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4/17/2018 1:46pm
4/17/2018 1:46pm
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4/18/2018 10:56pm
I started watching mx and going to nationals back in about 85 at unadilla , some would call it the mecca I was 5 when i saw and met Hanna a hand full of times , I was already riding bye this time . I met widham, ferry, McGrath , emig my all time favorite, carmichael. I always had a love for this sport . I have been to Southwick , gator back, supercross' up the east coast , I have never raced mx but have done some haresrambles here and there.
I have recently started to loose interest in the coverage of the sport , going to a supercross even watching on tv isnt as entertaining as it use to be . I don't know why and hope someone who is older than 22 can answer this . Is it because there are no more Carmichael and js7 ? Every other rider is injured ? Tracks are one lined leading too boring racing?
Your help is appreciated as I need to show my new son why this sport is awesome and not that it use to be awesome. Thanks in advance.
I have recently started to loose interest in the coverage of the sport , going to a supercross even watching on tv isnt as entertaining as it use to be . I don't know why and hope someone who is older than 22 can answer this . Is it because there are no more Carmichael and js7 ? Every other rider is injured ? Tracks are one lined leading too boring racing?
Your help is appreciated as I need to show my new son why this sport is awesome and not that it use to be awesome. Thanks in advance.
nah, its the sports fault!
All joking aside, I don't feel it's the same as it was when I was growing up. 27 now, but I still fully believe the racing was better and riding was more fun when the training wasn't as serious and we were still riding 2 strokes. I know we will never get back to that, but I picked up a yz250 on Sunday because riding them recently brought back the fun. I'm out there to have fun and enjoy my motorcycle, not to be the next RC, MC or RV. I think most of us lose that at some point and just need just get a little refresh. Maybe you need to step away for a bit and let the fever come back a little bit.
Supercross loses my interest at times when the track is one lined and everyone is doing the same rhythms. It's boring and no one is able to do anything different to make up time. Outdoors will always be my favorite, but I hate when it's a runaway. I think this outdoor season should be good. Step away from the sport from now until the night before Hangtown. Don't have anything to do with motorcycles at all until then and I bet the passion comes back.
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Mike
Pit Row
We drive ourselves to know more an hour after a race then back in the day waiting for a month or two on the magazines to drop.
I'm not blaming it on faster bikes or faster kids.
Factor in:
* track closures
* remaining local "race" tracks having become merely practice facilities
* TMZ drama perpetrated by the media (oooo.....Anderson and Marvin not getting along......oooooooooo!!!)
* commercialization (I can't thank my team enough, dunlops hooked up great, etc)
* political correctness....
...and you wake up one day a disillusioned cynical old fart wondering why your interest has waned.....like me! :-)
Just my $0.02
We are just on overload with social media.
I’m 43, I stepped away 17 years from riding but still watched racing. I no longer force myself to ride if I’m not feeling it, unlike in my 20’s.
Ghost
Everybody knows four strokes put power to the ground different and anyone from novice to champ will tell you they are much easier and smoother to ride.
Back up 20 years. Two strokes are lighter, more power per CC, and have light-switch powerbands. They are hard to ride and harder to ride fast (for most of us). Lighter weight and hard hitting power curves meant the bikes hopped and danced more on the track. Put a bunch of guys together on that same equipment and races look more exciting, especially in the outdoors.
Pros today didn't come up on two strokes like RC and JS7. That era of racer is fading away and Chad is really the only one left here in the states (he also prefers four strokes and says they are smoother and easier to race).
Riders today are smoother and faster because of the bikes. Track builders changed jump spacing to accommodate the evolved rider and machine. It's natural it looks different because it is.
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