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8/8/2023 10:00am Edited Date/Time 8/8/2023 10:01am

Waiting for the gofundme account or maybe kickstarter😂

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8/8/2023 10:17am
JazzyJJ wrote:
Exactly. None of us know what happened outside of those directly involved. People just want to pile on like they have anything good to say. Same...

Exactly. None of us know what happened outside of those directly involved. People just want to pile on like they have anything good to say. Same people probably yell at racers/athletes from the couch criticizing their performances and calling them idiots. 

Not even the same thing. The only reason any of us "know" anything is because AJ made several very public announcements and videos making it seem like a totally done deal.

Regardless of "fault" it is a bad look, period. Something about counting chickens and eggs, maybe?

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8/8/2023 10:26am
JazzyJJ wrote:
Exactly. None of us know what happened outside of those directly involved. People just want to pile on like they have anything good to say. Same...

Exactly. None of us know what happened outside of those directly involved. People just want to pile on like they have anything good to say. Same people probably yell at racers/athletes from the couch criticizing their performances and calling them idiots. 

Not even the same thing. The only reason any of us "know" anything is because AJ made several very public announcements and videos making it seem...

Not even the same thing. The only reason any of us "know" anything is because AJ made several very public announcements and videos making it seem like a totally done deal.

Regardless of "fault" it is a bad look, period. Something about counting chickens and eggs, maybe?

It's never a done deal until the money hits the bank...

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8/8/2023 10:49am

Multiple comments and snippets like "My brand new multimillion dollar training facility" didn't age well. Pride goes before the fall Smile  

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8/8/2023 11:53am

We don't know exactly what happened, although that was a pretty clear yet respectful post from one of those involved on the previous page. I appreciate announcing things that aren't final is never a good idea and I get people being weirded out / unhappy about that part of it.

But whether you like AJ or not, it's pretty lame to take happiness from someone else's failure when they're just trying to progress and make things happen in their life. Dude has a kid on the way too.

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8/8/2023 2:38pm

I’m waiting for the: “for only a small monthly fee over $10,000 you can be co-owners of our amazing facility.”

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8/8/2023 3:35pm

A lot of schadenfreude going on in this thread.

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8/8/2023 4:36pm
WarrenMX wrote:

A lot of schadenfreude going on in this thread.

I don't think so man, if this was just in the background and being communicated as a possibility and dream, I think there would be 100% support.

It's the selling of it before it was real and finalized that's rubbing people the wrong way. I mean the guy had prices and bike rentals up on the website. 

I hope by some miracle it happens, but it doesn't look like it will. Unfortunately even if it does happen now, the reality is anything he says or posts will be tainted by the premature stuff the last time. 

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8/8/2023 6:38pm
Ouuffff. I had a weird feeling watching that initial video where he’s already calling the place “mine” and throwing slight digs at the Woods family for...

Ouuffff. I had a weird feeling watching that initial video where he’s already calling the place “mine” and throwing slight digs at the Woods family for not changing the track since he was a little kid. It was clear they were still running the show in the background, now we learn the deal wasn’t even final. Maybe a good lesson moving forward in his hunt for a turn-key facility, hope he can still make it happen somewhere else. 

What were the "clear signs" you got that it wasn't AJ's track? From a video of him taking some laps around the track. Are you clairvoyant?

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8/8/2023 7:26pm
Ouuffff. I had a weird feeling watching that initial video where he’s already calling the place “mine” and throwing slight digs at the Woods family for...

Ouuffff. I had a weird feeling watching that initial video where he’s already calling the place “mine” and throwing slight digs at the Woods family for not changing the track since he was a little kid. It was clear they were still running the show in the background, now we learn the deal wasn’t even final. Maybe a good lesson moving forward in his hunt for a turn-key facility, hope he can still make it happen somewhere else. 

What were the "clear signs" you got that it wasn't AJ's track? From a video of him taking some laps around the track. Are you clairvoyant?

What were the "clear signs" you got that it wasn't AJ's track? From a video of him taking some laps around the track. Are you clairvoyant?

Are you triggered or what? Never said there were clear signs it wasn’t AJ’s or claimed to be clairvoyant. All I said was that the Woods family was clearly still involved, even back then. If you watched the video it looked like it was still operating as GPF. There were campers riding when they showed up man.. And with how much AJ mentioned changing things up I just thought it was pretty weird they wouldn’t be immediately shaping dirt. I know you’re just trying to be a dick but I wasn’t, so I still answered. Hope he finds another spot and makes it happen, as previously stated.

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8/8/2023 10:14pm
How much money we talking about ?  And where exactly is the track ?  There’s some very cheap land available in Ga. Atl to the east...

How much money we talking about ?  And where exactly is the track ?  There’s some very cheap land available in Ga. Atl to the east is all trailers and poor folk. I,m sure that land is not 1,500 an acre. 

East of Atlanta is Lawrenceville and Athens. Have a look at land sale and rental prices before you lump us into trailers and poor folk. There...

East of Atlanta is Lawrenceville and Athens. Have a look at land sale and rental prices before you lump us into trailers and poor folk.

There was a track over here years ago called Rollin Havin but it's long since closed. Owners always plowed very deep and the track was known for having deep and challenging ruts.

Would love another track to open this way, but even if you did find land, you gotta deal with neighbors. X-Track in Lawrenceville closed on account of a neighbor with horses who complained loud and long enough. Scrubin' dirt isn't in any immediate danger but neighbors have been trying to get that track closed for decades. All it takes is the right politicians, attorneys and public will.

South GA is another story, a lot more land and less population. Still costs a fortune to clear land, grade for track (or multiple tracks as is almost needed these days), and to develop on site facilities (septic, getting power, etc). Then to construct housing like GPF has.

