Airport observations....Roczen.

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Edited Date/Time 7/1/2014 10:53am
Heading out from Tennessee Sunday morning, I spotted a couple of racers coming through to catch their flights out. First one, a top level rider himself, looked like he just rolled out of bed right and stumbled through the door with bedhead. Few minutes later, here comes Roczen looking ready to attend a press conference. The young man is a sponsors dream on and off the track. With such a limited opportunity to make your mark...and your money in this sport it is refreshing to see someone who seems to hold everything in high regards. Glad to see him putting his head down and getting the job done yet bummed to see him leave KTM.
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yak651 6/30/2014 6:48am
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Agree - a PR dream, works social media, seems humble enough, works hard but enjoys himself. Definitely living the good life.
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He is definitely making me a fan.
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Mr. Ted 6/30/2014 7:38am
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Just a smart, humble, likable kid. For any of the young riders, certainly a model to aspire to. Thankfully not another chock full of talent rider that tanks their career with stupid off track antics...
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yak651 wrote:
Agree - a PR dream, works social media, seems humble enough, works hard but enjoys himself. Definitely living the good life.
Yep!

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Bluelion 6/30/2014 7:45am
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Hey Newman, So you went to the Tennesse national? I was there also..Are you going to Red Bud?
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Just a damn good kid...



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gsxrcr28 6/30/2014 8:13am
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RCH hit a home run signing him.
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newmann 6/30/2014 8:19am
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Bluelion wrote:
Hey Newman, So you went to the Tennesse national? I was there also..Are you going to Red Bud?
My self inflicted work schedule makes it extremely difficult for me to get away so not planning any others this year. One day I want to hit them all. Smile
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LoudLove 6/30/2014 8:44am
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Hard not to like Kenny, even if you support another rider. Rides clean, presents a positive image, and has a strong command of his second language. With Dungey on the other bike, KTM could not be more pleased with their results, on and off the track.
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newmann wrote:
Heading out from Tennessee Sunday morning, I spotted a couple of racers coming through to catch their flights out. First one, a top level rider himself...
Heading out from Tennessee Sunday morning, I spotted a couple of racers coming through to catch their flights out. First one, a top level rider himself, looked like he just rolled out of bed right and stumbled through the door with bedhead. Few minutes later, here comes Roczen looking ready to attend a press conference. The young man is a sponsors dream on and off the track. With such a limited opportunity to make your mark...and your money in this sport it is refreshing to see someone who seems to hold everything in high regards. Glad to see him putting his head down and getting the job done yet bummed to see him leave KTM.
I think on of the biggest reason leaving ktm is dungey. Maybe, i think so..?
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I sometimes find myself rooting against him, but just for the fact that it is his rookie season on the 450, and if he wins the majority of the races now, it could make for a boring next few years. Can't wait to see him back on a Suzuki where he grew up.
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FLmxer 6/30/2014 9:15am
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Great role model. I try to show some of my nonmoto more conservative friends guys like Kenny, Dungey and Trey getting interviewed because they think pro moto means Twitch and Deegan dipping flips and then flipping of the camera.
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The Rock 6/30/2014 10:47am
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Mikkis wrote:
I think on of the biggest reason leaving ktm is dungey. Maybe, i think so..?
You are probably the only that thinks so but that's cool.
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Brent 6/30/2014 10:56am
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Proper parenting is everything. The Roczens apparently did a great job with their son.
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bsharkey 6/30/2014 10:59am
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its still hard to believe ktm would let him go. he seems to gel with the bike too. maybe ricky finally decided he wanted to WIN and is paying him too much to say no
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yak651 wrote:
Agree - a PR dream, works social media, seems humble enough, works hard but enjoys himself. Definitely living the good life.
X2.

He's got all the pieces to the puzzle. Huge fan of this kid and so glad he's staying here in the US MX scene. Big plus for our series.
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John_Ryder 6/30/2014 11:05am
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so who was the other dude jackwagon looking bed head ??????
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gsxrcr28 wrote:
RCH hit a home run signing him.
yea they did!

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ChrisB10 6/30/2014 11:08am
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funny how Kenny Watson always says on pulpmx he doesn't like Euro's but I'm sure he likes that they signed probably the 2014 outdoor champ!
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John_Ryder wrote:
so who was the other dude jackwagon looking bed head ??????
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peelout 6/30/2014 11:13am
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if you're not a fan of Ken Roczen then fuck you

in all seriousness KR is an amazing talent, great to see him riding so well in his first year. if he holds on to this championship it would be amazing
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Hallzilla 6/30/2014 11:17am
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peelout wrote:
if you're not a fan of Ken Roczen then fuck you in all seriousness KR is an amazing talent, great to see him riding so well...
if you're not a fan of Ken Roczen then fuck you

