How many riders can you name......Part 2!

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Who only raced for one factory their whole career. Apart from a very brief period on a 125cc Yamaha,(couple of races)
Jeff Ward and Kawasaki is the one that spring's to mind, but there must be more??????????...........................
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Jeff Stanton?
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JMB?
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robkinuk 8/28/2012 1:50am
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jamma10 wrote:
Jeff Stanton?
Jeff was Yamaha for quite a few years early on.
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Jeff "chicken" Matiasevich? must be something about those kawasaki's?

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robkinuk wrote:
Jeff "chicken" Matiasevich? must be something about those kawasaki's?
Nah he rode for Suzuki for a while in the 90's. I know Stanton rode Yamaha in his amateur days... but didn't know if that counted or not?? Or did he start riding pro on a Yam?
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Although I would quite like to see him ride a different brand I'll be surprised if RV ever moves.
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robkinuk wrote:
Who only raced for one factory their whole career. Apart from a very brief period on a 125cc Yamaha,(couple of races) Jeff Ward and Kawasaki is...
Who only raced for one factory their whole career. Apart from a very brief period on a 125cc Yamaha,(couple of races)
Jeff Ward and Kawasaki is the one that spring's to mind, but there must be more??????????...........................
Don't forget 3X on the little XR early on. Notorious.
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Wanted to say Bradshaw but he came out of retirement on a different brand...

Can I say Barcia so far? Ha!
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Robgvx 8/28/2012 2:40am
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JMB?
JMB Kawasaki:
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mccread wrote:
JMB?
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JMB Kawasaki: [img]https://www.jmb111.com/Historique_3_files/jmb%20bayle039.jpg[/img]
JMB Kawasaki:
This is the kind of thing I love to read here; I had no idea JMB rode anything other than Hondas.

Except for one Honda 50 and a short stint on a YZinger, Pastrana has been with Suzuki his entire riding career.
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robkinuk wrote:
Jeff "chicken" Matiasevich? must be something about those kawasaki's?
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Nah he rode for Suzuki for a while in the 90's. I know Stanton rode Yamaha in his amateur days... but didn't know if that counted...
Nah he rode for Suzuki for a while in the 90's. I know Stanton rode Yamaha in his amateur days... but didn't know if that counted or not?? Or did he start riding pro on a Yam?
Stanton 1988



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robkinuk wrote:
Jeff "chicken" Matiasevich? must be something about those kawasaki's?
jamma10 wrote:
Nah he rode for Suzuki for a while in the 90's. I know Stanton rode Yamaha in his amateur days... but didn't know if that counted...
Nah he rode for Suzuki for a while in the 90's. I know Stanton rode Yamaha in his amateur days... but didn't know if that counted or not?? Or did he start riding pro on a Yam?
Yup. Damn this helmet/goggle/gear combo looks cool.



He also rode for NCY Yamaha in '94.

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Pastrana on Suzuki.
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Wardy on Suzuki before the Yamaha.
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How about the Dutch Dentist? Was he on any other brand besides Suzuki? Maico maybe?
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Hans Maisch?

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Kmid514 8/28/2012 7:51am
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Shane Watts, KTM all three races in his pro MX career. There must be other off roaders that did just a couple also.
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Xavier 8/28/2012 7:52am
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Robgvx wrote:
Hans Maisch?

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Ha ha those old Maico riders did'nt switch much... did they ? Herbert Schmitz ? Werner Shutz ? Adolf Weil ?

