The clutch cover was also customized for the race.
We found this reminder note on the seat of Baggett’s spare bike. You can’t forget the small stuff.
Another example of trick parts is this custom seat on the spare bike of Portugal’s Rui Goncalves.
One of the traditions of the Motocross of Nations is the drawing for start position for Saturday’s qualifying races. For the past couple years, Team USA has faired pretty well in the blind drawing. This year, everyone was eagerly anticipating the number that the heavy favorite would draw. And as luck would have it, the USA was the last team to be picked from the bowl and drew the fourth gate pick for qualifying.
Here’s the complete order for the gate picks going into qualifying. After qualifying, the teams pick their gates based on their finishing position in the qualifying races. Let’s be honest, though, we really just wanted to show this photo because the Monster girls were in it.
