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With so many riders injured and with him clearly still having speed and racing the nationals last summer you gotta wonder if he has offers and how strongly he's considered coming back. How many other guys are there that could just jump in and possibly battle for podiums!
I havent heard his name brought up lately.
Anyone else thought about this?
This would have been the year for a come back!
He can’t get off the couch and hang with Jett and Chase. Could probably get podiums though.
As much as I would love to see it, he's done.
People have to accept that we aged... hope new generation give us some special rider like we had
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The biggest thing that bugs me about the RD comeback is his wife. You can tell she’s the one governing the entire program. I understand family first but I can’t imagine that’ll age well when he’s 45 and still thinks back to summer 2022 and the 2023 dream (if he has it).
I might have a different view than most here on this topic, but I think if you were given a talent and you still want to use it you do it as long as you can. I know he has already accomplished a lot in this sport, but we saw last summer he still had what it takes to battle up near the front.
I hope when he is older he doesn’t look back and wish he would have kept going.
Long way back to being on the podium. Hard fricken work. Do we want to do this again? He’s already proven everything. No need. Hang up the leathers, and Helmet. Ryan didn’t suffer to many nasty injuries. He can Ride for fun. Beat those Aussies in Poker.
He can just ride for fun and do some different things. I would love to see him do a gncc.
You’re either never been married or a divorced bitter child
Mmmmm maybe in SX but outdoors it’s all about the stamina BUT all depends if he has been riding at all??
Ryan got it out of his system in 2022 in my opinion. And he did a hell of a good job for coming out of retirement after 6 years! I respected him before, but the fact that he stuck it out for the entire 2022 season even though the results weren't what he was happy with, shows the guy has a ton of integrity and I ended up respecting him more for that.
I wish Ryan and his family all the best. A true legend of the sport.
He was with her from the start. Think of all the sacrifices she had to make from when they're teenagers to 2017. She's not governing she's now getting to be a wife
Bud, that is part of being married. Even though I've never been near the level as RD, my wife has been there through a lot of my injuries and riding misfortunes. Even though I have pretty much turned over the riding reins to my son and enjoy being his pit crew over riding now I could tell my wife that I'm getting back on the bike and it would be a decision we both would have to agree with since she is the one that has babysat my ass when I was broken up.
We saw RD come off the couch and give it hell.
its RV’s turn.
I know it’ll never happen, but it would be great to watch.
Time for a few top mxgp riders to head over
I'd like to see Canard out there again. Fortunately Honda has no need for riders at this time
Are you married?
I have had the pleasure to meet/talk to Ryan and his wife outside of moto a couple of times. She's an amazing, lovely lady, great wife, and awesome mother. I'm not sure how anyone could think of anything negative about her. Kudos to Ryan for making smart decisions. Our sport needs more people like the Dungey's.
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As a married person, I get it. But at the same time, it's 3.5 months of work a year. If he properly did testing we're talking 6 months out of the year total (Just outdoors, not talking about SX). How fortunate of someone's life for their wife to be able to say 6 months of work a year is too much lol. Meanwhile the rest of us work 2,000+ hours a year to make 1 tenth of the salary doing a job we don't love.
Because he has 9 tenths more than than the rest of us and doesn't need to risk his health for the other tenth.
Happily married. My wife rocks. Yours probably tells you what you are allowed to do lmao.
Lot of people missing the point. Women get their entire lives to be wives, mothers, grandmothers, homemakers, and so on. Men get the front end of their lives to cement their destiny and then they (if they're good men) serve those around them basically until their death.
I said she clearly is the one pumping the brakes and I think that's kind of one-sided. You could see the drive in Ryan's eyes last summer, we'll never know what could have been this summer.
Oh give me break. Being a multimillionaire traveling the country in a humongous motorcoach with a target credit card must have been so hard on her, how will she ever recover?
(Edit: also watching her husband find immense amount of fulfillment and accomplishment that will adorn her family for generations.The horror!)
Maybe she's seen enough of the risks required to be competitive in this sport and discussed it with Ryan.
Yeah the motor home and target credit card sure sound great. But at the end of the day kids need a father. She needs a husband. And Ryan can't be either of those to his fullest ability if he wrecks himself in a way that is irreversable. I'm sure that's a topic that has been discussed in their household.
She paid her dues and supported him. They've entered a new phase of life and I commend Ryan for being a real man and putting what is most important first.
"they need a father"? come on dude. He's not getting strung out on dope and going on four day benders. All last season he was talking about how life was similar to a 9-5 and many days they came to the track with him to test. Dude was living in paradise and so were his people.
As far as injury goes, I'm not sure what to say. That's part of life and a smart guy like RD is probably not too likely to do that. Very level headed and not overly emotional. I would bet he has a better chance of getting creamed by a semi truck going to church than ending up in a chair from riding. Of course you wont agree, but thats how I see it.
And you're welcome to your opinion on the matter. You do you.
My opinion is that you have an oversimplified view of the risks that Ryan would be taking should he continue trying to race professionally. A broken neck was a reason that he retired in the first place, if you remember. He dodged a bullet with that not being a long term problem.
The point is, once you become a father you have a responsibility to let go of some of your ego and put what's best for your family first. That includes not taking so many unnecessary risks. They can still live a pretty sweet life without him having to race anymore and I bet they know that.
Some men find enjoyment out of mowing the yard and grilling a burger.
Some men were born to be champions.
Alrighty then.
Life isn't black and white. Ryan is a 7-time 450 champion between SX and MX. Now he can find enjoyment out of mowing the yard and grilling a burger. Some men can do both.
Maybe RD doesn’t want to race anymore? Maybe he and his wife discussed doing another year but ultimately he decided he didn’t want to?
Oh, nevermind. That can’t be possible because you’re apparently an expert on their relationship. You must be their relationship counselor and get to hear all the details regarding their marriage.
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