Eric didn't step away with family issues , he was working tightly with a couple MX teams trying to make the new 250F's out run the competition. A couple of years ago it was tough to get him to work his magic, But I just talked last Tuesday about a go fast 80 cylinder and I'm packing one up to ship to him, the last one he did for me the competition couldn't touch, just ask Big Hair .CBX
HAHA, I remember that bike went through like 3 different riders and still produced the same results!