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I think it was renamed the VTSB (ViTard Safety Board). Its very similar to the NTSB that investigates airplane crashes and every bit as professional I think.
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Casing a Honda has proven many times to end in a predictable result. A 6oz. carbon fiber glide plate would eliminate the risk, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".
I didn't see anybody else come up short.
Does the Honda linkage really hang that much further down than other bikes?
It's unlikely I will get a rock directly in my eye, but goggles are still a good idea. It's unusual to have a rock hit a front brake master cylinder right on the piston/cylinder yet last year we saw it twice and now everyone runs carbon fiber protectors. If my life and livelihood depended on being able to ride out a missed jump, I would not ride without a linkage glide plate.
Maybe instead of banning 450's and big jumps, we should look at a simpler solution.
Without going into the background and disparaging Honda's, Gajsen (twice), Roczen (twice) and Seely (outside of his MXdN incident) have all had crashes where they cased the bike and got ejected. It is well beyond the point of coincidence.
What is the harm in 6 oz. of Carbon fiber if I am totally wrong?
I can't fault anybody for trying to mitigate crashes and injuries but god damn dude.
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I'm not trying to be that guy but have you ever cased a jump? If you have you should know exactly what happened.
Riders getting ejected on a regular basis is going to get someone killed. Gasjer was lucky that his wheel and rear fender landed on either side of his head or he could be dead.
The same idea of a glide plate makes sense for any race bike as a safety measure. I'm sure most would rather spend $1k on some pretty custom wheels than $100 to save their ass. If I can help bring change to that then call me what you want.
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Can you direct me towards this press release? I would like to read it.
I prefer to limit my discussion to prevention as much as possible. Mud raking solves nothing.
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