If Team Suzuki Would Have This Guy In Charge

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Edited Date/Time 1/25/2012 3:17pm
http://www.suzukicycles.com/Racing/Off%20Road/TeamSuzuki/Smith.aspx

they'd still be kicking ass
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burn1986 10/6/2011 8:49am
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Yep, He's one of the best.
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BobbyM 10/6/2011 8:52am
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burn1986 wrote:
Yep, He's one of the best.
fuggen living legend...gotta call his ass today and get the lowdown
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A step up at Suzuki is a step out, they like to flounder around and then fire people making them look like the problem.
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englishman 10/6/2011 8:57am
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Remember when he rode for Chesterfield Suzuki back with Van Den Berk in the mid / late '80's ?

Those white & black bikes were sweet.

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burn1986 wrote:
Yep, He's one of the best.
BobbyM wrote:
fuggen living legend...gotta call his ass today and get the lowdown
Couldn't agree more Bob, living legend!! Julio or Roadside are two of his better nicknames.
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englishman wrote:
Remember when he rode for Chesterfield Suzuki back with Van Den Berk in the mid / late '80's ?

Those white & black bikes were sweet.
Those were nice.
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BobbyM 10/6/2011 9:04am
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burn1986 wrote:
Yep, He's one of the best.
BobbyM wrote:
fuggen living legend...gotta call his ass today and get the lowdown
Coyote wrote:
Couldn't agree more Bob, living legend!! Julio or Roadside are two of his better nicknames.
there was only one man smoother than rodney...and that was YOU! as butter....one of my highlights was beating you at my first pro race. Smile
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TeamGreen 10/6/2011 9:51am
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He raced for Mike Webb; so, the lineage is still in-place...well...at Yoshimura.
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Wiley 10/6/2011 10:59am
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Does Suzuki Off-Road go to Yosh too?
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Outsider 10/6/2011 11:27am
10/6/2011 11:27am Edited Date/Time 10/6/2011 11:36am
I was at a Norcal hare scramble back when he rode for their off road team. Standing in the fricken forest waiting for the leaders to come round the first lap and guess who's out front.. BRAAAAAP! Focking amazing how fast him and Hatch could negotiate those trees!
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wawazat 10/6/2011 11:30am
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They can put whoever they want in charge, isn't going to change the economics of the company.
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Dsigner 10/6/2011 11:42am
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wawazat wrote:
They can put whoever they want in charge, isn't going to change the economics of the company.
We have a winner!
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BobbyM 10/6/2011 11:50am
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wawazat wrote:
They can put whoever they want in charge, isn't going to change the economics of the company.
Dsigner wrote:
We have a winner!
nol shit? they need that designer dude back!
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stackman17 10/6/2011 1:12pm
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I looked up the riders on the team and they still have Dungey listed. I reloaded to original site to make sure I was not looking at an old page and sure enough, there Dungey is. How can such a large corporation as Suzuki, fail to remove/update this info? It is insight to a corporation struggling?
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BobbyM 10/6/2011 1:14pm
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stackman17 wrote:
I looked up the riders on the team and they still have Dungey listed. I reloaded to original site to make sure I was not looking...
I looked up the riders on the team and they still have Dungey listed. I reloaded to original site to make sure I was not looking at an old page and sure enough, there Dungey is. How can such a large corporation as Suzuki, fail to remove/update this info? It is insight to a corporation struggling?
Blame designer
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stackman17 10/6/2011 1:17pm
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stackman17 wrote:
I looked up the riders on the team and they still have Dungey listed. I reloaded to original site to make sure I was not looking...
I looked up the riders on the team and they still have Dungey listed. I reloaded to original site to make sure I was not looking at an old page and sure enough, there Dungey is. How can such a large corporation as Suzuki, fail to remove/update this info? It is insight to a corporation struggling?
BobbyM wrote:
Blame designer
Did that person get farmed out to Yoshimura also?
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Dsigner 10/6/2011 1:32pm
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Our company still does work for Suzuki and Yoshimura. Blame Questus for their web site.
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stackman17 wrote:
I looked up the riders on the team and they still have Dungey listed. I reloaded to original site to make sure I was not looking...
I looked up the riders on the team and they still have Dungey listed. I reloaded to original site to make sure I was not looking at an old page and sure enough, there Dungey is. How can such a large corporation as Suzuki, fail to remove/update this info? It is insight to a corporation struggling?
Come on RD was #1, they are going to use their investment as long as they can, they paid for those pics of him with why not use them ! Don't see the big deal really.

