New season - what do you hope to see?

Edited Date/Time 11/9/2012 10:07am
slow day, figured we could, oh I don't know, discuss some moto..

So what are you most excited about seeing or hoping to see change for 2013?

Besides the obvious of LESS INJURIES, here's my list for 2013:

- Bigger whoops
- More bowl turns where passes can be made instead of this weak 1-lined, no berm stuff
- Canard is BACK, but now we've got 7 legitimate threats for podiums. So even the battles for 6th place are going to be hard fought!
- Looking forward to seeing how team RCH does with Ricky's support
- Maybe the return of the real Bubba if he can get comfortable enough on the suzuki?
- Windham's transfers. Seriously, after he retires they should still have him come out just for the intros!


Overall, I'm just excited that we are only about 2 months away from A1!
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11/8/2012 1:12pm
Definitely every rider without injuries, especially all the top guys 100% healthy and ready to race for the win, tight points battle all the way to Las Vegas. Ol' CONFIDENT Stewart, showing everyone how it's done with sick rhythmsections and so on.
New kind of tracks (or should i say old kind of, like 2000-2005 Wink ) these days the tracks kind of kill competition. and of course id love to see comeback of J-Law! har har..

Looking forward to Anaheim 1! I'm coming to US first time in my life in january 3 and
2 weeks in california, nothing but MOTOCROSS for me, cant wait!
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11/8/2012 1:33pm
Seeing how #7 does.

Hoping that no one gets injured, but mostly that Canard stays injury free.

And seeing some great racing, it could be an AMAZING year for us fans!
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11/8/2012 1:46pm
Sorry to offend anyone, but this thread makes so much more sense than prediction threads. You haven't seen all the players on a SX track, let alone at roughly the same time, and it's still a long time in some ways to A1, let alone to Vegas. Too hard to compare apples to apples at this point.
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11/8/2012 2:03pm Edited Date/Time 11/8/2012 2:07pm
less dragonsbacks
semi's reincarnated (I know, not gonna happen)
less Monster & pyro, more racing instead
more track line options
always like over-unders for some reason? Not sure why.
bowl turns
maybe a split start for one round? (just throwing the idea out)
less sand sections (if they want to slow them down, just put in water crossings like they did back in the day)

most importantly.................Windham's transfers!

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11/8/2012 2:08pm
In the 250s - I'm hoping we'll see a more comfortable and faster Ken Roczen next year. Also be interesting to how Zach Osborne looks on the Geico Honda after riding Yamaha's since 2008.

In the 450s - the added dynamic of Justin Barcia and how that's going to shake up the class. Also be interesting to see how James is going to go on the Suzuki indoors and if he can grab another title.
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11/8/2012 2:18pm
mom241 wrote:
Sorry to offend anyone, but this thread makes so much more sense than prediction threads. You haven't seen all the players on a SX track, let...
Sorry to offend anyone, but this thread makes so much more sense than prediction threads. You haven't seen all the players on a SX track, let alone at roughly the same time, and it's still a long time in some ways to A1, let alone to Vegas. Too hard to compare apples to apples at this point.
Much less having to read a new "prediction" thread every freakin week! Blink
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11/8/2012 2:23pm
better tracks

no injuries
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11/8/2012 2:52pm
Hopefully more Ralph Sheheen and Bret Michaels.
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11/8/2012 3:17pm Edited Date/Time 11/8/2012 3:19pm
The return of Ashley Sarto (and she winks right at me!).

I want to see the top guys last longer, and most of all I want to see JS7 kick RV's ass in TO. I was there last year, and it blew chunks without JS7 there.

Personally, I like sand sections..not dinky ones, big ass ones. And a high speed flat track turn with a hard left at the end for inside passing.

The 12 live events (I think it is 12) is really good.
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11/8/2012 5:00pm
trb989 wrote:
Definitely every rider without injuries, especially all the top guys 100% healthy and ready to race for the win, tight points battle all the way to...
Definitely every rider without injuries, especially all the top guys 100% healthy and ready to race for the win, tight points battle all the way to Las Vegas. Ol' CONFIDENT Stewart, showing everyone how it's done with sick rhythmsections and so on.
New kind of tracks (or should i say old kind of, like 2000-2005 Wink ) these days the tracks kind of kill competition. and of course id love to see comeback of J-Law! har har..

