Eli out at Yamaha?

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18 minutes at zone 5. 

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5/28/2025 10:25am

So many comments (here and other threads on vital) where I want to upvote half of the post and downvote the other half lol

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5/28/2025 10:28am

Can all the HR nerds in here please STFU?

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5/28/2025 10:43am
HonDawg17 wrote:
I still say ET to KTM is NOT happening. If Yamaha truly doesn't squeak a deal in the 11th hour, there will be so much hate...

I still say ET to KTM is NOT happening. If Yamaha truly doesn't squeak a deal in the 11th hour, there will be so much hate towards Yamaha. Yamaha needs Tomac more than they need Webb, Cooper, and Craig..

HonDawg17 wrote:
I know it sounds a little "out there". Especially after Webb just won the SX Title. But again, the Top 2 contenders were out injured. I...

I know it sounds a little "out there". Especially after Webb just won the SX Title. But again, the Top 2 contenders were out injured. I mean no disrespect to Webb, he's a fighter. But jeez the guy can't ride outdoors for whatever reason on a 450. I hope that changes for him this summer.

Listen to AC and JB's podcast. They said sponsors barely care about mx. They said its like 80% sx to 20% mx for what they put stock in. Webb getting top 10's is fine. Maybe he threatens top 5 by the end of the summer. Trust me I get it. If sx went away I wouldn't care

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5/28/2025 10:44am
Rickyisms wrote:

So, any rumblings of Eli’s plans for 2026?

stewie94 wrote:
ima just repost this cause errybody in here still going fucking crazy 

ima just repost this cause errybody in here still going fucking crazy 

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Sweet!  Something about Tomac in a Tomac thread.  Go figure…

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5/28/2025 10:47am
scootch wrote:

Can all the HR nerds in here please STFU?

I agree, screw human resources and their impossible rules

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GrapeApe wrote:

I guess UpTite gave in and deleted his posts

TAUTOG wrote:

I think its funny he still posts after being outed as a wannabe ex pro who shares an account. He's got all the top secret info!

Wait until you find out who Money is...... 

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5/28/2025 11:26am
GrapeApe wrote:

I guess UpTite gave in and deleted his posts

TAUTOG wrote:

I think its funny he still posts after being outed as a wannabe ex pro who shares an account. He's got all the top secret info!

truck wrote:

Wait until you find out who Money is...... 

Ray Finkle?

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5/28/2025 11:28am

If Eli to Bajaj is true, it gonna be way weirder seeing Tomac with Red Bull than seeing him on an orange bike...

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5/28/2025 1:27pm

Can those of you discussing 250 riders and training please start your own thread to argue your points?  It is totally irrelevant to this discussion of Eli's racing future, and this season's 450 races.

Answer me this: 

Who does the crowd cheer the loudest for during or after either a 450 SX or MX race? 

I can name three riders, but one of them given the fans many more opportunities to cheer for him.

 

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5/28/2025 9:51pm Edited Date/Time 5/28/2025 9:54pm

I posted this in the 2026 silly season thread but probably better here:

All this talk about Eli going to KTM is interesting, his suspension guy is one of THE biggest reasons for Eli's performance/speed so at KTM would his suspension guy be involved ? 

Edit: my bad it seems Gilmore is elsewhere anyway.. where is he working at ? 

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5/28/2025 10:03pm
kiwifan wrote:
I posted this in the 2026 silly season thread but probably better here:All this talk about Eli going to KTM is interesting, his suspension guy is...

I posted this in the 2026 silly season thread but probably better here:

All this talk about Eli going to KTM is interesting, his suspension guy is one of THE biggest reasons for Eli's performance/speed so at KTM would his suspension guy be involved ? 

Edit: my bad it seems Gilmore is elsewhere anyway.. where is he working at ? 

He may be going to Ducati, they would be flexible.

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5/28/2025 10:31pm
kiwifan wrote:
I posted this in the 2026 silly season thread but probably better here:All this talk about Eli going to KTM is interesting, his suspension guy is...

I posted this in the 2026 silly season thread but probably better here:

All this talk about Eli going to KTM is interesting, his suspension guy is one of THE biggest reasons for Eli's performance/speed so at KTM would his suspension guy be involved ? 

Edit: my bad it seems Gilmore is elsewhere anyway.. where is he working at ? 

I could be wrong but I believe he’s still at Star, he just doesn’t work with Eli anymore.

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I don’t recall whether Eli got a new suspension guy, or Gilmour just started working for all of Star in addition to Eli. I guess he could use KYB at KTM? Ducati might be a bit more set in staying with Showa. Though I have read the new Showa stuff is quite good.

5/29/2025 4:44am
kiwifan wrote:
I posted this in the 2026 silly season thread but probably better here:All this talk about Eli going to KTM is interesting, his suspension guy is...

