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Well after a few of the local clubs have ditched MA and made the change to AMA, do any of you Aussies lurking the forum have much information on the AMA? All I can really find is it's stupidly cheap to get a yearly licence with them and they're getting a shit load of tracks to jump shit.
At $165 For a family licence it's less than half what a single senior MA license costs. Before I pull the trigger I'd like to know a little more if possible.
Do they plan to run any mx series? Do they have a grading, class and number system yet? Will their rise see more mx tracks open? Is their business model sustainable?
Cheers!
At $165 For a family licence it's less than half what a single senior MA license costs. Before I pull the trigger I'd like to know a little more if possible.
Do they plan to run any mx series? Do they have a grading, class and number system yet? Will their rise see more mx tracks open? Is their business model sustainable?
Cheers!
but yeah.. MA is a joke. always has and always will.
The Shop
Scary for Club volunteer officials Incorporated Club or not.
Get a lawyer with insurance industry experience to look over their offering and compare it to the Rolls Royce MA policy🤔😏
Also, the cost is not much different then it was 20 years ago. Race fees are around the same at $35-$45 and a senior national licence has been around $300 for as long as I can remember
Yeah MA you pay through the roof but if something happens at least your covered
That said I currently have both licences and have raced events under both organisations, I hope all clubs switch, it is not possible for AMA to back riders less than ma.
They just protect themselves.
Andrew Wythe wrote the following:
"Additionally, I was amazed at the number of substantial claims submitted by riders against MA over the years since 2002 – over $13million worth paid out. As a business owner I know how hard insurance is to get and especially to gain continuity of cover at an acceptable renewable premium rate when you are continually making claims in the public liability area. Talking to an insurance professional on the above MA claims history (General Manager) his comment was “that it is not likely that a liability provider would continue with the above amount of claims and provide continuity of insurance at a consistence premium rate based on the above claim history – or provide continuity at all”. Now that’s a big risk for the sport.
No hate on anyone’s preference or what they believe; I personally feel better backed under the current MA system."
Some people are under the misapprehension that all accidents suffered in a race are covered by MA. When you enter a race you sign an indemnity to absolve other riders and officials of almost anything that happens to you (or that you do to another rider) during the event.
That is not true re MA etc not paying. My understanding is if the accident is caused by an officials negligence, say failing to warn against a new kicker, tyres or star pickets too close, etc then the claim can be made. I know of several made successfully this way.
Pit Row
FWIW I do believe the new/current CEO is actually trying to do the best with the situation and seems like a reasonable guy
Worse still, the Western Australian Government is working on a motorsport strategy like the one in NSW that could end up giving us no choice but to go back to MA/MWA. If that goes through we are all fucked.
https://motorcyclist.asn.au/ama-media/motorcyclist-news/entry/the-recog…
Had a rider slow up in front of him, and cross from one side of the track to the other to pull off, didn't end well for him.
Every case is different, but I know he claimed and had no issues.
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