None of this is cheap enough where someone like AJ can just waltz in and develop 100 acres of woods into a prime MX facility.

South of atl I drove all back roads to the east . It’s mostly trailers or 1200 sq ft houses for 100 miles.  Yes there is elite rich in the st of Georgia but that area has none. I also worked pipeline 88-98 in 43 states . So I kinda know a little about those states. The se in a lot of areas is over populated now. So the land prices I,m sure r high.  I,m in A bad part of Phily now yet land is extremely expensive. 

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8/9/2023 5:26am Edited Date/Time 8/9/2023 5:27am
WarrenMX wrote:

A lot of schadenfreude going on in this thread.

I don't think so man, if this was just in the background and being communicated as a possibility and dream, I think there would be 100%...

I don't think so man, if this was just in the background and being communicated as a possibility and dream, I think there would be 100% support.

It's the selling of it before it was real and finalized that's rubbing people the wrong way. I mean the guy had prices and bike rentals up on the website. 

I hope by some miracle it happens, but it doesn't look like it will. Unfortunately even if it does happen now, the reality is anything he says or posts will be tainted by the premature stuff the last time. 

People are acting like he defrauded a bunch of people, or that he fabricated the whole thing. 

It sounds like the deal was 6 months in the making. Using that time to start making the content and getting all the marketing materials together was a smart move. No, it wasn't very smart releasing all the content before the deal was 100% inked, but I don't think AJ needs anyone to tell him that.

Saying he can never be trusted again is a little dramatic. 

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8/9/2023 7:52am
WarrenMX wrote:
People are acting like he defrauded a bunch of people, or that he fabricated the whole thing.  It sounds like the deal was 6 months in...

People are acting like he defrauded a bunch of people, or that he fabricated the whole thing. 

It sounds like the deal was 6 months in the making. Using that time to start making the content and getting all the marketing materials together was a smart move. No, it wasn't very smart releasing all the content before the deal was 100% inked, but I don't think AJ needs anyone to tell him that.

Saying he can never be trusted again is a little dramatic. 

Did somebody say he could never be trusted again?

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8/9/2023 7:54am

AJ's been ballin out on instagram the last few months. 

Bought a huge house here in CT in a very wealthy town and has been traveling all over with his wife. 

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8/9/2023 8:44am

I wonder if AJ will publicly respond about what happened. 

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8/9/2023 9:25am

Waiting for dumbgeon

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Waiting for dumbgeon

Why? It’s another opportunity to have a topic/story for Moto journalists, especially as it has some type of Lawerence bro involvement. But we know they have media black out and no one will jeopardize any future interviews with them so pretty sure we are only going to get speculation from here on out. 

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8/9/2023 9:33am
yak651 wrote:
Why? It’s another opportunity to have a topic/story for Moto journalists, especially as it has some type of Lawerence bro involvement. But we know they have...

Why? It’s another opportunity to have a topic/story for Moto journalists, especially as it has some type of Lawerence bro involvement. But we know they have media black out and no one will jeopardize any future interviews with them so pretty sure we are only going to get speculation from here on out. 

That’s why I’m waiting for it to be moved. Nobody will ask the questions.

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8/9/2023 9:38am

Damn another thread that gets to page 3 and people start personally attacking each other. Was an interesting thread while it lasted.....

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8/9/2023 9:40am

Don't know anything about aj.

Don't know much about gpf.

But if the purchase was with a land contract, and the purchaser defaulted by not making a scheduled payment, then I know the seller sure wouldn't have any trust issues....if the payments were equal amounts then they got half the purchase price and still have the property.

Looks like the person that got screwed was the investor that put up half the money. Looks like they should have protected their investment somehow.

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8/9/2023 10:13am

AJ lost me when he posted that video saying that Supercross is safer then Motocross. 
 

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8/9/2023 10:28am
sandman768 wrote:

Waiting for the gofundme account or maybe kickstarter😂

Kickstarter is done, all electric starter now.Cheerful

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8/9/2023 10:31am Edited Date/Time 8/9/2023 10:35am
JustMX wrote:
Don't know anything about aj. Don't know much about gpf. But if the purchase was with a land contract, and the purchaser defaulted by not making...

Don't know anything about aj.

Don't know much about gpf.

But if the purchase was with a land contract, and the purchaser defaulted by not making a scheduled payment, then I know the seller sure wouldn't have any trust issues....if the payments were equal amounts then they got half the purchase price and still have the property.

Looks like the person that got screwed was the investor that put up half the money. Looks like they should have protected their investment somehow.

Half of the deposit was paid, not half of the purchase price. Buyer may have got cold feet and ate the 1/2 deposit.

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8/9/2023 10:42am

Most the comments on GPF's Instagram seem to support the deal falling through including some big names in the sport. 

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8/10/2023 3:13pm
GrapeApe wrote:

Half of the deposit was paid, not half of the purchase price. Buyer may have got cold feet and ate the 1/2 deposit.

Gotcha,

I did say "if"

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8/11/2023 12:31pm
Green Tea wrote:

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Yea that’s not true.

And I’m the partner

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8/11/2023 12:37pm
Green Tea wrote:

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BBusa576 wrote:

Yea that’s not true.

And I’m the partner

More likely youre a troll. 

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8/11/2023 12:42pm
Green Tea wrote:

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BBusa576 wrote:

Yea that’s not true.

And I’m the partner

Not true that it was in your best interest not to move forward, or not true that you wish the current owners the best? lol

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8/11/2023 12:45pm
GrapeApe wrote:

Not true that it was in your best interest not to move forward, or not true that you wish the current owners the best? lol

Apparently is was not in AJ's best interest.

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