in all seriousness KR is an amazing talent, great to see him riding so well in his first year. if he holds on to this championship it would be amazing
Wow peel, we agree Smile
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peelout wrote:
if you're not a fan of Ken Roczen then fuck you in all seriousness KR is an amazing talent, great to see him riding so well...
if you're not a fan of Ken Roczen then fuck you

in all seriousness KR is an amazing talent, great to see him riding so well in his first year. if he holds on to this championship it would be amazing
AHAHAHHA sounds like you been hanging out with Ricky Bobby this weekend...
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downard254 6/30/2014 11:51am
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Kenny was winning me over during SX this season, and I've always been a big fan of Dungey, as I believe he's quite a sponsors dream too, he's just not that much into the social media though. Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that I've always been a big Suzuki fan, and Dungey on the Suzy was sweet, then he left for KTM and I was a bit bummed, but still liked Ryan. Now Kenny leaving for Suzuki is just the icing on the cake for me. I wan't both Ryan and Kenny to win, but you just can't have your cake and eat it too.
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downard254 wrote:
Kenny was winning me over during SX this season, and I've always been a big fan of Dungey, as I believe he's quite a sponsors dream...
Kenny was winning me over during SX this season, and I've always been a big fan of Dungey, as I believe he's quite a sponsors dream too, he's just not that much into the social media though. Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that I've always been a big Suzuki fan, and Dungey on the Suzy was sweet, then he left for KTM and I was a bit bummed, but still liked Ryan. Now Kenny leaving for Suzuki is just the icing on the cake for me. I wan't both Ryan and Kenny to win, but you just can't have your cake and eat it too.
who the fuck gets cake and doesn't eat it?
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John_Ryder 6/30/2014 12:23pm
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so who was the other racer with bedhead cracker
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newmann wrote:
Heading out from Tennessee Sunday morning, I spotted a couple of racers coming through to catch their flights out. First one, a top level rider himself...
Heading out from Tennessee Sunday morning, I spotted a couple of racers coming through to catch their flights out. First one, a top level rider himself, looked like he just rolled out of bed right and stumbled through the door with bedhead. Few minutes later, here comes Roczen looking ready to attend a press conference. The young man is a sponsors dream on and off the track. With such a limited opportunity to make your mark...and your money in this sport it is refreshing to see someone who seems to hold everything in high regards. Glad to see him putting his head down and getting the job done yet bummed to see him leave KTM.
Mikkis wrote:
I think on of the biggest reason leaving ktm is dungey. Maybe, i think so..?
I would call BS on that. I think the biggest reason Kenny is leaving KTM is money. He's smart enough to know that this business is a young man's business, and that it can all come to an end with one mistake. He's got a good agent that has him a sweet (I'll bet) deal with RCH, and a great trainer that will keep him at the top of his game...and I'm sure a very lucrative personal sponsorship deal with RedBull. All of those things can make him a multi-millionare by the time he's 30...and he can retire in one piece. Pretty smart kid, if you ask me.

Having RC around to give you pointers doesn't exactly suck either.
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davistld01 wrote:
I would call BS on that. I think the biggest reason Kenny is leaving KTM is money. He's smart enough to know that this business is...
I would call BS on that. I think the biggest reason Kenny is leaving KTM is money. He's smart enough to know that this business is a young man's business, and that it can all come to an end with one mistake. He's got a good agent that has him a sweet (I'll bet) deal with RCH, and a great trainer that will keep him at the top of his game...and I'm sure a very lucrative personal sponsorship deal with RedBull. All of those things can make him a multi-millionare by the time he's 30...and he can retire in one piece. Pretty smart kid, if you ask me.

Having RC around to give you pointers doesn't exactly suck either.
I think Suzuki was the whole package for KRoc. Dungey being KTM's number one rider wasn't the whole reason but probably part of if.

I think he's still slightly uncomfortable on the KTM even though he's shredding it. I want to see how much he turns it up on the Suzuki.
Money was right at RCH.
And he is the number 1 rider for RCH.
There are probably other perks like couches at the house on the ranch and what not. Just stuff that hasn't been disclosed yet.
Langhammx 6/30/2014 1:13pm
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Roczen is a class act. He's being guided by the right people and will do great things next year on RCH. Kawasaki offered him really good money too, but he wanted to ride the Suzuki. KTM couldn't match the paycheck that Kawi and RCH was offering, so it was an easy choice for him. Dungeys salary is pretty steep too, it would cost a lot of money to keep the two best guys on the same team.
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wagonmaster 6/30/2014 1:39pm
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Plus at Kawasaki he couldn't keep his Red Bull deal. I don't know if K-Roc was who they were talking about but on sports money they said rising star in super cross just signed a deal that could be worth quarter of Billion dollar's for a 5 year deal counting clothing- bike company- energy drink and performance bonus's

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