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If KTM or Suzuki are serious they'd park a yacht full of cash in Pedro's slip. He's never gonna win a title, but at least he will develop the bike in the right direction.
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Influences like Sponsors and bike sales for Yamaha....and tv audiences seeing Rossi on a Yamaha until he retires...
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Let's hope it's not a bucket of ..... and Bradley's career doesn't turn downward.
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There's a good chance it will be a POS. Ginger has made a practical and realistic choice based on his options and a factory ride, even on KTM, is better than going to another sketchy satellite team according to Collie...
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Yeah, Agree. As long as it's not a "straight to the back of the grid" career backwater like what Bradl copped.
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I believe the KTM is going to be a legitimate bike unlike the Gresini fraud Bradl ...... off to.
Red Bull is going to be the title sponsor, so they are going to have significant backing in my estimation.
I'd go further and suggest Red Bull Technologies will probably be providing plenty of help too...with that kind of possible support, they would be able to go head to head with both Yamaha and Honda.
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I believe the KTM is going to be a legitimate bike unlike the Gresini fraud Bradl ...... off to.
Red Bull is going to be the title sponsor, so they are going to have significant backing in my estimation.
I'd go further and suggest Red Bull Technologies will probably be providing plenty of help too...with that kind of possible support, they would be able to go head to head with both Yamaha and Honda.
Are there any reports of the level of technical collaboration (if any) between RB and KTM?
My usual attitude is Don't Let Car Designers Near Bike Engines.
TWR ...... up the KR3 base design.
The Cube...
The Quantel (up to the Cube I think it was the only engine Cossie made that never won, but more ...... up by Norton management decisions than Cosworth admittedly)
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I believe the KTM is going to be a legitimate bike unlike the Gresini fraud Bradl ...... off to.
Red Bull is going to be the title sponsor, so they are going to have significant backing in my estimation.
I'd go further and suggest Red Bull Technologies will probably be providing plenty of help too...with that kind of possible support, they would be able to go head to head with both Yamaha and Honda.
I WANT to believe. But recalling the lack of results with BMW backing out in WSBK after hemorrhaging millions and the cluster-.... at Ducati with Audi's assists, I will remain cautiously optimistic.
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The bike will be built in house by ktm. They are proven winners across many disciplines and i expect they will produce something decent this time around.
Red bull will supply the stickers.
Red bull will supply the stickers.
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Corrected that for you.
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....serious money and sticker kit.
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Haven't heard anything about RB and KTM collaborating yet, but I wouldn't put it out of the realm of possibility since RBR is always looking to learn more and hire more people with knowledge. And Mateschitz and One-Eyed Jack are bitching about F1 on a seemingly daily basis, who knows if Mateschitz might think it's worth throwing more money at another race series one day.
The Cosworth GBA in the 80s was a turbocharged engine they built for F1, it never won a race.
I'm sure TWR could have done a good job if Cheating Tom had found a way to do it.
