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The Chad Reed situation has me reminded of Bob Hannah near the end of his career. Wouldn't it be cool if Chad could land a "development" type ride where he helps to develop the next Suzuki 450 bike AND gets to compete in select events (be it SX, MX, both, whatever). I feel like his input would be beneficial to Suzuki and JGR and Chad would get a steady paycheck. Would be even cooler if Suzuki could get an exemption for him to ride a non-production bike in order to test new technology for the future.
I think there might be a couple other guys who could fill this role for some other teams as well... maybe a transition type position between full time racer and brand ambassador.
I think there might be a couple other guys who could fill this role for some other teams as well... maybe a transition type position between full time racer and brand ambassador.
He needs to accept and try to improve it, rather than just calling it junk.
That doesn't seem to be in line with his traditional approach. Yes, he is straight-forward. Yes he knows bikes and setups. But does he have the patience and humility to refine a product at cost of his performance?
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Bring him on as a test/racer with an emphasis on testing and let him pick and choose a number of sx races and outdoor races to compete it.
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