Bring MotoGp and Superbike to NZ !!

[Motu]

Rubbish.

Motorracing is the second highest spectated sport in NZ.

Back in the late 60s and the 70s we used to go to the bike racing at Puke - you couldn't find a seat in the main stand or on the hill,standing room only.Now the biggest meeting at Puke is the Classic meet - you could count the people on the hill stands on one bloody hand! It's apathy - they'd rather watch a reality show on TV or play on PS2.

[White trash]

Yeah I'll agree with that.

But I know a hell of alot of car racing folks who, although don't have an interest in bikes, watch bike racing religiously.

Wether or not they'd travell to watch international level bikes in person is another story.

Fact is, there's probably not 50000 motorcyclists in NZ, let alone what proportion would be prepared to fork out spot fiddy to watch racing.

We're fucked, I'm moving to Europe.

See y'all.

[denill]

Not so far from Phillip Island we aren't so not a huge extra expense for the teams to pop over the ditch.

Can't remember how many MILLIONS the Victorian Government contributes to the running of Phillip Island...........

And you won't get ONE to run it here..........

[denill]

I just found the following:

"Another record year for MotoGP attendance in 2004

The WSC MotoGP Championship has recorded its best ever figures for attendance. 15 of the 16 circuits that made up the calendar in 2004 have beaten their particular records.

A total of 1,700,000 spectators saw the 16 races this season at the 16 circuits spread around five continents. The highest figure was seen at the GP Comunidad Valenciana, with 211,000 people watching in spite of the three championships having already been decided. Another two GPs in Spain (Jerez) and Germany exceeded the 200,000 spectator barrier."

So there you have it. Take off the big ones and the average works out as 85,000 per GP.

Yet Phillip Island with it's Aussie poulation depth only gets around 35,000 for Moto GPs.
Prob'ly quite a bit less for WSBK??

I can say I was at ALL the WSBK meets at Manfield. And would dearly love to see that back in NZ. Anywhere in NZ.........
But that's just dreaming.........

[denill]

Here are the 2000 MotoGP spectator figures

Probably the Total attendance figures - for the two days practice and race day.

Valencia 210,000!!!!!!

[Gremlin]

Part of the problem with attendance is the advent of technology. Circuit races are very well covered by TV now.

You can see replays, the whole of the circuit and get a drink anytime a couple of metres away. You also see the racing up close, but you obviously don't see the bikes in the flesh.

However, from what I've seen from the rest of you, just turning up to a KB ride would keep you drooling from one ride to the next.

[Fart]

I would say that part of the problem with poor attendance at the bike races is the lack of professional and creative advertising. When there is a race on, the public hardly hear about it. If we can capture the imagination of the boy racers to think riding a bike is cool, there immediately presented to us a much larger market.

[Gremlin]

If we can capture the imagination of the boy racers to think riding a bike is cool, there immediately presented to us a much larger market.

All boy racers ever seem to think about is soundz. They want to sit next to the gf, and don't want to get wet. I doubt they will ever see bikes as cool.

They could do wheelies and stoppies (not that I can) but they still seem to have a really thick skull.

Don't get me wrong, I wish they would like bikes, because at least then they would look out for bikers more. Maybe we should beat them at every set of lights, and then maybe they might realise how fast bikes can go.

An added bonus would be that idiots with no skills and full of crap would "remove" themselves and driving/riding standards would generally improve heaps (if they practiced, went on courses etc)...