honda of troy, yamaha of troy, star, whats the connection

There is a shop, a multi-line dealer in Troy, Ohio and there is a SEPARATE business called "Kilbarger Racing" that operates the HoT team.....The dealer is merely a sponsor

When it was Yamaha of Troy, it was a separate company called "Fifth Dragon Racing," with similar ownership to the dealership, which later underwent a firing/release/buy-out ownership alteration

Yamaha/Honda of troy is here in dayton (On dixie Hwy.) (not troy, in fact no where near troy, OH. Its about 20 min. away from troy, oh.). I live 5 min. from HoT/YoT and I have not herd any good things about them. All I know is that they are exploring their options.

Where did you hear they where closing? Star took on the team in like 2008. HoT came back last year.

Star didn't "take on" YoT, as Star existed at the same time YoT existed, but as a private team.
Star was given the factory Yamaha support when YoT went down.

All I know is them Honda of Troy bikes are in the 3 best looking bikes of all year! I gotta get those graphics for my Honda 450.

Kilbarger Racing / Honda of Troy race team is still 100% strong.

As for YOT "exploring their options" many businesses are restructuring. Could be as simple as they are moving to a different building?

Okay Guys this is really what (Honda of Troy) or (Yamaha of Troy) or Southside Honda last but not least Honda,Yamaha, Suzuki. Back in the day. The company was in Troy, Ohio. But needed more room cause back in the day when people had money and could actually spend it. The company expanded and needed more room so they purchased the building in Dayton, Ohio.
They was there around 20yrs. Never really up graded much but the company was doing pretty well. there where three owners as I recall Phil Alderton, Scott Paul and a silent partner. The company got so big it started it own race them. One thing led to another and sometimes Money take over and one of the partners went bad and got sold out and they separated the company from the race team which was very sad cause there for a couple of year they was awesome. They even had Jeremy McGrath, Mike Craig, and some other pretty big riders. I went to Honda of Troy back in July to see if they was hiring and the place was a mess as normal they was replacing the ceiling. Which that and other things should have been taken care of a long time ago. Any ways my friend told me about Nov that they was closing and it didn't surprise me a bit. I'm so sorry for the people that worked there and wish them the best.

I also live about 15 minutes from "Southside Honda" which as stated above was "HoT, YoT, etc. I still go by there often, and it looks like the business shut it's doors a couple of months ago. Wasn't a bad dealership... but not surprising it closed given the location. Moraine is now a ghost town since GM shut it's doors and really seems to be going down hill in a hurry.

Too bad because I bought bikes, parts, etc. there and they had some good people working for them. Hopefully they'll re-open somewhere sometime.