Looking forward to Anaheim 1! I'm coming to US first time in my life in january 3 and
2 weeks in california, nothing but MOTOCROSS for me, cant wait!
Ditto on that. I get so tired of reading about guys getting hurt practicing and being out before the season even starts.
It would be awesome to see them all show up healthy for A1, and hopefully stay that way for at least most of the series.

Also, be more creative with the tracks and have more sand
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11/8/2012 5:06pm
is a "Monster Energy Girl" Playboy shoot too much to ask?

for fucksakes
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11/8/2012 6:28pm
NO INJURIES!!!
New fresh unexpected runner ups to contend with the almighty top five.(or ten)
My wish of live coverage and NO CBS seems to be already fullfiled (thanks)
And of course the best season of SX ever.
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11/8/2012 7:01pm Edited Date/Time 11/8/2012 7:02pm
How about Bam-Bam, Canard & Wilson (throw Tomac, KRoc & Moose in there too when they aren't on 250s)making the Ryans, Reed, Stewart work harder for it!? Obviously hoping for a healthy 2013. Say that every year....Unsure
Oh...and go KDub!!
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11/8/2012 7:07pm
US winning the MXdN. If they start making more motocross tracks and less TT courses Tongue
11/8/2012 7:09pm
First, having the title come down to Reed and Stewart I think would be pretty cool, since it's been the Ryan show for so long. I'm not sure Reed can out-consistency Dungey or that Stewart can out-speed Villopoto, but they're both coming back from superbum seasons and nearing the end of their careers and it would be huge if they could put it to the kids and then hug it out on the podium in Vegas and maybe cry a lot.

Second, I'd like to see Get Your Ride On removed from the show and replaced by 'Here We Go' by N'SYNC. Get Your Ride On just doesn't get me amped for moto.

Third, more colored tires. Yellow, green, blue, red, all that shit.

Fourth, add to the broadcast overlapping ghost-image replays so we can see a juxta' of the lines and techniques different riders use to go through a section, esp. if they're using differing lines.

Fifth, backward-facing go-pros

Sixth, when the leader's 30 seconds out front and putting to the finish line, USE A GODDAMN SPLIT SCREEN so we can watch racing at the same time. Maybe they're already doing this, I don't know.

Finally: boobs.
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First, having the title come down to Reed and Stewart I think would be pretty cool, since it's been the Ryan show for so long. I'm...
First, having the title come down to Reed and Stewart I think would be pretty cool, since it's been the Ryan show for so long. I'm not sure Reed can out-consistency Dungey or that Stewart can out-speed Villopoto, but they're both coming back from superbum seasons and nearing the end of their careers and it would be huge if they could put it to the kids and then hug it out on the podium in Vegas and maybe cry a lot.

Second, I'd like to see Get Your Ride On removed from the show and replaced by 'Here We Go' by N'SYNC. Get Your Ride On just doesn't get me amped for moto.

Third, more colored tires. Yellow, green, blue, red, all that shit.

Fourth, add to the broadcast overlapping ghost-image replays so we can see a juxta' of the lines and techniques different riders use to go through a section, esp. if they're using differing lines.

Fifth, backward-facing go-pros

Sixth, when the leader's 30 seconds out front and putting to the finish line, USE A GODDAMN SPLIT SCREEN so we can watch racing at the same time. Maybe they're already doing this, I don't know.

Finally: boobs.
This post is on point.
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11/8/2012 7:52pm
Every track has a lap time close to 1 minute. I don't care if they have to add a wall for every lane, I'm over 15 minute main events.
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11/8/2012 8:08pm
I would like to see tracks become more dynamic. Have tracks that are half soft and half hard packed. Having a straightaway that is sand just doesn't really make the riders do too much differently. Make the sections big enough that they actually become a factor in the racing. This way it makes the bike and suspension setup a bigger and more strategic part of the game. Riders will be forced to give up in one section or the other to make up for it in other sections. Get ride of any S turns.

Riderwise, just multiple winners and riders getting on the podium.

Broadcast - if there is action at the front, keep at least a picture in picture shot on them when you have to go to other action. It's a bit frustrating having to hear the crowd's reaction to know something big is happening.
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11/8/2012 8:09pm
Safer tracks .
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11/8/2012 8:28pm
trb989 wrote:
Definitely every rider without injuries, especially all the top guys 100% healthy and ready to race for the win, tight points battle all the way to...
Definitely every rider without injuries, especially all the top guys 100% healthy and ready to race for the win, tight points battle all the way to Las Vegas. Ol' CONFIDENT Stewart, showing everyone how it's done with sick rhythmsections and so on.
New kind of tracks (or should i say old kind of, like 2000-2005 Wink ) these days the tracks kind of kill competition. and of course id love to see comeback of J-Law! har har..

