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space. But our teams have been
great. They received us well and
they've always made us feel at
home. It's just different but it's
all behind now. We have a place
to put our bags and do our work
and we'll continue from here."
While money was the key rea-
son the factory team dissolved,
it took more than money to bring
it back. Timing, opportunity and,
of course, Reed himself were
central to reviving the effort.
"The timing was good and
Chad was available and willing,"
McCarty explained. "He really
wanted to believe in the brand
and the bike, and certainly that
makes everybody's job a lot
easier, right?
"Everything has to come
together for things to work out,
and actually it did. Our spon-
sors, and Chad, and Yamaha
Motor Corporation, the whole
thing…there isn't one entity that
was not important to making this
happen."
Once given the green light,
much of the work fell in the lap
of Perry, who welcomed the
challenge.
"There was a lot on many
people's plates," Perry said.
"IT'S CHALLENGING WHEN YOU SHOW UP AND YOU
GOT YOUR BAGS AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE
YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THEM."
"There's a lot of moving pieces
that had to get approvals and
concepts and it's not easy. We
had the holidays…there were a
lot of sleepless hours trying to
get finished."
Bob Oliver and
Dan Rambert
were among Ya-
maha's in-house
crew who were
called back up to
"active duty."
"Bob Oliver
has been there for many years
and he stayed on board to
do development," Perry said.
"Dan Rambert has been there
the entire time, too. Mike Gos-
Jim Perry
resumes his
duties as
manager for
the factory
Yamaha
team.
