Everybody agree the 125 class is badly needed?

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MotoX85 wrote:
DESPARATELY!!!!!
people could afford it again.
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3/24/2015 3:34pm
Jefro98 wrote:
EMX125 class at the GP's is one of the most fun classes to watch.
Close racing.


https://youtu.be/HHzBuun3-sU
What is your impression of the 300cc class?
3/24/2015 3:38pm
I know no one will read this, but 125's would be a great bike for kids to get ready to take a smaller step to get on the more powerful 250s. Nothing will make this sport safe except not riding at all. I started trail riding on a 125 and now I'm faster than most people at the track. 125's teach you how to ride a bike how it's meant.
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3/24/2015 3:43pm
I know no one will read this, but 125's would be a great bike for kids to get ready to take a smaller step to get...
I know no one will read this, but 125's would be a great bike for kids to get ready to take a smaller step to get on the more powerful 250s. Nothing will make this sport safe except not riding at all. I started trail riding on a 125 and now I'm faster than most people at the track. 125's teach you how to ride a bike how it's meant.
Holy shit, you mean 125's can bridge the gap between an 85 and 250? Why has no one thought of this earlier?

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3/24/2015 3:46pm
seth505 wrote:
^agreed. I don't even think anyone complained about not being able to race their 2 stroke locally. We all know kids CAN race a 125 after...
^agreed. I don't even think anyone complained about not being able to race their 2 stroke locally. We all know kids CAN race a 125 after getting off an 85 but what percentage start off on a 250f because 1) it is available 2) easier to ride 3) they are what you need to ride to be on a pro team 4) they are (not) the next big gift to moto...
In my mind that is a parenting issue . . .
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MotoX85 wrote:
DESPARATELY!!!!!
tp4 wrote:
people could afford it again.
I'm pretty sure I'd spend more money if I had to race 1 125 all year as apposed to 1 450.
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God, you are so old it shows. Please just give this shit up. I know you want "to live the dream" again and rock out with...
God, you are so old it shows. Please just give this shit up. I know you want "to live the dream" again and rock out with your cock out to Led Zeppelin, smoke meth in staging then bang out a 45 minute moto on a 600 two stroke but IT'S OVER DUDES.

Go back into your man caves and put in your 1985 VCR tape of goddamn I don't know and I don't care SX and live it up all you want.

Change is really hard for old people, clearly. It's been like 10 years and you guys still circle jerk each other to the high heavens.

Keep it real bros. 2 strokes for life.
"The new days are better" is just as dumb of a philosophy as "the old days were better". Some things are better now and some things were better then.

The "new" in this case is the motorcycle companies forcing special rules to allow slower four strokes to compete with the faster two strokes by allowing the four strokes to have double the displacement. If not for that, how many four strokes would they be selling? Manipulation by corporations to make you spend more is the "new" here, and its a bad thing.
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3/24/2015 4:16pm
seth505 wrote:
^agreed. I don't even think anyone complained about not being able to race their 2 stroke locally. We all know kids CAN race a 125 after...
^agreed. I don't even think anyone complained about not being able to race their 2 stroke locally. We all know kids CAN race a 125 after getting off an 85 but what percentage start off on a 250f because 1) it is available 2) easier to ride 3) they are what you need to ride to be on a pro team 4) they are (not) the next big gift to moto...
GrapeApe wrote:
In my mind that is a parenting issue . . .
It really is, but basically everyone of em is failing the test. Temptation of the latest and greatest got em haha
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3/24/2015 5:15pm
seth505 wrote:
^agreed. I don't even think anyone complained about not being able to race their 2 stroke locally. We all know kids CAN race a 125 after...
^agreed. I don't even think anyone complained about not being able to race their 2 stroke locally. We all know kids CAN race a 125 after getting off an 85 but what percentage start off on a 250f because 1) it is available 2) easier to ride 3) they are what you need to ride to be on a pro team 4) they are (not) the next big gift to moto...
GrapeApe wrote:
In my mind that is a parenting issue . . .
seth505 wrote:
It really is, but basically everyone of em is failing the test. Temptation of the latest and greatest got em haha
Also a $$ Issue. Some will not want to spend their $$ on a 125, rather go straight to the 250F
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3/24/2015 5:28pm
GrapeApe wrote:
In my mind that is a parenting issue . . .
seth505 wrote:
It really is, but basically everyone of em is failing the test. Temptation of the latest and greatest got em haha
#991 wrote:
Also a $$ Issue. Some will not want to spend their $$ on a 125, rather go straight to the 250F
Well ya. What parent wants their kid whining to them that Billy beats him every week because he has a 250f and their kid has a slow 125. The 250f is a no brainer for trying to race so the 125 doesn't have much going for it in the current state of racing, even locally. (Even though racing a 125 against other 125s is still the most fun)

