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this whole bike safety topic here lately.
I wouldn't expect much change in the way of bikes. Fixing the displacement rules would be a good way to start, and could allow more folks to attempt qualifying on traditional sized two strokes. Even then some manufacturers don't want any part of a two stroke in a night show especially if it has a chance of beating one of their own four strokes.
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Cut down the trees or reroute the track. Fine if you fall 3' or lower but you are dead if you fly into those tress a little higher. Also please move the stands back a good 20'
I hope this isn't Loretta's or I need to retract my earlier post
I posted sometime back that the AMA or an independent group,riders or industry,should go inspect tracks and also have guidelines as to what is safe(kinda stupid word for our sport ) and what is over the line.
Some examples ,
Steep jump faces right after fast whoop section where there is no room to gather up a swapping bike and the rider crashes on the
upslope and is stopped to quickly.
Double tables with no room between with the same result as above example.
Track furniture along the track,trees,posts ,banners.
There are more but you get my point.
Not sure how to one would do this but a rider,a seasoned rider like me knows what is bad,
And this guideline "book" would be supplemented and changed as time goes by and injuries/deaths happen on certain obstacles.
And the group should go out to each death site and evaluate what happened,file it away and learn from it.
If to much hell is raised over this and the outside world gets to poking around we may get regulated by folks that know nothing about us and ruin it forever.
As stated by posters in other threads, he can kick 250f's out of schoolboy 2 etc... creating a system that promotes the jump from an 85 to a 125 to finally a 250f once a certain age/racing history has been achieved is very doable and well within his means. I understand there are classes for 125s now. But there is only minimal pressure for kids to not just skip over the 125 class and go straight to 250f's. DC has publicly stated that a young kid should not be on a 250 2 stroke as it is unsafe (in previous Vital thread last year). 250f's now produce close to the same hp as a 250 2 stroke with a much wider torque spread. Not only is DC a fan of the sport but his livelihood depends on it continuing to flourish. I can't see him ignoring this anymore regardless of idle threats from OEM's.
If OEM's don't build 125s that is on them, not MXSports. Just like Windham, Emig etc have said in the interview. We need to create classes and have the oems build the bikes for the classes, not cater the classes to what the OEM's want to build.
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If you can ever catch up to him at the races, you should make an effort to shake his hand and say thanks for all he does. I do.
Stupid shit on a track, like making a turn at the tree with 2000 acres of land available? Well, just showing a photo may be all that's necessary to clear that up next time. He's a smart man.
I think that DC and team are always looking at safety at LL's. I would also say that per lap ridden, LL's has to be one of the safest tracks out there. They keep it super rough, there are no major jumps (most people bag on the LL track every year for that) and i am amazed ever year how few people get carted off there every year
Are the trees an issue? yes but I would bet that they have some provisions with the ranch that keep them from cutting down the trees. I would also bet we see some changes at the ranch this year
I also think (not 100% sure) that Mr. Masterpoole has given his feedback on the track as well
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