2014 Team Factory Yamaha making a come back

2 Trick Rick
Edited Date/Time 6/12/2013 8:23pm
My guess is they are not to happy with Star, JGR, Eleven 10 and the other "factory supported" teams and may just run the show themselves in 2014.

Been talking with a few high profile riders, but unsure as to who.

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bd 6/11/2013 5:47pm
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If this true, I suspect Yamaha going after Tomac and second tier rider
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Couple dozen bikes and a half mill to the big dealer team for support? Would that be in the ball park for support? Or does support equal a couple of bikes and one shopping cart full of parts? Lord only knows what all the NASCAR team got. Maybe they got six bikes and two shopping carts full of parts....

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2 Trick Rick 6/11/2013 7:36pm
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East and west 250cc riders and 2 450 riders.
Seems like a great way to show off the new bikes.. If true.
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newmann wrote:
Couple dozen bikes and a half mill to the big dealer team for support? Would that be in the ball park for support? Or does support...
Couple dozen bikes and a half mill to the big dealer team for support? Would that be in the ball park for support? Or does support equal a couple of bikes and one shopping cart full of parts? Lord only knows what all the NASCAR team got. Maybe they got six bikes and two shopping carts full of parts....
How many YMC parts of the Factory Caliber do you actually see on JGR's bikes?
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why would they want to spend the money on putting a team back together?
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fullfloater 6/12/2013 2:10am
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68 wrote:
why would they want to spend the money on putting a team back together?
Are you looking for reasons other than the lackluster results?
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I think Yamaha was contracting JGR to develop and make improvements to the bike. JGR had that new pipe last year on their bikes, maybe it was a Yamaha desgin and using JGR as a test bed. Hell it coulda been the whole engine as far as we know.
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newmann wrote:
Couple dozen bikes and a half mill to the big dealer team for support? Would that be in the ball park for support? Or does support...
Couple dozen bikes and a half mill to the big dealer team for support? Would that be in the ball park for support? Or does support equal a couple of bikes and one shopping cart full of parts? Lord only knows what all the NASCAR team got. Maybe they got six bikes and two shopping carts full of parts....
TeamGreen wrote:
How many YMC parts of the Factory Caliber do you actually see on JGR's bikes?
I never insinuated that they may have gotten two shopping carts full of trick parts.
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Mr. Info wrote:
Check with Davey he knows.
You really should lay off the Viagra, man - it's really not healthy to have one on for so long.
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look for Larry Brooks to make a return managing the 2014 Factory Yamaha Team ... never know
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burrito913 wrote:
look for Larry Brooks to make a return managing the 2014 Factory Yamaha Team ... never know
I like the sounds of that. LB managing with ET as the premier rider!
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TeamGreen 6/12/2013 10:12am
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newmann wrote:
Couple dozen bikes and a half mill to the big dealer team for support? Would that be in the ball park for support? Or does support...
Couple dozen bikes and a half mill to the big dealer team for support? Would that be in the ball park for support? Or does support equal a couple of bikes and one shopping cart full of parts? Lord only knows what all the NASCAR team got. Maybe they got six bikes and two shopping carts full of parts....
TeamGreen wrote:
How many YMC parts of the Factory Caliber do you actually see on JGR's bikes?
newmann wrote:
I never insinuated that they may have gotten two shopping carts full of trick parts.
My implications were that JGR is kinda on their own & YMC didn't seem to provide much other than bikes...as for funding...?

Yamaha seems to want to have Teams buy all the "Racing Parts", including YMCs "Engine Program", from them. From the on-set it seemed as if Yamaha was looking to develop a program much like what you see in Indy-Cars...etc. Engine Leasing Programs & the like...

There's just one Problem: the perception that the product is Inferior & they're NOT Winning...ANYTHING.

The Factories have been backing away from Racing in a rapid & direct fashion. To some extent they've succeeded in letting others pay for their Marketing: look a Suzuki! Damn, they look pretty smart! They're spending virtually NOTHING for the 2 "Suzuki" Teams that're getting the Best Results & the most Media Coverage.

I'm jus' observing...
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Paul333 6/12/2013 10:26am
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Great rumor.

It would awesome to see Yamaha field a true factory team again. If true no doubt they are looking for a big budget sponsor to help pay for it.

I'd love to see this happen.

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They should hire Hill & Pieck 450's

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very true JGR is going red and factory yama is comin back
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426Hemi 6/12/2013 2:55pm
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Well if two trick rick says it, it has to be true.
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TeamGreen wrote:
My implications were that JGR is kinda on their own & YMC didn't seem to provide much other than bikes...as for funding...? Yamaha seems to want...
My implications were that JGR is kinda on their own & YMC didn't seem to provide much other than bikes...as for funding...?

Yamaha seems to want to have Teams buy all the "Racing Parts", including YMCs "Engine Program", from them. From the on-set it seemed as if Yamaha was looking to develop a program much like what you see in Indy-Cars...etc. Engine Leasing Programs & the like...

There's just one Problem: the perception that the product is Inferior & they're NOT Winning...ANYTHING.

The Factories have been backing away from Racing in a rapid & direct fashion. To some extent they've succeeded in letting others pay for their Marketing: look a Suzuki! Damn, they look pretty smart! They're spending virtually NOTHING for the 2 "Suzuki" Teams that're getting the Best Results & the most Media Coverage.

I'm jus' observing...
U got a point. Interesting how Rockstar ended up with Zook, made them partly yellow and Zook-ish for us to see while Smartcab felt the urge to go white? Rockstar at least get bikes for free?

One would think OEMs would start competing to give teams more support. Seems you can pretty much exposure buy sending any team ten standard bikes in a container, instead of building a multi million set-up?
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I think Chad Reed will be running Blue next year as a factory effort, maybe have Dean Wilson as well. He is just not at all happy with that honda, and I don't see them keeping him either.

Thoughts?
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JayCarpent wrote:
I think Chad Reed will be running Blue next year as a factory effort, maybe have Dean Wilson as well. He is just not at all...
I think Chad Reed will be running Blue next year as a factory effort, maybe have Dean Wilson as well. He is just not at all happy with that honda, and I don't see them keeping him either.

Thoughts?
Dean has a 2 year deal with Mitch but I bet Reed goes blue.
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JayCarpent wrote:
I think Chad Reed will be running Blue next year as a factory effort, maybe have Dean Wilson as well. He is just not at all...
I think Chad Reed will be running Blue next year as a factory effort, maybe have Dean Wilson as well. He is just not at all happy with that honda, and I don't see them keeping him either.

Thoughts?
hasko158 wrote:
Dean has a 2 year deal with Mitch but I bet Reed goes blue.
I read an article somewhere recently and Wilson is only on PC for this year. Unless Mitch is resigning since injured but otherwise I think it was one year deal.
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mx295 6/12/2013 5:39pm
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JayCarpent wrote:
I think Chad Reed will be running Blue next year as a factory effort, maybe have Dean Wilson as well. He is just not at all...
I think Chad Reed will be running Blue next year as a factory effort, maybe have Dean Wilson as well. He is just not at all happy with that honda, and I don't see them keeping him either.

Thoughts?
Reed will not be on a bike that has factory Yamaha backing or anything Yamaha related.
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Flip109 6/12/2013 6:55pm
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What would make reed think a completely new unproven Yamaha would be better??
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Flip109 6/12/2013 6:56pm
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Guess maybe blue pants would look better than red haha
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bkent136 6/12/2013 8:23pm
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68 wrote:
why would they want to spend the money on putting a team back together?
The little phrase under your reply... You're* not your... Spelling...

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