His bike was still in US he said so he had to take the black bike project also it is his 1st time racing in my country, could be one of the reason too. Gives inputs on terrain and what the track would be like. Could be... never know

 do you know what tire size he was running on the butcher??? 2.3 or 2.5??

 He's running the hillbilly tires.... I think it's a proto. Looked like a cut down wet scream to me. they all running 2.3 tires. Cheers