MX has finally gone mainstream

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Edited Date/Time 12/12/2013 11:35am
It made the New York Times and the front page of Yahoo

http://screen.yahoo.com/new-york-times/riding-12-o-clock-boys-142607645.html
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EastFlorida 12/11/2013 9:29am
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This was posted yesterday...
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Sandberm 12/11/2013 10:05am
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I'm still waiting for the thread about the gay motocrossers on C.S.I. the other night.

Gay mxer 1 loaned his gear to gay mxer 2 and gay mxer 1's dad killed gay mxer 2 in a fit of rage.

The episode included bear traps, survivalists and 4-strokes.
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newmann 12/11/2013 10:06am
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EastFlorida wrote:
This was posted yesterday...
Twice.....and deleted both times. 5,4,3,2,....
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GuyB 12/11/2013 10:13am
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EastFlorida wrote:
This was posted yesterday...
newmann wrote:
Twice.....and deleted both times. 5,4,3,2,....
Do you think how either of those played out made them worth keeping?

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Rizzo 12/11/2013 10:19am
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EastFlorida wrote:
This was posted yesterday...
newmann wrote:
Twice.....and deleted both times. 5,4,3,2,....
See what happens when you don't interweb for a day or two, ooops!
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Zaugg 12/11/2013 10:21am
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That's awesome...our mainstream image is the 12 o'clock boys.
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JeepnMike 12/11/2013 10:24am
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Posting just trying to say hi before it gets deleted. LOL
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GuyB 12/11/2013 10:35am
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Zaugg wrote:
That's awesome...our mainstream image is the 12 o'clock boys.
Current book I'm reading is Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga, by Hunter S. Thompson
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The Rock 12/11/2013 11:03am
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Zaugg wrote:
That's awesome...our mainstream image is the 12 o'clock boys.
GuyB wrote:
Current book I'm reading is Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga, by Hunter S. Thompson
Have a suggestion for you: Nirvana Bluesby John Nichols. He also wrote the Milagro Beanfields Wars book that was turned into a screen play that Robert Redford directed.

Nirvana Blues is a tough book to get into but if you hang in there for fifty to sixty pages the hook should be set.
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newmann 12/11/2013 12:24pm
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If a dirt bike gets stolen in a forest, and there is no one around to see it....
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burn1986 12/11/2013 12:42pm
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Pretty sad.
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Tracktor 12/11/2013 12:49pm
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Zaugg wrote:
That's awesome...our mainstream image is the 12 o'clock boys.
GuyB wrote:
Current book I'm reading is Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga, by Hunter S. Thompson
Great book! I am a huge HST fan. He knew how to enjoy the moment he was in like no other.............I don't care either way for the 12 oclock boys, however.................
GeorgiePorgie 12/11/2013 12:54pm
12/11/2013 12:54pm
I love the media. Make those thieving thugs look like victims. I bet that's where my 250 ended up on the streets of Baltimore, or on the streets of cleveland, ohio. Every city is trying replicate these Baltimore bums.

I'm moving to the city and getting on welfare. I'll steal bikes, and still be able to ride erreday.
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Moto Soul Mag 12/11/2013 1:00pm
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It's pretty effing ridiculous that some hoods on stolen bikes get front page coverage in the New York Times, while meanwhile...

The thousands of kids that get good grades, stay out of trouble, and dedicate themselves to compete at the highest levels of amateur racing around the country might get a little mention in a local paper once in a while.

Maybe if they started causing a bunch of trouble and being a total pain in the ass to everybody, then they would get some exposure.
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GuyB 12/11/2013 2:44pm
12/11/2013 2:44pm
And we're off...
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BDOG 12/11/2013 2:46pm
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MX is not nor ever will be mainstream. Too expensive.

It's mostly for rich little spoilt punks now.
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burnside 12/11/2013 2:55pm
12/11/2013 2:55pm Edited Date/Time 12/11/2013 2:55pm
Zaugg wrote:
That's awesome...our mainstream image is the 12 o'clock boys.
GuyB wrote:
Current book I'm reading is Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga, by Hunter S. Thompson
That has the best few pages ever written about riding motorcycles in my opinion... The Edge.

