Jimmy D 2018

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slumpstone 10/11/2017 3:23pm
10/11/2017 3:23pm
mxjon454 wrote:
Yaa Harrison is in a pretty crappy situation. Thats one reason o dont care for the Star yamaha team. Most of the time in the past...
Yaa Harrison is in a pretty crappy situation. Thats one reason o dont care for the Star yamaha team. Most of the time in the past they would just dump a rider after 1 year. Harrison improved tremendously this year and they still didn't sogn him to a year extenstion. Why invest all this money and time in a rider, and hes actually improving, to just drop him. Thats why i love a team like TLD KTM. Theyre loyal to their riders and give them time to develop.
Like they(TLD) did with Alex fry?
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ML512 10/11/2017 3:28pm
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mxjon454 wrote:
Yaa Harrison is in a pretty crappy situation. Thats one reason o dont care for the Star yamaha team. Most of the time in the past...
Yaa Harrison is in a pretty crappy situation. Thats one reason o dont care for the Star yamaha team. Most of the time in the past they would just dump a rider after 1 year. Harrison improved tremendously this year and they still didn't sogn him to a year extenstion. Why invest all this money and time in a rider, and hes actually improving, to just drop him. Thats why i love a team like TLD KTM. Theyre loyal to their riders and give them time to develop.
slumpstone wrote:
Like they(TLD) did with Alex fry?
TLD didn't hire Frye of their own accord. They had to take on Frye due to an existing contract he had with KTM. When KTM placed their factory support behind TLD, they had to take on Hill and Frye per KTM's request to full-fill those existing contracts.
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mxjon454 wrote:
Yaa Harrison is in a pretty crappy situation. Thats one reason o dont care for the Star yamaha team. Most of the time in the past...
Yaa Harrison is in a pretty crappy situation. Thats one reason o dont care for the Star yamaha team. Most of the time in the past they would just dump a rider after 1 year. Harrison improved tremendously this year and they still didn't sogn him to a year extenstion. Why invest all this money and time in a rider, and hes actually improving, to just drop him. Thats why i love a team like TLD KTM. Theyre loyal to their riders and give them time to develop.
slumpstone wrote:
Like they(TLD) did with Alex fry?
ML512 wrote:
TLD didn't hire Frye of their own accord. They had to take on Frye due to an existing contract he had with KTM. When KTM placed...
TLD didn't hire Frye of their own accord. They had to take on Frye due to an existing contract he had with KTM. When KTM placed their factory support behind TLD, they had to take on Hill and Frye per KTM's request to full-fill those existing contracts.
Still crazy to think that guy went from a full factory ride to completely out of the sport, especially considering how moto-crazy his family was, judging by the Redbull documentaries he was in.
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RonJon 10/12/2017 7:00am
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I'd like to think Frye had a lot more upside than someone like Jimmy D who I don't think has even podiumed in 8 years.

