June 20, 201313 yr Say after one year on a factory Mont (Raga), and after one year on a factory Gasser (Bou), what do you think the race for #1 would look like, versus what it's been over the last few years?
June 20, 201313 yr I don't think either would need a year to adapt and I reckon that Bou would still be on top.
June 20, 201313 yr But how good is the HRC full factory Mont? Is it just bou that gets up the indoor sections when no one else does or just a little that very special bike?
June 20, 201313 yr Wouldn't make much difference imo. The rider has the skilzz, determination, practice hours etc... and he and his team play a great part in the bike set-up, so...
June 20, 201313 yr Better question would be what would happen if they were forced to ride bone stock production bikes!
June 20, 201313 yr Author Bou was in a mere 5th place before he got the factory Honda, then he won 6 years in a row.....coincidence, or a tricked-out bike with factory $$$$$ behind it? That would be like Fuji (5th last year?) switching bikes and winning the whole thing for the next 6 years.....would that happen?
June 20, 201313 yr But how good is the HRC full factory Mont? Is it just bou that gets up the indoor sections when no one else does or just a little that very special bike? Fuiji doesn't get up those indoor sections on the HRC Mont either ... reckon it's not the bike.
June 21, 201313 yr Fuiji doesn't get up those indoor sections on the HRC Mont either ... reckon it's not the bike. Fuji as good as bou? No agreed. Bou can get up stuff that no one else can just the Man? No.
June 21, 201313 yr Fuiji doesn't get up those indoor sections on the HRC Mont either ... reckon it's not the bike. At least at the WR. in TN. , Bou's bike had a subdued top fuel dragster pitch / crackle to the exhaust note and Fuji's sounded like a trick honda .... But both sounded quite different from a stock mont , and all the other works bikes that were there ... I was parked about 30 yards away from them in the paddock with just some tree's and rocks separating us , on Friday before the event the whole crew was walking back from the "testing area " and my bikes were corralled around a tree while I ate lunch . They stopped and were checking out the stash of Fantic's when the oldest Spanish gentleman with them noticed my Fantic trials bicycle ! And then got all the other guys to focus on it and they asked in broken english if it was "original " several times ... I said yes , right down to the tires and rolled it away from the other bikes so he could see it better , Then they took turns taking pictures of each other holding the "original " Fantic trials bicycle ... I thought it was funny they were amazed by a old bicycle ... But they were all in a good mood , as bou's bike had arrived late and he had just ridden it and all was good ... Just one of my neat memories of the event Glenn
June 21, 201313 yr Good story, Would you have a pic of "original " Fantic trials bicycle you could show us Glenn,
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