I posted this in the 2026 silly season thread but probably better here:

All this talk about Eli going to KTM is interesting, his suspension guy is one of THE biggest reasons for Eli's performance/speed so at KTM would his suspension guy be involved ? 

Edit: my bad it seems Gilmore is elsewhere anyway.. where is he working at ? 

Gilly is still with Star, but once he started helping Webb too, Eli went to a different guy. 

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If Eli can get a deal for SX only out of Yamaha. Then switches to Ducati for MX 

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5/29/2025 5:42am

All we hear from every insider, every single one, is Eli is done at Yamaha. Vital wont believe it until A1 when he shows up on a different bike

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5/29/2025 8:54am

Hunter to ducati

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Eli to Honda with Jett. 


Ducati gets sorted. Jett to Ducati w/ Brhunter.

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Hunter to ducati

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Eli to Honda with Jett. 


Ducati gets sorted. Jett to Ducati w/ Brhunter.

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5/29/2025 9:49am Edited Date/Time 5/29/2025 9:51am

Hunter to ducati

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Eli to Honda with Jett. 


Ducati gets sorted. Jett to Ducati w/ Brhunter.

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So how many racers have rejoined a team they left years before ? Eli back to Honda

Roczen to Suzuki but that was GPs

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5/29/2025 10:00am Edited Date/Time 5/29/2025 10:06am
mac3-d wrote:

So how many racers have rejoined a team they left years before ? Eli back to Honda

Roczen to Suzuki but that was GPs

JMart back to Star.

Webb back to Star.

Marchbanks back to PC. 

Edit: Different teams, but same manufacturer. Roczen rode for RCH Suzuki and now HEP Suzuki. 

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5/29/2025 10:16am
mac3-d wrote:

So how many racers have rejoined a team they left years before ? Eli back to Honda

Roczen to Suzuki but that was GPs

-MAVERICK- wrote:

JMart back to Star.

Webb back to Star.

Marchbanks back to PC. 

Edit: Different teams, but same manufacturer. Roczen rode for RCH Suzuki and now HEP Suzuki. 

Craig back to Star

Did Jordon Smith leave Star and go back at some point too?


Basically just half the paddock and Star. 

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The ‘journo’s’ are saying they think Eli is going to KTM, ducati is out. 

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5/29/2025 10:17am

Reed back to Yamaha 15-16

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5/29/2025 11:04am Edited Date/Time 5/29/2025 11:04am

MC went back to Honda. Larocco went back to Suzuki. Bradshaw came back to Yamaha after his break. Brownie went back to YoT in like 2007. Dean technically left PC for JWR, went back to PC. JG rode for JGR a couple different times. Braydon rode for HRC a couple different times. Alessi back to KTM in 2010. 

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5/29/2025 2:34pm

Eli is going to Redbull KTM

Has talked to HEP, Ducati and few others I don't want to mention.

He talked to Club and Yamaha blocked that.

He will be a beast on anything.

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LP31 wrote:
Eli is going to Redbull KTMHas talked to HEP, Ducati and few others I don't want to mention.He talked to Club and Yamaha blocked that.He will...

Eli is going to Redbull KTM

Has talked to HEP, Ducati and few others I don't want to mention.

He talked to Club and Yamaha blocked that.

He will be a beast on anything.

Why would Yamaha block that

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5/29/2025 3:00pm
LP31 wrote:
Eli is going to Redbull KTMHas talked to HEP, Ducati and few others I don't want to mention.He talked to Club and Yamaha blocked that.He will...

Eli is going to Redbull KTM

Has talked to HEP, Ducati and few others I don't want to mention.

He talked to Club and Yamaha blocked that.

He will be a beast on anything.

If we set you up in an interview room with dim lighting, pixelate your face, and disguise your voice, do you think you could risk everything to let us know the few others he talked to? lol

 

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LP31 wrote:
Eli is going to Redbull KTMHas talked to HEP, Ducati and few others I don't want to mention.He talked to Club and Yamaha blocked that.He will...

Eli is going to Redbull KTM

Has talked to HEP, Ducati and few others I don't want to mention.

He talked to Club and Yamaha blocked that.

He will be a beast on anything.

Lineman25 wrote:

Why would Yamaha block that

Lewis Phillips mentioned it on pulp with matthes

Dont shoot the messenger 

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LP31 wrote:
Eli is going to Redbull KTMHas talked to HEP, Ducati and few others I don't want to mention.He talked to Club and Yamaha blocked that.He will...

Eli is going to Redbull KTM

Has talked to HEP, Ducati and few others I don't want to mention.

He talked to Club and Yamaha blocked that.

He will be a beast on anything.

Lineman25 wrote:

Why would Yamaha block that

Didn’t want to be giving out factory parts to another team?

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