Webb Out at KTM effective immediately

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7/6/2023 12:54pm
WFO Dave wrote:

I saw DeCoster come over to Ty and say great ride. Maybe he might give Ty a shot?

tek14 wrote:

He will get better results with his Kawasaki. 

That Stock Kawi is better than that KTM 

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Bow977 wrote:

Im thinkin he signed a 2 year contract with Star (sx only) and will do those two years and he will call it a career.

It would be odd to offer Webb and possibly Tomac both SX only contracts if Tomac does decide to continue racing. 

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7/6/2023 1:05pm
kijen wrote:
Racers, race, so I've heard. So if a guy is not racing, that would make him not a racer?  Jett, Chase, Eli (?) have him covered...

Racers, race, so I've heard. So if a guy is not racing, that would make him not a racer?  Jett, Chase, Eli (?) have him covered anyways.  Seems Cooper's glory days have passed and he will be fighting for top 5s regardless of the bike he is riding. Though I miss the way he raced when he was on it.

 

A guy like Webb would be a nightmare for Jett. He'd be in his head every damn minute of every race. At least in Supercross.

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7/6/2023 1:07pm Edited Date/Time 7/6/2023 1:08pm
zehn wrote:
Should be pretty obvious my dude. That Star bike is a better bike by a wide margin than the Factory Yamaha bike Webb was riding, and...

Should be pretty obvious my dude. That Star bike is a better bike by a wide margin than the Factory Yamaha bike Webb was riding, and the team is better to work for

I mean how bad are these bikes really? The only bike we know is twitchy and hard to ride at 100% (according to Jett Lawrence) is the Honda. All the others have had championships won on them (except GasGas and Suzuki I think). The KTM is just about as good as it gets. 

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7/6/2023 1:08pm
kijen wrote:
Racers, race, so I've heard. So if a guy is not racing, that would make him not a racer?  Jett, Chase, Eli (?) have him covered...

Racers, race, so I've heard. So if a guy is not racing, that would make him not a racer?  Jett, Chase, Eli (?) have him covered anyways.  Seems Cooper's glory days have passed and he will be fighting for top 5s regardless of the bike he is riding. Though I miss the way he raced when he was on it.

 

Rosso391 wrote:

A guy like Webb would be a nightmare for Jett. He'd be in his head every damn minute of every race. At least in Supercross.

I don't think anyone can get in Jett's head...but Jett can get in everyone else's. 

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7/6/2023 1:11pm
kxking wrote:

I wonder if Chase is shaking his head now.....

Chase can go there and win right away. These guys get tired of the same thing an need something new. Look at roczen leaving Honda and doing better on Suzuki and chase wins on the Honda. Tomac going to yamaha and doing better and anderson going to kawi that tomac just left and winning alot of sx last year. It's all about the mindset their in.

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7/6/2023 1:11pm
kijen wrote:
Racers, race, so I've heard. So if a guy is not racing, that would make him not a racer?  Jett, Chase, Eli (?) have him covered...

Racers, race, so I've heard. So if a guy is not racing, that would make him not a racer?  Jett, Chase, Eli (?) have him covered anyways.  Seems Cooper's glory days have passed and he will be fighting for top 5s regardless of the bike he is riding. Though I miss the way he raced when he was on it.

 

Rosso391 wrote:

A guy like Webb would be a nightmare for Jett. He'd be in his head every damn minute of every race. At least in Supercross.

I don't think anyone can get in Jett's head...but Jett can get in everyone else's. 

Tomac was in everyone's head during supercross... And Jett was on the ground half the time..

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kijen wrote:
Racers, race, so I've heard. So if a guy is not racing, that would make him not a racer?  Jett, Chase, Eli (?) have him covered...

Racers, race, so I've heard. So if a guy is not racing, that would make him not a racer?  Jett, Chase, Eli (?) have him covered anyways.  Seems Cooper's glory days have passed and he will be fighting for top 5s regardless of the bike he is riding. Though I miss the way he raced when he was on it.

 

Rosso391 wrote:

A guy like Webb would be a nightmare for Jett. He'd be in his head every damn minute of every race. At least in Supercross.

Doesn't he have to at least be near him or a threat to him, to even get in his head. 

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It ain't the bike. It was clear Cooper was not on pace in MX and looked pretty much over it despite having a depleted field to race against. He was over it, over KTM, and ready to move on. Good on him for being honest and not just mailing it in, and good on KTM to see the obvious. When we see him on a Yamaha is anyone's guess.

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7/6/2023 1:33pm
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I'm sure he knew he was not coming back with Sexton and AP signed next year. Maybe he asked to be released early and KTM said...

I'm sure he knew he was not coming back with Sexton and AP signed next year. Maybe he asked to be released early and KTM said no problem. I guess that would just make it simple but I'm not genius. 

Sully wrote:

I’m pretty sure he knew he wasn’t coming back when he signed with Star for next year…

pretty sure that is what I just said. LOL

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Who's he training with?

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7/6/2023 2:09pm
Rosso391 wrote:

A guy like Webb would be a nightmare for Jett. He'd be in his head every damn minute of every race. At least in Supercross.

I don't think anyone can get in Jett's head...but Jett can get in everyone else's. 

Rosso391 wrote:

Tomac was in everyone's head during supercross... And Jett was on the ground half the time..

Jett has amazing talent.   He had no competition for the last 2 years.   The 450 SX class is an entirely different animal.   It'll be interesting to see how he handles it. 

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Updated my masterpiece...

Updated my masterpiece...

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I just don’t understand the down votes…

That shit IS FUNNY! 

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7/6/2023 2:17pm
WFO Dave wrote:

I saw DeCoster come over to Ty and say great ride. Maybe he might give Ty a shot?

tek14 wrote:

He will get better results with his Kawasaki. 

