Roczen To KTM Next Year?

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Edited Date/Time 6/21/2022 7:56pm
With Chase Sexton and Jett Lawrence going to most likely be the 450 riders outdoors next season and KTM 450 effort seemingly not knowing where it's going (Dungey isn't coming back long term), what are the chances that Roczen signs with Red Bull KTM next year. I'm pretty sure this is the last year on his Honda deal.
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davis224 6/21/2022 12:03pm
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I'd guess Roczen SX only for Honda then retiring, or World SX for a year.
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davis224 wrote:
I'd guess Roczen SX only for Honda then retiring, or World SX for a year.
I agree with this
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dcg141 6/21/2022 1:35pm
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I think that bridge got burned.
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DonM 6/21/2022 1:48pm
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davis224 wrote:
I'd guess Roczen SX only for Honda then retiring, or World SX for a year.
You mean retiring to WSX....seems to be the trend...
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suspensionguy 6/21/2022 1:54pm
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Didn’t he openly refer to ktm’s handling as “weird” after he left for Honda?

I’d like to see him back on Suzuki but that’s just me.
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Magoofan 6/21/2022 2:14pm
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Nope.....it's Bagget back to KTM next year.

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spimx 6/21/2022 2:37pm
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James Stewart will come out of retirement on a red bull KTM for world supercross.
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Dirty Points 6/21/2022 3:27pm
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suspensionguy wrote:
Didn’t he openly refer to ktm’s handling as “weird” after he left for Honda?

I’d like to see him back on Suzuki but that’s just me.
No. He called the Suzuki (largely esteemed in it's handling characteristics) "weird" when he left for Honda

"Obviously I could ride my Suzuki really, really good but I always felt like it was a little weird."

http://pulpmx.com/2016/10/05/ken-roczen-transcribed/
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suspensionguy wrote:
Didn’t he openly refer to ktm’s handling as “weird” after he left for Honda?

I’d like to see him back on Suzuki but that’s just me.
Dirty Points wrote:
No. He called the Suzuki (largely esteemed in it's handling characteristics) "weird" when he left for Honda [i]"Obviously I could ride my Suzuki really, really good...
No. He called the Suzuki (largely esteemed in it's handling characteristics) "weird" when he left for Honda

"Obviously I could ride my Suzuki really, really good but I always felt like it was a little weird."

http://pulpmx.com/2016/10/05/ken-roczen-transcribed/
Weird. Because he did his best work on Suzuki.
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I personally think Adam C needs a fresh start and given his and kens friendship, could totally see them joining a team together at the end of the year. In a perfect world, if they both went to Suzuki and JGR came back it would be awesome!
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If the Suzuki felt weird to him in 2016 I’d hate to see what a good feel would have done for him. I was at muddy creek and Budds that year and he was making it look too easy. Dominant
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Rotaholic wrote:
Him and Webb would make great team mates....
inthebadboycorner wrote:
Is that still real, or water under the bridge nowdays.
Afterall they are both married with children.
Well they are eskimo bros…
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Roczen on a ktm in the gps......... also nice for his europeaan fans to see him again......
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suspensionguy wrote:
Didn’t he openly refer to ktm’s handling as “weird” after he left for Honda?

I’d like to see him back on Suzuki but that’s just me.
Dirty Points wrote:
No. He called the Suzuki (largely esteemed in it's handling characteristics) "weird" when he left for Honda [i]"Obviously I could ride my Suzuki really, really good...
No. He called the Suzuki (largely esteemed in it's handling characteristics) "weird" when he left for Honda

"Obviously I could ride my Suzuki really, really good but I always felt like it was a little weird."

http://pulpmx.com/2016/10/05/ken-roczen-transcribed/
That’s not the interview that comes to mind, it was a trackside interview, either way, touché
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davis224 wrote:
I'd guess Roczen SX only for Honda then retiring, or World SX for a year.
DonM wrote:
You mean retiring to WSX....seems to be the trend...
WSX the Arenacross of the early 2000’s. The soft landing for those facing “retirement”
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mxxxeR1 wrote:
Roczen on a ktm in the gps......... also nice for his europeaan fans to see him again......
Dude you are so far off.... my source Aupoo says kroc will join j-law on the newly formed gas gas/happy flower race team to run the ridiculously fast growing series in India... you'll see!!!
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Ake89 6/21/2022 6:23pm
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I was thinking the same thing, KTM baby!
Dirty Points 6/21/2022 7:45pm
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Rotaholic wrote:
Him and Webb would make great team mates....
inthebadboycorner wrote:
Is that still real, or water under the bridge nowdays.
Afterall they are both married with children.
Or maybe that makes it worse. Now dude called your wife, mother of your children, a hoe.
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mattyhamz2 6/21/2022 7:56pm
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suspensionguy wrote:
Didn’t he openly refer to ktm’s handling as “weird” after he left for Honda?

I’d like to see him back on Suzuki but that’s just me.
Dirty Points wrote:
No. He called the Suzuki (largely esteemed in it's handling characteristics) "weird" when he left for Honda [i]"Obviously I could ride my Suzuki really, really good...
No. He called the Suzuki (largely esteemed in it's handling characteristics) "weird" when he left for Honda

"Obviously I could ride my Suzuki really, really good but I always felt like it was a little weird."

http://pulpmx.com/2016/10/05/ken-roczen-transcribed/
He also said he didn’t like the KTM when he left for Suzuki. Didn’t like the dead feeling rear end among other things. RC said on Pulp Show 500 that he hasn’t been surprised to see or hear what Ken has done and said. Basically it was along the lines of not being surprised to hear Kenny wasn’t getting along with his Honda because he was the same at KTM and at RCH.
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