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If i want an MX bike i want to buy it from a guy that can support it, and the sport, not some shiny showroom that has a few bikes and half a dozen accessories.
This backfired, and even long term Honda dealers who were told they had to Honda, and nothing else , told them to shove it up there arse. Suddenly the strongest brand , that everyone wanted , was being dumped, the range was overpriced and badly though out, and Suzuki , Yamaha and Kawasaki all kicked their arses with low priced bikes that people could afford... Honda doesnt even sell the CBR600 in Europe , because nobody buys it, and it cost too much to get through Euro6.
Then Suzuki start trying the same, when staff who fucked Honda moved over, and they terminate dealers all over the place, and watch their market share drop, and now Yamaha are doing the same, terminating dealers, some of which sell bikes and are profitable, well run businesses, while keeping on debt ridden dealers in the hope of getting the money they are owed buy killing the other dealers off.
Its a clusterfuck of epic proportions, and MX is feeling the pinch because the Japanese went to sleep, my mate who is a Husky dealer, his biggest worry is that he cant get enough bikes, and KTM and Husky are having everyones pants down , with a proper range of well built and marketed bikes.
As for us over here watching US racing , i watch it all, and honestly if Suzuki think that Weston Peick and Justin Bogle will sell a single bike here in Europe, they are deranged. SX doesnt sell bikes, its a clown show compared to outdoors, any rider worth his salt knows that , Outdoors is what matters, but too many riders cant do it now, and that is the problem . All SX does is sell drink.
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I personally think they are realizing that MXGP is just not as attractive to global viewers as the US SX series is (and it works out well that JGR also participates in the US MX series). On top of it, they can cut the fat of the travel costs associated with a series that travels the globe. They are choosing to put their eggs in the basket that will garner them the best chance to have a yellow bike in front of eye balls worldwide as a subconscious branding investment.
Hardcore fans love outdoors, but the reality is that SX is more popular worldwide. The glitz and glamor of riding in front of tens of thousands of people under giant stadium lights is intriguing to people who've never ridden a bike. Converting those people to buy a bike is a whole other story.
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Good point
"best chance to have a yellow bike in front of eye balls worldwide as a subconscious branding investment"
Many of Suzukis bizarre decisions might be their version of marketing branding choices that don't place high value on race results.
NV825 wrote:"tens of thousands of people under giant stadium lights...yellow bike in front of eye balls worldwide" is a budgeting marketing decision that might seem like the best option to them.
It's hard to understand the way that the mind of a suit processes information. You have to keep in mind that theres no spot on the resume' that indicates that the suit even watches racing... even likes racing... even sees racing as anything other than just another weighed decision between money going out VS exposure coming in.
From a corporate standpoint, your US 250 team from Kawasaki perspective much more successful and marketable, especially with known commodity like AC and Savagty.
MX2 is tough to market because in most scenarios, you might have that rider 3 years, then he either ages out or if he really is super talented, will be up on a 450 sooner. Obviously, KTM/Husky are dumping the money into some of their riders, but outside that, has to be hard for those OEMs to justify their expense.
Moto-sports industry as a whole seems to have taken a turn for the worse. May be a couple rough years ahead again; rallycross, F1 and MotoGP seem to be only things growing, everything else is stuck at a standstill or going backwards.
Evert's has been offered bikes and tech........but the main cash budget has seemingly been withdrawn.
Lets face it the 2018 JGR team looks pretty uninspiring in the big picture.
All speculation haha
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Suzuki are the niche moto brand in Japan. They have the smallest following.
Suzuki as a company are healthy and makes good profits. Moto has not been profitable for years, and that reflects their lack of investment on their bikes. Why pile profits from other sections of their company, into the moto, which is a loss?
This is just the start of things to come... The economic crash, 4 strokes, excessive spending on things like "brand ambassadors" hasn't helped one bit, and has just added to the loss of profits.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Unless we pay our athletes a lot more...notably the group in 22-10th in sx and all the way to 40th in moto... there is no point for a family to keep their kid in this sport
And the amount of money that is perceived to be earned by top 5 guy who maybe won a 250 title but no 450 title... is way off. Those guys earn a lot but not nearly what I feel people think they earn.
But the sport outside of pro racing is terribly un healthy. Kids just don't find motorcycles as fun as they used to.
Secondly, many kids find manageable trail style bikes fun. Say a stock 110. But a cobra or ktm 50 these same kids hate. And the sad fact is less than 10 percent of the 50cc racer kids will ever use all the bike.
Modern 50s and 65s are just flat out stupid.
I also think rising healthcare costs in the country play a big role in all this. Many of the families we have done work for who can afford this sport and the time... are self employed... with smaller businesses but large enough to have employees. Many pay over double what someone would pay who works for large corporation for health insurance of lessor quality. It wasn't always This way... but as we all know last 15 years for healthcare hasn't been easy on the wallet. Sadly it adds to the bottom line on risk vs reward...
Racing would be just as exciting on half as capable of bikes. Racing for local guys would be more enjoyable on slower bikes. It's laughable people think modern 450s aren't fast enough. There wasnt a production 500 made that touches a modern ktm or crf450 in power or width of power.
I promise you this: if every local track had a 100cc (112 whatever) race class for adults... it would
Be the most fun race of the day.
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Ah shit..I didn't get it right. I don't know.
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