I remember in 2010 or so this dad was psyched I was racing a new 2stroke and blabbed to me how his kid was improving a lot on his 125 and he loved keeping him on one....fast forward a year and the kid was on a new kawi 250f and his dad was like "I had to, he wants to win!" haha
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3/24/2015 5:57pm
Jefro98 wrote:
EMX125 class at the GP's is one of the most fun classes to watch.
Close racing.


https://youtu.be/HHzBuun3-sU
The Rock wrote:
What is your impression of the 300cc class?
If I'm correct that #81 RM125(144/150) is a fully maintained works bike by Suzuki EU
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The only problem with 125's is honda, suzuki and kawi
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mxb2 wrote:
I should put my jersey collection with your bikes, they all could sit there unusedWoohoo
newmann wrote:
I have extra hangers. Send them on.
mxb2 wrote:
Haha your handlebars are not hangers, that bike you have is to ride!Sick
Wow, mxb2 is fuckin Douche nozzle. Hang your jerseys up and stop wearing them out in public because the only one who thinks you're cool is you. The rest can tell you're a dick wad . Go back under your rock.
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newmann wrote:
I have extra hangers. Send them on.
mxb2 wrote:
Haha your handlebars are not hangers, that bike you have is to ride!Sick
Insider347 wrote:
Wow, mxb2 is fuckin Douche nozzle. Hang your jerseys up and stop wearing them out in public because the only one who thinks you're cool is...
Wow, mxb2 is fuckin Douche nozzle. Hang your jerseys up and stop wearing them out in public because the only one who thinks you're cool is you. The rest can tell you're a dick wad . Go back under your rock.
Dick head the jerseys are a collection, not for wearing..Maybe read the post and gfy. Lemme guess you have a bike you dont ride either.
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3/24/2015 8:11pm
Jefro98 wrote:
EMX125 class at the GP's is one of the most fun classes to watch.
Close racing.


https://youtu.be/HHzBuun3-sU
The Rock wrote:
What is your impression of the 300cc class?
41NDT wrote:
If I'm correct that #81 RM125(144/150) is a fully maintained works bike by Suzuki EU
#81 is riding an "OLD" Suzuki and beat them all.

http://mx.rockstarenergy.com/hsu-and-rockstar-energy-suzuki-world-champ…

Even an old 125 lets say 2004 and up can be modified to keep up with modern bikes.
Suspension can be worked on and 125cc engines can be really fast if perfectly tuned and you ride them hard.


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3/24/2015 8:11pm
Did not read the full thread but there already is a 125 class.
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3/24/2015 8:13pm Edited Date/Time 3/24/2015 8:18pm
mxb2 wrote:
Haha your handlebars are not hangers, that bike you have is to ride!Sick
Insider347 wrote:
Wow, mxb2 is fuckin Douche nozzle. Hang your jerseys up and stop wearing them out in public because the only one who thinks you're cool is...
Wow, mxb2 is fuckin Douche nozzle. Hang your jerseys up and stop wearing them out in public because the only one who thinks you're cool is you. The rest can tell you're a dick wad . Go back under your rock.
mxb2 wrote:
Dick head the jerseys are a collection, not for wearing..Maybe read the post and gfy. Lemme guess you have a bike you dont ride either.
Got news for you Insider347, but It's all bad. mxb2 Isn't the one who's looking like the "dick wad".

Ya dick wad.
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3/24/2015 8:25pm Edited Date/Time 3/24/2015 8:25pm
croom mx wrote:
Its good common sense to have a 125cc class so that the change from 85cc minis is smoother than going straight to 250cc. It also cost...
Its good common sense to have a 125cc class so that the change from 85cc minis is smoother than going straight to 250cc. It also cost alot less for a parent to pay for.
A. DLeary wrote:
Jesus....
GrapeApe wrote:
Stop trying. In every one of these nauseating threads I bring up the schoolboy and 2 stroke classes, and literally the next post will be "it's...
Stop trying. In every one of these nauseating threads I bring up the schoolboy and 2 stroke classes, and literally the next post will be "it's crazy that we force our kids to go from an 85 to a 250". Going from an 85 to a 250 and skipping the schoolboy class is a choice, not something forced on anyone.
It seems you , A. Dleary and a couple others have missed the entire fucking point!