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JeepnMike 12/11/2013 7:27pm
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GeorgiePorgie wrote:
I love the media. Make those thieving thugs look like victims. I bet that's where my 250 ended up on the streets of Baltimore, or on...
I love the media. Make those thieving thugs look like victims. I bet that's where my 250 ended up on the streets of Baltimore, or on the streets of cleveland, ohio. Every city is trying replicate these Baltimore bums.

I'm moving to the city and getting on welfare. I'll steal bikes, and still be able to ride erreday.
I see what you did there... Laughing

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Xeno 12/11/2013 8:16pm
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I've said it before- take those inner city wheelie masters and put them on a SX track and they will tear it up.
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Olson 12/12/2013 2:17am
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Zaugg wrote:
That's awesome...our mainstream image is the 12 o'clock boys.
GuyB wrote:
Current book I'm reading is Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga, by Hunter S. Thompson
Me too! That's some interesting and sad stuff!
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kongols 12/12/2013 2:21am
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If you call what they are doing "MX" then it really shows your understanding of what MX is.
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jmx411 12/12/2013 6:15am
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MX may not be mainstream yet, but the last few years with all the live races it has really grown. With Fox Sports 1 showing all the races even more will be introduced to the sport.
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bg22 12/12/2013 6:26am
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If they'd start wearing helmets I'd be all for them riding on the streets. Now, how they acquired the bikes who knows....
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MotoMalyDad 12/12/2013 7:07am
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Zaugg wrote:
That's awesome...our mainstream image is the 12 o'clock boys.
GuyB wrote:
Current book I'm reading is Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga, by Hunter S. Thompson
burnside wrote:
That has the best few pages ever written about riding motorcycles in my opinion... The Edge.

Freaking awesome. I had flashbacks of Johnny Depp in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas when we was narrating this video..
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Grizz 12/12/2013 7:15am
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newmann wrote:
If a dirt bike gets stolen in a forest, and there is no one around to see it....
Does it make a sound?
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mxb2 12/12/2013 7:23am
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Xeno wrote:
I've said it before- take those inner city wheelie masters and put them on a SX track and they will tear it up.
Maybe they should ride on a track then.
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jeffro503 12/12/2013 8:05am
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I like how the one idiot says " Yeah.....we took dirt bikes to a whole new level "

LMFAO! Bunch of fucking idiots if you ask me. Kicking cop cars , eluding police , riding down main st on an MX bike acting like complete and utter fools........I'm in the group that believes they get what ever is coming to them. If they get killed doing......I couldn't give a shit honestly. Now....if they were to find a place off the streets ( not just on dirt.....but just away from traffic ) to enjoy those scooters......I'd be in 100% support of them.
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jeffro503 12/12/2013 8:06am
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Xeno wrote:
I've said it before- take those inner city wheelie masters and put them on a SX track and they will tear it up.
Umm? What? Please explain.
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Xeno 12/12/2013 8:11am
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jeffro503 wrote:
Umm? What? Please explain.
They have skills and they are fearless. Some of those dudes could figure out a SX track.
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jeffro503 12/12/2013 8:16am
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jeffro503 wrote:
Umm? What? Please explain.
Xeno wrote:
They have skills and they are fearless. Some of those dudes could figure out a SX track.
They are all below beginner rider experience when it comes to anything MX. Take a guy who rides a crotch rocket on the street and rides wheelies all over the place.....do you think he would tear it up on an SX track as well? Fearless.....in what they do.....in what is no way even remotely close to what they would do even on some Joe blow's local 65cc track........they wouldn't make it a lap. And you think they would pick up on " Supercross "? There are fast INT riders out there that haven't done SX yet........but these guys would pick up on it?.

Dude....really? Because they ride wheelies down the streets?

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