If anyone remembers what 1998 Yamaha YZ125s were like…Dowd was holding back…and Reynard as an amateur was a way more dominant champion than Ricky Carmichael was…Ricky crashed out of a lotta races & championships…speaking as a retired professional motocross & supercross racer… if I were Ricky I’d have ridden into the pits & said to Chad (his mechanic at the time, Chad Watts) “Listen, I want the front sprocket 25% larger, I want the rear sprocket 30% smaller, I want a KX60 flywheel put in my bike so the drastically lower rotating mass inside the engine will make it feel like a KX250!!
If anyone remembers what 1998 Yamaha YZ125s were like…Dowd was holding back…and Reynard as an amateur was a way more dominant champion than Ricky Carmichael was…Ricky crashed out of a lotta races & championships…speaking as a retired professional motocross & supercross racer… if I were Ricky I’d have ridden into the pits & said to Chad (his mechanic at the time, Chad Watts) “Listen, I want the front sprocket 25% larger, I want the rear sprocket 30% smaller, I want a KX60 flywheel put in my bike so the drastically lower rotating mass inside the engine will make it feel like a KX250!!