So this picture popped up instagram and to say the least, it was reposted everywhere. While it is no secret that the German rider would move to a Red machine, this photo is the most proof out there that the rumors are true. One could argue that the man on the machine is not Roczen but an actor. Illregardles, the bike he is on is the new CRF450 and the photo was geotagged for Norco, the test-track capital of the West coast.

Will we see an official announcement in the next few days? Who knows. The end of September or beginning of October is a common time for factory teams to announce new acquisitions.  An interesting twist to the story RCH posted this message to their social media. “Stoked on what RCH Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort Jimmy John’s Suzuki and Ken Roczen accomplished in the past two years. All the best to Ken in the future, thank you Ken!” In other words, K-Roc is probably gone. Kenny may have been released early, as RCH has nothing to lose, hanging onto him for another two weeks. While we have yet to hear the full story, RCH’s focus will now be on building the factory Suzuki team effort.

Low quality photo? It is still a nice look of the 450 machine.

Instagram today. Who wants to be first? And all of the silly photo treatments.