Which rider is the "next?" Which company will pay the most?

blockhead17 wrote:

Sexton is the “Next” but one could argue he is “now” Jett obviously has a bright future, but seems to be missing something the last couple...

Sexton is the “Next” but one could argue he is “now”
Jett obviously has a bright future, but seems to be missing something the last couple weeks. I don’t think he is just going to jump into the 450’s and dominate right away..

blockhead17 wrote:

Sexton is the “Next” but one could argue he is “now” Jett obviously has a bright future, but seems to be missing something the last couple...

Sexton is the “Next” but one could argue he is “now”
Jett obviously has a bright future, but seems to be missing something the last couple weeks. I don’t think he is just going to jump into the 450’s and dominate right away..

Chris_Buehler wrote:

He definitely didn't look like he was missing anything last weekend. He was buried second moto and came from miles back. Absolutely flying. First moto he...

He definitely didn't look like he was missing anything last weekend. He was buried second moto and came from miles back. Absolutely flying. First moto he took a second and didn't look like he was pushing at all. Just shows how smart he is with his racecraft. RJ is no threat to his title why push to get him?

blockhead17 wrote:

Sexton is the “Next” but one could argue he is “now” Jett obviously has a bright future, but seems to be missing something the last couple...

Sexton is the “Next” but one could argue he is “now”
Jett obviously has a bright future, but seems to be missing something the last couple weeks. I don’t think he is just going to jump into the 450’s and dominate right away..

Chris_Buehler wrote:

He definitely didn't look like he was missing anything last weekend. He was buried second moto and came from miles back. Absolutely flying. First moto he...

He definitely didn't look like he was missing anything last weekend. He was buried second moto and came from miles back. Absolutely flying. First moto he took a second and didn't look like he was pushing at all. Just shows how smart he is with his racecraft. RJ is no threat to his title why push to get him?

183Matt wrote:

RJ will be a threat next year on the Star bike in both SX and outdoors.

blockhead17 wrote:

Sexton is the “Next” but one could argue he is “now” Jett obviously has a bright future, but seems to be missing something the last couple...

Sexton is the “Next” but one could argue he is “now”
Jett obviously has a bright future, but seems to be missing something the last couple weeks. I don’t think he is just going to jump into the 450’s and dominate right away..

Chris_Buehler wrote:

He definitely didn't look like he was missing anything last weekend. He was buried second moto and came from miles back. Absolutely flying. First moto he...

He definitely didn't look like he was missing anything last weekend. He was buried second moto and came from miles back. Absolutely flying. First moto he took a second and didn't look like he was pushing at all. Just shows how smart he is with his racecraft. RJ is no threat to his title why push to get him?

183Matt wrote:

RJ will be a threat next year on the Star bike in both SX and outdoors.

Eagle_70 wrote:

I'd say that, as of right now, Sexton and Jett are looking like the next 2 'big things' at the 450 level. And, in their case...

I'd say that, as of right now, Sexton and Jett are looking like the next 2 'big things' at the 450 level. And, in their case, they'll both be Honda barring something unexpected.

Out of the current crop of 250 guys, the only one other than Jett that I think will get a big factory 450 deal is Shimoda. He's only 20 years old, and if I had to guess, will be in the 250 class 2 more years before moving up to ME Kawasaki.

Outside of them, it's hard to say. The more veteran guys like Cooper, Mosiman, Hampshire, Mcadoo, Forkner, etc. might get factory deals for a year or 2 before going to smaller teams (or they might just do 250 MX only). And then the other young guys just haven't shown enough to have any expectations.

One outlier is Hunter cause he signed a new deal with Honda, but if he can win a SX title next year, then he'll be forced to move up after a title defense.

Luckily for all the guys above, the 450 class is pretty old right now. So, we could see lots of dudes getting bigger deals just to fill in the gaps. However, the only riders I'm banking on right now are Jett, Sexton, and Jo.

blockhead17 wrote:

Sexton is the “Next” but one could argue he is “now” Jett obviously has a bright future, but seems to be missing something the last couple...

Sexton is the “Next” but one could argue he is “now”
Jett obviously has a bright future, but seems to be missing something the last couple weeks. I don’t think he is just going to jump into the 450’s and dominate right away..

Chris_Buehler wrote:

He definitely didn't look like he was missing anything last weekend. He was buried second moto and came from miles back. Absolutely flying. First moto he...

He definitely didn't look like he was missing anything last weekend. He was buried second moto and came from miles back. Absolutely flying. First moto he took a second and didn't look like he was pushing at all. Just shows how smart he is with his racecraft. RJ is no threat to his title why push to get him?

183Matt wrote:

RJ will be a threat next year on the Star bike in both SX and outdoors.

Mick 22 wrote:

I'd agree, but would add ......... " and Cianciarulo are looking like the next 3 "big things.' "

scott_nz wrote:

It will be interesting if Honda find the money to keep sexton and jett

Chris_Buehler wrote:

He definitely didn't look like he was missing anything last weekend. He was buried second moto and came from miles back. Absolutely flying. First moto he...

He definitely didn't look like he was missing anything last weekend. He was buried second moto and came from miles back. Absolutely flying. First moto he took a second and didn't look like he was pushing at all. Just shows how smart he is with his racecraft. RJ is no threat to his title why push to get him?

