Tommy Hahn: Factory or Privateer?

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Edited Date/Time 5/26/2012 11:39am
From Racerhead:
Like a lot of people, I think Brayton will get a win before this series is over. I also think he will be formidable outdoors. (And he will have a new teammate in Tommy Hahn, who, as Matthes reported last week, will ride for Trey Canard on Team Honda, which is made all the more interesting due to the fact that his little brother Wil is the replacement rider for Trey Canard right now.)

From my interview with Tommy this weekend in Houston:
We've been hearing rumors of you going over to some type of support ride or factory ride. Is there any truth to that?

Tommy: To be honest with you, people have been coming up to me and saying congratulations and I have no idea. I haven't heard nothing; nobody has told me nothing. So far right now I'm going to the races out of my own van with my own bikes and until I hear differently, that's the whole plan. I've heard that stuff too but people talk. It's probably just Steve Matthes starting it again like it always is.

Here's the full interview below.


Just stirring the pot!
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4/2/2012 1:57pm
It kind of sounds to me like maybe it's like half of the other news in mx, top secret until there's a PR. Then again, Matthes might just be FOS.
4/3/2012 10:06am
Matthes might be FOS but Tommy might want to go to PR school. Something like "I haven't heard from Honda but it's flattering that people think it's true. I'd be happy to help Honda if they need me." might be a little better than snubbing Matthes. I might have second thoughts about his ability to represent my sponsors after seeing that.
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4/3/2012 12:01pm
Any news about this?

just saw a picture from Lars on instagram and he was telling that he is testing with a new Two Two Rider.

Chad already reply to another person on twitter that the rider is not BT 101....

Who it is? Might be tommy?

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4/3/2012 12:04pm
Mr Regis wrote:
Any news about this? just saw a picture from Lars on instagram and he was telling that he is testing with a new Two Two Rider...
Any news about this?

just saw a picture from Lars on instagram and he was telling that he is testing with a new Two Two Rider.

Chad already reply to another person on twitter that the rider is not BT 101....

Who it is? Might be tommy?
Probably. I wonder if this has to do with KW being out, i.e. Honda wanting more red bikes out there. Pure speculation, of course.
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4/3/2012 12:29pm
From this weeks 'Pit Bits'

Tommy Hahn to Team Honda Muscle Milk for the summer? Well, Tommy says that it's nowhere near wrapped up...though he'd love to do it. His li'l brother, Wil, is still holding it down as a fill-in for Trey Canard.

From that it sounds like they have been talking, and it's like when Matthes reported Wil Hahn would be filling in on the Factory team, and everyone around him denied it, and then in the end who was right from the beginning....
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4/3/2012 1:30pm
Think it would be cool to see. He has some speed outdoors.
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4/3/2012 6:12pm
Mr Regis wrote:
Any news about this? just saw a picture from Lars on instagram and he was telling that he is testing with a new Two Two Rider...
Any news about this?

just saw a picture from Lars on instagram and he was telling that he is testing with a new Two Two Rider.

Chad already reply to another person on twitter that the rider is not BT 101....

Who it is? Might be tommy?
Probably. I wonder if this has to do with KW being out, i.e. Honda wanting more red bikes out there. Pure speculation, of course.
I don't think it's too far out of the question. I recall a heat race earlier in the season where 7 of the top 9 bikes were red. . . I don't recall if it was the 250 or 450 class. I'll have to go back through and watch the races again but it does seem like they are trying to play the strength in numbers game.
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4/3/2012 8:06pm
No doubt Tommy deserves a shot. Let's just hope he can stay healthy. Like it or not, the guy get's injured an awful lot. That being said, I guess he's a perfect fit for Factory Honda!
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4/3/2012 8:58pm
From this weeks 'Pit Bits' [i]Tommy Hahn to Team Honda Muscle Milk for the summer? Well, Tommy says that it's nowhere near wrapped up...though he'd love...
From this weeks 'Pit Bits'

Tommy Hahn to Team Honda Muscle Milk for the summer? Well, Tommy says that it's nowhere near wrapped up...though he'd love to do it. His li'l brother, Wil, is still holding it down as a fill-in for Trey Canard.

From that it sounds like they have been talking, and it's like when Matthes reported Wil Hahn would be filling in on the Factory team, and everyone around him denied it, and then in the end who was right from the beginning....
History repeats?
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4/4/2012 2:30am
From this weeks 'Pit Bits' [i]Tommy Hahn to Team Honda Muscle Milk for the summer? Well, Tommy says that it's nowhere near wrapped up...though he'd love...
From this weeks 'Pit Bits'

Tommy Hahn to Team Honda Muscle Milk for the summer? Well, Tommy says that it's nowhere near wrapped up...though he'd love to do it. His li'l brother, Wil, is still holding it down as a fill-in for Trey Canard.

From that it sounds like they have been talking, and it's like when Matthes reported Wil Hahn would be filling in on the Factory team, and everyone around him denied it, and then in the end who was right from the beginning....
Rizzo wrote:
History repeats?
exactly Wink
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4/4/2012 3:16am
Many here forget that Tommy Hahn actually rode for Factory Honda when his pro career just started. I wanna say 2007 but I'm not 100% sure.
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4/4/2012 3:31am
" I haven't heard nothing; nobody has told me nothing."

In proper english: "I've heard something, somebody has told me something"

That would be the classic Double Double negative!

Mmmmmmmm.....Double Double... In N Out....Mmmmmmmmmm.......
5/26/2012 11:39am
So did Tommy ever apologize to Matthes? I guess Matthes wasn't just "stirring it up".

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