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TD248 10/16/2017 3:01pm
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Sounds like Jimmy is out at Geico but reading between the lines in the comments of his latest post sounds like he has something figured out for 2018....
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MX Guy 10/16/2017 3:10pm
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RonJon wrote:
I'd like to think Frye had a lot more upside than someone like Jimmy D who I don't think has even podiumed in 8 years.
4th at Oakland, ended 2017 250SX West with fifth in points. You'd be a very difficult team manager to please.... Especially considering J-Mart ended SX 11th in points.
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smee113 10/16/2017 5:02pm
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Frye was had a deal to race with Orange Brigade in 2016 before the team folded at the end of 2015. TLD picked him up to fulfill his contract with KTM. I read somewhere (Transworld, I think) that Frye retired before the start of 2017 due to an injury, but I think TLD had already cut him by that point.
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WoodsRacer 10/16/2017 6:52pm
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Listening to pulpmx right now and it sounds like Jimmy D to JGR.
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mxjon454 10/16/2017 9:38pm
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mxjon454 wrote:
Yaa Harrison is in a pretty crappy situation. Thats one reason o dont care for the Star yamaha team. Most of the time in the past...
Yaa Harrison is in a pretty crappy situation. Thats one reason o dont care for the Star yamaha team. Most of the time in the past they would just dump a rider after 1 year. Harrison improved tremendously this year and they still didn't sogn him to a year extenstion. Why invest all this money and time in a rider, and hes actually improving, to just drop him. Thats why i love a team like TLD KTM. Theyre loyal to their riders and give them time to develop.
slumpstone wrote:
Like they(TLD) did with Alex fry?
Frye was on the orange birage team and that was supposed to take him into his first full year of sx and mx just like it did with Dakota Alix the previous year. Frye was even supposed to be on TLD but they had to take him on or KTM wouldve broke his contract. And Frye didnt exactly light the world on fire. Frye said he couldve raced this year on his own dime fron the money he made at TLD but he didnt want to spend that and end up with no ride again. So he took the safe route and quit instead of wasting a decent chunk of money to keep his dreams alive for one more year.
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mxjon454 10/16/2017 9:38pm
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mxjon454 wrote:
Yaa Harrison is in a pretty crappy situation. Thats one reason o dont care for the Star yamaha team. Most of the time in the past...
Yaa Harrison is in a pretty crappy situation. Thats one reason o dont care for the Star yamaha team. Most of the time in the past they would just dump a rider after 1 year. Harrison improved tremendously this year and they still didn't sogn him to a year extenstion. Why invest all this money and time in a rider, and hes actually improving, to just drop him. Thats why i love a team like TLD KTM. Theyre loyal to their riders and give them time to develop.
slumpstone wrote:
Like they(TLD) did with Alex fry?
ML512 wrote:
TLD didn't hire Frye of their own accord. They had to take on Frye due to an existing contract he had with KTM. When KTM placed...
TLD didn't hire Frye of their own accord. They had to take on Frye due to an existing contract he had with KTM. When KTM placed their factory support behind TLD, they had to take on Hill and Frye per KTM's request to full-fill those existing contracts.
Just saw your post ML lol
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mxjon454 10/16/2017 9:43pm
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RonJon wrote:
I'd like to think Frye had a lot more upside than someone like Jimmy D who I don't think has even podiumed in 8 years.
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4th at Oakland, ended 2017 250SX West with fifth in points. You'd be a very difficult team manager to please.... Especially considering J-Mart ended SX 11th...
4th at Oakland, ended 2017 250SX West with fifth in points. You'd be a very difficult team manager to please.... Especially considering J-Mart ended SX 11th in points.
J-Mart has won sx races, has won a bunch of mx races and 2 championships. No sense in comparing the two lol
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mxjon454 10/16/2017 9:47pm
10/16/2017 9:47pm
WoodsRacer wrote:
Listening to pulpmx right now and it sounds like Jimmy D to JGR.
If thats the case, then thatd be pretty sweet for JimmyD. Im sure the bike will be very competitive since they brought the current west champ on, it has to be, no excuses. JimmyD will probably get his own gear deal/ gear money too. I wonder if he'll ride outdoors though, cause i remember JGR saying they have four 250 riders in supercross, but only two 250 riders outdoor.
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MX Guy 10/16/2017 10:33pm
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RonJon wrote:
I'd like to think Frye had a lot more upside than someone like Jimmy D who I don't think has even podiumed in 8 years.
MX Guy wrote:
4th at Oakland, ended 2017 250SX West with fifth in points. You'd be a very difficult team manager to please.... Especially considering J-Mart ended SX 11th...
4th at Oakland, ended 2017 250SX West with fifth in points. You'd be a very difficult team manager to please.... Especially considering J-Mart ended SX 11th in points.
mxjon454 wrote:
J-Mart has won sx races, has won a bunch of mx races and 2 championships. No sense in comparing the two lol
I believe there is sense in it, if J-Mart is such a champion why did he not do that well in SX? I'm a huge fan of his, I'm just saying that Jimmy D did great this year.
backinthesaddleagain 10/16/2017 11:03pm
10/16/2017 11:03pm
I always pull for nesc guys but don't say he was half retarded because he had Lyme disease. What does that even mean? How about Lyme kicked his but or slowed him down. And yes I know the definition of retarded is slowed.
Dirty Points 10/16/2017 11:56pm
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WoodsRacer wrote:
Listening to pulpmx right now and it sounds like Jimmy D to JGR.
mxjon454 wrote:
If thats the case, then thatd be pretty sweet for JimmyD. Im sure the bike will be very competitive since they brought the current west champ...
If thats the case, then thatd be pretty sweet for JimmyD. Im sure the bike will be very competitive since they brought the current west champ on, it has to be, no excuses. JimmyD will probably get his own gear deal/ gear money too. I wonder if he'll ride outdoors though, cause i remember JGR saying they have four 250 riders in supercross, but only two 250 riders outdoor.
I am not convinced that they can bring the bike up to the level of other teams. Paying a regional champ a few hundred thousand and promising a ride at the next level of competition for him is a lot less of a commitment than the literal millions that go into developing a motorcycle.
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smee113 10/17/2017 2:58pm
10/17/2017 2:58pm
According to Racer X, JGR just signed Decotis.

Good fit, if you ask me, especially considering that JGR will only field two of their four 250 riders for the outdoors. Nicoletti will likely move up to the 450s, and Decotis is a Supercross specialist, so it makes since to sign him as 250SX only. Then again, Hill isn't much of an outdoor rider, either.

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