Chad reed - time for change?

b0y2k (76)in #motocross • 7 years ago

Anyone who knows anything about motocross knows the name Chad Reed! #22 has been there, done it, won it and then some! Check out this list!

Major titles

1997 Australian Junior Motocross Champion
1999 Australian Supercross Champion
2000 Australian Supercross Champion
2002 AMA Eastern Regional Supercross Champion
2003 U.S Open Champion
2003 FIM World Supercross GP Champion
2004 U.S Open Champion
2004 AMA Supercross Champion
2005 X-Games Supermoto - Bronze Medal
2007 King of Bercy Supercross Champion
2008 AMA/FIM World Supercross Champion
2008 Australian Supercross Champion
2009 Monster Energy Triple Crown MX Champion
2009 AMA National Motocross Champion
2009 AMA Athlete of the Year
2009 Australian Supercross Champion
2016 AUS-X Open Champion

So yeah, he has backed up his riding with a pretty comprehensive list of achievements!

He has raced pretty much raced every brand of bike apart from KTM... Which has got people thinking. Rumours have been circling that he was trying to get a spot on Red Bull KTMs Factory team but it seems they are content with new signing Broc Tickle as Musquins only team mate. It would've been good to see Reed complete the Manufacturing round up by competing on a KTM but maybe he will continue that path on his own? In typical #22 style he has hyped up that speculation with an Instagram post

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZd9kPzFG8X/

Interestingly, the Yamaha is a 2-Stroke bike which he has been building under the name #Project04. His wife, Ellie Reed, videoed him breaking the bike in and posted it online.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZeE9R0jtZM/

So now the KTM rumours are being joined by the thought that Reed knew about the 2-Stroke Red Bull events i posted about here Red Bull Straight Rhythm hits the smokers!

Reed is no stranger to 2-Strokes as he raced them and won on them before the rise of modern 4-Strokes. He piloted a 2-stroke also earlier this year as an exhibition at supercross.