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In this market, if someone wanted to take my bike and pay me an extra 50% of what the manufacturer thought it was worth when it was new, I’d wash it and load it in their truck for them too.
The bill of sale could be used to affect the title transfer later. With the claim price being 150% of MSRP, it should easily cover whatever balance is left on the hypothetical bike loan (though money spent on aftermarket parts and other modifications might be more, they’re unlikely to be included in a loan for the bike purchase).
Why are we still spreading non sense about this. The rider making the claim was given money from an engine guy out of Texas to claim a star bike. An mxsports official is who intimidated the kid making the claim not anyones father, the kids own words . Yes it may be a rule but it was shady all around from every party involved. If you’re part of the moto community at all you know this garbage is shunned upon anyways, rule or not.
He got a couple holeshots and led some laps, but fell everytime he was fast 🤦
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Nerves, probably. He’ll settle down and start winning.
Are you suggesting it makes a difference with who fronted the money?
Absolutely, the rule states a competitor in the class must be the one claiming for legit competitive reasons nothing else. Thats not saying the kid deserved to be shaken down by an MXsports official but the entire act was on bad faith from someone trying to work around the actual rules and reverse engineer a star engine.
You can downvote me all you want the AMA rules are the rules , take it up with them.
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You may need to revisit that one to see what actually went down.
The kid said he wanted to see what it was like to ride the Star bike.
Utter nonsense.
If a rider has a sponsor throwing him cash, the rider can use that cash to spend on anything connected to his racing.
If rider wants to use that cash to activate a protest, why shouldn’t he?
It makes zero difference where the money comes from.
You are just arguing hypotheticals now, the rules the rule.
What do you mean?
What does the rule say about the source of the funding?
Don't feel too bad. Some people just don't have the intellect to stock shelves.
And what happened the next week?
He sold it back to them.
So this subject had me thinking; if you could claim any bike in the current SX field, which would it be and why?
Initially I thought Hunter’s Honda, because well it’s HRC, but I think I’d go Kenny’s Suzi.
That bike (and rider) are proving everything we’re supposed to believe about the moto industry wrong.
I don't think it applies to AMA Pro Racing. Different sanctioning body.
If you did get Roczen's bike, the first thing you'd have to do is completely re-do the suspension so you could ride it.
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Sorry it was a theoretical question guys.
Actually, John Roeder raced it a few times in local races, Cycle magazine took it apart and photographed it and wrote an article, then put it in storage for 30+ years. Terry Good owns it now.
Someone please refresh my memory. What’s the story about the Factory Honda transporter being stolen at a track in California, and then recovered with the works (Marty Smith’s) Honda’s missing. Were these bikes ever recovered?
You have 7 85’s in rotation? Fuck me your boy must be hard on bikes…. I take it he’s pretty quick? I’m gunna need to make some more money asap.
Schofield not getting the Star bike is the biggest injustice in the history of amature racing.
Remember when Chatfields claimed Alessi's 85
Don't race cheater bikes and it's not a problem.
Just a question why was it a cheater bike?
That's the best kind!
No he didnt.
Well, he wanted to. They balked at the asking price.
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