MOTO120 wrote:
When Short was with Chap Aaron, I think he was getting direct support from Honda....meaning, I think his bike at the time was much more "outfitted" than Brayton's was. I am likely wrong on this though so someone please correct me haha
davis224 wrote:
Ah, I had my years mixed up. So was it 2013 when he started out with LMC, then the deal suddenly fell apart, and he rode several races on a mostly stock Honda before getting some more support? Or am I pulling random bits from different years and making my own story up?
2012 and 2013 were with L&Mc, early into 2013 the team sorted dissolved due to a lack of funding. Then through a series of people helping him; including staff from his prior L&Mc team, the freshly dissolved JWR/original L&M squad, and a few private individuals, he had a fairly stock Honda for a few rounds before getting on with BTO KTM. Round to round the bike was changing, but at its first race it was basically a stock bike with a clutch, hi-comp piston, fuel, (maybe mapping) some kit KYB forks, modified stock shock, wheels, clamps, etc. The only real factory bit on the bike was some HRC footpegs and brackets with a different offset that someone, who's on this forum actually, managed to snag for him.