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I think he will be on a Quadlock Honda with another Truck and team built around him similar to the Progressive deal that allowed Kenny to keep his personal sponsors and big pay from Fox and Red Bull.
I think it will be some mix of Monster Energy Honda or Monster Energy Quadlock Honda. I saw on a Swap moto live ( SML) video that Monster helped Chase get out of his Kawasaki contract. I've been thinking they will play a bigger part in this than people have suspected. Quadlock now has a team gear deal like the Twisted Tea Suzuki team did/does that resulted in the "second" team being built around Kenny. .
Pipes built Chase an RMZ to ride too according to that same video. Maybe this is all old news, I've assumed that each team that was talking with Chase that was a real option would have built him a bike to try. But that was the first time I heard it confirmed . If he went to Suzuki I bet that they have him and Anderson in a Truck together with Monster energy worked into the team name.
SML were also throwing out the idea of riding a 26 Honda and that opening up access to more HRC parts and support. I was thinking that could be the way to go too. I think it would allow them to get a bike that Chase would like and be comfortable on the quickest. They could likely use the settings from Sextons last Honda as a base to start with. Motoconcepts raced older Hondas one year when an all new bike came out that resulted in a similar lack of parts and testing data. Factory Honda has done it with McGrath riding the 93 frame up until they went to aluminum. I can see reasons why HRC would not want Sexton on last years bike, beating the current bike being one. I think that anybody that follows the sport close enough understands that the team race bikes are already so different from what you buy from a dealer , that its not going to hurt Honda's rep. And if they run the new bodywork, the people who do not know how different a race bike is from what they can buy, will not know its not a 27 anyway.
I could see Chase on a 26 CRF with some HRC parts and the 2027 bodywork on the 26 chassis. And Monster Energy playing a big part in the team. These are my guesses that I made with the limited info that I've seen publicly available.
Is there a universe where Chase doesn’t race right now?
I imagine if he goes out and has team troubles one more time that’s pretty much a wrap for him.
So 7 weeks from A1 and no team. Will he even make A1 ?
How does a certain journalist brag about who he has signed with a week ago…..but we still have this LeBron level social media crap a week or more later?
He is loving the attention.
It’s pitiful
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Always the same story... People were convinced Prado wouldn’t find a team after he quit. He ended up landing a seat at one of the best teams currently. People were convinced Roczen would never find a team again after his exit from HRC. Same with Reed. Same with Stewart. Same with more top riders.
It’s honestly crazy to me that anyone could think the best riders in the world, the absolute elite of the sport, wouldn’t have teams lining up to sign them. 😂 Oh and never was it true btw
The day he announced he was leaving Kawasaki.
I doubt the “big Savatgy money” is all that “big”, and not enough to make any real difference to Chase.
Of course he will, unless he has an injury setback. He was just cleared to ride last week and I'm sure he still has restrictions. He's going to an established team not some start up.
He's already riding and most assuredly with his new team. I suspect he is still sorting potential sponsor conflicts and can't announce or potentially sign yet.
What's going on in the eyes of Vital today will have no impact on Chase and A1. If he's not on the line, it's injury or recovery related, not team related.
Now that's some genuine rocket surgery there!! Lmaooo... fukn noobies
Chase dumb as chit... he's wasted two of his prime yrs n a row... wasted them!! Seems u two are iq brothers... 🤣🤣🤣
How cool is it going to be when Chase wins A1?
I think so. I left reserved seats tickets at will call for him and his dad 🤣
about as cool as him riding around in a Cybertruck?
It's quadlock honda. Just not officially announced.
I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a huge mistake. But i'm not at all excited by a Quad Lock Honda x Chase Sexton partnership, i don't see it being a longterm deal.
One year deal and Sexton will have a new look at the market during the latter part of the outdoors.
Yarrive will need Honda support, how much will Chase get when Honda have spent and are spending millions of dollars and years of time on the Lawrences? If Hunter and Jett are cruising to wins and podiums and Chase is not while bitching how will that go? What exactly would be the upside, does anyone besides Chase really think he can beat the Lawrences on equal machinery, let alone a step behind? He is starting with only a few weeks to really prepare now, look how long it took him on the KTM to get comfy with full support, big mistake.