526 wrote:

That Stock Kawi is better than that KTM 

Haha, awesome. Need a sarcasm font bad on here 

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Updated my masterpiece...

Updated my masterpiece...

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TeamGreen wrote:

I just don’t understand the down votes…

That shit IS FUNNY! 

Yes...you do understand the downvotes.  Wink

 

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This is so dumb. Homie gets two 6th overalls and a 4th in a moto with some mechanicals along the way in 5 races and now...

This is so dumb. Homie gets two 6th overalls and a 4th in a moto with some mechanicals along the way in 5 races and now suddenly he’s above taking a ride from Factory KTM….”Naa I’m good Rog’ I’m just gonna keep riding this pos Kawi that almost blew up on the face of a 100 ft jump on me. Did you see me almost podium on it?”

You can't talk to the KTM haters in here. They actually won't admit that the little KTM factory forced their big Jap bike manufacture competitors to make better bikes with things like hyd.clutchs and electric starters lol. 

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well… didn’t see that one coming 

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kijen wrote:
Racers, race, so I've heard. So if a guy is not racing, that would make him not a racer?  Jett, Chase, Eli (?) have him covered...

Racers, race, so I've heard. So if a guy is not racing, that would make him not a racer?  Jett, Chase, Eli (?) have him covered anyways.  Seems Cooper's glory days have passed and he will be fighting for top 5s regardless of the bike he is riding. Though I miss the way he raced when he was on it.

 

Rosso391 wrote:

A guy like Webb would be a nightmare for Jett. He'd be in his head every damn minute of every race. At least in Supercross.

I don't think anyone can get in Jett's head...but Jett can get in everyone else's. 

I feel like it's easy to get in his head. Ever see him not win? He gets all hot and starts like throwing his goggles. I'm not saying getting in his head is automatically a win for the other guys, but I wouldn't call him bulletproof either.

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He needs to jump on a two smoke for Washougal and take 5k more of KTM's $.

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7/6/2023 3:16pm

Now Vital is writing Webb off just like Tomac (facepalm emoji)

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Haha you know it man 😂 These top level dudes are sooo damn fast, so close and so determined aren't they, it's nuts people are just...

Haha you know it man 😂

These top level dudes are sooo damn fast, so close and so determined aren't they, it's nuts people are just like "nahhh... he's done".

Being happy with the bike, being happy with the team, just 'feeling it' or just digging the track that week, that's all it takes for a guy who was 5th last week to jump up to the top step next week isn't it.

And people just wanna down play these guys.

And.....if he is not happy on the yamaha, what does ne do next? Quit again?

 

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Gotta admit, it would be cool to see him on a Kawi 

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Pure speculation but, my spidey senses say that Webb came back to the nationals thinking he could earn a spot on the desNations team. When he...

Pure speculation but, my spidey senses say that Webb came back to the nationals thinking he could earn a spot on the desNations team. When he started getting beat by privateers, DeCoster probably shot that dream down. 

I've been a big Webb fan but, his effort outdoors has been a disappointment. Anyway, there's no excuse now....

-MAVERICK- wrote:

He came back to outdoors to better his seeding position for SMX. 

So the desNations never entered his mind?

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Webb to do selected WSX rounds under the CDR Yamaha tent.

Make some quick money and start testing the new YZ450.

Then back to Star Yamaha for SMX rounds and 2024 AMA.

 

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Rosso391 wrote:

A guy like Webb would be a nightmare for Jett. He'd be in his head every damn minute of every race. At least in Supercross.

I don't think anyone can get in Jett's head...but Jett can get in everyone else's. 

OwenJakes wrote:
I feel like it's easy to get in his head. Ever see him not win? He gets all hot and starts like throwing his goggles. I'm...

I feel like it's easy to get in his head. Ever see him not win? He gets all hot and starts like throwing his goggles. I'm not saying getting in his head is automatically a win for the other guys, but I wouldn't call him bulletproof either.

he wins and gets upset.. i don't think others bother him. i think he is just hard on himself when self-inflicted mistakes happen.

we watched him win SX races by 15 seconds and still finish angry because he didn't hit a corner right.. 

 

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7/6/2023 4:19pm

To me, this unfortunately cements the notion that riders and teams have little concern with regard to outdoors.

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decano51 wrote:
Webb to do selected WSX rounds under the CDR Yamaha tent. Make some quick money and start testing the new YZ450. Then back to Star Yamaha...

Webb to do selected WSX rounds under the CDR Yamaha tent.

Make some quick money and start testing the new YZ450.

Then back to Star Yamaha for SMX rounds and 2024 AMA.

 

As crazy as that sounds, that actually could work!  Highly doubt it, but it is possible.  I figured they (KTM), may have let him go early on the condition he doesn't show up on another brand this summer.  But WSX, that's a whole different ballgame.....  

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Thats obviously a fake photo, his ears are not tucked in!

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DKmxFAN wrote:

Dungey fill in a few rounds?

Nope, he’s enjoying his summers off.  My money is on Dante Oliveria.

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Maybe that was him in the Vegas thread and news reached Roger?Laughing

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Pure speculation but, my spidey senses say that Webb came back to the nationals thinking he could earn a spot on the desNations team. When he...

Pure speculation but, my spidey senses say that Webb came back to the nationals thinking he could earn a spot on the desNations team. When he started getting beat by privateers, DeCoster probably shot that dream down. 

I've been a big Webb fan but, his effort outdoors has been a disappointment. Anyway, there's no excuse now....

-MAVERICK- wrote:

He came back to outdoors to better his seeding position for SMX. 

So the desNations never entered his mind?

He didn't even want to race outdoors. You tell me

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