Posts
53
Joined
2/27/2012
Location
Ebensburg, PA
US
Joseph_Nazarak
8/22/2017 9:36pm
8/22/2017 9:36pm
Edited Date/Time
8/25/2017 8:30am
Heard some crazy inside rumors that this deal is happening. Any other sources out there?
The Shop
Who's he going to replace in the 450 class?
Kawasaki:
Tomac
Grant
Honda:
Roczen
Seely
Geico Honda:
Jeremy Martin
KTM:
Musquin
Tickle
Rocky MTN KTM:
Baggett
Bloss
Husqvarna:
Anderson
Wilson
Yamaha:
Webb
Millsaps
JGR/Suzuki:
Open Spot
Peick
MCR Honda:
Brayton
Friese
Weimer
450 Free agents:
Bogle
Barcia
Reed
Malcolm Stewart
James Stewart
Alessi
*Edit, it's only his second. The only brand that he hasn't raced is Honda.
Maybe its a carrot for the young guys ...
But it's true,he really deserves a shot in the 450 class.
Pit Row
Now he´s going back to 250s and will once again be a top10-top5 guy outdoors and podiumthreat indoors but havent we seen this now for more than a decade?
"Geico Honda:
Jeremy Martin"
Isn't JM staying down again in the 250's?
That beeing said I dont think he would have any problem getting a semi-top team ride like Rock River or Tedder or something similar but I guess you have to pay your bills too .
We need more semi-factory teams like RMATV or Cycle Trader (I know RMATV is basically factory now). More really good non-factory bikes to fill all the great riders out there. Right now you either have a full factory bike or you go privateer.
Or forgot, but apparently husky is dumping the 250 program and lining up 3 450
Riders????
I know it costs money to run them but they get almost as much exposure from the 250 class. But i am sure they have reasons. I would go 2 and 2.
You can't put RMATV and Cycle Trader in the same sentence, RMATV has been a factory backed satellite team for multiple years with factory bikes for all their riders. Cycle Trader is a really good team and much needed in the sport but at the same time far from what RMATV is. I don't know why, but KTM seems to be the only OEM willing to fund or at least have a factory satellite team out there. Like you say, we need more of factory satellite teams like RMATV or stable "B-level" teams like Cycle Trader!
And remove the pointing out rules from the 250 class!
Just look at MXGP with the amount of factory-backed satellite team.
Every brand has at least one or more competitive satellite team in both classes.
I can hardly think of any proper stable B-teams or satellite teams for 450s in the US. Traders Racing but thats about it, the rest is pretty much to my knowledge either privateers or factory teams.
Post a reply to: Davalos to Pro Circuit Kawi, back to the 250?