I don't know where you heard that but I have never heard of it. I bet AMA would make RC run #1 even if he wanted to run a different #. Believe me Rc will wear #1 any chance he gets.
Chuck J: after the LV SX win, RC's mechanic said that they wanted to keep running the #4 plate, because it was lucky for them, and that under the rules, they could.
I've heard the rumor, but I find it hard to believe. The Kawasaki team wants the #1 plate displayed, and likewise for Honda if RC jumps ship next year.
I've heard the rumor and I believe it. I haven't figured out yet why Kawasaki doesn't make him run the #1? Having that #1 plate means alot to the manufactuers.
Hey fellas, maybe he will run #4 but I think if I was choosing I'd go with the plate and we all know that's #1. Be interesting to see but I'm not betting the family farm on RC sporting any # other than #1!
I guess I don't understand. RC's mechanic said it. In front of a camera. And into a microphone. It was thus seen, and heard, by millions. Including me.
Maybe RC isn't on the same page. Or maybe he is, and the team will change its mind. But for now, I think this story is much more than "rumor."
Maybe it is his way of saying he will not put a number 1 plate on a bike that he did not win it on.:think Maybe the change to red will come sooner than we think...:think
Maybe Ricky's OTHER sponsors besides Kawasaki would like him to run #4 for marketing reasons. And if he feels it is his # and his lucky #. perhaps he will forego the #1 plate. Personally, I would like to see him run the #1.
I'm buying into the 'superstition' theory. After all, once he won his first SX of the year wearing 'pumpkin' colors,he didn't change for fear of breaking his good luck!:p
Well, actually he did change the color of his gear for Vegas and now it looks like he is changing the color of his bike! Why not a number? For the same reason: Money. Fox pays him to show off the new digs, Honda pays him 3-5 million and marketing number 4 will pay more in the long run. Good business.
Superstitions only go so far in determining one's decisions...
Personally I like it just for that fact that it shows contempt for the new numbering system (whether that was intended or not). Ricky has every right to #4 because thats his "chosen" number like travis keeping 199. I mean #1 is nice and you can display it all over the pits and the rig but according to the AMA we will only be able to really recognize Ricky if he has #4.
In reality its probably the luck factor plus its always good to stir up some contoversy...he'll get more press without #1 than with it.
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