What brand had the best silly season?
Monday, December 3, 2012 | 12:00 PM
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PrintWhat brand had the best silly season?
Honda (Signed Barcia, re-signed Canard; Osborne, Bell to GEICO; Tomac returns) 1473 votes - 22.8%
KTM (Dungey, Roczen and Musquin return; Added BTO) 388 votes - 6%
Yamaha (Brayton and Grant return; Added support for other teams) 584 votes - 9%
Suzuki (Added Stewart, Millsaps, Izzi and R. Sipes; Added RCH/Tickle, Jo. Hill) 2293 votes - 35.5%
Kawasaki (Re-signed RV, Baggett and Weimer; Wilson, Davalos, Ju. Hill, Rattray to PC) 1717 votes - 26.6%
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I really don't know how you could make the argument that anyone besides Honda or Kawasaki had the best silly season.
I voted suzuki for best new aquisitions.
Kawaski has the strongest teams honda close second
Ktm is the team I am pulling for :)
IZZI may surprise us outdoors.....Since he's off that ass backward Yamaha.
I definitely think Honda and KTM are the two brands that had the best silly season. They were both in the press alot. Honda with monster cup, barcia, reed, faith, and townly in Aus. Their new 450 made big waves. The Russian with his videos #777 and bercy too. KTM dominated mxon they have done really well in the magazines shootouts. Big imprvmnts to the 13 s and lots of videos about there riders. KTM days for you".
Anytime you can keep a rider like RV you have done the best job.. Otherwise Honda I think after that.. Stewart or Millsaps havent done anything in what--3 years at least... Millsaps got 2nd in supercross last year so thats OK.. He has actually had better results than Stewie..
silly to me is resigning canard
I wanted to vote Yamaha for the old addition by subtraction motto this year plus they added a lot of support to good teams ...Honda is the powerhouse but everyone on red this year was on red last year kind of like Kawasaki and KTM...do I voted for Suzuki ...the main reason is they only had metcalfe last year...this year they have Stewart mills apps and Izzi...plus RC s involvement to bring H&H over with factory support adds a lot ...so from a business side of things hands down Suzuki had the most significant off season from where they were in 2012 to now....which was the actual question for the poll....but who do I think has the best team it is no doubt Honda ..reed canard and my pick to win the SX title Barcia will be insane ...plus tomac will easily win the sx title and keep baggett honest outdoors ...which is really hard to do
"silly to me is resigning canard"
Yea becuase he sucks and has NEVER won a championship in his life... right?
Moron
Not his fault he was landed on by a 250lbs dirtbike and 160lbs rider which broke his neck and COULD have killed him.
Yea.. why sign him.. he sucks...... right?
Kind of a silly question. SPecifically, it should've been Which team was most improved BY the silly season. Which team looks the best now relative to where they were a year ago, or after outdoors. If you look at it like that, and it looks like most people did, it's hard to beat Suzuki, esp. with the RC deal. I wasn't thinking like that at the time, so I voted for Honda like an idiot.
If Honda got rid of Canard...man, that would be dumb. Yeah, he's a risk, but he could pay off bit time. People love the guy, and he brings a great image to the sport, like Windham does.
bd200 wrote: "He has actually had better results than Stewie."
I would only say that if you're sure JGR value 2nd in the championship over 2 wins, one of which was Daytona, and multiple heat race wins. I don't think you can be sure of that.
Suzuki has nothing but race winners on their team. Stewart, Millsaps, Izzi, Sipes, Tickle and Josh Hill have all won at least one professional race. Ok, all except for Izzi (just checked the Vault for that one). Thats one hell of a team in my opinion and dont be surprised if Ryan Sipes wins a 250 class title this year.
I think most of us mis-understood the question here. I interpret is what team has made the best moves to improve the brand relative to where they was last season. Not who has the best chance to win a championship. Ok, winning a championship can be considered the best way to improve your brand,,S#$T, going in circles here, sorry.. Yamaha was by far the at the lowest with representaion of their bike and the preception of the bike that still exhist today. With the new teams, JGR and contingency they stand the best chance of improvement. A close second would be Suzuki with the improved Rockstar team and RCH.. Buttttt Just my Opinion