Josh Strang to Monster Energy Babbits Kawi.

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ML512 12/2/2018 5:22am
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Finally they the GNCC news for them is going to roll out, it's been months now ha.
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Glad to see Kawi getting back into off road. Hopefully Suzuki will to at some point.
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BAMX 12/2/2018 8:40am
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Indy mxer wrote:
Glad to see Kawi getting back into off road. Hopefully Suzuki will to at some point.
Suzuki supports Sutherlin in the WORCS series.
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ML512 12/2/2018 8:50am
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Indy mxer wrote:
Glad to see Kawi getting back into off road. Hopefully Suzuki will to at some point.
BAMX wrote:
Suzuki supports Sutherlin in the WORCS series.
I don’t think that’s happening in 2019.
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kb228 12/2/2018 8:58am
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Im assuming this came about because the arenacross thing got shut down... i like that they went to gncc instead of another sx team. Ive always felt gncc was too big to not have more of that kind of support.
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BAMX 12/2/2018 9:33am
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Indy mxer wrote:
Glad to see Kawi getting back into off road. Hopefully Suzuki will to at some point.
BAMX wrote:
Suzuki supports Sutherlin in the WORCS series.
ML512 wrote:
I don’t think that’s happening in 2019.
Bummer, I was hoping that it was going to be built upon instead of abandoned.
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fins227 12/2/2018 12:05pm
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Hopefully they come out with an XC model.
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ML: is this the same team Zach Bell will ride for?
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Awesome to see this and I’m sure he will do good things for the brand in the Off Road world ??
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he will also be racing the Full gas series is what i read and rumor is that Jordan Ashburn will be his team mate.
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endurox 12/2/2018 7:32pm
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Indy mxer wrote:
Glad to see Kawi getting back into off road. Hopefully Suzuki will to at some point.
BAMX wrote:
Suzuki supports Sutherlin in the WORCS series.
Southerlin on Hatch Racing KTM for 2019. Article on Vital.
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ML512 12/3/2018 7:59am
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TymeMoto wrote:
ML: is this the same team Zach Bell will ride for?
Nope, Babbitts is Kawasaki's East Coast support team while their West Coast support team is Precision Concepts, which has been on Kawasakis since around 2009.

Zach Bell is riding for Precision Concepts Racing, which is run by Robby Bell...and his father Bob Bell is the suspension side...but they aren't related to Zach, kinda funny.
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agn5009 12/3/2018 8:17am
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fins227 wrote:
Hopefully they come out with an XC model.
That would be cool. I would love to see every manufacturer come out with a competitive XC model.
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YZed250 12/3/2018 8:46am
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TymeMoto wrote:
ML: is this the same team Zach Bell will ride for?
ML512 wrote:
Nope, Babbitts is Kawasaki's East Coast support team while their West Coast support team is Precision Concepts, which has been on Kawasakis since around 2009. Zach...
Nope, Babbitts is Kawasaki's East Coast support team while their West Coast support team is Precision Concepts, which has been on Kawasakis since around 2009.

Zach Bell is riding for Precision Concepts Racing, which is run by Robby Bell...and his father Bob Bell is the suspension side...but they aren't related to Zach, kinda funny.
Good to hear that Zach is moving to Kaw. Can't believe Zach wasn't picked up by Rockstar Husky offroad. He was on 3bros support ride that whole time. Hopefully he got paid something from that. He road for the darn Trophy team at ISDE for crying out loud!

Sorry, off topic. Cool to see Josh on Babbits.

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ML512 12/3/2018 9:13am
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TymeMoto wrote:
ML: is this the same team Zach Bell will ride for?
ML512 wrote:
Nope, Babbitts is Kawasaki's East Coast support team while their West Coast support team is Precision Concepts, which has been on Kawasakis since around 2009. Zach...
Nope, Babbitts is Kawasaki's East Coast support team while their West Coast support team is Precision Concepts, which has been on Kawasakis since around 2009.

Zach Bell is riding for Precision Concepts Racing, which is run by Robby Bell...and his father Bob Bell is the suspension side...but they aren't related to Zach, kinda funny.
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Good to hear that Zach is moving to Kaw. Can't believe Zach wasn't picked up by Rockstar Husky offroad. He was on 3bros support ride that...
Good to hear that Zach is moving to Kaw. Can't believe Zach wasn't picked up by Rockstar Husky offroad. He was on 3bros support ride that whole time. Hopefully he got paid something from that. He road for the darn Trophy team at ISDE for crying out loud!

Sorry, off topic. Cool to see Josh on Babbits.

I could be wrong but I believe some compensation came through Husqvarna.

KTM and Husqvarna are facing some budget cuts across all off-road racing, so I'm not surprised to see it happen.
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Xeno 12/3/2018 9:38am
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ML512 wrote:
Nope, Babbitts is Kawasaki's East Coast support team while their West Coast support team is Precision Concepts, which has been on Kawasakis since around 2009. Zach...
Nope, Babbitts is Kawasaki's East Coast support team while their West Coast support team is Precision Concepts, which has been on Kawasakis since around 2009.

Zach Bell is riding for Precision Concepts Racing, which is run by Robby Bell...and his father Bob Bell is the suspension side...but they aren't related to Zach, kinda funny.
It makes jersey printing easier LOL
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Stuntman949 12/3/2018 9:43am
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"We're gonna need a bigger tank"- Chief Brody
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agn5009 12/4/2018 10:21am
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I haven’t seen anything that would indicate him going to off-road. Josh would be a very good off-road rider I’m just not sure he would be at factory rider level right away. I don’t know if he has previous off-road experience or not.
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mattyhamz2 12/4/2018 10:29am
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ML512 wrote:
Nope, Babbitts is Kawasaki's East Coast support team while their West Coast support team is Precision Concepts, which has been on Kawasakis since around 2009. Zach...
Nope, Babbitts is Kawasaki's East Coast support team while their West Coast support team is Precision Concepts, which has been on Kawasakis since around 2009.

