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By now we have all seen the JS / Roczen interview.
One thing that hit me was when Ken talked about how ”negative” Honda were against the event, and the mentioning about if he wanted to do it, the Lawrence brothers would to.
HOW can this be a bad thing? With all the PR that Honda got from Ken’s win the last time? And we all remember the publicity that Lamson got at Hangtown when he rode the old factory cr125 for like 15 years ago.
We all know Honda has the 125 engines and parts laying around and the cost / work to put togeather 3-4 bikes, one each for the HRC riders would not be at any larger expence than a regular test weekend.
I just wish that Honda would embrace things like this more like the Austrian three headed bastard brand that puts all their riders on race built 150’s/300’s.
And even if Honda still don’t sell the bikes, you get a huge amount of PR.
One thing that hit me was when Ken talked about how ”negative” Honda were against the event, and the mentioning about if he wanted to do it, the Lawrence brothers would to.
HOW can this be a bad thing? With all the PR that Honda got from Ken’s win the last time? And we all remember the publicity that Lamson got at Hangtown when he rode the old factory cr125 for like 15 years ago.
We all know Honda has the 125 engines and parts laying around and the cost / work to put togeather 3-4 bikes, one each for the HRC riders would not be at any larger expence than a regular test weekend.
I just wish that Honda would embrace things like this more like the Austrian three headed bastard brand that puts all their riders on race built 150’s/300’s.
And even if Honda still don’t sell the bikes, you get a huge amount of PR.
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Suzuki did not make any in 2016 either when Ken won nationals and were going to ride a rm250 the last race until the AMA homo-rule robbed us all of that.
Do anyone here belive that Ken or the Lawrence brothers would have a problem to get hold of some -07 cr125/250’s for Honda to put the old hrc engines in?.
Regarding the other japanese brands, Star racing is a Monster backed brand, and so is Kawasaki making those teams efforts a lot smaller for this event.
Also, I have a bridge to sell you.
But if Chad can build a factory 04, then surely someone can slap together a pretty good honda
Honda doesn't want to risk a rider getting injured and supporting a race that brings nothing to the table for them other than expenses.
You guys do realize that paying these Pros to ride is all about marketing right? Companies pay riders to increase sales. Kenny's salary and cost is part of a marketing budget. To spend money with no return on investment isn't in the cards for a lot of these manufactures.
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It’s not like Honda said: You can’t go to them. Sure, they will not be on HRC spec bikes, just stock with suspension, pipe and clutch probably as usual over there. But still you would get the point that Bercy is just for the riders own interest and wallet and not American Hondas, Just like you say that Rbsr are.
They would have three Red Bull-backed riders who would need bikes to attend. The team has had an insane and over-time filled year trying to chase down four titles, won two and were close on a third. The team has a ton of work to do getting Jett 450 ready, getting Hymas pro ready and their guys are wiped out. Trying to dig up, test, and properly prepare three dinosaur bikes and get them prime so their top riders can be top riders is a lot of work.
It's a cool event but sometimes the team has to worry and care for their staff as much as their riders.
Jett and hunter are going over for testing purposes.
Fixed it.
I've been to the event every year and am beyond excited to go again.
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