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In fact, for us the ideal number is 20 [bikes].

Now that’s interesting, I didn’t know they wanted fewer bikes. Fewer bikes with more factories would be more like it.

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Their continued lack of success is their own fault though. Aprilia and KTM both when through their shit years and built good bikes. Do we really think Yamaha and Honda need or deserve special early concession treatment that other manufacturers weren’t afforded just because they had never been the big dogs before?

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I’d never thought I’d be saying this but yeah, there’s really no place for him to run to. He’d probably only take a factory seat, and of those you’ve got KTM bringing growing their own alien in Acosta and good factory riders getting results. Yamaha is definitely not in a good spot either. Ducati has talent oozing from every bike. Suzuki doesn’t exist anymore. The only seemingly half viable option is he takes Aleix or Mav’s seat at Aprilia. But they ain’t gonna pay a $10+ mil salary and crew. He’s gonna ride that Honda past it’s limits until it retires him in a hospital.

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Oh nice! I can subscribe and comment to here from Lemmy.world 👋 Howdy!

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