Assen MXoN mudder?

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Edited Date/Time 9/29/2019 4:26am
I got shredded around 3-4 weeks before Red Bud last year for posting that it looked like we were going to have a mud race... Well, it happened. I hope I am wrong this time. Assen looks like it could be nasty if it rained.

I guess we'll open the flood gates (discussion) and let the down votes flow.... Wink

Here is the current forecast.


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DPR250R 9/17/2019 1:42pm
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Don’t even.... I can’t take 3 years in a row of MXoN in shitty conditions.

I wanna see these guys hammer!!
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Press516 9/17/2019 2:01pm
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Casting wrote:
Biblical amounts of rain?
Shit howdy, I sure as hell hope not...

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RG1 9/17/2019 2:05pm
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I saw a weather forecast yesterday that said dry all weekend. 19 degrees C on Sat and 20 Sunday. Every day you look it’ll tell you something different, and it most likely won’t be right. The weather will be what it will be. If it does rain, the track will take a bit and the racing should be good either way
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526 9/17/2019 2:11pm
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I heard it is bottomless sand so it should soak it up well until it gets the the Asphalt BOAAAAAAAAAA
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SKlein 9/17/2019 2:33pm
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526 wrote:
I heard it is bottomless sand so it should soak it up well until it gets the the Asphalt BOAAAAAAAAAA
Bottomless sand doesn't stand a chance against biblical levels of rain.
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Dirty Points 9/17/2019 2:34pm
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526 wrote:
I heard it is bottomless sand so it should soak it up well until it gets the the Asphalt BOAAAAAAAAAA
So you're saying the bottomless sand has a bottom?
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GuyB 9/17/2019 2:44pm
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DPR250R wrote:
Don’t even.... I can’t take 3 years in a row of MXoN in shitty conditions.

I wanna see these guys hammer!!
New flash...the race happens in the Fall. Sometimes so does rain.
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Press516 9/17/2019 2:56pm
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526 wrote:
I heard it is bottomless sand so it should soak it up well until it gets the the Asphalt BOAAAAAAAAAA
Dirty Points wrote:
So you're saying the bottomless sand has a bottom?
No no, it's really bottomless... Look, the water soaks in and just disappears.
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crusty_xx 9/17/2019 3:24pm
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0% of chance that it will be a mudder. No matter how much it rains or snows
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aFACEdismembered wrote:
Wait... you're telling me that people consider wet sand to be mud?
Wet sand is fun to ride. It's gonna be rough though.
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Nighttrain 9/17/2019 5:34pm
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aFACEdismembered wrote:
Wait... you're telling me that people consider wet sand to be mud?
Rooster wrote:
Wet sand is fun to ride. It's gonna be rough though.
It’s all sand, whooped out sand, all the time around here. Wet sand is glorious.
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ElliotB16 9/17/2019 5:36pm
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Still a week and a half away, too early to call for a mudder.
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Press516 9/17/2019 5:42pm
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ElliotB16 wrote:
Still a week and a half away, too early to call for a mudder.
That’s exactly what I was told about Red Bud... Turns out I was right.
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Timo_2824 9/17/2019 6:04pm
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Anyone who rides deep sand knows that wet sand equals a must ride day! The traction is night and day different.
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ElliotB16 wrote:
Still a week and a half away, too early to call for a mudder.
Press516 wrote:
That’s exactly what I was told about Red Bud... Turns out I was right.
congratulations? who cares a week and a half out what the weather is. ill find out day of and not waste anytime thinking about the weather.
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Harry Backmon 9/17/2019 7:10pm
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If you live in N. Florida/S. Georgia, you know they can't reliably forecast tomorrow...let alone next week...or ten years. Yet, I just heard Miami has three years until it is swallowed by the Atlantic. I wouldn't be too concerned with the MXoN. Flip a coin and guess. You'll be just as accurate as the weather guessers.
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Bearuno 9/17/2019 8:35pm
9/17/2019 8:35pm Edited Date/Time 9/17/2019 8:37pm
526 wrote:
I heard it is bottomless sand so it should soak it up well until it gets the the Asphalt BOAAAAAAAAAA
Dirty Points wrote:
So you're saying the bottomless sand has a bottom?
Press516 wrote:
No no, it's really bottomless... Look, the water soaks in and just disappears. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/09/17/373470/s1200_assen_wet.jpg[/img]
No no, it's really bottomless... Look, the water soaks in and just disappears.
Bottomless Sand ............ it ain't Lommel.

As said, the tarmac of the Road Race Track, and of the Pit areas is just beneath the Sand they plonk down to make the 'Pop Up' track, so it sure as shit isn't remotely bottomless.I hope they have the brains / budget to make the sand deeper (where it's put down on top of tar / cement) than it has been in previous GPs at Assen.

Press516's picture shows how the water sits on the tar/ concrete base..........

The bizarre thing that I saw with the first GP there, was water, seemingly 'hydraulic-ing' out of the tops of the whoops on the straight next the the RR pits. When it wasn't raining, there was water oozing / pumping from the top of the whoops. I'd guess it was the fact the water had pretty much nowhere to go, plus the slamming of the bikes into the whoops. Still, it remains one of the strangest things I've seen. Huh
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Press516 9/17/2019 8:53pm
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ElliotB16 wrote:
Still a week and a half away, too early to call for a mudder.
Press516 wrote:
That’s exactly what I was told about Red Bud... Turns out I was right.
soggy wrote:
congratulations? who cares a week and a half out what the weather is. ill find out day of and not waste anytime thinking about the weather.
Good for you... Some if us as fans of the sport find the "conditions" something of interest.
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GoggleFiend904 9/17/2019 9:35pm
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DPR250R wrote:
Don’t even.... I can’t take 3 years in a row of MXoN in shitty conditions.

I wanna see these guys hammer!!
GuyB wrote:
New flash...the race happens in the Fall. Sometimes so does rain.
Is that a new or old flash?
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GuyB 9/17/2019 9:51pm
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GoggleFiend904 wrote:
Is that a new or old flash?
Here you go. s
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Adam89 9/17/2019 11:28pm
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At least we can find out who the fastest swimmer is
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Last Braaap 9/17/2019 11:49pm
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DPR250R wrote:
Don’t even.... I can’t take 3 years in a row of MXoN in shitty conditions.

I wanna see these guys hammer!!
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MBR 9/18/2019 12:04am
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It was quite wet in 2016 at Assen. Bikes blowing up from over heating and riders getting stuck. See below.

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