Silly Season Feature

I’m waiting for Maverick to post the link to the 2025 Silly Season thread where this has already been discussed 

No disrespect Mav!

Monster-less Kawi is interesting 

The DBD Racing team should be there. Re-signed Gage Linville for 2025 and would love to know who else is rumored. looks like they signed a deal to be all KTM this year instead of a Gas Gas a Yamaha a Kawasaki and a KTM.

We may not see many big Gas Gas bikes after this year with the whole Piere Mobility disclosure on how broke they are.

If Kawi and Monster split, could you see Prado keeping Red Bull, or is we switching over to be a Monster athlete regardless?

How will Rockstar Energy Husqvarna and GasGas work? The team will be called Rockstar Energy Racing I guess? Its the first time we have seen a top tier team running 2 different "manufacturers"... I wonder how that will play out...

Contract guesses.

-Tomac rides all '25 and SX Only in '26, then retires....(maybe)
-Deegan stays in 250 all '25, Races 250SX in '26 and then gets to fill Tomac's spot for '26 450MX and beyond.
 

-Justin Cooper signs with Star Yamaha for '25, then goes to Kawasaki in '26 and beyond.
-Anderson done @ Kawi after '25, seeks new deal with Triumph for '26.
 

Jlaw ran two manufacturers in 2009 under the ashes of YoT. He was on a Yamaha and Anstie was on a KTM. Guess you could argue if that’s “top tier” or not.

Anyone else notice McAdoos announcement and how he didn’t mention Monster Energy. Rumors might be true

What announcement ?

Wouldn't miss that big dumb Monster claw on the shrouds at all. 

Could we see this in 2026? Anything is possible right 

This would be sick, but with riders coming in under 21 I think there is some problems with it. Something like that already happened with HEP. 

That feature on the front page of vital on Club MX moving to an Austrian brand was great. Why Yamaha would allow Club to move on while bringing on Bar X as a support team is baffling. 

Larry Brooks and Ken Roczen have a big part in that. 

Tyler mickelson (otter) i don’t think will be with barx anymore. 

Why would Monster and Kawa split? 

I believe they are saying HEP will leave Suzuki

Same with bud light back in the day, Ryan Morias was supposed to be a 125 rider on MC's team.

Interesting take.

I can still see the deegan's interested in their own 450 team when he's full time.

Does anyone know what's going on with Caden Braswell?

Financially, Manufacturer backing & logistically it makes zero sense to start a whole new team from scratch when you're already on the best team in Motocross/Supercross. It would be career suicide. This has to be Brian's dumb idea...

Ml, any insight on the phx off-road team for 25?

They will do it to have more freedom picking Haiden's sponsors. While I loathe Brian Deegan he's not stupid, he knew back in the day he didn't have the talent to continue racing (winning) so he marketed himself in the freestyle genre and became a millionaire. He was the bad boy and TP199 was the clean cut kid. Brian is doing the same with Haiden, he's playing the fanbase just like WWE would a heel. Crowds eat it up and Haiden is probably one of if not the most popular rider in the pits. Some see Brian and the dog and pony show for what it/he is while many others drink the koolaid. If Haiden ends up on his own 450 team it won't be a failure that's for sure. Pops ain't no dummy when it comes to marketing, and Haiden can damn sure ride a bike. 

Any insight why Monster would be leaving Kawi?

Awesome, so awesome, hope he has success next year and in the future beyond that. Not going to lie, i got a little teary eyed seeing this. so good, I got flashbacks of him being 5-10 and even on the podium at some points in 2022 outdoors, hope his elbow will allow him to get back to where he was.

Great to see Craig back on Blue and Star where he belongs. Great updated Video ML512