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And don't worry about sounding like a hypocrite....that's part of being a part I am finding out.
I will say I am 24 and walk like I am 90. I walk with a massive limp and have to ice my feet/ankles nightly. I broke my back at 13 which still gives me a good amount of pain, and have had more concussions than I remember ( see what I did there ).
Anyways I already have a Crf waiting for my daughter when she becomes of age, because I will teach her to ride. I want to go on camping trips with the family just like I did as a kid, but as far as racing, it will never fucking happen.
Personally I am putting a golf club in my kids hand and hopefully they like it, because that is the only sport that I have a somewhat God-given ability in and can teach.
I have this conversation with my dad a whole lot, and he always take a little offense. I just tell him I can make the same memories with my kids in a different sport, it doesn't HAVE to be moto.
I don't see where jumps are getting any bigger. The regional area where I ride the jumps having changed that much over the years. Most people are hitting all of them. If you want something tamed down, you should take up flat track and tt.
Every time we step on the bike we know the risk we are taking anything could happen. I have family members, friends, and coworkers tell me how crazy I am for still doing it. All I tell them is they just don't understand.
NHRA went to spec fuel years ago (mostly to try and reduce engine explosions and oil downs), but also mandated specific rear end gears to slow them.
They also did the biggest thing, going shorter than the sacred quarter mile length for the fuel classes.
NAACAR reduced horsepower this year, and also reduced rear wing size.
I did Amateur racing in Europe (Germany and Netherlands)
I raced for 15 years and we had large jumps but there where save.
Moved to Atlanta about 2 Years ago and what I see is anything than secure.
Its all about the track it has to be spectacular, but what is the price.
I see tracks where you cant even roll a jump the edge is a drop of 5-7 feet that doesn't make any sense to me.
When I ride a new track I like to roll it to see how the lines are, how the jumps are made and so on.
But you cant just roll the track for the 1st 1 or 2 laps.
When we did racing the rules were pretty simple:
The jump could be as long as we want to.
But doubles or triples were not allowed and I think that's correct.
In 15 Years of racing we had just minor injuries broken Arm, Leg, Collar Bone I would saw the regular stuff.
But I never heard that somebody broke his ankle.
When I first talked to some riders here maybe 5 out of 10 told me they had a broken ankle.
I couldn't believe it, however when I saw the 1st track here I knew immediately why.
If you don't hit the jump right you are in danger!
Remove the high doubles and triples and do a large table. The smaller once might be ok they should be designed in a way that if you mishit the jump that you could survive.
It could be still spectacular and the jumps are big, but if you don't hit it right you don't get injured.
You might think what is that old Guy talking about, yes I am turning 50 and I still like to jump like crazy.
But I have the desire to walk tomorrow and not spending weeks in hospital.
The 1st track I rode here in Georgia was that bad I decided never ride that track again.
Guess what 1 year later the track is closed! A lot of people got injured there.
Making our sport more secure starts with us the riders, we can decide where to ride.
I know what I am talking about had in my career a broken arm, shoulder, elbow and collar bone plus 1 concussion with a 30 minute blackout. I crashed at the beginning of the moto had a hole shot went down and about 5 riders hit me their bikes.
It is not the equipment its not that the bikes are faster it is the tracks!
I rode a 250cc 2 stroke modified at my last races and this beast was incredibly fast, my 250F is not faster the technology is better and more reliable but not faster. At least not for 90% of the riders except the Pro's.
I am teaching my son to ride right now he just started and I only select the tracks where I think they are secure.
And yes the tracks in Europe are different to the tracks here! I would not say better they are different.
Due to the Amateur regulations they have to design it in a certain way.
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