Hetrick to Can-Am?

[88redrocket]

Just saw something about it on facebook.... can anyone confirm that its true?

[Kawie450r]

Well if natalie is saying "welcome joel" im sure its the real deal.

[Chico]

I saw that too, Natalie wrote something like " its gonna be nice to have a REAL team mate this year welcome joel" I didnt realize there was beef between natalie and chad.....what i wanna know is what is chad gonna be riding this year?

[Kawie450r]

Rumor is chad will be on a walsh honda. He is listed on walshs website as a 2012 rider. I'd like to see him ride walshs new crf hybrid.

[DVXchic]

Hetrick on Can Am, thats gonna be sweet:)

[Derrick Adams]

Why would Can-Am drop Chad? I was rooting for Natalie all season but realistically Chad had it won till his mishap.

He will be extremely tough to beat on a Walsh Honda.

[88redrocket]

do they allow hybrids in the pro class?

[89trx250r]

From what i saw on the atv 24/7 episodes chad and john were like enemies. In the one episode chad's mechanic ryan cox told him to take natalie out if he got in his way, and put him into the fence or something. Its been some rumours someone said chad was gonna ride a yfzr like T.brown but the Walsh Honda makes more sense. Idk how joel will do on the can am think it will be awkward for him to switch bikes again...And yes chad had that **** won noone has anything for him in terms of speed even joel said chads the fastest guy ive ever seen ride a quad. It should be interesting next year

[Kawie450r]

No but supposedly walsh is gonna make enough of them to make it a production quad.

[blacknblue#2]

Originally posted by Kawie450r
No but supposedly walsh is gonna make enough of them to make it a production quad.

That would be awesome if there is some loophole to make this possible? Hard to believe but i guess anything is possible. What exactly makes a quad a production quad? I guess im asking do they have to produce and sell a certain number or do all components and parts have to be produced and copyrighted to a certain company??

[Kawie450r]

I'm not sure on how to make it a production quad. But isn't the apex 250 considered a production quad?

[m0t0xk1d]

say the hybrid doesnt go production, why do you speculate walsh honda? why wouldnt walsh put them on a suzuki? Wienen and Creamer are back to being teammates this year wouldnt it make more since for them to be on suzukis? walsh has not only used suzuki for the past 2 years with lawson but also based the new hybrid of the ltr. Plus clearly creamer was the fastest on his suzuki and it seems like its the bike to have.

[Kawie450r]

I don't specualte he will be on a honda. That is the RUMOR going around I heard.

[beastlywarrior]

Joel doesnt wanna ride for his dad anymore

[FHKracingZ]

Chad favors the honda as do many pros. The Suzukis are great bikes but heavy and far more expensive than honda.

Last I heard a mini dad was going to put up money for upperman and chad to ride under the same team. Chad would carry Cox with him to do his motors and mechanic while baldwin would stay with josh.

[protraxrptr17]

Production rule is such BS.

[madskrillz2]

Originally posted by blacknblue#2
That would be awesome if there is some loophole to make this possible? Hard to believe but i guess anything is possible. What exactly makes a quad a production quad? I guess im asking do they have to produce and sell a certain number or do all components and parts have to be produced and copyrighted to a certain company??

Yeah all they have to do is produce a certain number of units.

[Tommy Warren]

if its anything like cars they have to produce 3000 if i remember correctly

[89trx250r]

Its 100 I believe for them to be able to compete in the 450 production class

[diangelo#67]

125 quads must exist to make it a production model

[trompen542]

It's 100 produced, and they must be available to dealers nationwide.

[Kawie450r]

Well if they do put them into production i wonder what its gonna cost.

[89trx250r]

It says right on there website what it costs to buy all the parts there not trying to hide anything its easily $17-20,000 though. And i knew it was 100 cause im pretty sure apex built 105 or something and they got to run them last year...

[LTR450_#67]

I heard #44 got an offer from a mfg..... More than canam is going to pay. Pretty sure he's not riding walshs latest hybrid. ....

[Tommy Warren]

Originally posted by trompen542
It's 100 produced, and they must be available to dealers nationwide.

so thats out of the question then.....they would need to make at least a thousand to stop people from going nuts at dealerships

[madskrillz2]

Originally posted by Tommy Warren
so thats out of the question then.....they would need to make at least a thousand to stop people from going nuts at dealerships

Huh?

[XCRacer236]

Originally posted by m0t0xk1d
why wouldnt walsh put them on a suzuki?

Because LTR's are discontinued.. same reason Borich won't be on one next year. ;)

[madskrillz2]

Originally posted by XCRacer236
Because LTR's are discontinued.. same reason Borich won't be on one next year. ;)

Really? I hadn't heard that yet.

[XCRacer236]

Originally posted by madskrillz2
Really? I hadn't heard that yet.

Yeahh. Warnert Can-Am is done as well...

NOT trying to get this thread off topic, I just follow XC a lot closer than MX.

[89trx250r]

The ltr hasnt been made in like 2 years cause it cant pass califorina emmissions and instead of getting fined out the *** they just stopped making them...The EPA claimed "they are too easily modified" Thats also the reason suzuki hasnt put out the rm-x . And if you dont believe me i have the issue of dirtwheels in my bathroom that explains everything id be happy to post a picture...

