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I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone wants a mud race. Bad for the bikes, bad for the riders, bad for the spectators at the race, bad for TV (even though Buds was pretty good), just all around bad.
It's cool to have one at least once at year but I want to see guys race each other, not survive the conditions. I get it, the Great Equalizer.
Those of you that like it...please educate me.
(Just for the record: I'm not suggesting cancelling a race because of rain. I'm just saying I don't understand why someone would want a mud race. Plain and Simple)
It's cool to have one at least once at year but I want to see guys race each other, not survive the conditions. I get it, the Great Equalizer.
Those of you that like it...please educate me.
(Just for the record: I'm not suggesting cancelling a race because of rain. I'm just saying I don't understand why someone would want a mud race. Plain and Simple)
Personally, I hated the mud. But I grew up in Vegas so mud was scarce, and when it did rain it was more like drifting across a frozen lake than anything. It's one of those mental things with riding. Some guys enjoy it and probably couldn't give you a real reason as to why. Most people hate it for no reason other than its mud.
How can that not be fun?
I agree, one Mudder a season is enough.
The Shop
I know exactly what to do to a bike to make it handle mud to where you aren't fighting it wearing yourself out.
Most guys dont change a thing and that is a big mistake,
I loved it just for that reason,most just ride it like its dry and my way makes it so much easier.
Millville
To see the fast pros in mud just makes me chuckle, they (some of them) make it look too easy, and you usually get an upset order which is great for 'lesser' riders and us as spectators.
What's not to like?
Edit: of course I'm English, perhaps that's part of it
Pit Row
Clearly in order to be a real man, a core racer, a true fan, etc, etc, you have to LOVE mud races...as a participant and a fan. End of story.
I've converted. I love mud races. Hope the rest of the season are mud races. Nothing like a good mud race. It's what motocross is all about.
It really hurts the privateers who race on a limited budget, and eliminating practice sessions and the LCQs isn't very appealing either...just ask Seeley.
Now you cant do that easy so I take 2 rounds off the shock spring and lower the forks all the way in the clamps to chopper the bike out. The speeds are lower in mud so the rear sag being off just isnt important to me as the control gain.
I would also go up one main jet to cool the engine some. Plus always ran screen over the rads.
Loosen the chain some to,I carried a setup of worn sprokets and chain that got the axel to max wheelbase.
I gotta post this up incase my puter locks. More to come
I found riding off that,even if its just 2 laps ,cutting that line it would be there for my moto a lot and when the guys are lined out in that beaten path I already knew that line I put down earlier.
I go up a few pounds on tire pressure also,you are more app to flat in mud because of hitting things you cant see and carrying more weight.
Even if the mud is splashy like its still raining and not sticky yet the slower steering just let me motor by guys while the swap ruts from the steering being so quick on bikes today.
Went to baileys one year,when it was all boxvans and purdy boys from cali. It was raining like hell and practice opened. I took my practice bike out,no tech band or sticker and rode for 20 mins before anyone else got out there. Gary got on the pa and took them if they didn't get out there he would pull their entry or some shit.
The lines I cut were still there in my quali.
Good times.
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