Kenny, Eli all of the guys making the show are the Gunfighters of our time. They are the best of the best and they do not like to lose. Great characters
Maybe he wanted to be the "top guy" of the team he was on. He's among the few that can hold out for that. With Chase and Jett at Honda it wasn't going to happen there. Suzuki or Gas Gas seemed the only two ways for that to happen (and yes, I think he would be considered the top guy over Barcia)
Kenny stated multiple reasons multiple times in interviews over the off season. Needed a change, and wanted control over his own bike set up, as well as comfortability, racing wsx etc. But the agent did kind of dance around the question I will say. Lol
@@Slipvayne1 I know what Kenny said but the thumbnail made it sound like the agent was going to to expose the Y that we haven't heard so I made a smart-ass comment
Multi million deal to ride around in the top five and drop back to 10th. Yeah.. he sure has been killing it lately. He'll get sick again over the summer. It is almost like we have seen this story a time or two.
This year's silly season was so light that Kenny was the only thing happening next year he would get buried in the mix. Cooper ,sexton, mookie,Anderson, plesenger, Marv plus all the 250 guys wanting to move up next year will be epic not mention if tomac gose on
Indeed!! .. and as this dude said in another part of the interview. Kenny already has enough money for 3 lifetimes due to sound investment AND spending policy by Kenny and agent. Not it is about "legacy and ego"... getting theSX championship without the stress of $$$ and behind the scenes politics on bike settings etc. Like Eli too. Star wasn't about the money, and Eli is such a different guy now. 2023 should be an awesome 450 series!
I've been pumped up for Supercross, but it never had anything to do with Roczen, for me it was more to see if Eli could do it again and to see if Haiden was going to come out this year, and see how well he might end up doing, no matter how he does I don't care, I'm still a fan, I hope he does well but even if he doesn't, I'll still be a fan, I don't know where they get that Ken Roczen did all this cuz I never even thought twice Ken Roczen, that's wrong I lied. I did think one time of Ken Roczen being a jerk for not riding Honda, because I like Honda anybody that don't like Honda, just isn't thinking, they make some of the best Motors in the world no matter what, cars, motorcycle, lawnmowers, even pressure washer, Honda has the best products made. I did give a second thought to Ken Roczen of how he's a sellout for letting go of Honda I could care less if Ken Roczen ever races again that won't matter whether I watch Supercross or Motocross, I don't have any ill will toward him or anything like that other than the fact that he walked away from Honda, but I've always had that about these riders that take a good team in a good bike that make something out of them, and then when they finally get their name somewhere and get a lot of money, then thier ready to just throw them away because I don't know cuz their buttholes, I guess they think they're worth something now you're worth about as much as your next accident that cripples you and then you're done. Small and short term thinking. I know thier are cases like say Eli. He change teams after years and he change for less more, he didn't sell out just for the money and look at what it did for him, thier are right reason, thier are greedy reason, the difference between pure and not pure, and you can't respect nonpareil, or can't
Ken roczen going to Suzuki is really smart. Not only is it a brand he's cared about for a long time, since he grew up riding and won championships on in pros, but it's also stagnant. It seems bad now, but a guy like Ken roczen with his knowledge and pickiness, especially after riding all of the different manufacturers, could really help Suzuki develop a nice new model in the next few years. Imagine taking less money but revitalizing a manufacture that you love and help them go from the low end, budget option, to the new and improved, race tested and proven option raced by one of the best riders we've had in the last decade or so. I think it means more to him to do that. Also, watch the Hondas in 2022. Last year the front ends were so bad on the bike even sexton couldn't keep the thing up. He even swapped out practically everything this year and it still isn't as good as they'd like. Every manufacturer has its flaws, but Suzuki is just old. They could make a really nice bike with Ken roczen helping them. And idk what rock you're under but everybody and their mother that watches AMA supercross or motocross and are good fans followed all of Ken roczens off-season antics. He's one of the best riders in the sport right now and was a free agent, he brought an insane amount of interest to a period if time where mostly fans just forget about the sport and wait till supercross starts.
