2026 Silly Season

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Sand, what would ne know about sand!

You haven't seen him race at Hawkstone then... 

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3/26/2025 3:20am

Matthes mentioned,

Anderson Kawi as stated above

Barcia TLD Duke

Kenny Duke part time SX, Nationals and a few rounds MXGP

Tomac Star 26

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LP31 wrote:

Matthes mentioned,

Anderson Kawi as stated above

Barcia TLD Duke

Kenny Duke part time SX, Nationals and a few rounds MXGP

Tomac Star 26

Wow big moves for Ducati 

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I wish Sexton would stop looking at his front fender. 

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Although his results seem to be on the downward, I see Barcia could be good for Ducati initially. It’s well known he has a huge work ethic, and will do all the testing necessary. He has ridden a lot of brands too. Doesn’t mean he’s guaranteed to set up a good bike, especially with the way he uses the engine. 

Seems like he’d be down to race anywhere they want him to go too. Him and Kenny could be a very interesting combo. 

It’s been stated multiple times, Kenny could keep his Fox deal and Red bull. Even under the TLD banner. Red Bull/Fox custom painted helmets by TLD would be cool!

 

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3/26/2025 6:16pm
bens 152 wrote:
Although his results seem to be on the downward, I see Barcia could be good for Ducati initially. It’s well known he has a huge work...

Although his results seem to be on the downward, I see Barcia could be good for Ducati initially. It’s well known he has a huge work ethic, and will do all the testing necessary. He has ridden a lot of brands too. Doesn’t mean he’s guaranteed to set up a good bike, especially with the way he uses the engine. 

Seems like he’d be down to race anywhere they want him to go too. Him and Kenny could be a very interesting combo. 

It’s been stated multiple times, Kenny could keep his Fox deal and Red bull. Even under the TLD banner. Red Bull/Fox custom painted helmets by TLD would be cool!

 

LB team manager too Smile

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3/26/2025 6:58pm
bens 152 wrote:
Although his results seem to be on the downward, I see Barcia could be good for Ducati initially. It’s well known he has a huge work...

Although his results seem to be on the downward, I see Barcia could be good for Ducati initially. It’s well known he has a huge work ethic, and will do all the testing necessary. He has ridden a lot of brands too. Doesn’t mean he’s guaranteed to set up a good bike, especially with the way he uses the engine. 

Seems like he’d be down to race anywhere they want him to go too. Him and Kenny could be a very interesting combo. 

It’s been stated multiple times, Kenny could keep his Fox deal and Red bull. Even under the TLD banner. Red Bull/Fox custom painted helmets by TLD would be cool!

 

Yep he'd put in 110% every time he gets on the bike and trains. Unfortunately, JB isn't known for his bike set up skills. Testing isn't good for him,

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3/26/2025 7:08pm
bens 152 wrote:
Although his results seem to be on the downward, I see Barcia could be good for Ducati initially. It’s well known he has a huge work...

Although his results seem to be on the downward, I see Barcia could be good for Ducati initially. It’s well known he has a huge work ethic, and will do all the testing necessary. He has ridden a lot of brands too. Doesn’t mean he’s guaranteed to set up a good bike, especially with the way he uses the engine. 

Seems like he’d be down to race anywhere they want him to go too. Him and Kenny could be a very interesting combo. 

It’s been stated multiple times, Kenny could keep his Fox deal and Red bull. Even under the TLD banner. Red Bull/Fox custom painted helmets by TLD would be cool!

 

Yep he'd put in 110% every time he gets on the bike and trains. Unfortunately, JB isn't known for his bike set up skills. Testing isn't...

Yep he'd put in 110% every time he gets on the bike and trains. Unfortunately, JB isn't known for his bike set up skills. Testing isn't good for him,

It's because testing requires brain cells of which Dum Dum has none. 

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3/26/2025 7:20pm
bens 152 wrote:
Although his results seem to be on the downward, I see Barcia could be good for Ducati initially. It’s well known he has a huge work...

Although his results seem to be on the downward, I see Barcia could be good for Ducati initially. It’s well known he has a huge work ethic, and will do all the testing necessary. He has ridden a lot of brands too. Doesn’t mean he’s guaranteed to set up a good bike, especially with the way he uses the engine. 

Seems like he’d be down to race anywhere they want him to go too. Him and Kenny could be a very interesting combo. 

It’s been stated multiple times, Kenny could keep his Fox deal and Red bull. Even under the TLD banner. Red Bull/Fox custom painted helmets by TLD would be cool!

 

Yep he'd put in 110% every time he gets on the bike and trains. Unfortunately, JB isn't known for his bike set up skills. Testing isn't...

Yep he'd put in 110% every time he gets on the bike and trains. Unfortunately, JB isn't known for his bike set up skills. Testing isn't good for him,

Herr Lich wrote:

It's because testing requires brain cells of which Dum Dum has none. 

Has he made more money racing dirt bikes than you?

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Yep he'd put in 110% every time he gets on the bike and trains. Unfortunately, JB isn't known for his bike set up skills. Testing isn't...

Yep he'd put in 110% every time he gets on the bike and trains. Unfortunately, JB isn't known for his bike set up skills. Testing isn't good for him,

Herr Lich wrote:

It's because testing requires brain cells of which Dum Dum has none. 

Has he made more money racing dirt bikes than you?

Getting close to almost two decades making money racing dirt bikes if you include "amateur" career.

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bens 152 wrote:
Although his results seem to be on the downward, I see Barcia could be good for Ducati initially. It’s well known he has a huge work...

Although his results seem to be on the downward, I see Barcia could be good for Ducati initially. It’s well known he has a huge work ethic, and will do all the testing necessary. He has ridden a lot of brands too. Doesn’t mean he’s guaranteed to set up a good bike, especially with the way he uses the engine. 

