I hope they do well.  Will be cool to see how jmart does on the 450.  I remember he rode it at Daytona last year and did pretty well, lead for a good while

I agree - they always come across so humble and really just seem to enjoy racing.  I just want them to stay healthy during Stupidcross season so we can enjoy watching them outdoors.

[mog]

It's going to be hard to make that CRF pull when it's basically a slow road race engine ,it has no bottom end torque and yet still doesn't have that much top end hp , it's the worst of both worlds

 

And it's against probably the most dominant engine in the class ever made ...not to start a brand war just stating facts ,the old engine at least had good bottom and mid and could be rode in that manner ,the tuned ones still had similar traits

 

 

 

 

[redrider144]

3 minutes ago, mog said:

It's going to be hard to make that CRF pull when it's basically a slow road race engine ,it has no bottom end torque and yet still doesn't have that much top end hp , it's the worst of both worlds

And it's against probably the most dominant engine in the class ever made ...not to start a brand war just stating facts ,the old engine at least had good bottom and mid and could be rode in that manner ,the tuned ones still had similar traits

JMart is gonna kick KTM ass and chew bubblegum, and he's all out of bubblegum.  

[Mongo134]

12 hours ago, redrider144 said:

That's what @Mongo134 is hoping!

I don't like this. He's riding a death trap before the Nationals start. Your gonna get your out. 

[daled]

51 minutes ago, Mongo134 said:

I don't like this. He's riding a death trap before the Nationals start. Your gonna get your out. 

we all know that the "death trap" was due to the uni-cam design Honda chose to employ. now that Honda is using the "duly-cam" things are going to be just fine...

[MANIAC998]

2 hours ago, mog said:

It's going to be hard to make that CRF pull when it's basically a slow road race engine ,it has no bottom end torque and yet still doesn't have that much top end hp , it's the worst of both worlds

 

And it's against probably the most dominant engine in the class ever made ...not to start a brand war just stating facts ,the old engine at least had good bottom and mid and could be rode in that manner ,the tuned ones still had similar traits

 

 

 

 

But that's stock.

JMart won't be rockin a stocker.

[Scott Meshey 141]

JMart's riding style reminds me a little bit like RC's. As we all saw though, he killed it at Daytona, so I think he should do well at SX. Hard to say for MX, those tracks are nasty and being short doesn't help too much for man-handling a bike. I'd bet he will rip a lot of starts though!

[mog]

STD honda is like 2-4 hp down on STD ktm , tuned ktm is 6 hp up on STD ktm

 

So j Mart's bike has to gain around 10hp in the midrange and 8hp on top end ,it's not going to happen

 

 

[TheWeez]

3 hours ago, Scott Meshey 141 said:

JMart's riding style reminds me a little bit like RC's. As we all saw though, he killed it at Daytona, so I think he should do well at SX. Hard to say for MX, those tracks are nasty and being short doesn't help too much for man-handling a bike. I'd bet he will rip a lot of starts though!

Being short didn't seem to bother RC too much.

[Coleby Charlton]

1 minute ago, TheWeez said:

Being short didn't seem to bother RC too much.

Lol that's for sure!

[Scott Meshey 141]

3 minutes ago, TheWeez said:

Being short didn't seem to bother RC too much.

I would agree. I grew up a couple years behind him watching him race at the amateur nationals and the dude's an animal.

[redrider144]

9 hours ago, Mongo134 said:

I don't like this. He's riding a death trap before the Nationals start. Your gonna get your out. 

I think I said as long as he starts Round 1 Moto 1, bet is on, regardless if he's hurt or not.

But we can renegotiate the bet if he doesn't race.  Rider vs rider of course, I'm not giving you the field against anyone else.

Remember, I still want a tugger from you.

Edited January 4, 2018 by redrider144

[redrider144]

4 hours ago, mog said:

STD honda is like 2-4 hp down on STD ktm , tuned ktm is 6 hp up on STD ktm

So j Mart's bike has to gain around 10hp in the midrange and 8hp on top end ,it's not going to happen

If RHC says it can't be done, I'd believe him.  But you can't say that for certain without having someone like him flow the head and start reshaping the ports...

[OUTERLIMITS]

1 hour ago, redrider144 said:

If RHC says it can't be done, I'd believe him.  But you can't say that for certain without having someone like him flow the head and start reshaping the ports...

Doesn't matter, outdoors there won't be a single KTM finishing ahead of him in points.  It would be far more humane to just hand him over the title right now to save them from the embarrassment of having a 10 hp advantage and not being able to do anything with it.

[DesertCR]

7 hours ago, mog said:

STD honda is like 2-4 hp down on STD ktm , tuned ktm is 6 hp up on STD ktm

 

So j Mart's bike has to gain around 10hp in the midrange and 8hp on top end ,it's not going to happen

 

 

Since when does one need all that HP in SX? Last time I've checked, the 250 top guys can run similar times to the top 450 guys..... Posting those numbers is absolutely pointless when we're talking factory/satelite teams with $$$$, you should know that.