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philG wrote:

Could be as strong a pairing as Febvre and JVH.. good business to get Guillod , and Simpson has to be worth a punt, will be...

Could be as strong a pairing as Febvre and JVH.. good business to get Guillod , and Simpson has to be worth a punt, will be better than Rattray, and a shit load cheaper.

philG wrote:

I dont think so, the Rattray deal was done before then, Villopoto coming is what left Frossard out in the cold, after his agent got greedy...

I dont think so, the Rattray deal was done before then, Villopoto coming is what left Frossard out in the cold, after his agent got greedy and blew the KTM deal.

I doubt the UK market raises a flicker on KRT's radar , none of the manufacturers run a team at all now, but if Shaun can get back into a factory team , and do something with it , he would be worth a punt for a year , with Guillod on for 2. They may run 3 riders, like KTM and Husky so they dont end up with no riders at some point.

Based on Guillod's form recently, he has to be on everyone's shopping list , well those who are shopping... Febrve wont be going anywhere, not sure of JVH, he seems to be getting back to from slowly , Honda has Paulin for 2 , not sure about Bobby , Desalle seems settled at Suzuki, maybe they would have Guillod over Stribos , or Coldenhoff, but i dont see it.

Silly season will be fairly silly , thats for sure.

philG wrote:

I dont think so, the Rattray deal was done before then, Villopoto coming is what left Frossard out in the cold, after his agent got greedy...

I dont think so, the Rattray deal was done before then, Villopoto coming is what left Frossard out in the cold, after his agent got greedy and blew the KTM deal.

I doubt the UK market raises a flicker on KRT's radar , none of the manufacturers run a team at all now, but if Shaun can get back into a factory team , and do something with it , he would be worth a punt for a year , with Guillod on for 2. They may run 3 riders, like KTM and Husky so they dont end up with no riders at some point.

Based on Guillod's form recently, he has to be on everyone's shopping list , well those who are shopping... Febrve wont be going anywhere, not sure of JVH, he seems to be getting back to from slowly , Honda has Paulin for 2 , not sure about Bobby , Desalle seems settled at Suzuki, maybe they would have Guillod over Stribos , or Coldenhoff, but i dont see it.

Silly season will be fairly silly , thats for sure.

topman wrote:

RV would only ride GPS if Tyler was his team mate, Frossard wasn't even going to be offered a job sweeping the truck up and Steve...

RV would only ride GPS if Tyler was his team mate, Frossard wasn't even going to be offered a job sweeping the truck up and Steve Gutheridge wants the UK title, he's head of Kawasaki Europe and Ksi Thumper needs to get a hobby in his life.

philG wrote:

As i was told, Rattray was lined up when it was clear Paulin was off to Honda, and the RV thing was a long way off...

As i was told, Rattray was lined up when it was clear Paulin was off to Honda, and the RV thing was a long way off happening, but when it did , having Rattray there helped seal it. Frossard was almost signed at KTM when Searle got in and took advantage of Frossard's agent , and if the RV thing fell though i think he would be still at KRT, if you genuinely know better , then fair enough , but thats what i was told , by people that are usually not far off.

I am surprised KRT are interested in doing UK champs being based in Europe, i know Hitachi and STR are based there as well, but as a factory effort , i expected they would rather do french, belgian or German, where there is actually some competition.