Pro on $2,000 Bike vs Amateur on $20,000 Bike!

i don't think it's fair calling Sean an amateur, but my god....Ed can ride

Without watching the video first, I can tell you it's the rider that makes the difference one thousand percent. Hell, he'd win on a ten year-old 80cc rat trap.

That KTM still looks beautiful all these years later

One of my friends was a good high school tennis player. I remember him saying, when people would complain about their racket, "here, take my really expensive top of the line racket, I'll use yours". He'd always crush them with any old racket. I the case in this video, both guys are quality riders in their own rights.

Please, I am an amature rider, where might I find a 2000 dollar bike that isn't totally clapped?

Years ago, when Bob Hannah was riding for Yamaha, he came to a track local to me, with a YZ250 from the showroom of a local dealer. The bike was bone stock, but it had been adjusted to Bob's preferences. In both motos, he started close to last (intentionally, I think), then proceeded to lay waste to the field, including the local hot shot, who had a big lead. He caught the leader at about half way through the moto, then dropped him like a rock. Moto 2 was a repeat of moto 1.

The 2000€ bike looks better than the 20000€ bike

I read the title of this video to my GF and we both just loved at each other and laughed and said anyone that's ever been on a bike and rode for at least 3 feet knows that no amount of money can buy skill... That being said this was all a very well put together video and entertaining to watch.... Great job

That is what is so cool about our sport. The rider really makes the difference. The bike preparation and set-up only make the difference when riders are of the same level.

I'm not a Motorcross rider, but I used to hang glide. Being in the southern hemisphere all the Champions would come down and fly my local hill during our summer before the world championship competitions. So I would rub shoulders with the best in the world. The difference between the weekend warriors and the guys who win championships is huge. I was on the hill one day waiting for the weather to change as it was too light and wasn't flyable. A young girl went up to Steve Moyes, (multi world champion, factory pilot for Moyes Delta Gliders) and asked him to look at her Mars 150 (small beginner glider intended for very light pilots). He hopped in. Took off. Gained altitude (which no one else has been able to do flying correctly sized gliders) did a few tests which burned through his altitude, gained it again, did some more tests and top landed. Half a dozen guys who saw him staying up launched and they all flew straight down to the beach. Equipment can make a difference, and for sure, when he competed he flew the best glider Moyes built, but it only makes a difference between equally talented pilots

K-Dub passed me on a 1974 Bultaco like i was sitting still at Wildwood MX in Kentwood, LA. Doesn't matter what bike is being ridden talent and skill always win.

Now an episode of Ed Bradley riding yzilla👏👏👏

Where can I get a 2,000$ bike like that?!

I was faster on a track on my 99' CR125 than I was on My Mint 95' CR500... It's all about usable power, weight, and bike Control! Now in the dunes or a drag race, 500 for sure, tight trails, the 125, Baja, 500 again?! 😮 Gotta have the right tool for the Job! 👊

yeah... here in Florida a KTM like that is still $3500-$4000. $2000 gets you a chinese dual sport newish (unless its a high quality brand like Kayo or GPX) or a bike that needs a lot of work to make it run

Great video Max, ed and Sean were blasting round that track, like anything skill plays a big part, those lad's deserve a beer , thanks for the videos max.

Sean is awesome, his commentary during the race was cracking me up lol good race!

Before the race started, I believed it was on the rider. So my money was on the pro. The video was intense. I was literally out off my seat cheering on Ed! Good video. Better than watching a Hollywood suspense thriller.

At one of our local tracks, a pro showed up for a fun race (for him). He was riding a box stock Suzuki TM125 (this was back around 1975 or 1976). The pro sat on the starting line when the gate dropped, let everybody leave, gave them a few seconds head start, and then took off. Within the first lap he was in first place. In motocross, the rider is more important than the machine (within reason, of course). I was also at a race, during the pre-race practice laps and a local pro, riding the same bike I was (honda 125 elsinore) blew around me like I was standing still.

My frequently politically incorrect father liked to say "It's not the arrow, it's the Indian".