Brian Hsu

He was fast prior to that, too. I'm just going off memory, not GPT... he was sponsored on Superminis and did some of the big Euro races there. He maaayy have done the EMX125 when that was a thing, maybe EMX250. I seem to remember him being on the Bud Racing team when he was young, too. 

I think I remember him on a Suzuki 250 team, too. And yeah, German/Korean, concert violinist.  He kind of disappeared from about 2020-2025

https://gatedrop.com/interview-brian-hsu-ive-got-the-fun-back-and-i-enjoy-riding/

HSU won the EMX125 Championship. Fun fact: He claimed the title at Lommel in 2014. At the same event, Jett Lawrence won the 65cc title ahead of Jo Shimoda

Hsu was a pretty big talent that came true the pipeline off Suzuki MXGP back in the day. Got the title in EMX 125 and did really good early 250 days and looked like he could be the next thing for Suzuki in the GPs. 

Sadly enough he got allot off injuries back to back and fell off the map. Showed up here and there and always got the raw speed after all those years. 

Hsu always got a good feel for Supercross to. Last few years did some solid results in SX races in Italy and Europe and got a shot with Stark at WSX.

Still think he could do pretty decent on a solid team for a East/West 250 SX 

Bit on the same boot as Hsu. Once a talent that had allot of style and speed that came true on the Suzuki MXGP pipeline. On the same era as Hsu and they where even teammates. 

Injuries and bad luck over the years and never really got back into the GPs. 

Also a good feel for SX.

I thought he was Junior World Champ 125cc instead of EMX.

He raced GP’s as a privateer after his Suzuki era and then went into Italian teams. Last two years I went to Italy in May he was regularly training there on tracks like MX45 and Dorno MX and his speed is still elite

https://www.fim-europe.com/hsu-crowned-new-european-champion-in-emx125-in-lommel-belgium/

Totally forgot about that one Matze😁

Funny thing is that he has very little experience on the Varg, it's impressive that he could be competitive and race with Hicks straight away.

Pro riders usually need a bit of time to adapt to race with it at their top level.

He won the EMX125 Championship and he also won the World Junior championship in 2014 in Liernieux, at that event we saw Jett and Jo battle with each other.

After that he raced MX2 for Factory Suzuki. He made some weird decisions in his career, he gave up his Factory seat because he didn't want to work with Everts. Then he signed with a Hungarian team, he also raced French and Italian MX and SX championships.

If you put him on a Star Yamaha or Pro Circuit Kawasaki he will probably finish top 10 in supercross because he is very talented.

Was impressed. Never heard of the guy. Yet he leading the 250 class for half the race. Not sure if his bike suspension packed it in, or acceleration issue with the stark. He looked good. LED Mad Max for half the moto.

Dude has a hobby. 

Jace during the broadcast stated that he stepped away from racing to "make violins". This is absolutely a legit artisan profession, especially in Italy where he says he is based from. 

FYI: A luthier is a skilled crafts person who builds and repairs stringed instruments, particularly guitars, violins, cellos, and other members of the violin and guitar families. The term comes from the French word "luth," meaning lute, reflecting the profession's deep historical roots in European instrument-making traditions. These artisans combine woodworking expertise, acoustic knowledge, and artistic sensibility to create instruments that produce beautiful, resonant sound and are works of art in and of themselves.

He was running the top pace most of the race.  Impressive 

Yup EMX125 title, contender since he was on 80s. A bunch of injuries once he turned pro but the talent has always been there.

For Americans he may been relatively unknown, but to the rest of the world Brian Hsu is probably one of those names that evokes a “Oh yeah, that guy” type of response.

Since getting his injuries sorted, Hsu has slowly been mounting a well-rounded comeback, quite literally on the world stage.

He’s spent the last several seasons racing the Italian national series for a Honda team, competed in (and won) several rounds of the All-Japan National Championships, won the final round of the Chinese Nationals last year, raced in the French SX Tour (he is a natural in SX and is almost always near the front), the EICMA Supercross, was the 2019 “Prince of Bercy” at the Paris Supercross going 1-1-1, and this year threw his helmet back into the MXGP ring in Italy, Germany and France.

Also most have probably forgotten this, but in 2022 he was signed onto the Rides Unlimited Racing KTM 250 SX team but got injured right before the start of the season and that was it for his US debut.

And yes, he’s an impressive violinist, and speaks no fewer than 3 languages.

If you can’t tell, I’m pumped this kid is finally getting some recognition on the North American stage and don’t let any Stark/electric bias cloud your judgment. Watch his skills on the bike… he is very talented on any MX bike with a flare for supercross.

are you talking about the world juniors,  or the emx125 series,  as you seemed to have combined the 2, 

I think he speaks more than that. Born in Germany, grew up mostly in Italy, mother is taiwanese, father from Hungary. He speaks English, Italian, Mandarin, German and Hungarian. 

Super talented kid. Around 2014 it looked like he'd become the next Kenny. Never really panned out. Had a lot of injuries and somehow disappears for years at a time and nobodx knows what's going on. Then he comes back randomly and still has it. He looked very good at Calgary. With some more fitness and no bike issue he could have easily been 2nd overall

From what I remember of his career, he beat Davey Poojites to the EMX125 title then was on a factory Suzuki riding EMX & MX2. I presume injuries set him back, I also heard he didn’t like to train. If my memory serves me right he turned down his factory contract with Suzuki to try and get a US SX ride but it fell through & he came back to Europe with his tail between his legs. He then jumped around teams all over Europe. Wasted talent. 

Dig the positivity. You're right though. Total waste. That's why we're talking about him. 

Guy with talent but no interested training when was younger. 

Some biggest talent give up great opportunies because they dont want to put work in and some who are not talented make it work with hard work. 

Brian hsu, Watching brian hsu, watching brian hsu, watching brian hsu …. That part was funny 😆 

When Brian came to Suzuki Rockstar Energy under Team Manager Thomas Ramsbacher, "Ramsi" said to me that Brian is more talented than Kenny. But time has gone bye in a blink of an eye and beside of injuries the main problem was familiar and lack of training intensity. He had multiple chances, but the father wanted high speed money and star treatment. Last chance he missed with Everts and Suzuki Factory so he disappeared from the big stage... sad story of a wastes supertalent.   

In this vid posted by Maverick in the Calgary thread, Seb Tortelli talks about Hsu at the 3 min mark:

Nice article about his story on wsx website 

https://worldsupercrosschampionship.com/brian-hsu-the-violin-maker-taki…

I remember being by the ambulance whilst they spoke to his team manager about the horrific injuries he got at Matterley in 2018(?), shame things never worked out for him 

What injuries did he suffer?