Dungey done with Geico Honda

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Fonzarelli 2/27/2020 4:29am
2/27/2020 4:29am
I'll bet he didn't save nearly as much on his car insurance as they promised.
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jmead915 2/27/2020 4:44am
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Kind of a bitch move if your going to take stake in a team its going to come with a lot of commitment and responsibility and he new this going in sonthis just looks shady in my opinion i understand the family thing bit dude come on now .
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Goon645 2/27/2020 4:47am
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I'm hoping someone spills the truth on here and I get to see it before it disappears Tongue
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chris92six 2/27/2020 4:50am
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I find it a bit strange that he deleted all the pics of him riding the honda and representing the G.H. Team on ig.
Maybe switching back to ktm...
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Janus9 2/27/2020 4:58am
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Deletes pics, but leaving because of family commitment.

Yup, makes perfect sense.
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tek14 2/27/2020 5:12am
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Maybe his wife didnt like stiff alum frame and prefers softer steel frame?
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resetjet 2/27/2020 5:25am
2/27/2020 5:25am
He told them its me or the lizard. They kept the lizard. I wish i had some animation talent. I could do a really funny sketch here.
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Bultaco 2/27/2020 5:32am
2/27/2020 5:32am
In spite of all Ryan has accomplished, he is still young. And human. He has lots of time and opportunity to change directions, have a success, make a mistake, learn what life has to offer. Because of his fame he is doing it, good or bad, more publicly than most of us. Oh well and have fun, eh?
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OneWordResponseGuy 2/27/2020 5:40am
2/27/2020 5:40am
Wow, how embarrassing. He should have just hired someone to take care of his duties for him while he stood back in silence in a lesser role.
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whateversclever69 2/27/2020 5:48am
2/27/2020 5:48am
OneWordResponseGuy wrote:
Wow, how embarrassing. He should have just hired someone to take care of his duties for him while he stood back in silence in a lesser...
Wow, how embarrassing. He should have just hired someone to take care of his duties for him while he stood back in silence in a lesser role.
Should’ve stuck to a one word response, guy.

Clearly there’s more to the story.
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APLMAN99 2/27/2020 5:49am
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Without reading through all the comments, my guess is that the partnership worked out great until the first “cash call” for owners to put up their own money to cover unforeseen, unbudgeted expenses......
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OT 2/27/2020 6:13am
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Fair decision for both parties. If he can not give the team his all then it's best for both to split. I would like to know how he became 'part owner' and all of the finacials behind the scenes.
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Sparkalounger 2/27/2020 6:20am
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logan_140 wrote:
Maybe dungey to the ktm 250 team next year to run it? Hm
hamncheeze wrote:
Yeah or maybe nowhere. I could easily see him realizing how the travel sucks, especially now that he has a family. After being in airports for...
Yeah or maybe nowhere. I could easily see him realizing how the travel sucks, especially now that he has a family. After being in airports for 12 years, I could not blame him if he wanted to live the quiet Minnesota life.
Tarz483 wrote:
I'm in Minnesota and the frozen life isn't all it's cracked up to be lol.
The Summers I Nice, but man these winters suck
Are you back?
Ghostrider145 2/27/2020 6:22am
2/27/2020 6:22am
I can’t confirm but I heard at a social gathering that he hated the Twin exhaust system.

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kb228 2/27/2020 6:26am
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It literally could of been a family thing to be honest. Maybe wifey is like dude you need to be home. It could be as simple...
It literally could of been a family thing to be honest. Maybe wifey is like dude you need to be home. It could be as simple as that. I’m not raising this baby on my own and so he walked away knowing he couldn’t commit like he had too. He pretty much said that so that’s probably what it is.
What? His wife has got it made because of ryans career and shes gonna give that BS because hes gone a couple days a week? I doubt thats the reason.
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MOTO1313 2/27/2020 6:33am
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He wanted the lizard's spot in the Geico commercials and they said...no. Either that or he was bangin Flo from Progressive. Conflict of interest and so forth.
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wsmille2 2/27/2020 6:34am
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cable wrote:
'if you sign christian craig again im done". seriously- who would travel with a new baby at home? I always wondered if he walked onto the...
'if you sign christian craig again im done".
seriously- who would travel with a new baby at home? I always wondered if he walked onto the team as a marketing tool/test rider, and didnt front any $$. Then they wanted him to do more..
There are a number of active racers in the top 20 who have new babys at home. But to answer your question, I wouldn't travel with a new baby at home. Mine is 4.5 months and hate going to work and leaving him!
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hanzhongluboy 2/27/2020 6:36am
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JeremyK wrote:
We'll never know , this sport doesnt even disclose how much a rider weighs let alone closed door business decisions.
One of my least favorite things about moto. Every other sport is super transparent compared to all disciplines of dirt bikes
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wsmille2 2/27/2020 6:37am
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cameron96 wrote:
Smells fishy
Lightning78 wrote:
I agree.....these kinds of things are always predicated upon something else. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he winds up with some kind of...
I agree.....these kinds of things are always predicated upon something else. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he winds up with some kind of new deal with another mfg and gives some bullshit line about "coming back home to his roots blah blah blah this is something I've always wanted blah blah blah"