You definitely have the spelling and grammar of a Honda fanboy, I have a headache now. I'd say you can count on Honda quality, but I don't think you can say they're the best at everything. Or anything. When was the last time they won championships in any sport consistently? Or even races? I guess I can't remember if Red Bull f1 uses their engines, but that's about it.
less pressure, on a team that appreciates him, not feeling like he's gonna be replaced or silently judged/hated if he doesn't perform, nostalgia the reasons are based around comfort happiness career longevity not just raw performance and money he also has the chance to help rebuild suzuki's reputation so he's a value to them and they are a value to him it's overall a healthier relationship than always feeling like you're on the verge of being replaced by someone else and never feeling like your enough
Kenny went to suzuki because he doesn't have answer for not winning the championship. I'm sure honda bent over backwards to make him happy and comfortable on the bike and he just wasn't able to push through on those night he got 10th. If was a company and over and over my rider holshoted pulled a gap on the feild then failed to poteom I would fire him
Cause time was running out and Suzuki is the only bike he know besides going back too honda. And he wouldn’t go back to Honda after trashing his bad the bike was. Kawi he rode was stock and didn’t like it. That’s why he didn’t wait for those PC bikes tons built
I am sorry. 1) I do like WSX since it does something that Monster Energy Supercross is not. That is bringing SX to Europe (yes, I do not count Paris SX since it is just one showrace). 2) (sorry part) How can be a guy who switched for Suzuki can be happy? Suzuki? Really?
Look he was tired of honda and there ways , jeremy , ricky , got tired of it , chase is hoing to ktm and if jet was smart he would go to star ysmaha in my opinion , that frickin honda is what kicked kenny over handle bsrs when he dhattered arm im glad hes done with honda!!
Kenny was better off starting up his own race team. He would of had a way better bike then his “slow-zuski “ and he would have even more energy to wanna win and give it all each race to win. Kenny is at the start of ending his career. Kenny won’t win a SX of MX Title… he might win races but titles he won’t. sorry everyone knows that SX World Title I’d s joke. There were only 3 races and no one was even their worthy but Tomac.
In the short term that makes no sense whatsoever. He wouldn't have had time to do that prior to the SX season starting. Creating a team requires a massive amount of time, money, and logistics.
Starting up his own team is the silliest idea, all his energy would have gone into running the team, it’s not as simple as order a bike rock up and race. Just purely the logistics of getting all the gear from round to round is hard enough, let alone all the sponsor stuff, staff issues wages etc it’s a massive undertaking to “just start a team”
Thats not a good idea at all , have you been on a island past few months ? Kenny could have rode for firepower honda and prob kawi if he wanted to drop redbull , he flat out loves the suzuki do your homework on this , plus he made millions overseas that he would not been able to do if he stayed at honda
he trashed the ktm before leaving trashed suzuki before leaving in 16 and trashed the honda after his arm injuries and wasn't preforming the way he was prior
What part of roczen being washed up don't these guys understand. Quit swinging on the balls and let him retire. And he didn't walk away from a multi-million dollar deal. They declined to resign him.
@@blicky35 RC may have said that. But you know as well as I do that with Honda having Jett, Hunter, and Sexton there's no way they offered washed up roczen a multimillion dollar deal. And the Suzuki team he went to is looking for a little stardom and he(roczen) was struggling to catch a ride hence the reason he went to that team.
Kenny, Eli all of the guys making the show are the Gunfighters of our time. They are the best of the best and they do not like to lose. Great characters
At 5:20, Stephen says, "They made a business decision."
So honda never wanted Kenny back. That's why he didn't go to HRC and went "shopping"
Like he said (agent) looks personality great communicator Kenny has everything!! Remember his brutal wrist injury
Maybe he wanted to be the "top guy" of the team he was on. He's among the few that can hold out for that. With Chase and Jett at Honda it wasn't going to happen there.
Suzuki or Gas Gas seemed the only two ways for that to happen (and yes, I think he would be considered the top guy over Barcia)
After watching this I'm still left with the WHY that wasn't answer.
Kenny stated multiple reasons multiple times in interviews over the off season. Needed a change, and wanted control over his own bike set up, as well as comfortability, racing wsx etc. But the agent did kind of dance around the question I will say. Lol
@@Slipvayne1 to be fair, Jase didn't actually ask him that question.
