Official 2019 MotoAmerica silly season thread.

Ok. I thought there's no way I missed THAT announcement. Thanks

 

https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/yamaha-graves-motoamerica-2019/

and seriously, who the hell is getting the yosh seat?

 

Aren't half (or more) of the damn bikes on the 600 SuperSport grid R6's with some level of Graves support?

 

Graves was the support team for yamaha.

Factory Yamaha is superbike and will remain.

Graves isnt done from what I am hearing..... Possibly a new color. Im excited to hear.

 

Dude, you think Graves paid them or did it for free?
Got cash? Then you got Graves support.

 

Not sure where I remember reading it but I thought I read they are going green?

 

The asphalt and onions story said Suzuki but that makes no sense. Suzuki doesn't need them but the green bikes do.

 

Don't care. Who is riding for Yosh? Literally the only relevant question in here.

 

That'll be a reason for Tom Sykes to come over

 

I think he pretty much torched any bridges to Kawi toward the end of this year.

 

Karel Abraham.

 

Hmmm. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Yamaha has always seemed to be in a perpetual cycle of managing their race team in house, then outsourcing to third party then back in house or somewhere in between. Most recent, I This has all been played out before in AMA pro racing when Ben Bostrom was with them.

Going to be interesting to see who Graves hooks up with. Suzuki doesn’t seem to make sense given Suzuki’s current relationships, unless they are planning to double their current level of support/investment.

 

Well, he can certainly afford to pay for it.....wouldn't be the first time Yosh filled a seat that way

 

I’m just going to quote this.

 

I thought I heard in one of the broadcasts that the SBK program was staying in house.

 

there are so many rumors about Yosh and Graves that I don't even know what to think anymore. im fearing that Graves will not have a rig and team next year.

if u are a local, sure. but its almost double if u need to add gas, flights, and hotels to do rounds on the other side of the country. Im in CA and spent ~$5000 for Barber, including flying in only 1 crew and paying for their room and food. someone from AL trying to run Sonoma would run about the same.

 

It states the same here.
https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/yamaha-graves-motoamerica-2019/