2009 wec

[kezzafish]

Ok we have threads for sx, mx and gncc so i figure we need one for the World Enduro championship. Two rounds have run... Portugal and Spain, Knighter isn't doing too well on the beemer. Aubert is poised to kick ass again. Cervantes is showing he can mack it on a bigger bike as well as a 125 and that's about it.

Anyone else following? My real reason for starting this thread is cos i want torrents for it and can't find any lol. I could get them last year... maybe they'll just take a while to come through? Anyone got the secret info for torrent links?

Here's the WEC site with a little clip of the Spain round. Man these guys are cool. Fuck Chad Reed

http://we.abc-wec.com/cms/index.php?lang=en

Oh and this is the WEC utube channel. Has 20 vids all short tho

http://www.youtube.com/WECMaxxis

[chrisktm]

So whats the story with the BMW dream teams weak showing so far?

[kezzafish]

Dunno really. Knighter tweaked his knee and DNF'd the second day of the first round after placing 6th on the first day and was 6th day1 round2 and 6th day2 round2. I recon everyone else is just on fire and haven't had the 2 year break. All the fast boys are in that class (E3) Aro, Nambotin, Cervantes. Cervantes is killing them man

Salminen got 5th and 6th first round in his class (E2). 9th and 5th second round. I guess there's gotta be some teething for the new team and you don't hear much detail about what's going on in the teams but i think it's largely the fact that these young fellas are so fukkn fast. Reigning champ Aubert is on a KTM now and kicking ass. Teammate bellometti doing well too in that class

Basically if you wanna win you have to be on a KTM like Cervantes, Aubert, Aro, (Salminen, Knight -previousely) and can't forget Birch lol. My question is why aren't you over there with these guys? And how'd Pahiatua go for ya?

[vr4king]

Fuck Chad Reed

Ouch Mate I acutally enjoy watching him and hope he takes the SX crown this year............And also not to keen on watching the enduro thinggy but have a huge respect for what they do and where they can go

[kezzafish]

ha haa, yeah i'm a loud mouth and usually just say things for shock value. I love watching supercross too and haven't missed a round... i watch the good ones twice lol. I also recon chad's the man, he never faulters under pressure from stewart and stewart looks totally out of control sometimes. I'd say chad's the better rider. I secretly back him over Stewart for that reason but man i wish Villapoto was on their pace not to mention the fact we all wish Coops would qualify

[takitimu]

So whats the story with the BMW dream teams weak showing so far?

From Markus Theobald ( Project lead for 450x http://www.knighter.net/joomla/index.php/news2/114-bmwspa )


“We do now have a clearer picture of what our riders are experiencing. We know that on some special tests they are able to
put in fast special test times, but mistakes are common, and these mistakes are holding them back. We need to understand
why in some situations they are fast and can ride freely and to their full potential, and why on other occasions they are
unable to give 100 per cent without experiencing mistakes.

Sounds like the beemer has a few handling issues.

[kezzafish]

Cheers for that taki. Knight is a guest commentator at round 2 of the MX1 and he mentions that they've got a new chassis comming for his bike for the next round of the WEC so that may say something too

[vr4king]

ha haa, yeah i'm a loud mouth and usually just say things for shock value. I love watching supercross too and haven't missed a round... i watch the good ones twice lol. I also recon chad's the man, he never faulters under pressure from stewart and stewart looks totally out of control sometimes. I'd say chad's the better rider. I secretly back him over Stewart for that reason but man i wish Villapoto was on their pace not to mention the fact we all wish Coops would qualify

Sweet as I totally agree with you.......Steward is the man but i just like to see the yanks get it given to them no offence to Steward though he hardly seems like your typical yank

See young J Lawrence is mixing it up with the big guys now,As for Villapoto i just cant see him up there hes been way of the pace this year but in saying that the team he racing under said they were expecting this as a rookie

Enough about this anyways this is an enduro thread

[vazza]

All those riders are my heros <3 haha

Got all of lastyears.. soo good.

enduro ftw.

[FlangMasterJ]

The Dream Team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_fdTHi_P9I&feature=related

[Rupe]

some really good footage here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6vN4H6L458

[secondfield]

Hahahahah what a mongrel... :clap:

[Hemex]

some really good footage here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6vN4H6L458

haahahaaaa....fuck you're a retard! Going to be at NAR tomo eve?

[Rupe]

haahahaaaa....fuck you're a retard! Going to be at NAR tomo eve?

yep and yep.

Saw your full name on an email the other day, thought it said Helmet!


Anyway back on topic, any torrents yet?

[Hemex]

yep and yep.

Saw your full name on an email the other day, thought it said Helmet!