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wawazat 10/6/2011 1:48pm
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stackman17 wrote:
I looked up the riders on the team and they still have Dungey listed. I reloaded to original site to make sure I was not looking...
I looked up the riders on the team and they still have Dungey listed. I reloaded to original site to make sure I was not looking at an old page and sure enough, there Dungey is. How can such a large corporation as Suzuki, fail to remove/update this info? It is insight to a corporation struggling?
Sondy132001 wrote:
Come on RD was #1, they are going to use their investment as long as they can, they paid for those pics of him with why...
Come on RD was #1, they are going to use their investment as long as they can, they paid for those pics of him with why not use them ! Don't see the big deal really.

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Yeah, it always happens, I think CBS should still be using Charlie Sheen in their ads for Two and Half Men. If your contact is over its time to move on.
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Brent 10/6/2011 3:28pm
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Did anyone read DeCoster's story about Suzuki a while back?

They did stuff like letting MC go, and then trying to throw a million dollars at him when it was too late, and having to hide the team racing rigs in the desert when the Japanese executives came to Brea, stuff like that.

Seems as if that place is run kind of half- ass to me.
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Coyote 10/6/2011 4:50pm
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BobbyM wrote:
fuggen living legend...gotta call his ass today and get the lowdown
Coyote wrote:
Couldn't agree more Bob, living legend!! Julio or Roadside are two of his better nicknames.
BobbyM wrote:
there was only one man smoother than rodney...and that was YOU! as butter....one of my highlights was beating you at my first pro race. Smile
Yo, Bob!! Those we the good old days and txs for the compliment, Julio would run circles around Webb running the team but thats just IMO!! I did deal with both of them and Rodney was an absolute pleasure to work with. His brother in law Hatch (aka the Monger) was and still is a great friend and won the national enduro championshiip going away that year. Randy, Steve, Julio, Kevin Hines, Dave Bertram all were lots of fun to work with and really made my job easy as the results piled on after every weekend. As far as beating me in your 1st pro race, you'd been sandbaggin' the amateur ranks long enough, lol!! all the best. -chas
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rmgsxr 10/6/2011 4:58pm
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Brent wrote:
Did anyone read DeCoster's story about Suzuki a while back? They did stuff like letting MC go, and then trying to throw a million dollars at...
Did anyone read DeCoster's story about Suzuki a while back?

They did stuff like letting MC go, and then trying to throw a million dollars at him when it was too late, and having to hide the team racing rigs in the desert when the Japanese executives came to Brea, stuff like that.

Seems as if that place is run kind of half- ass to me.
Maybe it had to do with Suzuki of Japan being very "Tight" or conservative and not wanting to spend money if they didn't have to.
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rmpilot 10/6/2011 5:17pm
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Brent wrote:
Did anyone read DeCoster's story about Suzuki a while back? They did stuff like letting MC go, and then trying to throw a million dollars at...
Did anyone read DeCoster's story about Suzuki a while back?

They did stuff like letting MC go, and then trying to throw a million dollars at him when it was too late, and having to hide the team racing rigs in the desert when the Japanese executives came to Brea, stuff like that.

Seems as if that place is run kind of half- ass to me.
im not gonna lie i was just reading that issue of mxa on the crapper today
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BobbyM 10/6/2011 5:37pm
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Coyote wrote:
Couldn't agree more Bob, living legend!! Julio or Roadside are two of his better nicknames.
BobbyM wrote:
there was only one man smoother than rodney...and that was YOU! as butter....one of my highlights was beating you at my first pro race. Smile
Coyote wrote:
Yo, Bob!! Those we the good old days and txs for the compliment, Julio would run circles around Webb running the team but thats just IMO...
Yo, Bob!! Those we the good old days and txs for the compliment, Julio would run circles around Webb running the team but thats just IMO!! I did deal with both of them and Rodney was an absolute pleasure to work with. His brother in law Hatch (aka the Monger) was and still is a great friend and won the national enduro championshiip going away that year. Randy, Steve, Julio, Kevin Hines, Dave Bertram all were lots of fun to work with and really made my job easy as the results piled on after every weekend. As far as beating me in your 1st pro race, you'd been sandbaggin' the amateur ranks long enough, lol!! all the best. -chas
Whoa chuckster...i raced 40 novice races never winning a single AO. Then i raced 7 or 8 am races winning at least 5...then on to the bigs. Funny back then we wanted to race the bugs asap...now he little shits want to race am their whole lives...weird
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fader418 10/6/2011 7:05pm
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If Bobby M was in charge MA800 would have a championship by now.....

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