Eli out at Yamaha?

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People love spending other people’s money 😆

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truck wrote:
Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red...

Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red Japanese bike in his garage right now. Any chance Honda surprises everyone? 

Eli and Jett as teammates? That should be called stacking the deck 😂

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Monster should and could. Their stock has been doing well.

What does that have to do with sponsoring Eli Tomac lol

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truck wrote:
Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red...

Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red Japanese bike in his garage right now. Any chance Honda surprises everyone? 

Goes to show how much is unknown, seeing as Honda has not been brought up at all. 

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It's kind of crazy that Eli was at Yamaha and on top, Webb steps in because he wants the bike, Tomac breaks his leg, Webb wins championship then Tomac leaves the team.

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truck wrote:
Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red...

Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red Japanese bike in his garage right now. Any chance Honda surprises everyone? 

whats the black japanese bike? or did i misunderstand and you meant black and red japanese bike?

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Monster should and could. Their stock has been doing well.

zehn wrote:

What does that have to do with sponsoring Eli Tomac lol

Meme stock anyway. Just ask @bonseff 

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I can’t believe Yamaha can’t figure it out. He’s so dialed on that bike. 

I mean, SERIOUSLY. Yamaha is a global brand and I know budgets are budgets this is such a monumental fail if Yamaha won't add the zero...

I mean, SERIOUSLY. Yamaha is a global brand and I know budgets are budgets this is such a monumental fail if Yamaha won't add the zero he wants to the check to make this happen for '26. Yamaha should be doing everything in the world to have him retire on their bike. They would lose so much of their stature if ET retires on a pumpkin. It's just mind-boggling.

Two other riders not named Eli Tomac just won them supercross championships.  Maybe they feel like they’ve got their money where it should be?

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5/14/2025 12:31pm

Monster should and could. Their stock has been doing well.

zehn wrote:

What does that have to do with sponsoring Eli Tomac lol

A lot actually since they are Star Yamaha's primary $$$ provider. 

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5/14/2025 12:36pm
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^^^^THIS is partly because of Tomac riding their bike^^^^

It would be insane to let him retire on another brand when he's the man who built Yamaha back up the last 4 years.

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HonDawg17 wrote:
^^^^THIS is partly because of Tomac riding their bike^^^^It would be insane to let him retire on another brand when he's the man who built Yamaha...
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^^^^THIS is partly because of Tomac riding their bike^^^^

It would be insane to let him retire on another brand when he's the man who built Yamaha back up the last 4 years.

🤣 yeah ok…

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5/14/2025 12:47pm Edited Date/Time 5/14/2025 12:55pm
truck wrote:
Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red...

Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red Japanese bike in his garage right now. Any chance Honda surprises everyone? 

whats the black japanese bike? or did i misunderstand and you meant black and red japanese bike?

Sorry, worded poorly. 3 different bikes. Japanese was just clarifying which red bike it was

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Monster should and could. Their stock has been doing well.

zehn wrote:

What does that have to do with sponsoring Eli Tomac lol

A lot actually since they are Star Yamaha's primary $$$ provider. 

I’m not trying to get into a back and forth but saying that Monster shares are doing well recently so therefore they can sponsor/throw cash at Tomac is a non sequitur

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truck wrote:
Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red...

Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red Japanese bike in his garage right now. Any chance Honda surprises everyone? 

whats the black japanese bike? or did i misunderstand and you meant black and red japanese bike?

truck wrote:

Sorry, worded poorly. 3 different bikes. Japanese was just clarifying which red bike it was

A ktm, honda, and a triumph is what was insinuated

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5/14/2025 12:58pm
HonDawg17 wrote:
^^^^THIS is partly because of Tomac riding their bike^^^^It would be insane to let him retire on another brand when he's the man who built Yamaha...
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^^^^THIS is partly because of Tomac riding their bike^^^^

It would be insane to let him retire on another brand when he's the man who built Yamaha back up the last 4 years.

Tomac influenced revenue growth in Brazil and India?

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Rickyisms wrote:

Tomac influenced revenue growth in Brazil and India?

Tomac would tell the folks in India how great the yz450 is everytime they called about his extended warranty! 

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Spoonguy wrote:
For all the Eli Tomac to KTM narratives out there, KTM is broke, right? They stiffed all their suppliers by 70%, not some, all of them...

