How many of you would claim a bike?

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Edited Date/Time 8/18/2022 8:05pm
Seems a lot of people weren’t aware of this rule until LL22. I joked about someone filing a claim against Phil Nicoletti’s bike if he raced amateur day at Millville this year, and my friends looked at me like I was retarded and had never heard of such a thing.

So, now that almost everyone knows about this rule, how many of you would claim a bike?


Edit: The amount is less at a normal amateur race than it is a National event. It’s only MSRP +30%.
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scott_nz 8/17/2022 11:42am
8/17/2022 11:42am Edited Date/Time 8/17/2022 11:42am
If I had the money and a kid In The right class I would consider it

Of the kid was good and may be in line for one of the big team rides then it wouldn’t be a good look
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Never
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peltier626 8/17/2022 11:45am
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PLEASEMAKEITSTOP!
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Gordon Liddy 8/17/2022 11:47am
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Nope. Apparently the industry will black ball you.
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mx_579 8/17/2022 11:48am
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I would claim a 100k bike for 17k all day if given the opportunity
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Yeti831 8/17/2022 11:52am
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I would because of one of 2 outcomes:

Someone brought something to a race with more money than they care to lose,

Or

Some kid with a clapped out barely modded bike just made bank on a sell. If you put $3-$4k tops into a $6000 bike… would you race its guts out then give it up for $17-$19k?

Even with the list price of my CRF, plus loan interest and tax, and the $3k in most unnecessary shit I’ve put on it I’d still come out.

The way I see it: there’s many who will profit with minor inconvenience, there’s very few it will actually hurt.
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ElliotB16 8/17/2022 11:55am
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No more new threads
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LungButter 8/17/2022 11:58am
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I'm about to head to So Cal and claim some Vet Dudes bike that has the whole KTM Powerparts Catalog installed on it.

A few of you that post here got some sick bikes, I'd be a little nervous if I were you. Tongue
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fourfourone 8/17/2022 12:36pm
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Stop with the effen threads.
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olds cool 8/17/2022 12:39pm
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LungButter wrote:
I'm about to head to So Cal and claim some Vet Dudes bike that has the whole KTM Powerparts Catalog installed on it. A few of...
I'm about to head to So Cal and claim some Vet Dudes bike that has the whole KTM Powerparts Catalog installed on it.

A few of you that post here got some sick bikes, I'd be a little nervous if I were you. Tongue
Laughing Laughing Laughing

We all know the dream is over so we have to build the works bike we never got to ride. Silly
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chasetwo79 8/17/2022 12:39pm
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It’s just going to be thread after thread of this story huh? Some of us just want it to stop so we can focus on the last three rounds of the nationals. A pro sport, not some ammy circus.
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mxracer828 8/17/2022 12:42pm
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LungButter wrote:
I'm about to head to So Cal and claim some Vet Dudes bike that has the whole KTM Powerparts Catalog installed on it. A few of...
I'm about to head to So Cal and claim some Vet Dudes bike that has the whole KTM Powerparts Catalog installed on it.

A few of you that post here got some sick bikes, I'd be a little nervous if I were you. Tongue
We need to end this with this quote…..best ever.
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MikeJones 8/17/2022 12:53pm
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Gordon Liddy wrote:
Nope. Apparently the industry will black ball you.
Hey, better than blue balls.
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Magoofan 8/17/2022 12:58pm
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How about a claim GF or wife rule?

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Phil109 8/17/2022 1:04pm
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Magoofan wrote:
How about a claim GF or wife rule?

I guess for the right amount this could be a thing Laughing Laughing
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Cayden Thompson 8/17/2022 1:05pm
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If I wasn't riding for a factory team and knew I never would, absolutely you bet your sweet ass I would.
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whyZ 8/17/2022 1:21pm
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Magoofan wrote:
How about a claim GF or wife rule?

Hell ya, Claim his bike, his rig, his gear, his GF, and send him walking home in his under ware kicking rocks.
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Dirty Points 8/17/2022 1:23pm
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Nah.
Even stock bikes' capabilities vastly exceed my own as a rider.
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R VanKamp77 8/17/2022 1:24pm
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I would absolutely do it just to be funny.
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Tiki 8/17/2022 1:29pm
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Abso-fucking-lutely Then Id part the thing out on eBay.

Cheaters never prosper. Lets get Amateurs back in Amateur racing. Id also protest a race if I suspected a big bore running in my class. We can suspend people over gas, over Adderall - Maybe its time the Kids be taught correctly.
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huck 8/17/2022 1:39pm
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what happens if multiple people claim the same bike?
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Dirty Points 8/17/2022 1:46pm
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huck wrote:
what happens if multiple people claim the same bike?
A winning claimant is randomly picked from all claimants
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Cayden Thompson 8/17/2022 2:04pm
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huck wrote:
what happens if multiple people claim the same bike?
Dirty Points wrote:
A winning claimant is randomly picked from all claimants
Like drawing from a hat?
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pinchflat 8/17/2022 3:25pm
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I'd be curious to know what the average vitard has sunk into their bike. I would start another thread, but I am really over this shit.
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DonM 8/17/2022 3:40pm
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Tiki wrote:
Abso-fucking-lutely Then Id part the thing out on eBay. Cheaters never prosper. Lets get Amateurs back in Amateur racing. Id also protest a race if I...
Abso-fucking-lutely Then Id part the thing out on eBay.

Cheaters never prosper. Lets get Amateurs back in Amateur racing. Id also protest a race if I suspected a big bore running in my class. We can suspend people over gas, over Adderall - Maybe its time the Kids be taught correctly.
Who cheated?
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inthebadboycorner 8/17/2022 4:27pm
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huck wrote:
what happens if multiple people claim the same bike?
Numbered balls in a bucket, like they did in the 80,s
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T-Fish 8/17/2022 4:36pm
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pinchflat wrote:
I'd be curious to know what the average vitard has sunk into their bike. I would start another thread, but I am really over this shit.
Retail prices of things added up?
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bd 8/17/2022 4:39pm
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T-Fish wrote:
Seems a lot of people weren’t aware of this rule until LL22. I joked about someone filing a claim against Phil Nicoletti’s bike if he raced...
Seems a lot of people weren’t aware of this rule until LL22. I joked about someone filing a claim against Phil Nicoletti’s bike if he raced amateur day at Millville this year, and my friends looked at me like I was retarded and had never heard of such a thing.

So, now that almost everyone knows about this rule, how many of you would claim a bike?


Edit: The amount is less at a normal amateur race than it is a National event. It’s only MSRP +30%.
I think the folks who followed the sport in the early 2000s remember the Mike Alessi claim.

No, my dumb ass wouldn't claim a bike because I would not think about it and would pay full retail - like $43k for a KX250 at Pro Circuit.



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Carstensen14 8/17/2022 4:45pm
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Lol pro circuit took down the Ryder D bike ad, who claimed it?
Btw if your on the team green program, doesnt that get you 50% off at Pro Circuit? I heard keefer say thats the deal for his son. Does uncle Mitch cut $20,000 off the price for the FAM or what?

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