Suzuki amateur program done.

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 8:09am
Got the call friday, no amateur support for 2012. Sucks to find out this late, dam economy!!
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EvanR127 10/23/2011 2:38pm
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Dam son!!! No factory pro, AM, crappy cars, late bike arrivals..........done

their only solution is make a modern RM150 and RM300 Wink
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Month before Mini-O's
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mxpunk 10/23/2011 2:43pm
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think suzuki will stop making bikes altogether??

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bt260 10/23/2011 2:44pm
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they did the same thing a year or two ago.
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EvanR127 10/23/2011 2:47pm
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Next thing we hear is that they stop supporting RC and Pastrana, that's when we know they are really broke.............
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Sherwood 10/23/2011 2:47pm
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What does Suzuki actually sell? I can't see bike sales being very good and many banks won't let you take a loan out for their cars... Could see them "merging" with Kawasaki again.
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slumpstone 10/23/2011 2:47pm
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bt260 wrote:
they did the same thing a year or two ago.
Dont think so, my sons been with them for 4 years, we've got bikes late before but never had them pull the plug altogether.
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ty159 10/23/2011 2:49pm
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You know it's bad when arguably one of the fastest amateurs in the country is looking for a ride this late. Someone will pick him up! Good luck guys!
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slumpstone 10/23/2011 2:52pm
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ty159 wrote:
You know it's bad when arguably one of the fastest amateurs in the country is looking for a ride this late. Someone will pick him up...
You know it's bad when arguably one of the fastest amateurs in the country is looking for a ride this late. Someone will pick him up! Good luck guys!
Thanks, he's in Australia right now racing SuperX, maybe something will come up over there, if not its another year on a shoestring.
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Sherwood 10/23/2011 2:53pm
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Maybe everyone jumping ship from Factory Suzuki was a sign...
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MtnBoy 10/23/2011 3:07pm
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Yeah but wasn't Tomac a Suzuki guy up until the first time they made cutbacks in the amateur program?
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sandtl 10/23/2011 3:08pm
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Blame General Motors. When they filed bankruptcy, it cost Suzuki several billion dollars.
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dboivin 10/23/2011 4:34pm
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damn. local boy joey crown is on that rockstar suzuki amateur team....thats gone eh???
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Let me just say that Suzuki may not be the biggest motorcycle manufacturer but they are a bigger company globally than most may realise...I think they can pull it together sooner or later..

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Suzuki Europe had also Herlings and Roczen, they were both supported.
But Herlings his "contract" ended when his 85cc career ended and Suzuki let him go and KTM picked him up.
Suzuki went on with Roczen but the same shit happened with him they lost him to KTM too, only a little later.

Suzuki is not the smartest brand out there that is for sure!
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ty159 wrote:
You know it's bad when arguably one of the fastest amateurs in the country is looking for a ride this late. Someone will pick him up...
You know it's bad when arguably one of the fastest amateurs in the country is looking for a ride this late. Someone will pick him up! Good luck guys!
slumpstone wrote:
Thanks, he's in Australia right now racing SuperX, maybe something will come up over there, if not its another year on a shoestring.
Who?
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sandtl wrote:
Blame General Motors. When they filed bankruptcy, it cost Suzuki several billion dollars.
ding ding ding
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ty159 wrote:
You know it's bad when arguably one of the fastest amateurs in the country is looking for a ride this late. Someone will pick him up...
You know it's bad when arguably one of the fastest amateurs in the country is looking for a ride this late. Someone will pick him up! Good luck guys!
slumpstone wrote:
Thanks, he's in Australia right now racing SuperX, maybe something will come up over there, if not its another year on a shoestring.
oshow wrote:
Who?
Joey Savatagy, Can you guys get back on with redbull?
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MXMattii wrote:
Suzuki Europe had also Herlings and Roczen, they were both supported. But Herlings his "contract" ended when his 85cc career ended and Suzuki let him go...
Suzuki Europe had also Herlings and Roczen, they were both supported.
But Herlings his "contract" ended when his 85cc career ended and Suzuki let him go and KTM picked him up.
Suzuki went on with Roczen but the same shit happened with him they lost him to KTM too, only a little later.

