How much do you think Natalie made this past season?

[kawasaki_ridah]

pretty much what that said haha

[Bush0102]

i'd say somewhere around 10-15 billion.

[Warnerade]

life is not about how much money you make.

[EvilJester400EX]

Hate is such a strong word.

[xx3003xrdrxx]

Originally posted by Bush0102
i'd say somewhere around 10-15 billion.


:huh noooooo

10-15 billion are you seriouS? :huh :huh

wtf...

he maybe made like 10-15 million lol

[xx3003xrdrxx]

not even close to 5 million , not even close to 1 million ....

But enough sponsor support to fly him around the world and ride everyday for free :D

[G Impala 63n70]

Thousand bucks.

[kawasaki_ridah]

Originally posted by NacsRacer027
life is not about how much money you make.

noone said it was, i was just curious

[Bush0102]

i was dead seious about him making 10-15 billion...why dont you believe me?

[yamablaster24]

i know hes makin about a mill with honda is he not?

[Warnerade]

Originally posted by yamablaster24
i know hes makin about a mill with honda is he not? no, hes not.

[400exrules]

Originally posted by yamablaster24
i know hes makin about a mill with honda is he not?

no.........nobody is


the bike world is a diff story money wise, i heard RC gets $500,000 a season just to wear alpinestars

Who gives a chit. Obviously hes making enough

[400exrules]

Originally posted by Honda MaNiAc 01
Who gives a chit. Obviously hes making enough

i think they should make more, guys on bikes make insane amounts for a very similar sport

[kawasaki_ridah]

I heard that Jones and Gust just signed a 2 million dollar contract with suzuki

[KWAD GAWD]

Originally posted by yamablaster24
i know hes makin about a mill with honda is he not?
And how do you know this? Let me guess, you've added up all his pay checks, his contingency and endorsement money plus his money from winning races and it equaled 1 Million dollars? Wow, you're really on the ball!

[KWAD GAWD]

Sorry, guys. None of these pros are making anywhere near a million dollars a year racing quads. Maybe $200-$400 thousand would be much more reasonable guess.

[kawasaki_ridah]

Originally posted by KWAD GAWD
And how do you know this? Let me guess, you've added up all his pay checks, his contingency and endorsement money plus his money from winning races and it equaled 1 Million dollars? Wow, you're really on the ball!


geez everyone is so freaking up tight anymore. :rolleyes:

[One_Bad_400]

i'd say 100,000-120,000..

pro's dont make near as much as you think... nothin like the 2-wheeler guys... my friend Jackie Meadows said he was makeing near 100,000 a year when he was a pro at 15 years old and he said they dont make near as much now as he did then... he's 35 now

Ballance made around $200,000 and he is a 6 time champ, thats not including all his expenses etc being paid for

I would have to guess Natalie made around $300,000, being he races multiple series and has won multiple series

either way both of them are good guys who put the effort in to make that much money, they deserve it

[KWAD GAWD]

Originally posted by kawasaki_ridah
geez everyone is so freaking up tight anymore. :rolleyes:
It's not about being uptight, it's about being for real. You really think the're making BILLIONS of dollars racing ATVs? Dude, I'm just HELPING this thread out... giving it a bit of direction.

[trx400exxracer]

for some reason I thought I heard on here that Natalie was making lik $100,000 running Elka's and whatever a-arms he's running

I am curious about how much quad racers now make

[TREDZ71]

Originally posted by kawasaki_ridah
I heard that Jones and Gust just signed a 2 million dollar contract with suzuki

I heard the same from a local guy that is buddies with him. I believe it...Gust is being flown around the world for his input.

Originally posted by trx400exxracer
for some reason I thought I heard on here that Natalie was making lik $100,000 running Elka's and whatever a-arms he's running

I am curious about how much quad racers now make

$50,000 for roll design a-arms/swinger

$50,000 for elka shocks

im not sure if its true, but i heard it aswell

[Bush0102]

who cares what he makes...he has this

Originally posted by EvilJester400EX
Hate is such a strong word. Yea.

He makes enough that he still has to work at his parents recycle plant during the off season. Carmichael made atleast 12 million last year. $250,000 just to wear Berik boots.

Originally posted by 400exrules
no.........nobody is


the bike world is a diff story money wise, i heard RC gets $500,000 a season just to wear alpinestars Hasn't worn A-Stars since 2004. He rides for Berik now.

