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If it's not fixed internally, someone will step in externally and impose it. I don't think anyone wants that.
300K soon becomes the norm for an F1 driver.
Australia has the fastest Midget Karts in the world (7 to 10 yr olds). My son was taking 90 degree corners at 110ks with his nose cone under the driver in fronts rear crash bar when he was 8. I don't know of any Midget drivers in this country being killed in a racing Incident. The karts are powerful and fast. But. The tracks are safe and they are well supervised.
Insane IMO, is watching the 65cc riders clear all the same jumps as the 450's. Highly Impressive, but Insane none the less.
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I watched a Doco about risk once. You'd be surprised how many people in the UK die from falling down stairs and falling in the shower.
So even if you lower the rev limiting you're still going to have to change the tracks in most cases. If you're going to do that any way, just leave the limiters and change the tracks.
Rev limiters are dangerous IMO. Power can get you out of trouble just as well as it can get you in trouble. And, normally, You don't ride a 450 at the same RPM as you do a 250
If they get any more air than they already are, they'll need Oxygen tanks and parachutes.
How to transition is the question. Bringing back the 125 class is great for the sport. I say lower displacement for the kids classes too. 45cc, 60cc, 80cc. The manufacturers have to like the changes. So do the aftermarket companies. They'll sell a lot of new bikes and conversion kits.
The only question is how to architect the transition period.
We should then reevaluate and make any needed adjustments every 7-10 years.
This totally can be done. I can architect it.
Glad my son didn't race bikes but I wouldn't have tried to stop him if he did. I'd obviously try to eliminate as many risk factors as possible but there'd still be risk Involved. Just as there would be if he played football.
Doesn't matter if someone's son dies from blunt force trauma or suicide, the family is still going to be just as devastated either way. They're morning the loss, not the Incident.
"Better to have lived and died than to have died and not lived". No matter what age.
The friends I had that weren't Involved in sport all OD'd on drugs long ago.
Mainstream America does not know what MX is and that there are very young kids participating . But when they start finding out that young kids are dying at an alarming rate then someone is going to put it out there for the world to see and believe me they will not look at it as being a great family pastime, they will show all of the negatives of innocent children being buried way too young. As much as I hate to see anyone lose their life riding MX, when it is a kid it really hits hard. Adults have a choice but some of these kids are being put into these training facilities at way too young of an age and being put under incredible pressure to perform
Let me know if you need me to try and make it even simpler for you to comprehend.
Again. It'd be OK if you changed the tracks accordingly!
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Quad are under scrutiny here ATM mainly due to kids deaths on them. In saying that, most Instances are on farms. No helmets or proper supervision. Pity the general public don't care about that. They only see that kids are dying on them. Anything else is considered irrelevant
It's not the bikes as much as it's the tracks and size of the jumps anyway. IMO.
I don't think the bikes need to be limited. Ride them on the same track without jumps and I'd say the safety level would go way up.
I also don't consider what the bikes have ATM as being a Rev limiter, not in the true sense of the word. ATM they are limited by the revs they can obtain.You're talking about limiting the revs the can actually produce. Ie. Limiting a bike that can produce 10.500 RPM down to 9.500 RPM.
Its ALOT OF CARDIO! ALOT!
They care too much about laptimes. How often dont you see father or trainer with stop watching at the local track?
I think the sport is progressing too fast, and the bikes are faster.
Riders need to get stronger, and care more about technique.
Thats just my thoughts, go hate :D
The problem of this change is, it's counter-evolutionary. It will take a global change of mindsets that riders will be limited in what they can do with their bikes.
And maybe it's just because I'm old, but I swear it seems like when I get thrown off a four stroke, it just throws you different and with more force. It's like the two strokes threw you out to the side, whereas the four strokes just slam you down. Maybe it's the false sense of confidence that four strokes give - we tend to try and stay with them longer where on a two stroke we might have just bailed off earlier? I've seen plenty of nasty wrecks on two strokes too, of course.
I don't think there is any real way to collect data between the pre-four stroke era and now. Not to mention, because of the Internet, the community hears about every serious incident now as opposed to 20-30 years ago.
Slowing tracks down is the most feasible change. But I think going back to 125/250 would be the healthiest change long-term for both safety and economic reasons.
I get what you're saying though and you do have a good point
Something to ponder. In the Moto GP's the 125's always provided the best racing and entertainment.
Put RD#5 on a 125 and he might even make the occasional mistake. Gee, that'd suck for race fans ATM.
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