For all the Eli Tomac to KTM narratives out there, KTM is broke, right? They stiffed all their suppliers by 70%, not some, all of them. Brembo, Neken, all of them. How will they go forward? It is no secret in the MotoGP paddock that KTM group riders are looking for exits, I would bet that is part of the reason Sexton is going as well. Eli really has no place to go except Ducati or Triumph.

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they resigned #7AP

That doesn' t mean they will or can pay him three months from now.

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My understanding is that his test this week with KTM is his second riding of the bike. So possibly frame updates from the first ride. Honda can afford whatever Honda wants. Triumph/Ducati would be longshots IMO

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5/14/2025 1:17pm
HonDawg17 wrote:
^^^^THIS is partly because of Tomac riding their bike^^^^It would be insane to let him retire on another brand when he's the man who built Yamaha...
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^^^^THIS is partly because of Tomac riding their bike^^^^

It would be insane to let him retire on another brand when he's the man who built Yamaha back up the last 4 years.

Eli had very little, if anything to do with that. Yamaha sells the crap out of their adventure bike world wide, and a ton of R series bikes in the US. 

   But the biggest jump is their scooters in India. 

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LP31 wrote:
It would be sick if Eli signed with Club and got a factory tranny, factory KYB and went out and kicked everyones arses. Twisted motors would...

It would be sick if Eli signed with Club and got a factory tranny, factory KYB and went out and kicked everyones arses. Twisted motors would be up to the task and he would have his clutch.

Club simply doesn't have the budget. 

Its been a while since Ive seen it but there were 'reports' about number 21 going there. I think thats about as high tier as they could go at this stage in their journey. They are definitely a rising entity, though. Brandon does an excellent job 

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truck wrote:
Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red...

Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red Japanese bike in his garage right now. Any chance Honda surprises everyone? 

Apparently a Ducati, Triumph and a KTM

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I wonder if Eli reads this and laughs, or cringes?

After this is settled, I hope he answers whether he rode another brand and clarifies what options were actually available.

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5/14/2025 2:00pm
truck wrote:
Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red...

Anyone catch swapmoto pod this week? Can't remember who said it but one of them said with some confidence that Eli had orange, black, and red Japanese bike in his garage right now. Any chance Honda surprises everyone? 

Orange, black, and red Japanese bike? 

You heard it here first, Tomac to ride an NSR500 next year:

AMGP721-5

 

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5/14/2025 2:53pm
My understanding is that his test this week with KTM is his second riding of the bike. So possibly frame updates from the first ride. Honda...

My understanding is that his test this week with KTM is his second riding of the bike. So possibly frame updates from the first ride. Honda can afford whatever Honda wants. Triumph/Ducati would be longshots IMO

Where do you get this "info"?

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My understanding is that his test this week with KTM is his second riding of the bike. So possibly frame updates from the first ride. Honda...

My understanding is that his test this week with KTM is his second riding of the bike. So possibly frame updates from the first ride. Honda can afford whatever Honda wants. Triumph/Ducati would be longshots IMO

nrosso391 punching air right now

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LP31 wrote:
It would be sick if Eli signed with Club and got a factory tranny, factory KYB and went out and kicked everyones arses. Twisted motors would...

It would be sick if Eli signed with Club and got a factory tranny, factory KYB and went out and kicked everyones arses. Twisted motors would be up to the task and he would have his clutch.

Club simply doesn't have the budget. 

He could ride for free and doesnt really need the coin.

 

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5/14/2025 5:23pm
LP31 wrote:
It would be sick if Eli signed with Club and got a factory tranny, factory KYB and went out and kicked everyones arses. Twisted motors would...

It would be sick if Eli signed with Club and got a factory tranny, factory KYB and went out and kicked everyones arses. Twisted motors would be up to the task and he would have his clutch.

Club simply doesn't have the budget. 

LP31 wrote:

He could ride for free and doesnt really need the coin.

 

Do you go to work for free?

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5/14/2025 5:31pm Edited Date/Time 5/14/2025 5:36pm

All the factory bikes are as good as it gets. The KTM, however is good good. The Kawi? Umm not sure. The Zook? Nah

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burn1986 wrote:

All the factory bikes are as good as it gets. The KTM, however is good good. The Kawi? Umm not sure. The Zook? Nah

Right. Right. Its Good. Wrong. 

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burn1986 wrote:

All the factory bikes are as good as it gets. The KTM, however is good good. The Kawi? Umm not sure. The Zook? Nah

Suzuki won the same number of main events this year as Honda

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