Nobody is saying there isn't a 125 or 2 stroke class out there.....what they are saying is.....nobody makes 125's except KTM and Yamaha! And that the other 3 popular Jap brand bikes fucked their own ass by not making them any more. Instead , they push their 250F's on kids coming right off the 85's! Because to be competitive in any regional class , you need to be on a 250F.....which is fucking stupid!

You and the other ones seem to be lacking what this thread means and what people are complaining about. How ironic that you come in here ( totally confused ) and say " These guys are clueless and don't race ".

A.Dleary was right.........JESUS!
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It would be interesting to explore the idea of amateur racing structured in a way that there is a minimum age requirement to race a 250F. I would have to think about it more, but it is an interesting thought. Might limit the 110lb kids racing 40 hp 220lb bikes.

Make the pro structure stock based 250F's, with full factory mod 250F's in the premier class. Let the vet riders like me have the 450's.

About the tracks.....Loretta Lynns is actually a good example of how a track can be built to separate riders, but be fairly safe. It has many rollers and single jumps that keep the flow and speed down which limits any big momentum from being built.

If we aren't careful, this sport is going to cut its own head off. How long before parents are being charged in court for child endangerment when some 10 year old dies from jumping a 100ft triple?
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3/24/2015 8:32pm Edited Date/Time 3/24/2015 8:40pm
JB 19 wrote:
It would be interesting to explore the idea of amateur racing structured in a way that there is a minimum age requirement to race a 250F...
It would be interesting to explore the idea of amateur racing structured in a way that there is a minimum age requirement to race a 250F. I would have to think about it more, but it is an interesting thought. Might limit the 110lb kids racing 40 hp 220lb bikes.

Make the pro structure stock based 250F's, with full factory mod 250F's in the premier class. Let the vet riders like me have the 450's.

About the tracks.....Loretta Lynns is actually a good example of how a track can be built to separate riders, but be fairly safe. It has many rollers and single jumps that keep the flow and speed down which limits any big momentum from being built.

If we aren't careful, this sport is going to cut its own head off. How long before parents are being charged in court for child endangerment when some 10 year old dies from jumping a 100ft triple?
The worry is. A parent suing the track etc for liability. 1st time it happens, and it will. It's all over Red Rover!

Lot of mothers out there that don't share their son's passion. You know what they say about " A woman scorned".

A signed waver Isn't worth the paper It's printed on in court.
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3/24/2015 8:43pm Edited Date/Time 3/24/2015 8:45pm
Tracks have been sued forever. It shut Honda Hills down. The bigger worry for me is feds getting involved and deciding what is safe for my kid and a judge and jury of people who have never been to a motocross race might be more than happy to throw dad in prison for making jr feel pressured to jump big jumps.

They might not see it any different than driving down the freeway with your baby not in a car seat. This sport needs to check it's barbaric tough guy attitude at the door and use some brains to get to the bottom of what's going on.
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When I was a kid it was 100 cc schoolboy you could ride a 80 in it if you wanted track time , it was the...
When I was a kid it was 100 cc schoolboy you could ride a 80 in it if you wanted track time , it was the perfect switch to a bigger bike , now a days to take your kid off a 85 and put him on a 250f is playing Russian roulette , no more wheel spin no more learning how to tame the beast . Let's face it anyone can turn the throttle and go fast on a 250f ,that's why we are seing the carnage on a WEEKLY basis inexperienced riders on a bike that don't take much to go fast.
The sad part it will take the Feds to turn it around you know the greedy mfg are not going to change it.
My opionon is it should be 125cc schoolboy at the local level and 250fs and up in college boy
steveada wrote:
MX sports must have read your mind. They have a 125cc schoolboy class and not one but 2 supermini classes as a bridge to the 250...
MX sports must have read your mind. They have a 125cc schoolboy class and not one but 2 supermini classes as a bridge to the 250. Guess what? People still take their 13 year olds off 85's and stick them on 250's. Stupid is as stupid does, and with all the stupid around, 250's are not going anywhere.
It used to be a New York State law that you had to be 16 to race a 250 cc 2st and 18 to race a 500 cc 2st , I feel that if mx sports limited the 250f to college boy say 17 -24 , and schoolboy was a 125cc 2st class only it would give these kids a lot more time to transtion to the bigger bike and let them build there skills before the get on a 4 st . The said part is it's never going to happen as long as they are affiliated with the pro Nats . They are not going to bite the hand that feeds them .
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3/24/2015 8:49pm Edited Date/Time 3/24/2015 8:54pm
JB 19 wrote:
Tracks have been sued forever. It shut Honda Hills down. The bigger worry for me is feds getting involved and deciding what is safe for my...
Tracks have been sued forever. It shut Honda Hills down. The bigger worry for me is feds getting involved and deciding what is safe for my kid and a judge and jury of people who have never been to a motocross race might be more than happy to throw dad in prison for making jr feel pressured to jump big jumps.

