Ryan Dungey 2006 Bike for sale SMAI MX race team bike

djd wrote:

Without a doubt I would say you have one of his amateur bikes. The emails you have from Suzuki have Ryan's name/old MN address on them...

Without a doubt I would say you have one of his amateur bikes.

The emails you have from Suzuki have Ryan's name/old MN address on them. The information you have from Suzuki notes no dealer, meaning the bike went from Suzuki straight to Ryan. The December 20th date doesn't exactly mean that's when the bike first started being used, to me that means when it might've been titled. In December of 06 Ryan would've already been riding an 07 while getting ready for supercross with the Makita Suzuki pro team. It would be cool to get some inside info about this from someone like Cole Gress (Suzuki's amateur team manager from back in the day) because I don't think Suzuki corporate has, or would share with you everything about this deal since its an inside thing.

In 06 his amateur bikes would include that enzo suspension, FMF exhaust, Renthal bars, the N-Style seat cover matches Suzuki's amateur team kit from that year, axle blocks clearly have his name on them, the extra parts after that must've been put on the bike from an owner after the Dungey's.

This bike is a cool piece for sure! Unfortunately though, I haven't ever seen that much value added to an old amateur bike due to who rode it back in the day. In the pictures you've attached the bike isn't in the best condition, a collector would have to come along wanting to frame and restore this bike for maybe something like a display as you've mentioned!