Tpoppa Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 http://www.pegramracing.com/ I missed this one. I thought he was still racing the R1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4DAIVI PAI2K5 Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 saw it on his facebook. Best of luck to him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owndjoo Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Yea him and EBR have been talking for a while actually. He's getting a ton of setup support from the WSBK team based out of Italy. The bikes are horribly down on power, but seem to handle like 250's... so we'll see how this does with the Worm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Good luck to him. I'd love to see him have one more winning season before he hangs it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Good luck to him. I'd love to see him have one more winning season before he hangs it up. I posted a similar comment on the WERA board, and I hope Larry goes out and kills it this year, but I believe he is focusing on smart business decisions at this point in his career. Larry has his shop outside Columbus, his TV show, and sponsorship deals. (I assume) those are his primary sources of income, and not necessarily in that order, but I would guess that needs to be the order in the long-run. The TV show and sponsors only last as long as his racing career. Maybe a few residuals if the show is played in reruns after it stops airing. With that said, winning races does not pay nearly as much as any of the income streams above can and should. Purse money is "gravy." Racing is simply a platform that Larry can use to promote the revenue sources listed above: his race shop, his sponsors, and his TV show. I would speculate that Larry gets a lot more camera time and commentator mentions finishing in 8th place on an EBR than he gets finishing in 5th place on an R1. Maybe he just didn't like the cost/benefit ratio on paying Graves for his 2013 bike, and the EBR is a better deal, but again, that's more of a financial consideration than a "can I win?" decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted March 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 I am curious to see how he does. He should do better that May and Yates that rode EBRs last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 I don't know. The dude is a racer. Has been his entire life. I think he still wants to win or he wouldn't be out there racing.I don't think his shop is actually providing any income yet either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Wants to, but he does not have the financial backing of graves, Yosh, or Jordan teams. You can't retire on aspirations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgetz524 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Don't you watch the show? He is flipping houses on the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 http://blog.motorcycle.com/2014/03/05/motorcycle-news/larry-pegrams-ebr-1190rx-ama-race-livery-looks-sharp/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I just saw that the "tail" number is actually on the swing-arm. I have seen some teams have them on the lower, as tail sections get smaller and smaller, but as far as I know, that is a first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted March 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Corey West, too. http://blog.motorcycle.com/2014/03/07/motorcycle-news/cory-west-ride-ebr-1190rx-2014-ama-superbike/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodninja420 Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Don't you watch the show? He is flipping houses on the side.[/quoteDamn man. I've seen Larry 's wife on a few TV races... I'll just say that he's going to need a better income stream than house flipping if he's going to hold on to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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