Ok we're all (except one) in a agreement then: Motards are a great, welcome addition to roadracing now correctly have their own class(es).
End of discussion?
Ok we're all (except one) in a agreement then: Motards are a great, welcome addition to roadracing now correctly have their own class(es).
End of discussion?
SVR.
Agree completely. End of discussion.
great post
Ahh indeed, motocross riders learn not to be afraid of a little sideways and IMO they learn better control than those who never did MX.
I know the little minds hate real life experience but the first time I rode at Puke was on a 650 Cagiva Alazurra. After practice I was approached by one road racer who told me I was fucking dangerous in the hairpin as I was alll sideways (same argument differet decade).
Of course I never crashed and he never beat me; I'd been racing MX and Enduro for the past 10 years.
PMCC may get 30-60 but AMC doesn't run Motards and the Vic Club the most ever for a meeting the last 2 years has been 17 and one meeting the number was 5. A whole 3 races for just 5 bikes!
Sounds like the 125 class for years..........yawn
Most Clubs have record entries at the moment and if they can't survive I say someones creaming the profit from each meeting..
record entries? can you back that up with proof?
From what I've seen those records must have only started in the year 2000.
I love motards 9 times out of 10 when you fall off one you just pick it up and ride again. You can ride like a idiot with no responsablity. Some riders are actually intimidated by the way they are ridden.
The point is that motards are a cheap way to get into racing; one of the cheapest. You can get into racing with a motard for as little as $4-5K. By banning them or isolating them, the sport is effectively turning off a lot of riders who might progress to other classes and bikes.
The F3 class is the correct place for motards when the rider is not interested in a dirt section. The Formula classes were originally designed to increase diversity and if those who did initiate them saw what has happened now; I reckon they'd be disgusted.
Yep, that's the problem I think. The 'sport' panders too much to interest groups and doesn't focus enough on the future and those POTENTIAL newcomers.
Bring back production classes where we could really see which bike was better: the current format allows so much modification the bikes are only superficially what we can buy.
Keep the Formula classes for innovation and diversity.
It all seems quite like porridge to me
While you sit there liking things just cos' everyone else does, I'll be standing up here keeping it real.
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