Townley signs for ..........

Race-World.com 10/30/2015 1:07am
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Townley, Strijbos and Frossard - Suzuki MXGP
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kiwifan 10/30/2015 1:07am
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Reedo wrote:
If anyone knows what Ben is up to scott_nz will know.

yup, interesting that the original poster who posted this, was his one and only post.
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Aaryn234 10/30/2015 3:16am
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kiwifan wrote:
Why are we still discussing this, the original poster has already said "april fools day" ...it aint happening!!!
scott_nz wrote:
wanna bet?
kiwifan wrote:
if you know more then fine, I aint gonna bet, I thought the original poster said april fools but it seems i was wrong...still nothing on...
if you know more then fine, I aint gonna bet, I thought the original poster said april fools but it seems i was wrong...still nothing on twitter or facebook, at present

And if true there ends his development stuff with HRC etc
I don't think Ben was doing any development stuff for HRC, his role with HRC was a team mentor / coach for the Japenese riders contesting their national championship.

I could be wrong but I am pretty certain that is what it was, not an actual role in developing the new bikes.

Again Scott might have a better insight Smile
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Crush 10/30/2015 3:20am
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Aaryn234 wrote:
I don't think Ben was doing any development stuff for HRC, his role with HRC was a team mentor / coach for the Japenese riders contesting...
I don't think Ben was doing any development stuff for HRC, his role with HRC was a team mentor / coach for the Japenese riders contesting their national championship.

I could be wrong but I am pretty certain that is what it was, not an actual role in developing the new bikes.

Again Scott might have a better insight Smile
I'm almost positive I heard Townley say exactly this himself in an Audio interview before or after the MXDN...

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RichardLoots 10/30/2015 3:52am
10/30/2015 3:52am
While we were in Kumamoto, Japan, last weekend for round one of the All Japan National MX Championship Series, we were surprised to see a familiar face in the Kyushu Sports Land pits. It’s been nearly five years since American race fans have seen former 250 World Champion and Supercross Lites Champion Ben Townley since he returned to the World Championship circuit in 2010, but these days he is working as the Team Advisor for the Japanese factory Honda motocross team. BT101 has been working with team riders Akira Narita, Makoto Ogata, and Toshiki Tomita for several months now – both coaching them and helping test race bike set up – and he seems to be enjoying his new job. “Don’t worry, I’m still a racer at heart,” he said. “I will still do some races here and there, but for now, I am having fun with this new adventure.”


Read more at http://motocross.transworld.net/features/catching-up-with-features/ben-…

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Jefro98 10/30/2015 5:32am
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RichardLoots wrote:
While we were in Kumamoto, Japan, last weekend for round one of the All Japan National MX Championship Series, we were surprised to see a familiar...
While we were in Kumamoto, Japan, last weekend for round one of the All Japan National MX Championship Series, we were surprised to see a familiar face in the Kyushu Sports Land pits. It’s been nearly five years since American race fans have seen former 250 World Champion and Supercross Lites Champion Ben Townley since he returned to the World Championship circuit in 2010, but these days he is working as the Team Advisor for the Japanese factory Honda motocross team. BT101 has been working with team riders Akira Narita, Makoto Ogata, and Toshiki Tomita for several months now – both coaching them and helping test race bike set up – and he seems to be enjoying his new job. “Don’t worry, I’m still a racer at heart,” he said. “I will still do some races here and there, but for now, I am having fun with this new adventure.”


Read more at http://motocross.transworld.net/features/catching-up-with-features/ben-…

That article is from April 15th. Back then he hadn´t even decided to race the MXdN.
RichardLoots 10/30/2015 5:51am
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Jefro98 wrote:
That article is from April 15th. Back then he hadn´t even decided to race the MXdN.
true but the article says what his function is in team HRC
Muscle-Milk-KTM 10/30/2015 1:03pm
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Townley, Strijbos and Frossard - Suzuki MXGP
You sure about Frossard? The poor guy is learning to walk again, and making great progress I might add. If he does decide to ride again, I would've thought at least a year to recover.
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kiwifan 10/30/2015 1:18pm
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Aaryn234 wrote:
I don't think Ben was doing any development stuff for HRC, his role with HRC was a team mentor / coach for the Japenese riders contesting...
I don't think Ben was doing any development stuff for HRC, his role with HRC was a team mentor / coach for the Japenese riders contesting their national championship.

