Sunday morning was a cold one. Wilson mentioned that he fell asleep in his car after getting to the track early and nearly froze. Before gearing up for his warm-up session, he warmed up on the bike’s exhaust while his mechanic let it idle on the stand.
For most American’s in attendance at the race, it was difficult to become acquainted with the French cuisine, and equally difficult in the small country town of Saint Jean d’Angely to find food worth eating. We spotted this written on the toolbox of Wilson’s mechanic, Paul Perebijnos.
Pirelli introduced a new mid-hard terrain tire recently and we got to take a look at it for the first time at the race. The 554 tire, as it’s designated, was developed in conjunction with the Muscle Milk/Toyota/JGR team and features a new tread layout and new tire compound for both the front and rear tire.
The tire trucks at European races are much more involved than the ones at American Nationals and Supercross races. Here, a Pirelli tire tech changes one of many tires with the help of a tire-changing machine.
This blow up Kangaroo was also at the Motocross of Nations last year in Colorado, and we again spotted it in the Team Australia pits this year.
