The 4 Stroke certainly has been hindering Chad Reed since the beginning of 06...
Here's what he was like before:
Ama Supercross 2005 San Diego Part 1.Ama Supercross 2005 San Diego Part 2.When all the teams made it a rule that all the riders had to be on 4 Strokes for Supercross 06, chad definitely suffered.
If Cedric keeps beating the FOOPER troopers in Euro SX, especially the Americans, I'm sure pressure will be applied to him and his sponsors to get him off the 2 stroke.
The reason we don't see 2 strokes in our races anymore is because of races like the ones above where great riders on great bikes revealed the FOOPERS as the pirouetting pigs they really are... In this race, every single FOOPER was lapped no matter who was riding it! That wasn't good for 4 Stroke sales, so they made sure no one would be on a 2 stroke the following year.
Who knows how they'll force Cedric off his bike, but they'll probably try.
Thanks,
Jim