Flat track in Xgames

motoxxx599 6/4/2015 6:45pm
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Im glad those things have good suspension.. wait never mind
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motomike137 wrote:
Man we are such an inbred group it is pitiful. Flat track is bad ass and the average mx rider wouldn't be able to hang.
Would an average flat track rider hang with the pro's on an mx track?
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Holy crap.....chain break
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Holy crap.....chain break
No shit...mechanic put link on backwards?...How does that happen Flat track?...Gheeze

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motomike137 wrote:
Man we are such an inbred group it is pitiful. Flat track is bad ass and the average mx rider wouldn't be able to hang.
Explain yourself as you fall into that pit of ignorance: did you learn to ride with lthe likes of Don Castro, Steve Eklund or Scott Pearson?
Did Bud Askland build your YZ 125?

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DownSouth 6/4/2015 7:11pm
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I have not seen flat track in years but it looked identical to the last time I saw it in the late 1980's. Bikes and gear look identical and they still run the exact same style on their numbers. It is as if time stood still.
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It was insanely boring
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It was insanely boring
I think the racing would have been a lot more exciting if the track was in better shape
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hvaughn88 wrote:
I think the racing would have been a lot more exciting if the track was in better shape
That track was worse than Brazil MXGP!
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DownSouth wrote:
I have not seen flat track in years but it looked identical to the last time I saw it in the late 1980's. Bikes and gear...
I have not seen flat track in years but it looked identical to the last time I saw it in the late 1980's. Bikes and gear look identical and they still run the exact same style on their numbers. It is as if time stood still.
But still just as cool. You would think with Espn's money they could make it a little easier on the eye. Looked like some shit i made in my backyard.
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motomike137 wrote:
Man we are such an inbred group it is pitiful. Flat track is bad ass and the average mx rider wouldn't be able to hang.
TeamGreen wrote:
Explain yourself as you fall into that pit of ignorance: did you learn to ride with lthe likes of Don Castro, Steve Eklund or Scott Pearson...
Explain yourself as you fall into that pit of ignorance: did you learn to ride with lthe likes of Don Castro, Steve Eklund or Scott Pearson?
Did Bud Askland build your YZ 125?

Average? Try Travis Pastrana and some others have taken their shots and got schooled.
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GuyB wrote:
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Please try and post something more useful to the topic.
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rideguy721 wrote:
Please try and post something more useful to the topic.
You didn't understand that I think the X Games have jumped the shark?
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GuyB wrote:
You didn't understand that I think the X Games have jumped the shark?
Jeez Guy, why ya gotta be a spoil sport?Laughing
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The X Games.
Making the ABC Wide World of Sports look like the true class act that it was.
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mauidex 6/5/2015 1:58am
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yeah it was truly dissappointing Sick
motoxxx599 6/5/2015 7:16am
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Next year im sure we'll see Hill Climb coming to X games
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bents wrote:
Flat track is awesome. That is all.
This!!!!

Been to the Sac mile & it was insane!! Pitch a bike sidways at 110mph.......F' that!!

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RPM68 6/5/2015 7:33am
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Huge props to Texas Tornado Boot Camp instructor Jake Johnson for taking 5th, and a Heat race win!

I assure you that Flat track is alot more gnarly than anyone that hasnt tried it, would think. It is alot of fun, and most of those guys ride moto for cross-training.

After selling my 300, all I do is ride flat track out at Colin's place.


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The guys rip and its so much fun!
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bents wrote:
Flat track is awesome. That is all.
motorush wrote:
This!!!!

Been to the Sac mile & it was insane!! Pitch a bike sidways at 110mph.......F' that!!
You mean 140 on a mile, 110 is half-mile speeds.

That being said, so pissed at the track they gave the guys and gals at XGames, not in anyway a real representation of dirt track. If they showed up and a national track was prepped like that, no one would've raced.

To the guys on this thread with the belittling comments, don't knock it til you've tried it or seen a real race in person. Or maybe don't even bother at all, dirt track has no room for the shitty, elitist attitude that is all too pervasive in the motocross community.
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RPM68 6/5/2015 7:37am
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Anyone notice all the Fly Racing gloves? Fly Racing stepped up again b/c I certainly noticed all the guys running Fly Racing Gloves!
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RPM68 wrote:
Anyone notice all the Fly Racing gloves? Fly Racing stepped up again b/c I certainly noticed all the guys running Fly Racing Gloves!
were they the white leather ones with the carbon knuckles? I have some of those for my street bike and absolutely love them. I've worn some A-stars that were way more expensive and thought the Fly ones were a way better glove. Props to Fly.
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Tony Grove 6/5/2015 8:13am
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motoxxx599 wrote:
Next year im sure we'll see Hill Climb coming to X games
Already been done with snowmobiles for years sort of with Hillcross, which was on for 4-5 years and we went about 3 years straight and the truth is, everything stopped and all eyes were on those sleds when they fired up. Whatever was happening, people left once they heard the sleds fire up.

It was a 10 machine straight rhythm type race up a snocross hill before the Red Bull deal. There was nothing quite like it and it was awesome.

It got so much attention before and there was so much demand they brought it back this year. Jamie Little was out there announcing too.






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JM485 6/5/2015 8:14am
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motoxxx599 wrote:
Next year im sure we'll see Hill Climb coming to X games
Please let this happen damn it!!!Woohoo

Like someone said above, it really is a crazy event to watch as you wait to see if each rider can knock the best time off, never a dull moment.
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mxknowitall 6/5/2015 8:41am
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That was almost as boring as NASCAR
mgifracing 6/5/2015 9:09am
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Growing up racing AMA dirt track I was hoping they would give them a decent venue, Should have taken the race to Devil's Bowl in Mesquite, That would have been some racing. BTW, One of my favorite tracks.
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mgifracing wrote:
Growing up racing AMA dirt track I was hoping they would give them a decent venue, Should have taken the race to Devil's Bowl in Mesquite...
Growing up racing AMA dirt track I was hoping they would give them a decent venue, Should have taken the race to Devil's Bowl in Mesquite, That would have been some racing. BTW, One of my favorite tracks.
Or they should have added a jump and an infield called it a TT!

That track was NOT EASY to set-up for fast turns.
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Did you see the guys ENTIRE Exhaust system fall off LOLOLOL What a terrible track my god !!!!! I like Flat track racing I think the Mile tracks everyone runs a Harley Davidson.
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motomike137 6/5/2015 9:28am
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motomike137 wrote:
Man we are such an inbred group it is pitiful. Flat track is bad ass and the average mx rider wouldn't be able to hang.
TeamGreen wrote:
Explain yourself as you fall into that pit of ignorance: did you learn to ride with lthe likes of Don Castro, Steve Eklund or Scott Pearson...
Explain yourself as you fall into that pit of ignorance: did you learn to ride with lthe likes of Don Castro, Steve Eklund or Scott Pearson?
Did Bud Askland build your YZ 125?

TG I was a couple pops in last night when I made that comment Smile My point was/is that it is a cool form of racing and we shouldn't look down our nose at something we don't understand but is actually very closely related to what we love to do. And actually I know some of those guys and have ridden with them on the ice, at the motocross track and in the trails up north as many of the best come from my neck of the woods here in MI.
mgifracing 6/5/2015 10:00am
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Thankfully AMA has finally let some other brands run on the big tracks. For me the 450 racing is where the action is at. I never was a fan of my Harley. Loved my 600 Rotax though. BTW, 526, Kawasaki is dominating the miles lately, Hop over to Superbike planet to check out Bryan smith's ride.

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