Anyway back on topic, any torrents yet?

Helmet is what my old boss used to call me coz he couldnt pronounce my name...haaahaha...

Torrents for what bro?

[chrisktm]

Basically if you wanna win you have to be on a KTM like Cervantes, Aubert, Aro, (Salminen, Knight -previousely) and can't forget Birch lol. My question is why aren't you over there with these guys? And how'd Pahiatua go for ya?

Because compared to those dudes I am slow as. Nowhere near WEC pace. I didn't go to Pahiatua because I promised myself I would never go back again after last year (and the previous five years) piss poor event. Its too far to go for a bad race. Its brilliant terrain though. I guess the BMW is still very much under development, its bad news when you need to be changing the frame though! Hopefully the superhero's will find a set up that works and be ripping it up by the end of the season.

[kezzafish]

really, that's out of it. I'd of thought we (NZers) would be pretty decent at that sort of thing. Do ya recon you can beat Merriman?

How do they get so fast? i mean like... do they start riding at age 2 and ride 6 days a week from age 5. All the while having parents with lots of money for all the best gear... it's just not fair. What is the X factor that these Europeans have?

[FlangMasterJ]

really, that's out of it. I'd of thought we (NZers) would be pretty decent at that sort of thing. Do ya recon you can beat Merriman?

How do they get so fast? i mean like... do they start riding at age 2 and ride 6 days a week from age 5. All the while having parents with lots of money for all the best gear... it's just not fair. What is the X factor that these Europeans have?

David Knight started riding trials at like five or so.

Check out this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP6gwPF-XqI

[secondfield]

really, that's out of it. I'd of thought we (NZers) would be pretty decent at that sort of thing. Do ya recon you can beat Merriman?

Haha, jeez your an egg..

[4stroke]

round 3, the italy gp coming up 18-19 april go Sébastien guillaume husky boys

[kezzafish]

ha haa. I'm still backing Knight and Salminen even tho they're on BMWs. But go go go Ivan Cervantes, representing the ginger brand.

There's still no torrents (that i can find) anyone know a popular british dirt bike forum?... that'd be the place to ask i recon, they'd know when it screens on their TV... that idea just came to me

[Rupe]

ha haa. I'm still backing Knight and Salminen even tho they're on BMWs. But go go go Ivan Cervantes, representing the ginger brand.

There's still no torrents (that i can find) anyone know a popular british dirt bike forum?... that'd be the place to ask i recon, they'd know when it screens on their TV... that idea just came to me

keep trying mate, I've been looking but found nothing. I'll post up if I do though.

[kezzafish]

still no torrents... what the bluddy hell?

[4stroke]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XR7gylhJ2w&feature=related
a bit of vid from spain, kezza this is the fastest way over the stones, the bloody guy flys

[Ktmboy]

Thanks for that footage Moo moo.

[flyingcr250]

promoto.tv has some cool footage of enduro events and hare scrambles

[kezzafish]

yeah good stuff moostroke. That jump over the stones is impressive huh. Nothing like a bit of techno with your dirtbiking video... what were they thinking? ... naughty Euro trash

Once again i got stuck on a good 20 minute Utube session lol

[takitimu]

From David Knight

"Well just home from Italy and another bad weekend for the team! We said we wanted a challenge, and thats certinaly what we got, thats for sure, but I guess things can only improve, I gotta try to laugh about it, cos their aint nothing we can do about it in the very near future, cos things take time to figure out and put right. Anyway people who know what they are talking about understand , then u get idiots that think they do, and think Juha, Marko and myself have forgotten how to ride a bike, or we are to old, or some crap!!! Hahaha, does make me laugh! funny how we all turned shit overnight! We will have the last laugh and shut the buggers up, that is for sure, and other than that, not much in the wec has changed to much! Catch u later, Knighter"

http://www.knighter.net/joomla/index.php/k-blog/Three-rounds-three-disasterous-weekends.html

Mika Ahola won overall & E1, Johnny Aubert E2, Cervantes E3

[4stroke]

yeah good stuff moostroke. That jump over the stones is impressive huh. Nothing like a bit of techno with your dirtbiking video... what were they thinking? ... naughty Euro trash

Once again i got stuck on a good 20 minute Utube session lol

shit kezz must have been a late night for you, 130 am post shit. theres some good shit on utube eh

[kezzafish]

yeah 4stroke i was on nights so finnish work at 1 am. ha haa, have to catch up on all the kb ramblings when i get home, much to the wifes dismay lol. Apparently Utube is old hat and freecaster is the new dope shit... still can't find any WEC rounds but here's a clip of the champions to be

http://freecaster.tv/mx/1007297/ktm-enduro?page=6

[kezzafish]

round 3 Sardinia, Italy

Knight DNFd with clutch problems on the BMW in E3 but team mate Juha Salminen did better with 3rd on both days in the E2 class

