If the Big Boys are dropping out???

[Alfatango1]

This does not bode well for small teams like EBR: Suzuki dropping out of Moto GP for 2012

http://www.powersportsbusiness.com/output.cfm?ID=2829655

 

[DustyXB]

Nothing to worry about. Erik started out racing and I highly doubt he'll ever stop. Suzuki, like it said, pulled out because of the depreciation of the yen and natural disasters. Pretty sure the cold in east troy isn't anything for EBR to worry about like tsunamis

 

[Alfatango1]

Suzuki, like the rest of the "big Four" still have multi millions of dollars/Yen in their coffers. Erik does not, he may race but how about the money for R&D, advertising and starting/sustaining a dealer network. During the worst part of the recession the Japanese manufactures didn't update their bikes and in some cases didn't even import certain bikes during a model year. Erik is not immune to this either and the dollar is weak compared to the Euro too, not just the Yen.