I could be wrong but 99.99% of the time these kinds of divorces are so phony where said rider has something else in the works.
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Instead of calling him a liar, how about giving him the benefit of the doubt? You know literally 0% about the situation, yet you’re confident you...
Instead of calling him a liar, how about giving him the benefit of the doubt?

You know literally 0% about the situation, yet you’re confident you know all the ins and outs and jump straight to calling him a phony and his statement bullshit...

Besides, the statement leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Basically just says he couldn’t commit to what the team needed him to and they agreed to separate. Maybe it was time, maybe it was money, maybe it was involvement.. We don’t know. What I do know is that you’re speculating on a lot of things and judging a mans character in the process.
You always put things into perspective and how we should look at things rather than how we do look at them. I pretty much agree with all your posts.Cool
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Motofinne 2/27/2020 7:01am
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Yeah i'm not buying the family/wife theory. You really think that Ryan Dungey didn't know what he got in to? Or that he could not do it in his own way as a partner in the ownership?
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philG 2/27/2020 7:10am
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Just ask how many times people quit to spend more time with thier families, and then all of a sudden reappear in a new role a month or so later.
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zippytech 2/27/2020 7:12am
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hanzhongluboy wrote:
One of my least favorite things about moto. Every other sport is super transparent compared to all disciplines of dirt bikes
Unfortunately motocross is not even a sport compared to most sports.
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aeffertz 2/27/2020 7:17am
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philG wrote:
Just ask how many times people quit to spend more time with thier families, and then all of a sudden reappear in a new role a...
Just ask how many times people quit to spend more time with thier families, and then all of a sudden reappear in a new role a month or so later.
He never said he left because of family reasons.
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lostboy819 2/27/2020 7:39am
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Maybe he thought he would get a return on his part ownership investment. Then found out they just wanted to spread the losses around to more people.
Dungey asking the others when he would get his first check.
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tprice07 2/27/2020 7:55am
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I'm not shocked that he left. I was shocked he that he made the deal.

If Geico Honda was a successful operation what would they need Ryan for? His money? No for his expertise. That would require time and energy for him to be out testing and racing with the team. New baby, beautiful wife, couple bucks in the bank...I guess I'd have a hard time working my ass of as well.

If they were struggling financially then I'm not sure what he could have done to increase their value. It's hard to watch your savings go down for something you don't have your heart into for the long haul.

Anyhow, who knows. If he does flip over affiliate himself with Gas Gas or KTM then it will look bad. Who knows, maybe their brand ambassador role pays more than his ROI with Geico. Less time, more money, it's business and I wouldn't blame him.
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kpiper 2/27/2020 8:00am
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chris92six wrote:
I find it a bit strange that he deleted all the pics of him riding the honda and representing the G.H. Team on ig. Maybe switching...
I find it a bit strange that he deleted all the pics of him riding the honda and representing the G.H. Team on ig.
Maybe switching back to ktm...
If he did delete all the Honda photos/posts that tells you there are some bitter feelings about something. If he was just going to another operation there would be no real reason to delete pictures.
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berm surfer 2/27/2020 8:06am
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Whatever the reasons, not going to speculate, had to be worth the hit he knew he was going to take to his reputation that he worked extremely hard to uphold his entire pro career. We all know there's way more to this.
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Shenzi 2/27/2020 8:17am
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Janus9 wrote:
Deletes pics, but leaving because of family commitment.

Yup, makes perfect sense.
exactly, way more to it than "family life". and after all these years living in the pits, he never realized what it takes to be a team manager/owner/management?? like never even paid interest to it?
They found the worst b.s. excuse for the breakup.
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Bramlett321 2/27/2020 8:20am
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Moto Obsessed wrote:
Hard to imagine Dunge wasn’t fully aware of what kind of “obligations” he was stepping into, or that he made the decision in haste without considering...
Hard to imagine Dunge wasn’t fully aware of what kind of “obligations” he was stepping into, or that he made the decision in haste without considering what the role would actually entail. There’s gotta be more to the story..
Yeah I agree with you there. When he was on Pulp right when this went public he was reluctant or hesitated in some of his answers about testing or helping with the riders setups etc. I don't think he realized how much they needed him and being a new dad takes time.
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