Or, hypothetically speaking here as I don't know all the details, Honda knows that Jett's injury is still an issue, especially indoors, and they are hedging their bets against that. Either way if you think the Lawrence family cares if Honda throws some transmissions and ECU/tuning help Quadlock's way for Chase, I have some beach front property in New Mexico to sell you.
It's a win/win for Honda in my opinion. Chase has proven to the masses he can't figure out what he wants, so if it goes sideways that's on him. If he figures it out and wins races, then all the better for all involved.
Now the x-factor is if the brothers don't win because of the bike, then all bets are off.
Pit Row
After years of loyalty to Honda you think the Lawrence's would be cool if Honda gave a chief competitor of theirs comparable support? Especially after Chase shit talked the team? Do you think Shimoda is going to be happy with Chase getting support on a 450 when he is waiting to move up? How many non podium finishes or wrecks will it take for Chase to complain about the Honda and his lack of support? This puts Honda in a situation that if Chase is competitive it is because he is supposed to be, and if Chase isn't competitive the team is bad.
Just in on this thread -
the little girl was the star of this interview ...
Chase won 2 SX races last year. He will probably win at least that many this year. Honda is not going to want their 2026 winning a SX race and being parked up on the podium. They will want a 2027 being raced by someone like Chase, even if they can’t yet support him with a full factory satellite bike. You also have to remember that Chase won Honda a 450 Supercross championship, Japan won’t forget that.
You bring up good points, but you have to remember that Chase won Honda a lot of races and a 450 Supercross championship. That Honda SX title will carry a certain amount of weight in Japan.
I'm sure Windham can show him how to rebrand on a non-factory, factory Honda. Is there anyone better for Chase right now? Hopefully Windham can talk him into being the transfer God reborn.
You misunderstand me I think. Let me try again.
What makes the Chase thing different is that, of all those guys you mentioned, he’s the only one who’s really had two major team problems. What I suggest is that if he goes and has a third blowout year and blames the team and bike, would that not do more career harm than help?
Anyways, he’ll be racing either way for sure I guess I was just pointing out that he’s in a tough spot.
The Lawrence's should have ZERO issue with Chase on a near identical Honda but in a different truck/team.
They should relish the chance to beat him on an identical bike more than if he was on something else, because now the bike can't be used as an excuse.
As long as it doesn't hinder Jett or Hunter getting new parts first, if they or Dazzy have a problem with Chase on a Honda that says something about the Lawrence family that isn't in a good light. I don't see that as the case. It is just going to push them to succeed even more, to prove to everyone that it ISN'T the bike that makes any part of the difference, that it is all them.
I'd much rather beat my competition with as much equal as possible to know it was me that made that difference, than knowing I had such superior equipment that it didn't matter and the outcome was preordained as long as I didn't mess it up.
Since when did it become a thing that riders just get to decide which teammates they have? Or in Chase's case, do you really think the Lawrences step in and say Nahh he can't ride for Quad Lock Honda, he gonna beat our ass on equal material!! and the people actually in charge just go, "Oki doki, if you say so"? 👌🤔.
I understand that it's a team decision, and I'm sure the riders are consulted and their opinions are taken into account. But at the end of the day theyre not the ones investing in those riders?? I could be wrong, but I really dont think their influence is as significant as some of you make it out to be
Agree. Its funny to me that things like this is even being said. Honda wants a Honda to win no matter who is on the seat and when you have a rider the caliber of Sexton riding a Satellite Honda, you help him with what you can. This isn't anything new, with big name riders getting Factory parts on Satellite teams even though the "prospected winner" was on the same brand and on the Factory team.
If HEP can make Kenny a champion, I don’t see why Quadlock couldn’t get Chase there too.
A rider needs a happy place.
But a team needs a rider who can feedback and develop a bike- this I fear is what Chase struggles with. That’s not a quadlock problem.
I 100% ageee, the HRC team being who they are would welcome Sexton rather than be bitter about it. To say anything else is simply wishful thinking
An agreement (contract) between two parties can contain anything. ANYTHING, no matter how bizarre it may seem.
If a rider has asked for a clause that reads “during my tenure, the team must not employ…….,,..” and the team agree to it, then that stands. This may be any other rider from the previous ‘x’ years top three. Or anything else they may desire.
We might be very surprised at what a contract could contain.
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