sorta OT but: David Knight and Juha to ride for BMW in 09??

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Edited Date/Time 1/26/2012 2:17am
http://www.racerxonline.com/article/david-knight-signs-with-bmw.aspx

That kind of surprised me, are/will the BMW's be competitive right away? those 2 are very top of the food chain riders.
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G-man 11/5/2008 12:17pm
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Scottie that is very much "ON-TOPIC" and I was surprised to read it in CN. Almost as much when Knight decided to race a QUAD in the last PRO ATV race! Woohoo WTF was he thinking by doing that, what did he have to gain, but a lot to lose?

BMW must not be feeling the economic downturn either as they also signed Troy Corser to race WSB on their first yr effort. Money talks I suppose....
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al8 11/5/2008 12:24pm
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I don't think that Juha is going to BMW.
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r_outsider 11/5/2008 4:47pm
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I don't know if the bikes will be competitive right out of the box but I'm willing to bet the rider contracts are.
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Tiki 11/5/2008 4:57pm
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al8 wrote:
I don't think that Juha is going to BMW.
http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=13172

Juha Salminen: "I think everyone can see just how committed and serious BMW are to their new G 450 X and the WEC. Personally, I am really looking forward to this new time in my career. The progress that the team and engineers have made in two years is amazing. What's great for me is the fact that although BMW is a huge and experienced company the enduro team is still young. I know they will listen to my ideas, and the ideas of all the team riders, which will help us all perform at our best. It is also a genuine factory team, which means we will be able to develop our bikes exactly as we want them. It's going to be an exciting season next year."

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Bret28g 11/5/2008 5:22pm
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if anybody can be competitive on it, it's knight. smart move by bmw
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rangot 11/6/2008 1:35am
11/6/2008 1:35am Edited Date/Time 11/6/2008 1:36am
You all forgot Tarkala who signed for BMW too. Big hitter in any class he rides. I wonder how they'll split them in the different classes.
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alexmart 11/6/2008 4:25am
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Well I think BMW really wants the 09 championship, and I tell you what either Salminem or knight would win it.. thats for sure, they are one step ahead of the rest. I hope my friend Cervantes wins the E3 class!
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al8 11/6/2008 4:41am
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al8 wrote:
I don't think that Juha is going to BMW.
Tiki wrote:
http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=13172 Juha Salminen: "I think everyone can see just how committed and serious BMW are to their new G 450 X and the WEC. Personally, I...
http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=13172

Juha Salminen: "I think everyone can see just how committed and serious BMW are to their new G 450 X and the WEC. Personally, I am really looking forward to this new time in my career. The progress that the team and engineers have made in two years is amazing. What's great for me is the fact that although BMW is a huge and experienced company the enduro team is still young. I know they will listen to my ideas, and the ideas of all the team riders, which will help us all perform at our best. It is also a genuine factory team, which means we will be able to develop our bikes exactly as we want them. It's going to be an exciting season next year."

One good looking team
Thanks for clearing that up. That's going to be one badass team if the bikes are good.
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ratonmacias 11/6/2008 8:28am
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thr bikes have been running well for the last two years on euro races. dont forget bmw bought husky so they have solid know how in euro enduro racing.
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Rupert X 11/6/2008 8:35am
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Knight is reportedly going for the 2009 500hp, V-10 M-5, while

Juha simply wants an old 1972 2002......

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