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Jetts got his own cafe Franchise starting up!
And Than the apparel line that Lucas mentioned in the redbull ep. He is making more off his clothing than some 250 factory riders salary.
Hunter is the professional of the two and creates good balance for the duo.
Id personally would love to see it. one can dream.
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Im surprised Marquez is still hanging in there.
I cannot recall a successful 450 rider moving up with no championships and 3? Overalls.
So I say hunter needs to stay down and try and win some.
The biggest question is when does jett go 450s.
23 sx? 23 outdoors? Or 24?
Going off his career so far jett was racing emx at 14, went pro 3-4days after he turned 16. He has always gone up early. So I expect him to be racing 450s in sx23.
Moving up early is OK in the amateurs but not in the pros let alone 450SX, case in point Jett's first 250 year and RC' first 450 year. Moving up at the right time to the 450 would require a 1 learning year or 2.
Jeremy went to Suzuki 13 days (or was it 11) before A1.
Hunter has more racing experience, so he might do good on the 450, and they get an idea where he stacks.
I think Hill was 450 full time when he won though
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Where would u have him?
I have herd many ppl say he doesn't deserve that ride and he only gets it coz of jett.
Last season hunter got 2nd in sx and 3rd in mx. And is running 2nd now. He is the 3rd or 4th best 250 in both mx and sx.
Then a move to 450 outdoors. Although an ass whipping outdoors could be a bit of a mental block if it were to happen. He could be up against this ‘new’ Tomac bruising a lotta egos.
Jett turns 20 in 2023. The guy is elite, he is probably best talent we have seen since guys like Roczen and Tomac entered the scene. He will probably be a 250 SX and MX champion by the end of 2022. He should definitely move up to a 450 outdoors 2023 and full time in 2024. That would be normal progression for him.
However despite that, he’s won 3x SXs and 1x Outdoor in the last year. Before the injuries, won the MX2 class at MXdN, beating Osbourne, and at Redbud nations, beat everyone in the last moto except Coldenhoff. There’s no doubt about his ability.
Add being more mature than Jett and having an awesome smooth calculated style, and I can’t see why you wouldn’t move Hunter to the 450 class. Once there, 250 wins count for nothing.
The 250 class doesn't need Jett- the 450 class does.
A single race in 1999 as a complete unknown on a borrowed practice bike.
And when he arrived in 2002 as a 19yo, he raced the first 3 races in the 250/450 class before doing 125/250 East, which he cleaned up. Yamaha even let him go back into the 250/450 class for another race before the east-west shootout. Wish we’d see a bit more of that now.
But his first full year in the big boy class was 2003 after a total of 9 125/250 SX races (counting 1999) and he won A1 before giving RC fits for the rest of the season. Can’t help but think if Yamaha had of let Reed go straight into 250/450 class full time in 02 like he wanted, Reed would have probably won that 03 title.
Regardless, it’s a completely different era and scenario to the Lawrence brothers.
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