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Yeah, we know all the Suzuki jokes and I'm by no means a Suzuki fan but I think this team is one to watch. Larry Brooks has been the team manager and now they brought on Kenny Watson so they are putting in a great infrastructure. I hear they are adding another rider but I'm not sure who. Schwartz and Kilroy have both had good results so I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do.
No need to dog on the Suzuki, we have heard it all. All this thread is about is it is good to see a team growing. KW is a big addition and I'm sure the team will be much better funded for the 22 season.
No need to dog on the Suzuki, we have heard it all. All this thread is about is it is good to see a team growing. KW is a big addition and I'm sure the team will be much better funded for the 22 season.
I'm a Suzuki fan, but I can't see them adding much in the way of resources for '22. If/ when that happens, it will likely coincide with a whole new focus on motorcycles in the US.
I think Suzuki motorcycles will be in a holding pattern for a few years.
The Shop
From a Suzuki diehard - always good to hear! Enjoy it.
I do wonder though.... Mumford whined about his bike holding him back all year....how much worse is that gonna get now that he's riding a bike 10 years behind the others?
Pit Row
2) If you are a start up team why not stand out?
3) Suzuki still has fans, why not cater to them?
4) Don't need to waste money on R&D the design is "mature."
5) Who knows if they bought a bunch of JGR parts for pennies on the dollar.
6) It's really not that hard to kickstart a bike.
For those dissing the RM-Z, keep in mind that no bike - NO BIKE - is prepared to race a national at the pro level in stock trim. Even those which are closer than the Suzuki need a lot of work anyway. Maybe yellow goes well with their branding plan.
They had Ram as a sponsor, but they couldn't really display much other than graphics because Toyota was the series sponsor.
Soaring Eagle and Jimmy John's were co titles at the same time, but from what I remember the JJ thing was more from a relationship with someone on the team/Ricky having them as a sponsor in Nascar. The casino route has played a few times in the industry and has never turned out to be some sort of home run. San Manuel, Soaring Eagle, and the mysterious casino sponsor that kept being thrown around with JGR that didn't happen.
In my opinion to say he didn't do crap from RCH isn't accurate. He did, and with what they were allowed to do in the pits and promotion wise with fans, he did alright.
You can't tell me that at a normal job, if a company sponsored an event/team/etc. and saw little return on their investment, they wouldn't re-up as a sponsor. This isn't just a MX/SX team thing, it's business.
So how is he going to do anything differently this time?
If it didn't work out when he had RC & Hart involved how much better is it going to be when it's a team without that star power as owners?
While it was functioning it worked great, the RCH rig was the place to be in the pits and they had great activation. This team is much smaller scale than RCH with different goals.
Full disclosure This post isn't to stroke KW, I would probably hate him if I knew him and he seems like a basket case but if you listen to him and forget that he is a punk rock guy he's really sharp. Every time I hear him get into a subject I have to remind myself to not judge a book by its cover.
From Suzuki.
So...
But the other side, and a saying I have heard in my line of business; "do what your industry does, get what your industry gets." So I can't fault him for trying to bring in larger non-industry sponsors that will, hopefully, see their contracts through and pay on that contract. Too many stories over the years of people in MX/SX getting hung out to dry. If you get a few in that sees a return (which would mean Feld and other promoting bodies lightening up on conflicting series sponsors being the only ones to show product in the pits) then things could possibly change.
Not saying anything will change or even be different this time. I just wanted to say i doubt it's all because of one person.
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