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Except at least with Suzuki, the titles to the bikes are given to the riders after Lorettas, as long as you fulfill your contract of racing the nationals that were required. I had to pay $400 for the 450’s, the 250’s were given to us.
The Makita graphics could've been slapped on the bike by anyone after the fact in the last 14 years too
Diving into this is actually interesting to me haha, Ryan's last amateur race was at Millville on 5/29/06
https://results.americanmotorcyclist.com/riders/20537-ryan-dungey/resul…
8/13/06 was his pro debut at Millville so then he would've been running Makita graphics by then https://racerxonline.com/rider/ryan-dungey/races
So the December date from Suzuki is really was is intriguing. Maybe that's when the title for that bike was officially put in the Dungey's name, way after Loretta's/August though? Or the bike was just ordered to fill an amateur allotment, maybe just to be used for a personal bike back at home in MN, or just to sell?
Pics = proof
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He came to race the Intermediate class and Lori told him there was too many complaints and he’d have to race the Pro class. We were parked together with Suzuki. Cole Gress had to call Decoster to ask what to do.
He ended up racing pro and battled with McGrath in the 450 class and came from mid pack in 250’s to catch up to Josh Hill, but couldn’t get it done. This was in late June.
He was on a ‘07 in Millville. We got our ‘07’s shortly after mammoth was over.
The ‘06 amateur bikes were given to riders in July of ‘05.
We will see what the pics reveal. If the axle blocks say “Dunjy” on them, all bets are off. Lol
Looks like he was still riding the 06 for outdoors though!
https://www.vitalmx.com/photos/features/Millville-06-Saturday,20/Ryan-D…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tblazier/12803393544/
Here's a couple cool videos!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr7xJ84xKc8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBv9DwZKem8
Interesting… The ‘07 was an all new bike, so I guess they didn’t have it sorted out for Millville. I stand corrected and those are definitely Makita graphics. Lol 🤦🏻♂️
Still a bunch of weird about this post, but maybe the OP wasn’t trying to scam anyone after all. If so, I’m glad to apologize, but if so, I got a few questions to ask. Ha
I can't see how he would be trying to scam anyone right now anyway. He said he'd be interested in feelers/insight on everything and that he would upload some pictures this week, not anything was up for sale right now. If his post was just straight up claiming he had a Makita Suzuki race bike that was up in some Canadian storage unit, with no pictures and that he wanted thousands for it through Western Union or an online payment, yeah that would be a scam. Right now he just sounds like someone who isn't that well versed in our world and isn't completely certain with what he might have on his hands.
I hope someone wouldn't be dumb enough to blindly send someone money for something over the internet (especially something as costly as a motorcycle) without even seeing photos, having extensive conversations with the seller, validating information, etc first.
His story really doesn't seem that too far out of reach and so far he did post screenshots emailing Suzuki, only thing a little odd about things it is that December date but it doesn't rule everything out. I can very well see this bike as being a personal or practice bike of of the Dungey's, obtained through an amateur contract that just made its way north over the years. The Makita graphics on the bike could've even just be bought/put on the bike by another owner, could be extra graphics they had sitting around the shop, or could even just be used plastics from another bike of Ryan's bolted up to that bike to sell.
The bike isn't going to be a pro race or practice bike from Makita Suzuki because in most instances factory bikes don't have vins on them, and go back to the OEM to get discarded once they time out. Amateur bikes are different stories and are titled to that rider/sold afterwards unless you're talking about some of the elite amateur race team bikes that are still owned/maintained by the teams that transport them to/from the races.
4 years ago I tried to sell the bike for cheap, because I live in a very remote Canadian town I didnt have anyone interested. The town I live in is in Northern Canada.... These photos were taken a couple years ago at my in laws in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.
I know some of you were saying the story doesnt make sense... well all I have is the facts that I know.
The guy I bought it off was a friend of mine who went somewhere in the states to pick up this bike, I can ask him if he remebers but that was years ago. He could hardly ride a dirt bike and this bike scared him, he was more of a show boat with his new cool bike that he couldnt ride than anything. So I bought the bike because back then I broke enough bones on my race quad and I used to ride bikes as a kid. I bought the bike with the idea that Im older with a career that I cannot afford to have a broken leg or arm every year so I have always riden like a wimp...
