This is the weirdest thing so far for me. The information coming out almost second-hand is a bad look. You'd think the initial announcement would have been more official, or at the least, a reactive announcement would have been made quickly after the information got out through the various media channels.
This is the capex death spiral hard at work. Go to a Sears or Kmart and you’ll see the stark retail equivalent. Terrible looking stores, shitty inventory, etc. Their only way to survive long term is acquisition, they’re not going to grow organically enough to right the ship. American investors would’ve fired the board long ago.
No turning back it seems....Team Suzuki Racing Website Shutting Down at End of 2022 "will shut down its Team Suzuki Racing website, along with the related social network sites, at the end of December 2022." https://www.cyclenews.com/2022/11/article/team-suzuki-racing-website-shutting-down-at-end-of-2022/
Little late there Trigger. http://forums.13x.com/index.php?threads/dear-suzuki.233884/page-27#post-6048100
Spending their money fishing in other 'ponds.' https://racerxonline.com/2022/12/07/ken-roczen-chooses-2023-race-machine
Totally agree, but to me Superctoss titles revolve around luck and ultimate confidence. Ken seems to have his share of bad luck and at times during a season shows where he has all the confidence that he is #1, but will have something happen that shakes that mentality. Some of his crashes would wreck any normal human’s resolve. My hat is off to all of those riders.