A quick interview with the #18 about his 2014 sx prep
A quick interview with the #18 about his 2014 sx prep
Me: You had a pretty gnarly surgery right after supercross and then broke your foot shortly after coming back from that, how is everything now?
Davi Millsaps: Yeah it was, I was off the bike for three and a half months. Recovery went good but it was miserable to start with. After that with my therapy it was just routine, I was back on the bike like I said about three and a half months after. My knee felt good and all that but getting hurt again obviously sucks and didnāt help. It was my opposite leg from the repaired one and I was putting most of my weight and pressure on that one and wasnāt really slow building, I had to build it fast. But so far, the couple of times Iāve ridden itās going ok.
How long were you back riding before you did your foot in?
About a month, thatās it. I rolled my ankle and it blew my ligaments apart in my ankle and broke the foot. It was a freak accident for sure.
Are you getting worried that youāre not going to have enough time to be fully ready for Anaheim?
No thereās enough time. I want to say thereās plenty of time to get ready but Iāve ridden a supercross track three times. So itās going to be tough and Iām going to give it the best shot I can. Iāve been training off the bike quite a bit but Iāve got to get on the bike. I have a good base built and I donāt think Iāll be that far off going into Anaheim but right now Iām taking it week by week. Iām not too worried about Anaheim, Iām worried about getting through the weeks right now (laughs).
Same program for you personally with your trainer and Ezra Lusk?
I changed my trainer but Iām still working with Yogi (Ezra Lusk). Iām confident that I can keep going with the new trainer, thatās the goal- to keep the momentum going off what I did. Do I feel like I can? I do, I really do. We have a bunch of great guys working hard on the team and working on me and my new trainer Ryan and Ezra are great at what they do. I feel like Iāve surrounded myself with good people and I have a great team so weāll do what we can to get ready.
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Davi Millsaps on the new KTM. Photo by The Simon Cudby |
Thereās no doubt your team is built around you so I was confused by those rumors you were maybe trying to leave.
(Laughs) Thatās the rumor huh? I figured there would be rumors out there. Iām staying where Iām at and thatās all Iām worried about.
You had a choice between a Yamaha and a KTM and you chose the KTM, what about the bike did you like and I know I asked you this before but you had barely ridden. So now that youāve ridden just a little more, what do you like?
Itās definitely different from my old bike. Itās pretty different from anything Iāve ever ridden. The engine is fabulous and itās an awesome engine. I feel like we can work and test on the suspension some more and itās getting there when it comes to the chassis part. The best thing is the hydraulic clutch, the engine, the way it revs and the amount of power and weāre working on the suspension to get it better.
Between WP and Jim Anderson, our suspension guy Iām confident that we can get it working better.
Getting gate drops is important and you havenāt raced since Las Vegas so are you worried at all?
No, not really. I was going to do a couple of off-season races but thereās no way with my foot and ankle injury. So I need to focus on getting better and be where I need to be and go from there.