I could be wrong but I am pretty certain that is what it was, not an actual role in developing the new bikes.

Again Scott might have a better insight Smile
Crush wrote:
I'm almost positive I heard Townley say exactly this himself in an Audio interview before or after the MXDN...
I meant development of HRC riders not bikes...my bad for not being specific.....shesshh
Underground 10/30/2015 1:32pm
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Rotaholic wrote:
If the greatest mxgp rider of all time offers you to ride the greatest chassis of all time, you don't say no. 2016 #RainingYellow
Underground wrote:
But I just read the shootout ...... and it's not?
Rotaholic wrote:
Lucky they don't race bikes stock, they looked pretty good at red bull straight rhythm and monster energy cup
Sorry, perhaps I should have sprinkled a little more sarcasm on that. Cool Ironic that the STRAIGHT rhythm final was between 2 Suzuki's.
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DeStouwer 10/31/2015 9:23am
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Strijbos will ride some enduro in Spain in December. Word on the street is that Townley will come to Europe in January. Frossard was signed before his injury and has tested the Suzuki back then. Not sure when/if he returns.
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He's "The" HRC R&D "Development & Test" rider (racer) as I understand it. He's got more seat time on the next-gen CRF-R than anyone-else. Sounds like he LOVES his new gig and the opportunities it provides him. That's my understanding. But, I could be wrong.
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Connard 10/31/2015 3:58pm
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DeStouwer wrote:
Strijbos will ride some enduro in Spain in December. Word on the street is that Townley will come to Europe in January. Frossard was signed before...
Strijbos will ride some enduro in Spain in December. Word on the street is that Townley will come to Europe in January. Frossard was signed before his injury and has tested the Suzuki back then. Not sure when/if he returns.
Frossard is still unable to walk on his own more than a few meters right now... he won't be ready by march
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jamma10 11/2/2015 1:57am
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Grinning Yeah I think we've got our wires crossed here, I was talking about de Dycker.

BT was bloody brilliant at the MXdN!
de-dycker joins 24mx Honda
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Kartwheel84c 11/2/2015 3:32am
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Former pro basketball player Rik Smits, he's a pretty good rider too.
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Karro will be his teamate for 2016.
What about Filibang?
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philG 11/2/2015 3:42am
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24mx has changed hands, with Steve littani no longer involved. I heard Nathan Watson may have been if the frame for that, but he has now signed elsewhere.

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smxtracing 11/2/2015 4:03am
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philG wrote:
24mx has changed hands, with Steve littani no longer involved. I heard Nathan Watson may have been if the frame for that, but he has now...
24mx has changed hands, with Steve littani no longer involved. I heard Nathan Watson may have been if the frame for that, but he has now signed elsewhere.

Iv heard rumours that Watson could be off enduro?
THE mx addict 11/2/2015 4:05am
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philG wrote:
24mx has changed hands, with Steve littani no longer involved. I heard Nathan Watson may have been if the frame for that, but he has now...
24mx has changed hands, with Steve littani no longer involved. I heard Nathan Watson may have been if the frame for that, but he has now signed elsewhere.

Where ?

Wink
RichardLoots 11/2/2015 4:25am
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Kartwheel84c wrote:
Former pro basketball player Rik Smits, he's a pretty good rider too.
and has a nice collection old bikes
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THE mx addict wrote:
Where ?

Wink
Not Motocross
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Robgvx 11/2/2015 6:02am
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THE mx addict wrote:
Where ?

Wink
RG1 wrote:
Not Motocross
That sucks that a young rider of that quality can't get a ride in GPs

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