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...for a rider like Ken Roczen?
I know the factory Suzuki 450 has a good rep today, but what happens when the the other brands move ahead technically next season, will it be good enough then?
And no offense to RC or Kenny Watson, but I doubt they are going to be over at the Suzuki race shop at 8 AM on a monday after the race grinding parts on a Lathe like Decoster and Ian Harrison do for KTM to make the bike better.
My point is that DeCoster is a huge reason KTM has become the bike it is now, and I just don't see that kind of dedication to improving the motorcycle coming from RCH or cash- strapped Suzuki Corporate next near.
Right now I think KTM has the drive to be world number one, and will do whatever it takes to get there.
I just don't see that right now from Suzuki or RCH.
I know the factory Suzuki 450 has a good rep today, but what happens when the the other brands move ahead technically next season, will it be good enough then?
And no offense to RC or Kenny Watson, but I doubt they are going to be over at the Suzuki race shop at 8 AM on a monday after the race grinding parts on a Lathe like Decoster and Ian Harrison do for KTM to make the bike better.
My point is that DeCoster is a huge reason KTM has become the bike it is now, and I just don't see that kind of dedication to improving the motorcycle coming from RCH or cash- strapped Suzuki Corporate next near.
Right now I think KTM has the drive to be world number one, and will do whatever it takes to get there.
I just don't see that right now from Suzuki or RCH.
Please elaborate...
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He may make big bucks uy going to RCs team but that ain't what KR is about.
"ungrinded lathed parts" from....Suzuki of Japan actually makes the bikes....
That said, I like seeing Roczen on the orange bike.
(1) No 250 development team;
(2) Let DeCoster go over money;
(3) When executives from Japan visited US Suzuki in Brea a few years ago, DeCoster sent the team big rigs into the desert so the Japanese wouldn't see them and ask about spending.
(4) using substandard OEM parts on the production bikes.
There is more but Im not going to risk a friendship.
Only Kenny knows for sure why he is leaving a successful team, for a new one, I guess we will see how it plays out.
dosent like....
Stephen Everts telling people that Herlings is better...
DeCoster....
KTM's....
Who knows....it is his business...
last year, it was career suicide to sign to ride KTM's...now its career suicide to leave KTM...go figure...
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I am still crying in my Cheerios that he isn't going to ride a KX.
If you guys think that Suzuki won't be heavily involved with this endeavor then you are hopped up on some serious goof balls!
It doesn't matter what kind of bike these guys are on, when you are on it, you are on it that's the bottom line! Add to that a team atmosphere (my perception) more attractive to a young fun loving kid from Germany living his dream in America it's a no brainer really!
What's not to like?
He's going to tear it up next year.
i'm on the "Kenny will win no matter what color bike he's on" train
i just hope his bike is close to as dialed as his KTM... that thing looks like it's on rails out there
It might be easy to confuse the bikes on the showroom floors with the ones out on the National tracks.
From a recent Chaparral ad:
2014 450's
Honda $7,878
Yamaha $6,490
Kawasaki $5,999
Suzuki.... $4,799
Looks like they are having a tough time giving them away! (Even at that price I would not tough one with a ten foot pole! Seems I am not alone)
Maybe the production bikes are not "good enough," but the factory bikes and teams have proven to be in the past. Will be interesting to watch it play out...
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