4stroke, you'll be stoked to hear that Husky's Seb guillaume came first day 1 E3 and 2nd on Day 2 so he's coming 2nd in the championship to Ivan Cervantes on a KTM who came 3rd on day1 and 1st on day2. Knight's coming tenth

In E2 KTM's Johnny Aubert won both days and is leading the championship after winning every round so far. Juha salminen is coming 7th on the beemer

all the rest is here:
http://we.abc-wec.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=47

I still can't find any torrents so if anyone has any clue pleeeease let us know

[flyingcr250]

heres one with birchy in it.

http://freecaster.tv/mx/1005918/red-bull-romaniacs-2008-final-day?page=2

[takitimu]

Finland Round 4
<table border="1"><tr><td>E1</td><td>Mika Ahola</td><td>Simone Albergoni</td><td>Ero Remes</td></tr><tr> <td>E2</td><td>Johnny Aubert</td><td>Juha Salminen</td><td>Bartosz Oblucki</td> </tr><tr> <td>E3</td><td>Ivan Cervantes</td><td>Samuli Aro</td><td>Sebastien Guillaume</td> </tr></table>
Overall after Round 4
<table border="1"><tr><td>E1</td><td>Mika Ahola</td><td>Simone Albergoni</td><td>Antoine Meo</td></tr><tr> <td>E2</td><td>Johnny Aubert</td><td>Bartosz Oblucki</td><td>Juha Salminen</td> </tr><tr> <td>E3</td><td> Ivan Cervantes </td><td> Sebastien Guillaume </td><td>Christophe Nambotin</td> </tr></table>

The videos of Mika ( www.bike.fi/content/1401/, www.bike.fi/content/1400/ ) as posted already are awsome.

Here's a video of Knighter in the Friday
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From the wec site.

"The presence of David KNIGHT in the Grand Prix of SLOVAKIA is very uncertain… His premature abandonment in Finland on Saturday and his renunciation of the Sunday proves that the divorce is imminent between BMW and KNIGHTER… But the rider of the ISLAND of MAN could very quickly re-appear under other colours in order to try to prove that he is always at the top."

Combine this with the following from his web site & I think Knighter on anything but a BMW & KTM seems certain from now on.

"No, not much happening, i'm just gonna go back to a full standard frame, I prefer that to the new one, Its a bit dissapointing really, two months off and no progress"

[kezzafish]

cheers Taki... i was thinking about getting round tuit!! that's interesting about knight still struggling with the bike 'cos Juha is doing much better with second on both days. Losing only to the perfect season having, KTM riding Aubert

[takitimu]

Mucked that one up, two days racing eh :)

Finland Round 4 Day 1
<table border="1"><tr><td>E1</td><td>Mika Ahola</td><td>Simone Albergoni</td><td>Ero Remes</td></tr><tr> <td>E2</td><td>Johnny Aubert</td><td>Juha Salminen</td><td>Bartosz Oblucki</td> </tr><tr> <td>E3</td><td>Ivan Cervantes</td><td>Samuli Aro</td><td>Sebastien Guillaume</td> </tr></table>

Finland Round 4 Day 2
<table border="1"><tr><td>E1</td><td>Mika Ahola</td><td>Simone Albergoni</td><td>Ero Remes</td></tr><tr> <td>E2</td><td>Johnny Aubert</td><td>Juha Salminen</td><td>Bartosz Oblucki</td> </tr><tr> <td>E3</td><td>Ivan Cervantes</td><td>Christophe Nambotin </td><td>Samuli Aro</td> </tr></table>

Overall winner both days was E1's Mika Ahola (CRF250R) followed by Johnny Aubert (KTM450).

[takitimu]

Mexico

Race 1

<table border="1"><tr><td>E1</td><td>Antoine MEO(Husky)</td><td>Mika AHOLA(Honda)</td><td>Julian GAUTHIER(Honda)</td></tr><tr> <td>E2</td><td>Johnny Aubert(KTM)</td><td>Juha Salminen(BMW)</td><td>Rodrig THAIN(TM)</td><td>10th Chris BIRCH(KTM)</td> </tr><tr> <td>E3</td><td>Sebastien Guillaume(Husky)</td><td> Ivan Cervantes(KTM) </td><td>Christophe NAMBOTIN(Gas-Gas)</td> </tr></table>

