Alpinestars vs Alias For Barcia?

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Edited Date/Time 1/16/2013 2:53pm
Hi All,

I did not see this addressed earlier but why the switch from Alias to Astar for Barcia?

Anyone know the details?
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Marc_Honda 1/16/2013 10:23am
1/16/2013 10:23am
i think its a Geico thing with the 250's obviously Astars offered him more to switch but i think he kind of had to use alias at geico
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DownSouth 1/16/2013 10:26am
1/16/2013 10:26am Edited Date/Time 1/16/2013 10:27am
The Alias gear was part of the Geico Honda team contract. Muscle Milk/Factory Honda has no gear requirement so he was free to negotiate a gear deal with whoever he wanted.
TripleFive 1/16/2013 10:30am
1/16/2013 10:30am
And he rides with AStar boots and gear; it just makes sense.
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Wandell 1/16/2013 11:09am
1/16/2013 11:09am
Right. Alias had/has a deal with Geico/Factory Connection Honda, not the riders. Before that Geico had a deal with Fox. Since leaving Geico Honda for the Factory Honda team, Barcia was able to sign his own deal. I'm sure he had a ton of offers.

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mototed 82 1/16/2013 12:44pm
1/16/2013 12:44pm
im curious is he going to wear just the one design all year or change it up a bit , there is some other nice colour ways Cool
Ryan_Huddleston 1/16/2013 1:02pm
1/16/2013 1:02pm
anyone notice Brayton with a bell helmet instead of a ONE?
JamesOliver 1/16/2013 2:37pm
1/16/2013 2:37pm
Yeh I noticed that. I'm pretty sure he was using a ONE helmet at A1 though, I wonder why he switched.
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kardy 1/16/2013 2:53pm
1/16/2013 2:53pm
JamesOliver wrote:
Yeh I noticed that. I'm pretty sure he was using a ONE helmet at A1 though, I wonder why he switched.
Brayton to Bell and Oakley from ONE and 100%. Rockstar 250 team went to Airoh helmets instead of ONE too, and everyone but Rockstar dropped ONE graphics and went to Enjoy.

Lots of little changes, that's just a few.

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