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The hardware that does not exist?
American fans should stop supporting Kawi. And absolutely tell them this is why.
How NOT to win over fans..
https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/moto-related/deegan-hints-needing-surger…
Don't go around bragging about how American you are then puss out when its time to represent your country. That is weak AF.
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Maybe he has decided on a dicktiotomy? He sure as hell could use one.
Everyone complaining of the cost for the US riders, its a valid point but think of the smaller nations that manage to go to every single MXDN with a tiny fraction of the support the US team has, A fraction of the bank accounts the riders have and do what they can to represent their country.
US riders are the best paid in the world, so if other nations manage to bring a team then the US should have no problem doing so.
Removing hardware after SMX.
Might attend MXoN as a team member not a rider.
There everyone is happy.
Let him call Tanel Leok. Would still race for his country with 1 leg and 1 arm.
True, but my point was that he got hurt at a race that doesn't benefit the riders financially at all and actually costs them money.
I don’t think Luongo was running the GPs when Donnie got injured. Maybe he wanted to race for national pride & just so happen to get injured whilst training for it.
American riders make more money per weekend than what other nations teams spend to race. Why does it always have to be about the money?
Yes I would agree that they shouldnt have to spend too much of their own money, but do they really have to make money while representing your country that ONE time each year?
He wouldn't have been any less hurt had he been paid for the race. You're right that riders don't benefit financially but they benefit in other ways, like being given the opportunity to represent their country. It's a myth that it costs them money and it comes up every year.
Steve takes every chance he can to take a dig at Deegan.
From what I understand the whole trip is pretty much on their dime.
They are gonna put a hole in it?
You’re not as patriotic as you think then.
RJ said a number on Pulp how much it cost him to go to France. Then again that number could probably have been cut in to half since the US team always have half the country with them when mxdn is held at european ground.
@ ML512 Do we have any actuall proof of American Kawi don’t supporting the MXDN? Or is it just a cover up they did in the Tomac years the same way Star took the bullet for Danger Boy last year?.
Fans always bring up that American Kawasaki won’t support it but they did support it the last time Tomac wanted to race it.
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I heard LungButter was going to take his place. Deegs needed some mom time that week. Lungbutter could smoke any of the current 250 lineup right now, outside of his son deegan.
He wasn't at the MXdN / TdN !
He'd gone over to Sweden for a 250 GP, winning it with a 1:1, and then crashed while practicing at Rolf Diffenbachs (sp?) private track, before either event.
For f**ks sake, learn some True MX history, before you write the entirely wrong thing.
a lot of you will never get it........its out of your world !!!!
this race is to unite the world of motocross in one event, this is the only race in the world that is about the "TEAM", which means about quality of the nations racers, the quality of the national series and youth program.......
this is the race to race for your colors and give back to all that in some way helped, and allowed you to have the possibility to grow and be a top racer.....you race for your country !!!!!!!! thats why it is patriotic......thats why you raise the flag !!!!!!
if racers get paid or not, its up to their national federation to decide, they are the "TEAM", they get the trophy, the traveling help, the prizemoney and they also are who pays the entry fee......yes the teams get financial help for traveling expenses and prizemoney, but its the same for every country, all alike, its enough for some, others put more in, some just want to participate, others want to win.......but its always up to the national federation, AMA in case of usa, to manage team usa, as is the FFM in case of france or the FPM in case of portugal, etc....
even the crowds are in the same spirit, its all about the color of your country, thats why it is special !!!!!! thats why anyone has seen here on vital, that this race, be it in america or europe, is always a fan favorite ....
It would have been nice to have Anderson last year instead of Craig, but Kawasaki . . .
Here is a quote from DC in Racerhead last year:
"And Kawasaki seems to have reached a point where they are not sending anyone either, despite both Jason Anderson and Adam Cianciarulo both being healthy, as well as the 250 riders on the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki squad. Kawasaki's problem appears to be threefold: the FIM, the cost of sending their riders and mechanics and engineers, and what appears to be some reluctance with working so closely with Team USA Manager Roger De Coster."
If this rumor is true then I'll be very disappointed but at this point it's just a rumor so no need to over react like so many others feel like they need to...
Yeah I thought of Hymas, too. His ACL is torn from what they say. I would imagine hes getting some kind of work done to it. Bummer. We could have a team that could win this year
I feel the same way about this as I did when Stew was on a 125, I want Deegs to go and throw down.
Stew is a slightly different circumstance cause 02 was effed and 03 was open bikes only, but man he would have been cool to watch over there.
I hope Deegan chooses to go and then takes some time in October to heal up and get ready for ‘25
We should send Profesh on his CR125
Using that logic, I'm guessing the US riders won't want to ride when it's held on home soil either if it's down to not getting paid..?
This whole "it's down to the money" excuse is getting pretty tired, coming from the same market that tells us how everyone round the world wants to ride in the US series because it's swimming in money. Money was never an issue when a win was almost guaranteed every year for nearly two decades..
The double boost port tara geiger loretta lynn's spec CR125 deserves to be showcased
Do you know of any other way to let some of the dik out of Ya?
So Vialle will go over and smoke the 250 class again after Haiden beat him straight up in the nationals.
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