Stewart did red bull hurt his momentum?

Stewart was a Red Bull athlete even in his Kawasaki days.

I assumed that the dumb poll questions would slow down as time went by. I was mistaken.

MXD wrote:

I assumed that the dumb poll questions would slow down as time went by. I was mistaken.

Big time. They've sped up.

Kawasaki: “We build Champions”

I'm going to go out on a limb and say the 16 MONTH SUSPENSION hurt his momentum..

Sorby did

Most are missing the point. Stewart had a lot of momentum after his perfect outdoor season and left the team because he was a red bull athlete on a monster sponsored kawasaki team. Would his career be different if he had stayed on the Kawasaki? I think it would

Falcon wrote:

Stewart was a Red Bull athlete even in his Kawasaki days.

Up until 2007. In ‘06 he was Red Bull but ‘07 began the Monster relationship during the middle of his contract with the Team, which ended in 2008.

yamaharider471 wrote:

Most are missing the point. Stewart had a lot of momentum after his perfect outdoor season and left the team because he was a red bull athlete on a monster sponsored kawasaki team. Would his career be different if he had stayed on the Kawasaki? I think it would

That wasn’t the only reason behind him leaving. Notably his dad telling everyone that the team was trying to kill James with the bike...even though he was in the middle of the perfect season and yes, the team restricted his input on setup...but notably so because they knew he would take the bike off into the wrong direction. So typically he was given a few settings to try and had to pick one.

Management-wise, James and his father were not getting along with Fisher at the end. Regardless of the Monster deal, I think he woulda left anyhow.

MxKing809 wrote:

That's him alright

yamaharider471 wrote:

Most are missing the point. Stewart had a lot of momentum after his perfect outdoor season and left the team because he was a red bull athlete on a monster sponsored kawasaki team. Would his career be different if he had stayed on the Kawasaki? I think it would

ML512 wrote:

That wasn’t the only reason behind him leaving. Notably his dad telling everyone that the team was trying to kill James with the bike...even though he was in the middle of the perfect season and yes, the team restricted his input on setup...but notably so because they knew he would take the bike off into the wrong direction. So typically he was given a few settings to try and had to pick one.

Management-wise, James and his father were not getting along with Fisher at the end. Regardless of the Monster deal, I think he woulda left anyhow.

Good info there. Still something magical about stew on a kawi. Nothing has looked right since

Big James. Often wrong, but never in doubt.

The thread title is a bit ludicrous. I’m not sure how an energy drink sponsor would affect performance other than sponsorship dollars to help put the team on the track, and the number of zeroes it adds to the rider’s bank account.

yamaharider471 wrote:

Most are missing the point. Stewart had a lot of momentum after his perfect outdoor season and left the team because he was a red bull athlete on a monster sponsored kawasaki team. Would his career be different if he had stayed on the Kawasaki? I think it would

I thought more people would understand what I was getting at. Thanks. I think if he would have stayed on the Kawasaki he would have had more championships and wins.

GuyB wrote:

The thread title is a bit ludicrous. I’m not sure how an energy drink sponsor would affect performance other than sponsorship dollars to help put the team on the track, and the number of zeroes it adds to the rider’s bank account.

I was thinking it prettty much forced him off Kawasaki since they were going with monster.

I don’t think he ever rode as great as he did when he was on green.

MxKing809 wrote:

Man I miss watching this guy. Idk if he had another championship in him but after his great 2014 season, I think we were in store for a dozen or so more SX wins from James. Man what coulda been.....

I blame Todd Potter

That tank of a Kawi 450 had nothing to do with his success or failure. He got caught up in his self. JS entertainment lol Take his talent level and give him Dungey or Carmichael’s mindset/work ethic. Sky woulda been the limit. He got in his own way. That sounds really negative, he was very successful. Racing wise he could have been more though.

Could also be a bit of longevity on 2 stroke vs. 4 too, we'll never know.

A TUE away from true greatness.

X2^

He was good on the 09 Yamaha. Then came the radically redesigned 2010 YZF and I think that’s when it went downhill. Finally got some mojo back when he went to Suzuki, and not long after that came the whole TUE ordeal and the rest is history.

SEE ARE125 wrote:

He was good on the 09 Yamaha. Then came the radically redesigned 2010 YZF and I think that’s when it went downhill. Finally got some mojo back when he went to Suzuki, and not long after that came the whole TUE ordeal and the rest is history.

That's about how I see it as well.

Kawi sure seems like a bunch of jerk offs to the dudes that win them titles. RC, Stew, RV..

Johnny Ringo wrote:

Kawi sure seems like a bunch of jerk offs to the dudes that win them titles. RC, Stew, RV..

RC left for more money.

Stew left because red bull and his fathers interfering

RV stayed till the end.

Johnny Ringo wrote:

Kawi sure seems like a bunch of jerk offs to the dudes that win them titles. RC, Stew, RV..

Excaliburbmx wrote:

RC left for more money.

Stew left because red bull and his fathers interfering

RV stayed till the end.

I don’t think that’s right

Johnny Ringo wrote:

Kawi sure seems like a bunch of jerk offs to the dudes that win them titles. RC, Stew, RV..

Excaliburbmx wrote:

RC left for more money.

Stew left because red bull and his fathers interfering

RV stayed till the end.

Johnny Ringo wrote:

I don’t think that’s right

It is.