Pastrana to KTM

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wojo108 12/24/2019 9:23pm
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gt80rider wrote:


If Travis was buying bikes, even 15yrs old, he was getting zero support from Suzi... This isn't rocket science....
1983YZ125 wrote:
Acting like it's fact because of feelings and assumptions doesn't make it fact.... What if Suzuki paid Travis X amount of dollars a year and Travis...
Acting like it's fact because of feelings and assumptions doesn't make it fact....

What if Suzuki paid Travis X amount of dollars a year and Travis spent part of that salary to buy bikes....

Like i said to the other poster, you may be 100% correct, but i've seen no where in this thread (or elsewhere for that matter) that he has said Suzuki didn't provide him support in other areas other than bikes.
The only evidence we have is Travis saying he bought his own bike and stayed with Suzuki on principle.

The other evidence is the lack new equipment, Lack of works bike builds, Suzuki graphics replaced with Nitro Circus graphics (which are used on lots of other bike brands as well, so not Suzuki specific). We also see distinctly sponsored/promo posts on insta for every other company that sponsors him beside Suzuki. Also their was nothing in the post where he thanked Suzuki for the ongoing support etc etc as Travis would tend to do - he also just said they break a lot.

The only evidence of any support is on about a dozen Straight Rhythm posts only one has @suzukiracing tagged on the description. And one with AJ had the tag as well. Other than that absolutely nothing.

So I would say they maybe helped him a little at Straight Rhythm but that’s it. Or he possibly tagged it because he was racing a Suzuki and he used to race Suzuki and he was loyal to Suzuki so it was more of an acknowledgment of that than any sort of support.
Sr_Vet_Rider 12/24/2019 10:02pm
12/24/2019 10:02pm
zlowery wrote:
Pastrana is going to sell the daylights out of those things for KTM. It truly is a shame, suzuki could have taken the latest 125/250 engine...
Pastrana is going to sell the daylights out of those things for KTM.

It truly is a shame, suzuki could have taken the latest 125/250 engine and engineered it into the newest frame. They would have sold all day.

The 15 year old yamahas still sell great and ktm proved developing both lines pays off. I really dont think suzukis future is great.
Bruce372 wrote:
People aren't lining up to buy the heavy clunker 4 stroke suzuki chassis, so why would they buy that chassis with a 17 year old engine...
People aren't lining up to buy the heavy clunker 4 stroke suzuki chassis, so why would they buy that chassis with a 17 year old engine jammed in?

Suzuki dont care about their Mx customer base, I dont understand why mx customers care about Suzuki
Bruce, I’ve noticed lots of hate on Suzuki’s in your posting lately. Why you so bitter ?
The RMZ is hardly a clunker, I fucking love mine and it’s a ‘14. I’ve owned several KTM FE 450’s and they are also great bikes, but in all honestly, I like my RMZ better. I can afford to buy a ‘20 FE450 tomorrow and do it up, but I’m gunna stick with my Suzuki for the track. I have a garage full of Orange as you know, but the Yellow one will never leave.
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heatedcheese 12/24/2019 10:05pm
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The other unfortunate way to look at this is that Suzuki just got 15 years or so of free marketing. I’m sure their accountants are happy about that. Shows how nice of a guy Travis is but you gotta wonder why he never cashed in his marketability with another brand as soon as the freestyle stuff took off.

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Bruce372 12/24/2019 10:13pm
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zlowery wrote:
Pastrana is going to sell the daylights out of those things for KTM. It truly is a shame, suzuki could have taken the latest 125/250 engine...
Pastrana is going to sell the daylights out of those things for KTM.

It truly is a shame, suzuki could have taken the latest 125/250 engine and engineered it into the newest frame. They would have sold all day.

The 15 year old yamahas still sell great and ktm proved developing both lines pays off. I really dont think suzukis future is great.
Bruce372 wrote:
People aren't lining up to buy the heavy clunker 4 stroke suzuki chassis, so why would they buy that chassis with a 17 year old engine...
People aren't lining up to buy the heavy clunker 4 stroke suzuki chassis, so why would they buy that chassis with a 17 year old engine jammed in?

Suzuki dont care about their Mx customer base, I dont understand why mx customers care about Suzuki
Sr_Vet_Rider wrote:
Bruce, I’ve noticed lots of hate on Suzuki’s in your posting lately. Why you so bitter ? The RMZ is hardly a clunker, I fucking love...
Bruce, I’ve noticed lots of hate on Suzuki’s in your posting lately. Why you so bitter ?
The RMZ is hardly a clunker, I fucking love mine and it’s a ‘14. I’ve owned several KTM FE 450’s and they are also great bikes, but in all honestly, I like my RMZ better. I can afford to buy a ‘20 FE450 tomorrow and do it up, but I’m gunna stick with my Suzuki for the track. I have a garage full of Orange as you know, but the Yellow one will never leave.
No hate here mate. I like suzukis and have owned maybe 5 in a row, just got tired of them not improving.

Rmz450 is a great bike, but taking that frame and putting a 2005 engine in it is asinine. My rm144 was fast and light but didn't need a 450 frame
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mikec265 12/25/2019 5:58am
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zlowery wrote:
Pastrana is going to sell the daylights out of those things for KTM. It truly is a shame, suzuki could have taken the latest 125/250 engine...
Pastrana is going to sell the daylights out of those things for KTM.

It truly is a shame, suzuki could have taken the latest 125/250 engine and engineered it into the newest frame. They would have sold all day.