They might not see it any different than driving down the freeway with your baby not in a car seat. This sport needs to check it's barbaric tough guy attitude at the door and use some brains to get to the bottom of what's going on.
Not a problem is it. Until they can't get Insurance. Insurance companies are experts are mitigating risk. To themselves.

If the powers to be get Involved, there will be no compromise, the sport will just go the same way as Trike racing did. Here one minute, gone the next.

I get where you're coming from though.
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3/24/2015 8:58pm
Grizz wrote:
I'm pretty sure I'd spend more money if I had to race 1 125 all year as apposed to 1 450.
BataBING!!
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3/24/2015 9:01pm Edited Date/Time 3/24/2015 9:03pm
Grizz wrote:
I'm pretty sure I'd spend more money if I had to race 1 125 all year as apposed to 1 450.
Rick M. wrote:
BataBING!!
You must be paying shit loads for your 2T oil and not much for rear tires Huh
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3/24/2015 9:04pm
Grizz wrote:
I'm pretty sure I'd spend more money if I had to race 1 125 all year as apposed to 1 450.
Rick M. wrote:
BataBING!!
I guess that all depends if you include the original price of the 450 vs the 125. Jesus Christ....you're $2000.00 - $3000.00 ahead on a 125 compared to a 450.

Besides the fact....two completely different types of bikes. Two completely different types of a ride as well. To each their own.
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3/24/2015 9:23pm Edited Date/Time 3/24/2015 9:49pm
Grizz wrote:
I'm pretty sure I'd spend more money if I had to race 1 125 all year as apposed to 1 450.
Rick M. wrote:
BataBING!!
jeffro503 wrote:
I guess that all depends if you include the original price of the 450 vs the 125. Jesus Christ....you're $2000.00 - $3000.00 ahead on a 125...
I guess that all depends if you include the original price of the 450 vs the 125. Jesus Christ....you're $2000.00 - $3000.00 ahead on a 125 compared to a 450.

Besides the fact....two completely different types of bikes. Two completely different types of a ride as well. To each their own.
BataBING!!!

2-3k will buy you about what? 10 top end kits, a spare cylinder an oem spare crank and maybe a few clutches just in case? Should probably keep these hardcore guys going for a year right?
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newmann wrote:
It could be on the National schedule this year if the powers that be wanted it. Six rounds this year to get it rolling. Could be...
It could be on the National schedule this year if the powers that be wanted it. Six rounds this year to get it rolling. Could be be promoted throughout the first half of the outdoor series and run at the last six events.

But Oh My God, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Honda don't make a 125! So what, freshen up a 2007 model and come race. Or continue to be a part of the problem and not the solution.

But Oh My God, they aren't homologated! So what. Who said a dirt bike had to be homologated to race? It's a 125, bring that shit on.

But what about the live TV! Who cares about live TV for the first year of the 125 class, show it on the internet after the race is over.

But it will cost a fortune to film it and put it on the internet! No it won't, the internet is littered with weekend warrior videos that are frikken awesome quality. FMF would probably sponsor it.

But no one will race it! Sure they will, and they will be fast. Half of the 250F class will be blown up, broken down and out of money by then. A 125 class would be right up their alley.

But no one will sponsor it! It needs MO money! Sure they will. Hell, I will. Been saying it for years. I'll put a bike on the track and provide some Holeshot Award money. The track is already there, the fans are already there, the bulk of the MX "industry" is already there, the cameras are already there, the Asterisk Mobile Medical crew is already there.
I admire Joe for for his passion for the 2 stroke and the 125 class so much so I will match Joe and put up a 125 on the track too if we can get it done.
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3/24/2015 9:49pm Edited Date/Time 3/24/2015 9:59pm
it'd be great to have them back.

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