If onley a bike could talk

Haha, yea local motocross races can be quite entertaining sometimes. My favorites are the dads who sit on the sidelines and yell at their kids to "go faster" or give them the classic twist-the-throttle hand gesture, like the kid doesn't already know what to do (sometimes they do this with a beer in the other hand). On the other end of the spectrum you've got the angry/border line crazy alcoholic dad who actually runs out on the track (I'm talking 80's not 50 track stuff) and starts screaming at the kid, tosses him around like a rag doll, and then wheels the bike back to the truck, loads up and takes off. Pretty ridiculous. On the other hand though, I have to admit that most of the families involved on any given weekend are some pretty stand-up people. These are the kind of people that make me proud to be a part of racing motocross.

Any [i:28jpp4lw]parent[/i:28jpp4lw] who tries to convince "little johnny" that it's the bike that's the problem... IS the problem. And giving meaningless advice like "go faster" and the old twist the throttle hand gesture are just plain stupid. This is usually the dad who has never ridden a dirt bike either. It boggles the mind. Get the kid to a motocross school or get him a mentor who knows how to ride. But more importantly knows how to loose! (with a little grace!) It's a hard lesson to learn. But I would wager that kids that race motocross are better prepared to deal with life later on than those who don't. Team sports do teach sportsmanship and cooperation and all that, but individual sports, especially ones that take the level of dedication that motocross does, teach much deeper lessons of sacrifice, endurance, self reliance, pride and more. Can't think of many motocrossers from the early 80's (my generation) that were not successful in life, generally speaking. Thinking of getting your kid into motocross? DO IT! A broken collar bone will heal. Missing out on life's important lessons will be much costlier in the long run.

What exactly does the bike being able to talk have to do with any of this? Please forgive me, I'm a little slow..

The bike would say "hey my little piston is going up and down, up and down, now quit complaining, brake later and get back on the gas earlier... and tell dad to STFU and lay off the budwieser's!"

Well its obvious the problem is that the stupid little kid is riding a ktm 60 when everybody else is riding 65's. Mini bike parents are almost as bad as noobs.

[quote="nc97":1u04hz1u][quote="4mxonly":1u04hz1u]Haha, yea local motocross races can be quite entertaining sometimes. My favorites are the dads who sit on the sidelines and yell at their kids to "go faster" or give them the classic twist-the-throttle hand gesture, like the kid doesn't already know what to do (sometimes they do this with a beer in the other hand). On the other end of the spectrum you've got the angry/border line crazy alcoholic dad who actually runs out on the track (I'm talking 80's not 50 track stuff) and starts screaming at the kid, tosses him around like a rag doll, and then wheels the bike back to the truck, loads up and takes off. Pretty ridiculous. On the other hand though, I have to admit that most of the families involved on any given weekend are some pretty stand-up people. These are the kind of people that make me proud to be a part of racing motocross.[/quote:1u04hz1u]
Yeah the MX dads are a trip for sure. But the thing that makes me want to say what the hell! ,is all the excuses. I guess the bike is as good as any because it cant talk back " title="Laughing"> .[/quote:1u04hz1u]

Haha, yea I sorta went a completely different direction than what you were talking about but i totally agree. Those kids that you talk about (the ones that complain about having a stock bike) they grow up and turn into the A and B riders who complain about their stock bike OR their mod bikes arefast enough either! haha, I love my stock bike, i replace the top end once and get a new one (that way I don't pour a bunch of money into a bike that I won't get squat back for when I sell it).

and not one STFU noob

what has this place come to?

I can hear mine now, " Daaaammmnnnn no diet cokes this week huh buddy? man I could use a bath, when is this guy going to grow up? Can this guy drive past the golden arch's without stopping? Has this guy ever even opened a tool box? Does he know my throttle goes past half open?

[quote="flarider":mhuxj8qy]and not one STFU noob

what has this place come to?[/quote:mhuxj8qy]
Hell Dave your the one that is slacking. Guess your power was out. " title="Wink">

You can clean house too, don't leave it all up to me

(I was at Karate with Danger Boy)

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[quote="nc97":2vza5p4o][quote="nc97":2vza5p4o][quote="flarider":2vza5p4o]and not one STFU noob

what has this place come to?[/quote:2vza5p4o]
Damn! you wanting to mess things up for me. I had been flying under the radar!! " title="Laughing">[/quote:2vza5p4o]
Cool I just noticed I'm not the newest noob! [/quote:2vza5p4o]

No but you may be in the running for the dumbest noob. Now sit back and read a while. 60's

The most pissed off I ever saw my dad when my little brother became one of those little moto-brats. My bro had been doing really well on his 1986 yz 80 at the local track so my dad bought him a brand new 1991 rm80. He fried the clutch at his second race and threw the bike down on the track and stomped off, when he got to the pits he started yelling at my dad in front of everyone, "I hate you, why the hell did you buy me a new bike?" To my dads credit he didn't say a word and just loaded it up and drove home, then opened up on him, that was the end of my brothers racing career, at least until he was old enough to take himself.

[quote="elroy":3mt66jrw]The bike would say "hey my little piston is going up and down, up and down, now quit complaining, brake later and get back on the gas earlier... and tell dad to STFU and lay off the budwieser's!"[/quote:3mt66jrw]


lol yep thats a pretty good interpritation of what a bike would say at a local race with all the drunk people runnin around.

[quote="mxracer336":38uwbpn8][quote="elroy":38uwbpn8]The bike would say "hey my little piston is going up and down, up and down, now quit complaining, brake later and get back on the gas earlier... and tell dad to STFU and lay off the budwieser's!"[/quote:38uwbpn8]
lol yep thats a pretty good interpritation of what a bike would say at a local race with all the drunk people runnin around.[/quote:38uwbpn8]
Wouldn't the bike be speaking in Japanese?

[quote="ProMed":1isbd8p1][quote="mxracer336":1isbd8p1][quote="elroy":1isbd8p1]The bike would say "hey my little piston is going up and down, up and down, now quit complaining, brake later and get back on the gas earlier... and tell dad to STFU and lay off the budwieser's!"[/quote:1isbd8p1]
lol yep thats a pretty good interpritation of what a bike would say at a local race with all the drunk people runnin around.[/quote:1isbd8p1]
Wouldn't the bike be speaking in Japanese?[/quote:1isbd8p1]


LOL good point.... unless it was a KTM then it would speak...