Race 2

<table border="1"><tr><td>E1</td><td>Antoine MEO(Husky)</td><td>Mika AHOLA(Honda)</td><td>Simone ALBERGONI(Honda)</td></tr><tr> <td>E2</td><td>Johnny Aubert(KTM)</td><td>Juha Salminen(BMW)</td><td>Cristobal GUERRERO(Yamaha)</td><td>10th Chris BIRCH(KTM)</td> </tr><tr> <td>E3</td><td>Ivan Cervantes(KTM)</td><td>Christophe NAMBOTIN(Gas-Gas)</td><td>Sebastien Guillaume(Husky)</td> </tr></table>

Overall
<table border="1"><tr><td>Race 1</td><td>Sebastien Guillaume(Husky/E3)</td><td>Ivan Cervantes(KTM/E3)</td><td>Christophe NAMBOTIN(Gas-Gas/E3)</td><td>28th Chris BIRCH(KTM)</td></tr><tr> <td>Race 2</td><td>Ivan Cervantes(KTM/E3)</td><td>Christophe NAMBOTIN(Gas-Gas/E3)</td><td>Antoine MEO(Husky/E1)</td><td>25th Chris BIRCH(KTM)</td> </tr></table>

A weekend for the big bikes, with some sweet results for Husky :)

[4stroke]

good results for the husky boys, good to see that, cheers takitimu

[chop]

did you see a certain Mr Brich in the mexico results 10th in E2

[takitimu]

did you see a certain Mr Brich in the mexico results 10th in E2

Aye, a damn fine result I thought for a first WEC ride, especially when you consider it appeared the track favoured the open class bikes.

Wonder if Birchy is doing the Endurocross in the US at Vegas this weekend, sounds like Whib's / Knighter / Rory Mead are all going to be there ( Knighter is 90% confirmed, just needs a 2/ 250 to get sorted, Yamaha maybe ?? ).

[chop]

he can do it on a 450! Not exactly chris's first wec ride ever

[WRFracer]

Aye, a damn fine result I thought for a first WEC ride, especially when you consider it appeared the track favoured the open class bikes.

Wonder if Birchy is doing the Endurocross in the US at Vegas this weekend, sounds like Whib's / Knighter / Rory Mead are all going to be there ( Knighter is 90% confirmed, just needs a 2/ 250 to get sorted, Yamaha maybe ?? ).


he can do it on a 450! Not exactly chris's first wec ride ever

Agree with ya there he can do it on a 450 a lot of riders do & win.

And yea Chris did a whole bunch of WEC rounds way back when Whibley was doing them on his favourite GasGas machines!
That was like 4 years ago.

[chop]

maybe even longer!! Chris had a Husky WR250 was his favorite bike of all time, they even had a song made up for it..... 450's are good in that sort of stuff its open and the tourque is magic!

[takitimu]

he can do it on a 450! Not exactly chris's first wec ride ever

I thought bircy had done a WEC, but was just going by his web site where he says it was his first one. http://birchy.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=32

Regarding endurocross, Knighter said he wanted a 250/2 for Romaniacs & I jumped to the conclusion he would have the same for Endurocross so my bad there ( he's 90% sure on romaniacs & trying to get a bike for endurocross according to his forum posts anyways ).

[denill]

I thought bircy had done a WEC, but was just going by his web site where he says it was his first one. http://birchy.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=32

Regarding endurocross, Knighter said he wanted a 250/2 for Romaniacs & I jumped to the conclusion he would have the same for Endurocross so my bad there ( he's 90% sure on romaniacs & trying to get a bike for endurocross according to his forum posts anyways ).


Yeah, that's right now I think of it. Think he rode in the British Champs on the Husky and seem to recall that he had a ride lined up for the WEC - but it fell thru?

Where are ya Birchy?? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[WRFracer]

maybe even longer!! Chris had a Husky WR250 was his favorite bike of all time, they even had a song made up for it..... 450's are good in that sort of stuff its open and the tourque is magic!


Yeah, that's right now I think of it. Think he rode in the British Champs on the Husky and seem to recall that he had a ride lined up for the WEC - but it fell thru?

Where are ya Birchy?? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Husky's ah!:rolleyes:

Oh true my bad, I just remember Paul saying about Birch being over there doing Enduro's but yea must of been the British rounds.

[chop]

not sure now you mention it nige.... hmmmmm Chris?????????? either way a top effort

[camchain]

Where are ya Birchy?? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Must be still in Mexico with biker Jesus. No postcard so maybe he'll sing us the Husky song. Would like to hear that.

[charles23]

Great result by Chris, from the photos i've seen the practise riding leading up to the race looked like the most fun.

The Endurocross should be a good watch, be good to see how paul and Rory go against Taddy and the other guys.