@DC3 That's true as well, he's good at those clickbaity titles but I get it, it's youtube lol
Don’t worry about it. Worry about why you don’t have millions
@@Slipvayne1 I know what Kenny said but the thumbnail made it sound like the agent was going to to expose the Y that we haven't heard so I made a smart-ass comment
Kenny leaving was the best scenario for Honda.
Multi million deal to ride around in the top five and drop back to 10th. Yeah.. he sure has been killing it lately. He'll get sick again over the summer. It is almost like we have seen this story a time or two.
This year's silly season was so light that Kenny was the only thing happening next year he would get buried in the mix. Cooper ,sexton, mookie,Anderson, plesenger, Marv plus all the 250 guys wanting to move up next year will be epic not mention if tomac gose on
Pro podcaster 😂
It's not always about the size of the cheque.
Indeed!!
.. and as this dude said in another part of the interview. Kenny already has enough money for 3 lifetimes due to sound investment AND spending policy by Kenny and agent. Not it is about "legacy and ego"... getting theSX championship without the stress of $$$ and behind the scenes politics on bike settings etc. Like Eli too. Star wasn't about the money, and Eli is such a different guy now. 2023 should be an awesome 450 series!
I've been pumped up for Supercross, but it never had anything to do with Roczen, for me it was more to see if Eli could do it again and to see if Haiden was going to come out this year, and see how well he might end up doing, no matter how he does I don't care, I'm still a fan, I hope he does well but even if he doesn't, I'll still be a fan, I don't know where they get that Ken Roczen did all this cuz I never even thought twice Ken Roczen, that's wrong I lied. I did think one time of Ken Roczen being a jerk for not riding Honda, because I like Honda anybody that don't like Honda, just isn't thinking, they make some of the best Motors in the world no matter what, cars, motorcycle, lawnmowers, even pressure washer, Honda has the best products made. I did give a second thought to Ken Roczen of how he's a sellout for letting go of Honda I could care less if Ken Roczen ever races again that won't matter whether I watch Supercross or Motocross, I don't have any ill will toward him or anything like that other than the fact that he walked away from Honda, but I've always had that about these riders that take a good team in a good bike that make something out of them, and then when they finally get their name somewhere and get a lot of money, then thier ready to just throw them away because I don't know cuz their buttholes, I guess they think they're worth something now you're worth about as much as your next accident that cripples you and then you're done. Small and short term thinking. I know thier are cases like say Eli. He change teams after years and he change for less more, he didn't sell out just for the money and look at what it did for him, thier are right reason, thier are greedy reason, the difference between pure and not pure, and you can't respect nonpareil, or can't
Ken roczen going to Suzuki is really smart. Not only is it a brand he's cared about for a long time, since he grew up riding and won championships on in pros, but it's also stagnant. It seems bad now, but a guy like Ken roczen with his knowledge and pickiness, especially after riding all of the different manufacturers, could really help Suzuki develop a nice new model in the next few years. Imagine taking less money but revitalizing a manufacture that you love and help them go from the low end, budget option, to the new and improved, race tested and proven option raced by one of the best riders we've had in the last decade or so. I think it means more to him to do that. Also, watch the Hondas in 2022. Last year the front ends were so bad on the bike even sexton couldn't keep the thing up. He even swapped out practically everything this year and it still isn't as good as they'd like. Every manufacturer has its flaws, but Suzuki is just old. They could make a really nice bike with Ken roczen helping them. And idk what rock you're under but everybody and their mother that watches AMA supercross or motocross and are good fans followed all of Ken roczens off-season antics. He's one of the best riders in the sport right now and was a free agent, he brought an insane amount of interest to a period if time where mostly fans just forget about the sport and wait till supercross starts.
You definitely have the spelling and grammar of a Honda fanboy, I have a headache now. I'd say you can count on Honda quality, but I don't think you can say they're the best at everything. Or anything. When was the last time they won championships in any sport consistently? Or even races? I guess I can't remember if Red Bull f1 uses their engines, but that's about it.
Ok? But has this dude rode a 350?
Ken Roczen‘s Mision: Make Suzuki Great again!
A company such as Stark needs to dig deep into their pockets and pay for a Ken Roczen type. That should've been the move for them.
