AGAIN, I ask the question, WHEN is the last time you saw anything other than a Yamaha OR Honda win a 250cc overall event in the last 2 years???? That is rather sad!!! Reed didnt start on a Kawi and he is pretty much dominating the 250's!!! Bubba will WIN no matter what he is on!!! I don't see anyone other than Bubba beating REED, Carmicheal or Kevin Windham ANYTIME soon!!! The only thing looking good for Kawi is if they keep bubba around, thats ALL they have to look forward too! The way I see it, Honda or Yamaha can dish out MORE cash to sign bubba and will do it!!! Look at RC and KW!!! Mike Brown, granted he isnt as good in the 250's as he was in the 125's but even HE is riding a Yamaha!!! They stick to Kawi's in the kiddie class bikes but when they step up to the 250s they move on to either YAMAHA or HONDA!!! I see Yamaha and Honda dominating SX AND MX this year and next year BUBBA will put Kawi up on the podium in the 250's!

 

Hey whatever happened to James Stewart and Travis Pastrana? Oh yeah um I think Kevin Windam was on a Suzuki last year and he did fairly well........

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I bet I can P at least a foot farther than all you amateurs!!!!

 

Hey Sam250 were you drunk or pissed up when you said that comment?

 

James Stewart is being held back from the 250's next until next year to mature a little more so they say(but Kawi is holding him back to win the his class this year) He is still racing and dominating, though not by the margin he used to win by(50 secs) etc. Travis Pastrana has been getting hurt the last few times he had raced! He is supposed to be racing again either in the Outdoors this year or the SX and MX next year for sure!!! By the way, Kevin Windham didnt ride a suzuki last year!!! He was hurt and retired but came back and rode a HONDA and he did fairly well on the Honda! He didnt ride suzuki at all last year!

 

No, the pros haven't spoken, they haven't been able to get their hands on one and mod it up, give it time and there will be many R's out there. The YFZ has been out for 7 months, the 450R not even a month, not a very fair comparison, huh?

 

You're right, not really totally fair. but what you're forgetting is that the guys in pro production have the resources through sponsors to try out the 450R very early. Look at Doug Eichner, he already has a pretty strong running Honda, but he sticks out like a sore thumb with all the Yamahas. Yamaha didn't take the ***** right out of their engine. Honda did. Yamaha weren't crazy about sponsoring riders because they knew they wouldn't have to. They clearly have a more competitive platform for most riders.

Honda have contingecy money available now. that will definitely help them out. A LOT.

I wonder if the other big three will step up with some cash?

 

Not to mention TIM FARR! Who here lately has been getting beat by the Yamaha's!!! Think about this FASTLANE, the YZ400F was raced in MX and won during its first season and it didnt come out until the NEXT YEAR!!! Tim Farr rode his quad way before the public had time to buy theirs!!! There are several Honda's on the track and ridden by past and present CHAMPIONS! Those people are getting beat by the blue guys!!! Sad but true!

 

I didn't want to really count timmy because he's got full factory support, his TRX450R isn't really comparable to everyone else's probably... With HRC breathing on that 450 motor, he's probably got hella power and crazy unobtanium parts.

he's still sucking hine tit... until next race where he'll probably get a podium finish for sure. I mean, he's got a 1 million dollar deal. He's going to f**king give'r now that he got a wake up call!!!

 

Or maybe he is a has been!!! Everyone fades from their dominance at some point in time!!!