The 15 year old yamahas still sell great and ktm proved developing both lines pays off. I really dont think suzukis future is great.
Bruce372 wrote:
People aren't lining up to buy the heavy clunker 4 stroke suzuki chassis, so why would they buy that chassis with a 17 year old engine...
People aren't lining up to buy the heavy clunker 4 stroke suzuki chassis, so why would they buy that chassis with a 17 year old engine jammed in?

Suzuki dont care about their Mx customer base, I dont understand why mx customers care about Suzuki
Sr_Vet_Rider wrote:
Bruce, I’ve noticed lots of hate on Suzuki’s in your posting lately. Why you so bitter ? The RMZ is hardly a clunker, I fucking love...
Bruce, I’ve noticed lots of hate on Suzuki’s in your posting lately. Why you so bitter ?
The RMZ is hardly a clunker, I fucking love mine and it’s a ‘14. I’ve owned several KTM FE 450’s and they are also great bikes, but in all honestly, I like my RMZ better. I can afford to buy a ‘20 FE450 tomorrow and do it up, but I’m gunna stick with my Suzuki for the track. I have a garage full of Orange as you know, but the Yellow one will never leave.
I still think the new KTMs take more effort to turn, but they do turn better than the older ones(at least the 2018 450 does). If I wasn't on the electric bandwagon, I'd probably have a newer RMZ450 because of the turning characteristics. All the bikes are really good, but that's just my limited experience and opinion.
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yak651 12/25/2019 6:17am
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Travis didn't sell me on Suzuki, but i was inspired by his look in the early '00s

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1983YZ125 wrote:
Acting like it's fact because of feelings and assumptions doesn't make it fact.... What if Suzuki paid Travis X amount of dollars a year and Travis...
Acting like it's fact because of feelings and assumptions doesn't make it fact....

What if Suzuki paid Travis X amount of dollars a year and Travis spent part of that salary to buy bikes....

Like i said to the other poster, you may be 100% correct, but i've seen no where in this thread (or elsewhere for that matter) that he has said Suzuki didn't provide him support in other areas other than bikes.
Do you understand the meaning of the word naive??? This world only works one way...
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Kelz87 12/25/2019 7:22am
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yak651 wrote:
Travis didn't sell me on Suzuki, but i was inspired by his look in the early '00s [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/12/25/394039/s1200_s780_129743100_1270528930.jpg[/img]
Travis didn't sell me on Suzuki, but i was inspired by his look in the early '00s

Have you still got that helmet?
bents 12/25/2019 7:33am
12/25/2019 7:33am
Pastrana will no doubt sell KTM/Husky 2 strokes because he makes riding them look so easy and so fun. Then we buy one and wonder why we can't do that shit! Didn't look so hard.....! I have no doubt he will move the needle.
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.kyle 12/25/2019 8:59am
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I loved how on Facebook everyone was tagging BRC Racing into the comments to try and hook Travis up with a 500cc kit.
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Search for "Travis Pastrana" and then look at completed listings.
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Malachi, you doing ok?
I’m doing great. Merry Christmas onewordresponseguy

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Sr_Vet_Rider 12/25/2019 11:02am
12/25/2019 11:02am
Bruce372 wrote:
People aren't lining up to buy the heavy clunker 4 stroke suzuki chassis, so why would they buy that chassis with a 17 year old engine...
People aren't lining up to buy the heavy clunker 4 stroke suzuki chassis, so why would they buy that chassis with a 17 year old engine jammed in?

Suzuki dont care about their Mx customer base, I dont understand why mx customers care about Suzuki
Sr_Vet_Rider wrote:
Bruce, I’ve noticed lots of hate on Suzuki’s in your posting lately. Why you so bitter ? The RMZ is hardly a clunker, I fucking love...
Bruce, I’ve noticed lots of hate on Suzuki’s in your posting lately. Why you so bitter ?
The RMZ is hardly a clunker, I fucking love mine and it’s a ‘14. I’ve owned several KTM FE 450’s and they are also great bikes, but in all honestly, I like my RMZ better. I can afford to buy a ‘20 FE450 tomorrow and do it up, but I’m gunna stick with my Suzuki for the track. I have a garage full of Orange as you know, but the Yellow one will never leave.
Bruce372 wrote:
No hate here mate. I like suzukis and have owned maybe 5 in a row, just got tired of them not improving. Rmz450 is a great...
No hate here mate. I like suzukis and have owned maybe 5 in a row, just got tired of them not improving.

Rmz450 is a great bike, but taking that frame and putting a 2005 engine in it is asinine. My rm144 was fast and light but didn't need a 450 frame
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yak651 12/25/2019 12:52pm
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yak651 wrote:
Travis didn't sell me on Suzuki, but i was inspired by his look in the early '00s [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/12/25/394039/s1200_s780_129743100_1270528930.jpg[/img]
Travis didn't sell me on Suzuki, but i was inspired by his look in the early '00s

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Have you still got that helmet?
Yep!
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Looking forward to TP199’s Factory SX at MXoN for team PR

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Myke 12/25/2019 4:28pm
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Markee wrote:
Oh man, thats pretty damn cool. Have to check out whats on ebay, just curious what the suzukis will go for.

Found it:

https://www.ebay.com/usr/gugalathu?_trksid=p2047675.l2559
Subotai wrote:
Did they all sell already? That link has no bikes remaining.
Crazy they all sold that fast (including the bus)!

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