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450 Class...maybe
250 Class...US Series has the covered all day long and twice on Sunday
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The kid rode great, and got a helping hand from the mud.
He said it himself.
The four strokes pretty much had taken over by 05. The motorcycle industry reached it's peak in 06 and the US economy took a dive in late 08. So, to me, the so called 4 stroke takeover was in full effect before anything bad had happened in the economy. Also, the 4 stroke takeover was driven by the consumers. Yamaha brought out the YZF and everybody purchased one. Look back at the OEM share in the competition category in the early 00's and you can track it very clearly. Yamaha had a hold until the CRF came out. Suzuki and Kawasaki floundered. In 03 and 04 you couldn't give an RM250 away and by 06 no dealers were ordering them. This was not driven by the OEM's. Pro racing was a different animal and Yamaha and Honda have always had the HP in that arena. You can still buy a great two stroke MX bike today and they are not really that much cheaper than the 4 strokes. Only hardcore racers put much more than 60-70 hours on a bike and usually sell it before it was ever rebuilt. So if you took averages, I would almost bet for the largest percentage of owners, the 4 stroke with just oil changes was cheaper than the 2 stroke which had a piston or two put in it. This is a racer forum, so guys don't need to tell me how they blew up 5 250f's and rebuild their engines every other month. You are the minority.
We can now see almost all Supercross, AMA nationals, MXGP, British Nationals and Canadian Nationals on TV as well as Arenacross, GNCC's and even AMA flattrack. Never could you see so much Off-road motorcycle racing on TV before now.
Promoters have always had a reputation for being greedy, this is nothing new. Not saying they are, but like the rest of the population, a few bad ones ruin it for all the good ones.
Bottom line is life is more expensive than it was 15 years ago. People didn't have $250 phone plans for the whole family, $100 a month for internet and $200 a month cable plans back then. How many of us have multiple $1000+ TV's in our home and buy a new computer every 3-4 years? That is a lot of expense that could go to other activities and in years past, did. Also, $20,000 UTV's outsell MX bikes by a big margin. I'm not so sure all the problems with MX are related to $8000 new bikes.
my 4t mx bike 40 hour max a year my 2t enduro bike sometimes 40 hour a week
Great post.
And I did celebrate his great ride on the smoker in the other thread but was horsewhipped there also.
Pit Row
I'm the guy who can't understand the point of a C class national champion. But yeah I can see where your lack of reading comprehension comes into play. New anonymous username come with a new personality?
And yes, you were mistaken.
I guess you old farts want the old days were dudes were drinking beers and riding pot metal scooters, well now its a little different. We have top level athletes and the competition is bigger (more people riding) then ever, it looks to be on a downturn but its hardly in a sad state.
It also means that a top offroad rider who is also a very good mx rider has good mud skills, had some luck on his side and performed well. No decleration that the premier class is not truely the premier class because that happened.
Thanks man, I'm actually gonna make it now!
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