[XCRacer236]

Originally posted by 89trx250r
The ltr hasnt been made in like 2 years cause it cant pass califorina emmissions and instead of getting fined out the *** they just stopped making them...The EPA claimed "they are too easily modified" Thats also the reason suzuki hasnt put out the rm-x . And if you dont believe me i have the issue of dirtwheels in my bathroom that explains everything id be happy to post a picture...

Which issue of Dirtwheels is it? I receive them every month and would love to look it up.

[89trx250r]

March 2011 issue. Page 7 cant miss it.

[Pappy]

The LTR issue was and is total BS. From what I gather it had to do with the dealer installed cherry bomb that forced the LTR to not pass CARB. IMO, if that indeed is the case, then any vehicle that can be altered should suffer the same fate....or the FEDS can just suck it and let us be;)

It will be interesting to see how Hetrick does, the Motorworks Can Am's are pretty solid and the team is pretty tight.

I hardly ever make any predictions in this sport, but to me, if Chad can get past his injury mentally then he will probably still remain the one to beat for the championship. It will also be interesting to see how Natalie and Weinen deal with each other on the track after seeing the glimpse of things that were posted and now removed. There will more then likely be a video camera trained on those 2 at every event.....I just hope it stays clean.

Lots of changes for 2012, Hetrick in the mix, Brown doing solid, Lawson out, Gibson in. I reckon we dont have too much longer to see how it will play out!

[patrickj75]

Was Chad's contract up with Can-Am or did he want out?

[trompen542]

Isn't Gibson doing the pro-am classes?

[patrickj75]

Originally posted by trompen542
Isn't Gibson doing the pro-am classes?

The press release I saw said he was running the Walsh hybrid in Pro/Am Unlimited and a LTR in Pro/Am Production.

[Kawie450r]

Originally posted by patrickj75
Was Chad's contract up with Can-Am or did he want out?

Rumor was can am said whoever wins the championship will have a spot on the team for 2012. Chad didnt win so therefor no spot on the team.

Which doesnt really make sense to me seems how chad was the fastest one out there 9 times outta 10 before the injury.

[XCRacer236]

What's all this stuff about bad blood between Weinen and Natalie?? I don't follow MX very close..

[rageatvsupermom]

It really does not matter who is riding what and for whom. What matters is that they are there! I am sad to see Jeremy gone, and was hoping to Creamer back.

I honestly don't care who gets along with who. I don't believe many of the pro's actually hang out, outside of the race track. I would hate to see this being turned into another stupid reality show.
We don't need the drama, I prefer to watch the racing.;)

[guy310]

The other thing that needs to be said is that Chad is definitely fast but he is also inconsistent. Chad has been the flat out fastest on an ATV for about the last 5 years but he still hasn't won a championship. That has to be taken into account. Just think JS7...

[89trx250r]

I think he was more consistent this year then anyone...Another thing is wimmer and creamer were easily the fastest in previous years... Yes chad was fast but, going from team to team to team probably doesnt help much with confidence. It really seemed like this year was his year...

[TWISTED]

If Chad can stay healthy and whatever he ends up riding will stay together under him, he will win the championship............. I think Can Am REALLY screwed up by letting him go, and next year will prove that statement...............

[mcwilly]

Speaking of Wimmer and Creamer.....what's the word on them? Are they staying in NEATV?

[blaster99]

Wimmer is not coming back to NEATV from what I have heard. His rig was also for sale. Creamer on the other hand... you might be seeing something from him very soon.

[trompen542]

ANYTHING NEW ON THIS YET?

[KingpinsEx]

Another source that I believe to be fairly accurate said Hetrick will be on Can-Am this season, if thats what you mean.

[TTracer#22]

Hetrick will infact be on a can am and Chad will be on a walsh yamaha

[tyltr450]

Did chad get a factory ride?

[reconmaster]

sucks lawsons out but with the way racings going its hard to stay in the sport if your not able to pay the bills.
chad hasn't been on a yammi since he was in pro-am should be interesting..either way another great season of racing will be upon us.

im confident chad will be ok with breaking his back we chatted here and there he was pretty motivated and pumped to get back to training.

i thought john and chad got along but hey racing brings out the fire that burns in everyone so sometimes tempers flare

[89trx250r]

Bro if your sig gets any longer your gonna have to start paying the site to advertise...

[01boneless]

lol thats what i thought :eek2:

[89trx250r]

Haha its not so bad when you look at it from the pc...But when I replied i was on my iphone and that kids sig was like legit 2.5 pages...

[madskrillz2]

I think Wienen is just seeing if he can ride something different every year lol. If he really is on a Yamaha, he literally has ridden all the major manufacturers newest bikes now.

[mxpimp2000]

chris borich WILL be on a suzuki LTR450 :D

[Ellingsoc26]

I saw him at pax tracx last week riding a yamaha with a red number one on it

[mxpimp2000]

Well joe borich his father says suzuki

[Ellingsoc26]

Hey man I was there and saw it with my own eyes he was there is johnny gal and i think they other guy was mc clure or something they had 2 Yamahas and a honda and had 3 bikes as well

[XCRacer236]

Originally posted by Ellingsoc26
Hey man I was there and saw it with my own eyes he was there is johnny gal and i think they other guy was mc clure or something they had 2 Yamahas and a honda and had 3 bikes as well

:huh What...?

[Ellingsoc26]

Hahaha sorry he was there with those two stupid phone

[mxpimp2000]

we'll see when its time to release the info