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I am not the biggest Dungey fan but, upon further reflection, I think KTM isn't as crazy as it sounded this summer.
1) Loyalty - Roger picked Dungey out of obscurity. He's also a fantastic leader: you'd be nuts to bet against Roger, even at KTM.
2) Bikes/team - Smart enough to insist on the 450. The team is coming alive and continues to develop. Roczen and Musquin are no joke. Cairoli is pretty good over there. DeCoster.
3) Money - Who knows how much but I'll bet he and his extended family can all retire right now.
4) Perception - Even if he doesn't win, most of us will blame it on the bike. His name won't be harmed too much on the market, so he can get another ride pretty easily.
I think it was a pretty smart decision after all.
1) Loyalty - Roger picked Dungey out of obscurity. He's also a fantastic leader: you'd be nuts to bet against Roger, even at KTM.
2) Bikes/team - Smart enough to insist on the 450. The team is coming alive and continues to develop. Roczen and Musquin are no joke. Cairoli is pretty good over there. DeCoster.
3) Money - Who knows how much but I'll bet he and his extended family can all retire right now.
4) Perception - Even if he doesn't win, most of us will blame it on the bike. His name won't be harmed too much on the market, so he can get another ride pretty easily.
I think it was a pretty smart decision after all.
I'm confident he feels he can continue win again on a KTM.
Past history has proven DeCoster/Dungey can be a successful team.
With the money Ryan has made so far, I'd say winning is his driving force.
Should be fun watching the next few seasons if the top contenders stay healty.
It will be exciting to see if Two Two motorsports picks up another rider.....
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Well...just look at what the KTM's did the short and alessi. On a honda short seriously got the holeshot almost every race last year. 2 years ago on the suzuki no one could even touch alessi's starts. But look at them on the KTM's.....not so much
Dungey will struggle to get wins because of that, but will stay consistent.
I dont really blame him for going to KTM though. It seems like they at least care about their race program. I hear that suzuki offered Dungey a pretty crappy salary. With all of the sponsors leaving and everyone getting fired and stuff you cant really blame the Dunge for wanting to get out of there.
Good luck to him. Ill always b a fan.
Oh and BTW regarding passing, RD passed more riders than RV from their first turn starts by a large margin... don't forget his 38th place start to 2nd at freestone in the first moto and almost a lap down to 7th in the mud. Or how many times he started behind RV, ran him down and passed him. Nope, he has no problems with passing IMO!
I agree that in SX last year that he did not take advantage of some passing opportunities he was given, he was just plain to nice last winter in SX but maybe this new bike and team and the sting of the loss of his championship will bring out a more aggressive Dunge come A-1!
Its hard to fault Ryans methods/style though considering all his championships and his relative good health over the last few years..
KTM is a hell of a good bike.
He will do what he was brought in for,,increase sales.
I agree. I think he made a wise decision because of DeCoster. Period. End of story. I sure hope the bike works for him.
It's just a scary deal to me. Roger is "the man", but at the end of the day, he can only do so much. Ryan still has to ride and race the bike. I hope it turns out well, just afraid it won't.
But again, I think the brilliance of the decision is that it's win-win for him: if he wins, he's a hero. If he doesn't, it's the bike's fault. Plus, he was loyal and he made a buttload of money. Either way, it sure makes things interesting to watch.
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i was calling BS on the 38th to 2nd at freestone... so wtf are you on about?
If Dungey is a good rider from a development perspective they might be able to get the bike to work well with him. Just not to sure if he is a good development rider or not, as not all riders are.
Seems like he has made alot of changes with choices of team, brand etc even no neck brace. Hope he does well as he is definitely consistent and deserves the results.
The ktm now has linkage so the suspension is the same design as the japs and that 450 engine is already very strong.
RD has made a good choice and come A1 will be flying
Wonder how many on here get it?
Back to your regular scheduled programing...Thanks Peelout; now go feed Tina.
As far as Short goes,the feild was diferrent last season,this year there were 3 then 2 front runners,he was in the chasing pack which still had Alessi and Metty to beat if he wanted to make the top 5
And anyway the KTM he will be riding is going to be like a 2015 model for us simple mortals.
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