Seems like he’d be down to race anywhere they want him to go too. Him and Kenny could be a very interesting combo. 

It’s been stated multiple times, Kenny could keep his Fox deal and Red bull. Even under the TLD banner. Red Bull/Fox custom painted helmets by TLD would be cool!

 

I thought only one company is allowed to paint the Red Bull helmets, not just any legit company can paint one? I could be wrong. Troy Lees team only had the Red Bull logo on the chin part of their helmets I believe. 

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3/27/2025 1:55am
bens 152 wrote:
Although his results seem to be on the downward, I see Barcia could be good for Ducati initially. It’s well known he has a huge work...

Although his results seem to be on the downward, I see Barcia could be good for Ducati initially. It’s well known he has a huge work ethic, and will do all the testing necessary. He has ridden a lot of brands too. Doesn’t mean he’s guaranteed to set up a good bike, especially with the way he uses the engine. 

Seems like he’d be down to race anywhere they want him to go too. Him and Kenny could be a very interesting combo. 

It’s been stated multiple times, Kenny could keep his Fox deal and Red bull. Even under the TLD banner. Red Bull/Fox custom painted helmets by TLD would be cool!

 

Yep he'd put in 110% every time he gets on the bike and trains. Unfortunately, JB isn't known for his bike set up skills. Testing isn't...

Yep he'd put in 110% every time he gets on the bike and trains. Unfortunately, JB isn't known for his bike set up skills. Testing isn't good for him,

Maybe Barcia’s not the best setup guy, but as far as testing goes, if the Duke survives Bam Bam, it’s good to guy for Joe average.

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3/27/2025 10:20am

Mark Fineis got let go from Club. It’s crazy how many times we’ve seen this in the last couple of year, not just from club. 

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3/27/2025 10:31am

Mark Fineis got let go from Club. It’s crazy how many times we’ve seen this in the last couple of year, not just from club. 

Any news on the reason? He seemed to be performing well

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3/27/2025 10:56am

Mark Fineis got let go from Club. It’s crazy how many times we’ve seen this in the last couple of year, not just from club. 

Any news on the reason? He seemed to be performing well

Club is generally a pretty loyal team. Things had to be off majorly for this to happen. 

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3/27/2025 11:10am
chasetwo79 wrote:

Club is generally a pretty loyal team. Things had to be off majorly for this to happen. 

He has only made one main right? And he always seemed to be bummed, and not in many of their vlogs. 

3/27/2025 11:14am

Mark Fineis got let go from Club. It’s crazy how many times we’ve seen this in the last couple of year, not just from club. 

Any news on the reason? He seemed to be performing well

chasetwo79 wrote:

Club is generally a pretty loyal team. Things had to be off majorly for this to happen. 

I like Mark but I get the feeling he needs to grow up a bit. He comes across the little bit we of him in the Clubmx videos like he is a kind of overwhelmed at the races. I think he is feeling the pressure .

He needs to go home, be around family and regroup. Buy a bike and start prepping for outdoors.

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Mark Fineis got let go from Club. It’s crazy how many times we’ve seen this in the last couple of year, not just from club. 

Any news on the reason? He seemed to be performing well

Don’t know, just know they haven’t been letting him ride. I believe he was benched last race. 

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Don’t know, just know they haven’t been letting him ride. I believe he was benched last race. 

Put the Russian kid on the bike # 600 !!

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Mark Fineis got let go from Club. It’s crazy how many times we’ve seen this in the last couple of year, not just from club. 

Any news on the reason? He seemed to be performing well

Don’t know, just know they haven’t been letting him ride. I believe he was benched last race. 

It costs a lot of money to go racing, guess teams aren’t messing around anymore and will find someone that will appreciate the help and work and put in all the sacrifices like Coty Schock 

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3/28/2025 2:40am

Mark Fineis got let go from Club. It’s crazy how many times we’ve seen this in the last couple of year, not just from club. 

Sounds like he has some things in the background to work out and it was a mutual decision

3/28/2025 4:31am

Was he getting paid or a pay to ride dude. 

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3/28/2025 4:54am
Swarty89 wrote:

Was he getting paid or a pay to ride dude. 

No chance he was getting paid. 

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3/29/2025 7:57pm

Wil Hahn back to star?

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3/30/2025 1:56pm Edited Date/Time 3/30/2025 2:52pm

Matthes said at his live show Friday night that HEP is working on a contract with Roczen for next year and possibly 2027.

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aeffertz wrote:

Matthes said at his live show Friday night that HEP is working on a contract with Roczen for next year and possibly 2027.

What’s Suzuki Japan supplying to Kenny/HEP, factory transmissions and bonuses, or his salary and bonuses? Whatever it is, they’re getting a helluva deal for having one guy represent a whole brand for the world. 

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3/30/2025 4:39pm
aeffertz wrote:

Matthes said at his live show Friday night that HEP is working on a contract with Roczen for next year and possibly 2027.

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What’s Suzuki Japan supplying to Kenny/HEP, factory transmissions and bonuses, or his salary and bonuses? Whatever it is, they’re getting a helluva deal for having one...

What’s Suzuki Japan supplying to Kenny/HEP, factory transmissions and bonuses, or his salary and bonuses? Whatever it is, they’re getting a helluva deal for having one guy represent a whole brand for the world. 

Curious to know if Roczen being on Suzuki has provided a sales boost which could not otherwise be explained by the Suzuki's lower costs and frequent discounts?

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3/30/2025 4:41pm
Money wrote:

Wil Hahn back to star?

Explain why you think this, or where you heard it.

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