183Matt wrote:

RJ will be a threat next year on the Star bike in both SX and outdoors.

Payup_199 wrote:

Pretty sure RJ signed back with Husky a month or 2 ago.

SGoodman wrote:

Remember when MC was on Sportscenter all the time and took SX/MX to all new heights? that's because he had not only speed, but something special...

Remember when MC was on Sportscenter all the time and took SX/MX to all new heights? that's because he had not only speed, but something special when on the mic....

I feel like guys like Jett and Danger Boy could do the same thing.... Jett is super fast, but also has vast amounts of charisma... something guys like RC, ET3, and Webb simply don't have..... but MC did!

Danger Boy has the following and of course raw speed... but he doesn't have charisma like Jett... but simply do to the size of his social media, he could change the sport.... or burn it all to the ground.... I mean, look at how the kid has entered the pro ranks... like nobody else we've ever seen....

IMO... if the crazy old school sized checks are gonna get cut, they'll go to Jett and/or Danger Boy....

Mick 22 wrote:

I'd agree, but would add ......... " and Cianciarulo are looking like the next 3 "big things.' "

blockhead17 wrote:

This isn’t a dig at AC, but sometimes I forget all about him, it’s so long since we saw him out there..

183Matt wrote:

RJ will be a threat next year on the Star bike in both SX and outdoors.

Payup_199 wrote:

Pretty sure RJ signed back with Husky a month or 2 ago.

Sully wrote:

I could have sworn I saw something about that too, but there wasn’t a press release on the Husky website about it. Maybe it’s the Mandela...

I could have sworn I saw something about that too, but there wasn’t a press release on the Husky website about it. Maybe it’s the Mandela Effect.

Eagle_70 wrote:

I'd say that, as of right now, Sexton and Jett are looking like the next 2 'big things' at the 450 level. And, in their case...

I'd say that, as of right now, Sexton and Jett are looking like the next 2 'big things' at the 450 level. And, in their case, they'll both be Honda barring something unexpected.

Out of the current crop of 250 guys, the only one other than Jett that I think will get a big factory 450 deal is Shimoda. He's only 20 years old, and if I had to guess, will be in the 250 class 2 more years before moving up to ME Kawasaki.

Outside of them, it's hard to say. The more veteran guys like Cooper, Mosiman, Hampshire, Mcadoo, Forkner, etc. might get factory deals for a year or 2 before going to smaller teams (or they might just do 250 MX only). And then the other young guys just haven't shown enough to have any expectations.

One outlier is Hunter cause he signed a new deal with Honda, but if he can win a SX title next year, then he'll be forced to move up after a title defense.

Luckily for all the guys above, the 450 class is pretty old right now. So, we could see lots of dudes getting bigger deals just to fill in the gaps. However, the only riders I'm banking on right now are Jett, Sexton, and Jo.

Mick 22 wrote:

I'd agree, but would add ......... " and Cianciarulo are looking like the next 3 "big things.' "

LungButter wrote:

Is OP talking about Sexton going to KTM in 2024?

GrapeApe wrote:

That's my guess, OP heard the rumor Cooksey is spreading and made this thread.

GrapeApe wrote:

That's my guess, OP heard the rumor Cooksey is spreading and made this thread.

LungButter wrote:

For some reason I feel like "there's some fire to go with this smoke" First of all, Cooksey gets this shit right 25-35% of the time...

For some reason I feel like "there's some fire to go with this smoke"

First of all, Cooksey gets this shit right 25-35% of the time, so we've got that.

Then...on one of Matthes pods he mentions overhearing Dungey and Sexton talking about the Championship and Dungey giving him advice. He ends by saying "they talked about some other stuff but I probably can't talk about that"

Third, Jett is Honda's golden child obviously (for good reason too) so maybe Sexton doesn't want to deal with that when the time comes and is gonna make a switch to a Team he can be top dog?

Eagle_70 wrote:

I'd say that, as of right now, Sexton and Jett are looking like the next 2 'big things' at the 450 level. And, in their case...

I'd say that, as of right now, Sexton and Jett are looking like the next 2 'big things' at the 450 level. And, in their case, they'll both be Honda barring something unexpected.

Out of the current crop of 250 guys, the only one other than Jett that I think will get a big factory 450 deal is Shimoda. He's only 20 years old, and if I had to guess, will be in the 250 class 2 more years before moving up to ME Kawasaki.

Outside of them, it's hard to say. The more veteran guys like Cooper, Mosiman, Hampshire, Mcadoo, Forkner, etc. might get factory deals for a year or 2 before going to smaller teams (or they might just do 250 MX only). And then the other young guys just haven't shown enough to have any expectations.

One outlier is Hunter cause he signed a new deal with Honda, but if he can win a SX title next year, then he'll be forced to move up after a title defense.

Luckily for all the guys above, the 450 class is pretty old right now. So, we could see lots of dudes getting bigger deals just to fill in the gaps. However, the only riders I'm banking on right now are Jett, Sexton, and Jo.

Mick 22 wrote:

I'd agree, but would add ......... " and Cianciarulo are looking like the next 3 "big things.' "