Looking forward to Anaheim 1! I'm coming to US first time in my life in january 3 and
2 weeks in california, nothing but MOTOCROSS for me, cant wait!
i hope this one is right, so tired of seeing guys hurt.plus if it happens we could have a great outdoors also. thumbs up
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11/8/2012 10:06pm
1. See how James, Chad, and Kevin do is high on my list. IMO, this a make or break year for them.
2. Maybe a track with more than one line that everyone use.....
3. More technical rhythm sections. This will really seperate these guys. This should also help Stewie out a bunch.
4. CONTINGENCY, CONTINGENCY, CONTINGENCY. This field, considering everyone stays healthy, will be more stacked than ever. And we've been saying this for about the past 4 seasons, too. So that means, there will be plenty of privateers who won't be making the main every week like they used to. Top Jimmy, Peick, Blose, those guys will definitely be packing it in early a time or two this year. If we bring in more contingency dollars, the privateers won't be discouraged from coming to the races. At least then they can make some sort of cash. I know I talk about the privateers alot, but in this age, they need anything and everything they can just to find some degree of success.
5. No more 90-degree first turn areas (at least in supercross). Not once have I seen less than half the field go down in those things the past couple of years.
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11/8/2012 11:30pm Edited Date/Time 11/8/2012 11:33pm
I hope to see slack ass chumps like hill, guys with no raw speed and fight like brayton, proven losers on winning bikes like short, loc dog no training punks like grant all lose their rides to those hungry young talents that are ready to fight for being a somebody on the podium! Losers with no fight collecting 600k a year and getting 1000 chances are getting old! Twitterhead bubbastew the politician should spend less time up obamas ass and spend that wasted, uyneducated time on trying to think about how he's gonna complete the first 5 laps of 2013 without flying over the triple trees!! Might as well just give these bikes to coco puffers like stroupe and jlaw...at least they would grab the odd podium, empregnate some fans and run them over in a rockfording rent a cars in the pits on Friday night!! The press at least would have something to talk about!!
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11/8/2012 11:37pm
11/9/2012 5:01am
hammertime wrote:
I hope to see slack ass chumps like hill, guys with no raw speed and fight like brayton, proven losers on winning bikes like short, loc...
I hope to see slack ass chumps like hill, guys with no raw speed and fight like brayton, proven losers on winning bikes like short, loc dog no training punks like grant all lose their rides to those hungry young talents that are ready to fight for being a somebody on the podium! Losers with no fight collecting 600k a year and getting 1000 chances are getting old! Twitterhead bubbastew the politician should spend less time up obamas ass and spend that wasted, uyneducated time on trying to think about how he's gonna complete the first 5 laps of 2013 without flying over the triple trees!! Might as well just give these bikes to coco puffers like stroupe and jlaw...at least they would grab the odd podium, empregnate some fans and run them over in a rockfording rent a cars in the pits on Friday night!! The press at least would have something to talk about!!
Less posts from this ^^^^ Ass Spelunker, and anyone like him,Less Power Hungery Security
including Pennis, i mean Dennis down on the floor. A little less sound in the pits, hard to even
communicate with someone a foot away. Less Track Hoes ie Monster girls and so on
suppose to be a family sport? Less energy drinks and alcohol, especailly to the kids!!!
Less bitching from jackass fans about standing up to watch a Gosh Damn race, Less alcohol
and energy drinks, And More F'n racing, day and evening!!!
i would wish for less injuries, but those are not leaving our sport anytime soon, so i will just wish
for less severe injuries, and more safety for the riders.
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11/9/2012 6:07am Edited Date/Time 11/9/2012 6:08am
less injuries is obvious, but cant be stressed enough. you would think feild would take better care of one of their major assets in sx .... the riders.

im too lazy to look it up but im almost sure that at A1 last year, they had a couple of S turns after the first turn, kind of strung out the pack just a bit, keep that disaster that happened to trey down to a minimum.

i really enjoyed the year that they had different riders design the tracks and such. seems that the tracks were on the "slow" side and semi safe. couple of wall jumps thrown in here and there. anybody remember the matterhorn they use to have at the colisium?