Zach Bell is riding for Precision Concepts Racing, which is run by Robby Bell...and his father Bob Bell is the suspension side...but they aren't related to Zach, kinda funny.
YZed250 wrote:
Good to hear that Zach is moving to Kaw. Can't believe Zach wasn't picked up by Rockstar Husky offroad. He was on 3bros support ride that...
Good to hear that Zach is moving to Kaw. Can't believe Zach wasn't picked up by Rockstar Husky offroad. He was on 3bros support ride that whole time. Hopefully he got paid something from that. He road for the darn Trophy team at ISDE for crying out loud!

Sorry, off topic. Cool to see Josh on Babbits.

ML512 wrote:
I could be wrong but I believe some compensation came through Husqvarna. KTM and Husqvarna are facing some budget cuts across all off-road racing, so I'm...
I could be wrong but I believe some compensation came through Husqvarna.

KTM and Husqvarna are facing some budget cuts across all off-road racing, so I'm not surprised to see it happen.
Moving the money somewhere else? MotoGP?
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ML512 12/4/2018 5:54pm
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YZed250 wrote:
Good to hear that Zach is moving to Kaw. Can't believe Zach wasn't picked up by Rockstar Husky offroad. He was on 3bros support ride that...
Good to hear that Zach is moving to Kaw. Can't believe Zach wasn't picked up by Rockstar Husky offroad. He was on 3bros support ride that whole time. Hopefully he got paid something from that. He road for the darn Trophy team at ISDE for crying out loud!

Sorry, off topic. Cool to see Josh on Babbits.

ML512 wrote:
I could be wrong but I believe some compensation came through Husqvarna. KTM and Husqvarna are facing some budget cuts across all off-road racing, so I'm...
I could be wrong but I believe some compensation came through Husqvarna.

KTM and Husqvarna are facing some budget cuts across all off-road racing, so I'm not surprised to see it happen.
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Moving the money somewhere else? MotoGP?
From my understanding, yes. Their Moto GP costs are going up a lot next year with hiring Pedrosa for testing and now supplying four full factory bikes a season for every race (Tech 3 deal).
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montesagold 12/4/2018 7:32pm
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jleews6 wrote:
he will also be racing the Full gas series is what i read and rumor is that Jordan Ashburn will be his team mate.
That’s been the talk for a while but wonder what the holdup with Jordan is? Should’ve been part of the press reslease... good people, hope it hasn’t fell through
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jleews6 wrote:
he will also be racing the Full gas series is what i read and rumor is that Jordan Ashburn will be his team mate.
montesagold wrote:
That’s been the talk for a while but wonder what the holdup with Jordan is? Should’ve been part of the press reslease... good people, hope it...
That’s been the talk for a while but wonder what the holdup with Jordan is? Should’ve been part of the press reslease... good people, hope it hasn’t fell through
From my understanding Beta isn't handling things very well and could still be the holdup.
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Stuntman949 wrote:
"We're gonna need a bigger tank"- Chief Brody
It's coming...
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motoarmageddon 12/6/2018 9:42am
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ML512 wrote:
I could be wrong but I believe some compensation came through Husqvarna. KTM and Husqvarna are facing some budget cuts across all off-road racing, so I'm...
I could be wrong but I believe some compensation came through Husqvarna.

KTM and Husqvarna are facing some budget cuts across all off-road racing, so I'm not surprised to see it happen.
mattyhamz2 wrote:
Moving the money somewhere else? MotoGP?
ML512 wrote:
From my understanding, yes. Their Moto GP costs are going up a lot next year with hiring Pedrosa for testing and now supplying four full factory...
From my understanding, yes. Their Moto GP costs are going up a lot next year with hiring Pedrosa for testing and now supplying four full factory bikes a season for every race (Tech 3 deal).
so KTM is facing reality of having to make money...everyone in the industry saw this coming
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Justaguy 12/6/2018 10:53am
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Heard JG say in an interview that he was racing the Big6 race in Havasu this weekend
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Justaguy 12/6/2018 10:57am
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I also have heard Kawi is coming back to a full factory off road effort in 2020. Don’t know how true it is, but if JG gets his feet wet with some off road races in 2019 I wonder if they would pick him up for that.
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Stuntman949 12/6/2018 11:05am
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Justaguy wrote:
I also have heard Kawi is coming back to a full factory off road effort in 2020. Don’t know how true it is, but if JG...
I also have heard Kawi is coming back to a full factory off road effort in 2020. Don’t know how true it is, but if JG gets his feet wet with some off road races in 2019 I wonder if they would pick him up for that.
That would be fantastic. The grassroots of Off-Road is growing once again. Exciting times.

Side note- Just re-watched the Score races from 2013. It was great to see the Honda, KTM and Precision Concepts duke it out in Baja before Kurt's passing.
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Justaguy wrote:
I also have heard Kawi is coming back to a full factory off road effort in 2020. Don’t know how true it is, but if JG...
I also have heard Kawi is coming back to a full factory off road effort in 2020. Don’t know how true it is, but if JG gets his feet wet with some off road races in 2019 I wonder if they would pick him up for that.
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That would be fantastic. The grassroots of Off-Road is growing once again. Exciting times. Side note- Just re-watched the Score races from 2013. It was great...
That would be fantastic. The grassroots of Off-Road is growing once again. Exciting times.

Side note- Just re-watched the Score races from 2013. It was great to see the Honda, KTM and Precision Concepts duke it out in Baja before Kurt's passing.
Wut? I would hardly consider Big6 or WORCS "grass roots"...

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