[Honda]

The Quad Guys are gettin the Shaft!!!!!

Let me bend over, here ya go, insert it right here........yea that's the right place.......feel's so damn good!!!

You can't honestly tell me that the ATV scene is smaller than the bike scene, When we go out riding, I will see maybe 10 bikes for every 100 Quads.

We need to be able to attract big time sponsers, such as Mountain Dew, Red Bull, Dunlop.........then maybe, just maybe we will see the big pay checks.




:chinese:

[400exrules]

Originally posted by Honda
The Quad Guys are gettin the Shaft!!!!!

Let me bend over, here ya go, insert it right here........yea that's the right place.......feel's so damn good!!!

You can't honestly tell me that the ATV scene is smaller than the bike scene, When we go out riding, I will see maybe 10 bikes for every 100 Quads.

We need to be able to attract big time sponsers, such as Mountain Dew, Red Bull, Dunlop.........then maybe, just maybe we will see the big pay checks.




:chinese:

i think its mainly because bikes have been around much longer and are more well known, and have had a chance to grow and become popular.

[rookiex]

Man I dont know how much they make.But id just be so happy to do what they do an be who they are everyday.but it took allot of hard work for them to get there nothing was handed to them for a long time im sure.

im gonna say anywhere 100-200 g's an maybe farr making the most or close.

good money any how.

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by kawasaki_ridah
pretty much what that said haha

Not NEARLY Enough!All the top Dawgs dont get pd nearly as much as they should be getting pd. :ermm:

[Warnerade]

Originally posted by Honda
The Quad Guys are gettin the Shaft!!!!!

Let me bend over, here ya go, insert it right here........yea that's the right place.......feel's so damn good!!!

You can't honestly tell me that the ATV scene is smaller than the bike scene, When we go out riding, I will see maybe 10 bikes for every 100 Quads.

We need to be able to attract big time sponsers, such as Mountain Dew, Red Bull, Dunlop.........then maybe, just maybe we will see the big pay checks.




:chinese: go around and ask some random joe who RC is, or mcgrath....they might not have ever even watched a super cross race, or a bike national...but they have heard of the name. Ask that same person who natalie is, gust, ballance...they wont have a clue what your talking about.

go to a super cross race, the arena is practicaly sold out...I dont recall having that much attendence at redbud when i was there...

yes, bikes are more popular that quads, we are catching up..but it will be a few years atleast.

[bansheeguy77]

we are heading in the right direction....in 5-10 years if things keep going this way....we will hopefully be =

monster energy drinks does have sponsorship for quads...not sure why nobody runs it?

about money, hes probably making around 75-100k just from honda...so about 200-400 sounds right to me...with espn picking coverage up and just the small stuff...like jon on discovery channel....little by little quads are getting more coverage....its only a matter of time til we explode :cool:

[MR.BIG]

It is going to change with the factory teams backing the riders and it being on espn I thinks its going to get better from this point on.

[Mxjunkie]

You figure they really put their necks on the line when they are out there giving it all they have, I know I would like to have some money just incase I got hurt I could atleast have something to fall back on!

[Warnerade]

Originally posted by Mxjunkie
You figure they really put their necks on the line when they are out there giving it all they have, I know I would like to have some money just incase I got hurt I could atleast have something to fall back on! im willing to bet every single one of them is one a hefty insurance plan...

[trx400exxracer]

Originally posted by bansheeguy77
we are heading in the right direction....in 5-10 years if things keep going this way....we will hopefully be =

monster energy drinks does have sponsorship for quads...not sure why nobody runs it?

about money, hes probably making around 75-100k just from honda...so about 200-400 sounds right to me...with espn picking coverage up and just the small stuff...like jon on discovery channel....little by little quads are getting more coverage....its only a matter of time til we explode :cool:


ohh yeah and Jon really got people to notice the quad world just that much more by doing a backflip on a quad I think that deffinately made a difference

[400exrider0004]

he makes anywhere from 130,000 to 200,000 dollars a year. all the expensive things like travel and things like that are paid for. they dont make as much as you think.