i would like to see riders design the tracks again, if only at least half of them. or have a select panal of retired riders each design tracks like "the legands of sx" or "the legands of mx"

all tracks should be required to be 1.15 in time or more. i'd like to see them at 1:30

i'd like to see new orleans back on the circuit. that city is not fully recovered, would be a good PR move. would like to see an event in NYC, jersey or philly area, maybe even foxoboro. they could even have anaheim give up a round or 2 by having anaheim do maybe a friday and saturday nite double weekends, (and change up the track between the evenings) twice then open up slots for other parts of the country. i know if would be more events but im ok with that.

lot of good posts and ideas above


like i said, less injuries and safer minded tracks cannot be stressed enough
11/9/2012 6:45am
hammertime wrote:
I hope to see slack ass chumps like hill, guys with no raw speed and fight like brayton, proven losers on winning bikes like short, loc...
I hope to see slack ass chumps like hill, guys with no raw speed and fight like brayton, proven losers on winning bikes like short, loc dog no training punks like grant all lose their rides to those hungry young talents that are ready to fight for being a somebody on the podium! Losers with no fight collecting 600k a year and getting 1000 chances are getting old! Twitterhead bubbastew the politician should spend less time up obamas ass and spend that wasted, uyneducated time on trying to think about how he's gonna complete the first 5 laps of 2013 without flying over the triple trees!! Might as well just give these bikes to coco puffers like stroupe and jlaw...at least they would grab the odd podium, empregnate some fans and run them over in a rockfording rent a cars in the pits on Friday night!! The press at least would have something to talk about!!
SunComfort wrote:
Less posts from this ^^^^ Ass Spelunker, and anyone like him,Less Power Hungery Security including Pennis, i mean Dennis down on the floor. A little less...
Less posts from this ^^^^ Ass Spelunker, and anyone like him,Less Power Hungery Security
including Pennis, i mean Dennis down on the floor. A little less sound in the pits, hard to even
communicate with someone a foot away. Less Track Hoes ie Monster girls and so on
suppose to be a family sport? Less energy drinks and alcohol, especailly to the kids!!!
Less bitching from jackass fans about standing up to watch a Gosh Damn race, Less alcohol
and energy drinks, And More F'n racing, day and evening!!!
i would wish for less injuries, but those are not leaving our sport anytime soon, so i will just wish
for less severe injuries, and more safety for the riders.
I wouldn't put too much attention to someone who rants about others being "uyneducated".

But I totally agree, less whining and complaining would be awesome! Less pit-hoes would be a big plus too. I mean, we're there to see bikes and racing, if you can't go a couple of hours without seeing some skin that's just sad. And definitely, definitely, what the heck is up with people complaining when you want to stand up for the drop of the gate! WTH is this, golf?

I propose we impose an "adopt a foreign soccer team" initiative, where every round will host 10,000 European or South American soccer fans from some select city. Those SOBs don't care what sport is going on, they'll bring their air horns, chainsaws, fire pits, drums, etc and get the place going! I call River Plate from Argentina for the Dallas round, those guys are insane!
11/9/2012 7:05am
injury free year with a close championship race that will be decided by the final round.
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11/9/2012 7:50am
ok, i looked it up

A1 had about 2 turns and single jumps after the 1st turn, they went half track before hitting the tripples

A2 had 2 turns and 2 whoops sections before hitting the tripples.

all the tracks should have a similar set up
11/9/2012 8:25am
Foo723 wrote:
ok, i looked it up A1 had about 2 turns and single jumps after the 1st turn, they went half track before hitting the tripples A2...
ok, i looked it up

A1 had about 2 turns and single jumps after the 1st turn, they went half track before hitting the tripples

A2 had 2 turns and 2 whoops sections before hitting the tripples.

all the tracks should have a similar set up
The problem with those is that they are great for the first lap but then those sections of the track offer no passing or places to make up time for the other 19 laps, they just take up space.

You know what they should do is do a 2-deep starting line with the 11th-20th place riders lined up in the second row. this way they are already more pared down. It would probably make the first turn less dangerous too. But the bigger advantage would be that we wouldn't need such a wide start straight anymore and thus this would open up that space to be used for better track designs that would help the racing and passing during all 20 laps of the race. Even if you are in the 2nd row, with a track that has more passing lines you stand a better chance at a good result than starting in the first row and then if you get a bad start you are stuck because there's no place to pass.

That's how they do it in all other forms of track-based motorsports.

Just my 1c worth of thoughts for the day.

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