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I think you should go watch 2003 Supercross season... CR22 won 6 straight racers and if it wasn't for a rookie error. Reed would of won that SX title.
It’s ramped up significantly since Jett came along and started putting belt to ass
If only there was a Production Rule; oh wait…….
I will never accept this point. He shouldn't have even been a factory rider.
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I'm very familiar with that season, which is why I especially wrote "majority". Given his multi-year career and you can only name one rider from one season, I suspect I made my point, and you confirmed it, without you even realising.
Of course, we might like to include James as well, but we're still only at two riders out of his whole career.
Also... I've heard from smart people that this version of kawi has some inherent frame problems.
But this isn't the 2010 Yamaha. The 2009 Honda wasn't the 2010 Yamaha either.
The 2010 Yamaha ruined careers of legends
KR knew how to run the tooling and build his own bike.
McGrath owned his Suzuki team - he could what he wanted. Other guys not so much....
Times change how teams operate and I suspect technology, methods, and bike design have impacted bike setup.
How about adding a caveat to the original question: Have any "modern era" factory teams been accused of forcing riders to run a setup? Let's say over the last decade.
Is the factory Kawasaki 450 program the only example?
He was considered a “Satellite” team. Never mind that pesky, AMA “Production Rule”. How can you run a fork that the bike wasn’t produced with?
Oh yeah, it was the cylinder on the Yamaha. He ran a cylinder off a much earlier year.
Anyhoo, the point was he didn’t “just ride what he was given”.
You want to fix AMA Racing? Make the “Production Rule” mean something. Level the playing field.
MC did not own the team Phil Alderton of Yam of Troy did as he was also a Suz dealer at the time…The Team was called Suz of Troy and carried the same fifth dragon logo that Yam of Troy did…
ok, i'll agree.....but he was still able to run what he wanted on that bike which was the main point of my comments. i do believe Mac had some skin i the game however
Weimer was a good B guy for a factory team, but I don’t think his results would’ve been any different if he was on a factory Honda, factory ktm, JGR Yamaha, or factory Suzuki or any other bike.
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