Stark can’t even field a bike in mx or sx
happiness > money
less pressure, on a team that appreciates him, not feeling like he's gonna be replaced or silently judged/hated if he doesn't perform, nostalgia
the reasons are based around comfort happiness career longevity not just raw performance and money
he also has the chance to help rebuild suzuki's reputation
so he's a value to them and they are a value to him
it's overall a healthier relationship than always feeling like you're on the verge of being replaced by someone else and never feeling like your enough
it's also more fun being the underdog especially when you have kens level of talent
The first minute he said everything twice
Beacuase once you have enough you just want control over your own life.
Did he walk away from millions though?
Kenny went to suzuki because he doesn't have answer for not winning the championship. I'm sure honda bent over backwards to make him happy and comfortable on the bike and he just wasn't able to push through on those night he got 10th. If was a company and over and over my rider holshoted pulled a gap on the feild then failed to poteom I would fire him
Ken already got millions
But why Suzuki????
Cause time was running out and Suzuki is the only bike he know besides going back too honda. And he wouldn’t go back to Honda after trashing his bad the bike was. Kawi he rode was stock and didn’t like it. That’s why he didn’t wait for those PC bikes tons built
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Lack of control over races and where. All he wants to do is race it doesn't matter what
I am sorry. 1) I do like WSX since it does something that Monster Energy Supercross is not. That is bringing SX to Europe (yes, I do not count Paris SX since it is just one showrace).
2) (sorry part) How can be a guy who switched for Suzuki can be happy? Suzuki? Really?
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Ok we get it, you want roczen to sign your underwear.
Look he was tired of honda and there ways , jeremy , ricky , got tired of it , chase is hoing to ktm and if jet was smart he would go to star ysmaha in my opinion , that frickin honda is what kicked kenny over handle bsrs when he dhattered arm im glad hes done with honda!!
A soft transition is what caused his first big injury not the bike
@@125kingo125 he hit 1000 soft transitions last week on his suzuki and all good
@@Powersparky59 actually this was discussed a while back kenye was running a crazy soft setup in 17 when he messed his arm all up n
Kenny was better off starting up his own race team. He would of had a way better bike then his “slow-zuski “ and he would have even more energy to wanna win and give it all each race to win. Kenny is at the start of ending his career. Kenny won’t win a SX of MX Title… he might win races but titles he won’t. sorry everyone knows that SX World Title I’d s joke. There were only 3 races and no one was even their worthy but Tomac.
In the short term that makes no sense whatsoever. He wouldn't have had time to do that prior to the SX season starting. Creating a team requires a massive amount of time, money, and logistics.
Plus I wouldn't say he'd have more energy to give. He might be more motivated, but think of the stress and energy that goes into running a team.
Starting up his own team is the silliest idea, all his energy would have gone into running the team, it’s not as simple as order a bike rock up and race. Just purely the logistics of getting all the gear from round to round is hard enough, let alone all the sponsor stuff, staff issues wages etc it’s a massive undertaking to “just start a team”
Thats not a good idea at all , have you been on a island past few months ? Kenny could have rode for firepower honda and prob kawi if he wanted to drop redbull , he flat out loves the suzuki do your homework on this , plus he made millions overseas that he would not been able to do if he stayed at honda
@@tbmdd Exactly- he would end up distracted and be working his ass off.
Waste of time video.
Cause he hates the HRC Honda
I don't know if he hates the actual bike. I just think he didn't really like the team itself
he trashed the ktm before leaving trashed suzuki before leaving in 16 and trashed the honda after his arm injuries and wasn't preforming the way he was prior
What part of roczen being washed up don't these guys understand. Quit swinging on the balls and let him retire. And he didn't walk away from a multi-million dollar deal. They declined to resign him.
Didn’t HRC come out and say the offer is on the table multiple times? They said they aren’t going to pay him anymore or any less.
@@blicky35
RC may have said that. But you know as well as I do that with Honda having Jett, Hunter, and Sexton there's no way they offered washed up roczen a multimillion dollar deal. And the Suzuki team he went to is looking for a little stardom and he(roczen) was struggling to catch a ride hence the reason he went to that team.
@@blicky35
I meant HRC not RC