Suzuki is not the smartest brand out there that is for sure!
um...they're not dumb, they can't afford to sponsor these riders and they obviously see it's not making business sense.
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mx317 10/23/2011 6:17pm
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MtnBoy wrote:
Yeah but wasn't Tomac a Suzuki guy up until the first time they made cutbacks in the amateur program?
yes
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Hmm, it's awkward. If Dungey had won a championship this year for them, maybe sales would pick up cs people wouldnt doubt the bike as much. But, when Decoster goes it's bad. When Dungey loses two championships down to silly bike problems, you know it's not the way to go!

As for the amatuer programme. Those guys will get picked up.. I can see JGR losing Webb and Chase cs KTM's boosting their amatuer effort, and it's looking like yellow may be a go go for gibbs. So an easy switch?

Suzki doesnt really concern me too much any how. Kawi or Ktm are the brands to be on really. Kawi just need to bring out an updated two stroke and KTM need to go back to factory-o'-rising (new word!!) stuff.. Paint the frames orange like the factory team and black excels again. Or at least offer it as an upgrade like the Musquin rep and Cairoli rep.
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BESTY #72 wrote:
Hmm, it's awkward. If Dungey had won a championship this year for them, maybe sales would pick up cs people wouldnt doubt the bike as much...
Hmm, it's awkward. If Dungey had won a championship this year for them, maybe sales would pick up cs people wouldnt doubt the bike as much. But, when Decoster goes it's bad. When Dungey loses two championships down to silly bike problems, you know it's not the way to go!

As for the amatuer programme. Those guys will get picked up.. I can see JGR losing Webb and Chase cs KTM's boosting their amatuer effort, and it's looking like yellow may be a go go for gibbs. So an easy switch?

Suzki doesnt really concern me too much any how. Kawi or Ktm are the brands to be on really. Kawi just need to bring out an updated two stroke and KTM need to go back to factory-o'-rising (new word!!) stuff.. Paint the frames orange like the factory team and black excels again. Or at least offer it as an upgrade like the Musquin rep and Cairoli rep.
So people really are that silly to look at a race result to buy a bike for them to "play on" . To me a good dealer means more than anything besides racing the top professional(amateur) level. I am glad people really think like that, because that rationalizes the manufactures spending millions to go racing.
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TeamGreen 10/23/2011 7:26pm
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It may sound crazy; but, I buy bikes for riders based on the available and "possible" support from the OEM.

So, that means NO MORE Suzukis.

Sad.
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Sherwood wrote:
What does Suzuki actually sell? I can't see bike sales being very good and many banks won't let you take a loan out for their cars...
What does Suzuki actually sell? I can't see bike sales being very good and many banks won't let you take a loan out for their cars... Could see them "merging" with Kawasaki again.
That would be sick. I know they tried before and it was a disaster. Imagine if you had the Kawi motor with the Zook chassis? That would be the best "Stock" bike.
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BESTY #72 wrote:
Hmm, it's awkward. If Dungey had won a championship this year for them, maybe sales would pick up cs people wouldnt doubt the bike as much...
Hmm, it's awkward. If Dungey had won a championship this year for them, maybe sales would pick up cs people wouldnt doubt the bike as much. But, when Decoster goes it's bad. When Dungey loses two championships down to silly bike problems, you know it's not the way to go!

As for the amatuer programme. Those guys will get picked up.. I can see JGR losing Webb and Chase cs KTM's boosting their amatuer effort, and it's looking like yellow may be a go go for gibbs. So an easy switch?

Suzki doesnt really concern me too much any how. Kawi or Ktm are the brands to be on really. Kawi just need to bring out an updated two stroke and KTM need to go back to factory-o'-rising (new word!!) stuff.. Paint the frames orange like the factory team and black excels again. Or at least offer it as an upgrade like the Musquin rep and Cairoli rep.
dungey caused those problems not suzuki (except at southwick that sucked)
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dcg141 10/23/2011 8:41pm
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VW owns about 20% of Suzuki. Someone in the auto industry said VW was interested in Suzuki's dealership networks in certain countries. Central and South America especially.

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