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Romain Febvre Signs with Monster Energy Kawasaki MXGP
October 1st, 2019 – Monster Energy Kawasaki announced today that they have signed Romain Febvre to a deal that will see him contend the MXGP World Championship for two years with the team. He will join Clement Desalle on the team. Look for more images to come of Romain on the bike once he is fully healthy.
Romain Febvre: "I'm proud and happy to announce you that I’m joining the Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team for the next two years. I’m still healing from my leg injury, waiting to be good to go! I already want to ride so bad with my new bike."
October 1st, 2019 – Monster Energy Kawasaki announced today that they have signed Romain Febvre to a deal that will see him contend the MXGP World Championship for two years with the team. He will join Clement Desalle on the team. Look for more images to come of Romain on the bike once he is fully healthy.
Romain Febvre: "I'm proud and happy to announce you that I’m joining the Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team for the next two years. I’m still healing from my leg injury, waiting to be good to go! I already want to ride so bad with my new bike."
There´s nothing wrong with the Yamaha, it is as good as any bike in the class.
He probably wanted a change or got a better offer from Kawasaki is all.
With Rinaly Yamaha going away, he didnt have a contract and with Wilvo already having Tonus and Paulin, there probably wasnt enough funding. Seewer was also probably a slightly higher priority for Yamaha, so there was just no room for a big-budget deal for Febvre.
He was a contender for the win for every GP he lined up for, while healthy,
I dont see it changing on the Kawi. He still needs to stay healthy to compete for a title again.
But he also was on the Yamaha, so I won't see big differences.
But perhaps the new environment will give him that extra boost to be a title contender again...
The Shop
Obviously they did something right over in EU for Febvre but then again, the ability to make drastic changes is far more likely than what is allowed by the AMA.
The stock bike is good. I don't think anyone can say the 2020 is any worse than any other bike out there.
Pit Row
I believe star practices during the week with the 450.. maybe they have some better set ups?
Depending on who you talk to there were 2 issues: JGR wanted to do all development their way or Yamaha wasn't willing to play ball and divulge set up info from in house or Japan.
I love what Yamaha has done from a marketing perspective and both their big bikes (I bleed blu, so bias here...) but there's something going on with the racing team. Seems like noone talks about it, it's all just "that backwards motor blah blah...."
On the Yamaha's , me personally , I don't like the fit and feel of them. They feel really big and wide. But a few buddies I know that do ride them , love them for that very same reason , and say they feel really " planted " compared to ther bikes available. Not my thing , but some guys swear by them.
Ps , do you even look at mxgp . There was so many races this year with 4 Yamaha s in the top 5 .
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