[STEVENJANNA]

The biggest thing that people always forget when it comes to bikes being more popular than quads and the money spent on the bikes VS. the money spent on quads is this..... The bike world did not go through the blackhole of death that the quad world went through over the last 15+ years. Do people forget that it wasn't even 5 years ago that racing quads was considered just as bad as robbing a bank to the main stream media? This is gonna take a while and we need to be patient. We now have 1 full on factory team and support from the other factories like never before with more coming. This is our rebirth so to speak and it's going to be painful and exciting. We have one advantage over the bikes and that's when we went through the "Dark" times we had all the aftermarkets keep it breathing. I've always been taught to not look at what other people have but to look at why I have and I say "F" those guys, they better watch out cause here we come. We're just as fast (proven at Unadilla last season) And we look alot better doing it.

[STEVENJANNA]

The biggest thing that people always forget when it comes to bikes being more popular than quads and the money spent on the bikes VS. the money spent on quads is this..... The bike world did not go through the blackhole of death that the quad world went through over the last 15+ years. Do people forget that it wasn't even 5 years ago that racing quads was considered just as bad as robbing a bank to the main stream media? This is gonna take a while and we need to be patient. We now have 1 full on factory team and support from the other factories like never before with more coming. This is our rebirth so to speak and it's going to be painful and exciting. We have one advantage over the bikes and that's when we went through the "Dark" times we had all the aftermarkets keep it breathing. I've always been taught to not look at what other people have but to look at why I have and I say "F" those guys, they better watch out cause here we come. We're just as fast (proven at Unadilla last season) And we look alot better doing it.

[300ex_#387]

Originally posted by One_Bad_400
i'd say 100,000-120,000..

pro's dont make near as much as you think... nothin like the 2-wheeler guys... my friend Jackie Meadows said he was makeing near 100,000 a year when he was a pro at 15 years old and he said they dont make near as much now as he did then... he's 35 now

I've heard of Jackie Meadows. Doesn't he race TT?

[JRP]

id say somewhere between 120,000, to 200,000.

[balls2da-wall]

Originally posted by Bush0102
who cares what he makes...he has this


Holy cow! I have that too! Who'da thunk John has an AR-15 too:p

[MXcutie]

Originally posted by MXFourTwoEight
He makes enough that he still has to work at his parents recycle plant during the off season.


your wrong... his mom and dad told him to go follow his dreams he's in the south in the off season. I talked to his mom around thanksgiving time and i told her i wanted to bring my new baby out to see him and she said good luck he's leaving the day after thanksgiving and i wont see him again until xmas then who knows when again. they really dont say a whole lot about how much he's making but he has a brand new vet sittin up at his house. and i heard he got 150,000 just for one race... i think that was after he got paid for everything... dotn hold me to it b/c it came from my dad and you know how parents are...lol.

[prepracing]

I would say its in 000,000 thousands somewhere under 1million...but if MX quads could get a good indoor series going like the THQ AMP'D mobile bike series like RC and Bubba run on the bikes. Along with the GNC oudoors we already have..then all the top quad guys would start to see those 7 digit paydays :macho

[AtvMxRider]

Originally posted by 400exrules


i heard RC gets $500,000 a season just to wear alpinestars

RC doesn't wear alpinestars

[yamablaster24]

i remember in an interview with doug gust in 2004 in dirt wheels that he said that he was making enough riding quads to have his exacavation company run by someone else.

[Warnerade]

Originally posted by STEVENJANNA
The biggest thing that people always forget when it comes to bikes being more popular than quads and the money spent on the bikes VS. the money spent on quads is this..... The bike world did not go through the blackhole of death that the quad world went through over the last 15+ years. Do people forget that it wasn't even 5 years ago that racing quads was considered just as bad as robbing a bank to the main stream media? This is gonna take a while and we need to be patient. We now have 1 full on factory team and support from the other factories like never before with more coming. This is our rebirth so to speak and it's going to be painful and exciting. We have one advantage over the bikes and that's when we went through the "Dark" times we had all the aftermarkets keep it breathing. I've always been taught to not look at what other people have but to look at why I have and I say "F" those guys, they better watch out cause here we come. We're just as fast (proven at Unadilla last season) And we look alot better doing it. the whole Unadilla thing is so far fetched...the bikes had 2 more sections to go through.

[SRH]

Originally posted by NacsRacer027
the whole Unadilla thing is so far fetched...the bikes had 2 more sections to go through.

yup, well just the shicane around the apple tree was cut off for quads because its kinda tight...but that would of easily added significant time to the quad guys lap times... i think they did it so they could claim the pro quad guys were posting the same laptimes....