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I can't think of any other brand except Yamaha, that Dubach rode for.......
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Broc Glover, Mike Bell?, Doug Dubach (I think he rode Suzuki's in 125's. Anyone?), Eric Geboers?,
I know RV2 rode Yamaha's in the amatuer's. Don't know if that counts though.
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MT MX wrote:
Broc Glover, Mike Bell?, Doug Dubach (I think he rode Suzuki's in 125's. Anyone?), Eric Geboers?, I know RV2 rode Yamaha's in the amatuer's. Don't know...
Broc Glover, Mike Bell?, Doug Dubach (I think he rode Suzuki's in 125's. Anyone?), Eric Geboers?,
I know RV2 rode Yamaha's in the amatuer's. Don't know if that counts though.
Shit, I forgot about Broc's stint at KTM. He came close though.
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DownSouth 8/28/2012 8:32am
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MT MX wrote:
Broc Glover, Mike Bell?, Doug Dubach (I think he rode Suzuki's in 125's. Anyone?), Eric Geboers?, I know RV2 rode Yamaha's in the amatuer's. Don't know...
Broc Glover, Mike Bell?, Doug Dubach (I think he rode Suzuki's in 125's. Anyone?), Eric Geboers?,
I know RV2 rode Yamaha's in the amatuer's. Don't know if that counts though.
Dubach did ride Suzukis and had a very short stint on Cagiva in 1986 I believe, maybe in some Golden State nationals before going back to a Yamaha for the 1986 AMA nationals. I think the story was that the DR raced an 1982(83?) RM125 until 1985 in the local pro ranks.

Dubach and Barry Carsten may have some sort of record for the most consecutive years racing on one brand. Carsten raced Suzuki from 1989 to 2008 in AMA national competiton. I heard he was sighted on a Kawi at some local races after Suzuki cut contingency back around 2009-10. And Dubach has been full time on Yamaha since 1987 which makes 25 years at this point.
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MT MX wrote:
Broc Glover, Mike Bell?, Doug Dubach (I think he rode Suzuki's in 125's. Anyone?), Eric Geboers?, I know RV2 rode Yamaha's in the amatuer's. Don't know...
Broc Glover, Mike Bell?, Doug Dubach (I think he rode Suzuki's in 125's. Anyone?), Eric Geboers?,
I know RV2 rode Yamaha's in the amatuer's. Don't know if that counts though.
Geboers did ride for Suzuki before Honda.
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jamma10 wrote:
Jeff Stanton?
robkinuk wrote:
Jeff was Yamaha for quite a few years early on.
But not factory. He was on a privateer YZ490
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Robgvx wrote:
Hans Maisch?

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Okay, then, Falta (and every other Czech probably).
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DownSouth 8/28/2012 8:45am
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jamma10 wrote:
Jeff Stanton?
robkinuk wrote:
Jeff was Yamaha for quite a few years early on.
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But not factory. He was on a privateer YZ490
Stanton was on a Yamaha support ride in 1987 (#56) and full factory in 1988 (#8, teammates with Dymond #6 and Glover #44). He went to Honda in 1989.
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Robgvx wrote:
Hans Maisch?

What do I win?
Xavier wrote:
Ha ha those old Maico riders did'nt switch much... did they ? Herbert Schmitz ? Werner Shutz ? Adolf Weil ?
Shutz did go factory Suzuki, right, replacing Robert? Had a bad injury I think
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The first time I ever heard of Doug (Dubach) was reading in MXA that he was racing a 2(?) year old Suzuki against the other pros on new bikes.
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mccread wrote:
JMB?
Robgvx wrote:
JMB Kawasaki: [img]https://www.jmb111.com/Historique_3_files/jmb%20bayle039.jpg[/img]
JMB Kawasaki:
If you asked me to identify this rider, and even gave me the hint that he is French, there's no way I would have guessed that was JMB. He actually looks like a goon in that picture! Elbows in, egg shell helmet, goggle strap down, crooked numbers, etc.
Motocross83 8/28/2012 9:06am
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Greg Albertyn rode for Suzuki from 1994 all the way to retirement at the end of 2000, so he was pretty consistent. He did ride a Honda before that but I don't think it was a "factory" effort. I got a feeling he was technically a privateer in 1993??? Other than being 125 World Champion my knowledge on Greg doesn't go back further than that.

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