Now I run two busiessness along with a full time career with young kids and dont have time to ride at all, plus im told by my wife that I can not take my daughter under two years old on the bike with me... which is fair lol.
Anyways, here are the photos... and remeber the graphics may or may have not been changed. I have no idea. Also, If you think im a scam or trying to rip someone off, well then dont buy it. If someone were interested I will give them the S/N and they can contact Suzuki motors themselves to know im not full of shit.
Also, last night I got another email from Suzuki Canada. Below is the email messages so feel free to try and make this story make sense...
Me to Suzuki Canada;
Hello,
I contacted the united states customer service looking for previous records on the serial number I own. They have advised me that this unit is not in their records and for me to contact the canadian department since they cannot access the canadian database.
Could you find the attached document for the letter I sent to the united states department and see if this serial number shows up in your database for previous owners?
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Customer Service
Mon, Jul 5, 9:52 AM (23 hours ago)
to me
Hello,
This bike was registered in the US and originally owned by a rider for the SMAI MX team.
__________________________________________________________________________
Me to Suzuki Canada;
Jul 5, 2021, 10:18 AM (22 hours ago)
to Customer
Thank you
Do you have any other information on this bike or the previous owner?
Ryan Dungey is a world famous rider, this bike could be worth alot of money.
Anything you have I would greatly appreciate.
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Customer Service
Jul 5, 2021, 10:02 PM (11 hours ago)
to me
Hello,
Unfortunately, that is all we have, you may want to communicate with Suzuki Motor company in the US, as this bike was registered in the US.
Regards,
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me to Suzuki US
to MotorcycleCR
Hello
I contacted the Canadian Suzuki motors and they have informed me that Ryan Dungey did in fact purchase this bike in 2006.
I would love to get some more information on this unit.
The Canadian department told me to contact the amarican department since the bike was registered in the United States. Can you send me any information on this?
Also, can you point me in any direction that would help back up that Ryan Dungey bought and owned this bike?
Please read the email chain below for more information.
The market will be very narrow for this particular bike ( Serious Dungey Fan)
Pre Brovid pricing $500- $800
Current market $1500-1800
Dungey fan pricing $2500-$3000 ?
Please don’t take these prices as an insult , I’m only responding as someone that buys/sells and rehabs countless motorcycles....
If you don’t have a title or MSO reflecting prior Dungey ownership then Dungey fan pricing is going to be very hard to capture .
Only trying to give you real world market conditions ...
If my post is offensive to you I’ll be happy to delete it.
Pit Row
I have from Suzuki Canada the proof that Dungey bought this S/N on this bike. Is that not enough proof? If not, where and how do I attain more proof?
Brand new those bikes were pieces of shit, and that bike has no special parts on it whatsoever. Your “proof” is questionable at best, to top it all off.
You are not going to get any extra money because there might have been some Dungey skid marks on it a couple decades ago.
About 20 years ago, a couple buddies and I went up to Winnipeg and visited a classy establishment named "Teasers." One of the locals that was performing that night decided to take my Jordan hat off my head and wore it while she finished her routine. After her shift was over, I attempted to get my hat back and she kindly (and incorrectly) told the bouncers I had tried to touch her "valves." They promptly tossed me right out of the club - hatless.
Ok, this has nothing to do with Dunjy's bike or this thread, but I can't ever see anything about Winnipeg without thinking about some bastard kid running around up there with my Jordan hat on.
So Im confused if its an amarican bike or canadian bike.
This is a long shot and only beneficial in certain circumstances but possibly you could donate it to a non profit motorcycle museum for a high value and get a donation receipt that you could use as a tax deduction? Not sure if they have any motorcycle museums in Canada although I'd assume so but I'm also not sure if the Taxes work the same as in the US and you'd also have to get at least 3 to 4 times the donation amount than the sale amount for it to be worth doing that but it may be worth looking into it. I'm not an accountant so I may be missing something but I believe that is possible, if I'm all wrong about this please Mr accountant explain my flawed logic so I understand.
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