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Long live internal combustion.
Me neither,
Try that with your ICE bike. You wouldn't last 1 minute before annoying the hell out of someone.
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F-1 is pretty close to the highest level of Motorsport - Moto, pretty close to the the bottom
Alta was making bikes for you and me. Not the crowd.
Easy to ride and neighborhood friendly.
Moto is a participant sport - we buy the bikes & we ride them. We participate.
Moto is not about "the crowd"
F-1 - well ....
How many participate?
How many can pony up and purchase a car ?
How many could even drive it? Or fit in the cockpit?
F-1 needs the noise - so the "fans" can relate.
Spectator (the crowd) sport VS Participant Sport
He did hit it square on the head about the Alta being neighborhood friendly which is one of the main things I keep pointing out. But liking the Alta for reasons other than the Kool Aid drinkers gets you called names around here.
So you're saying people in a stadium to watch SX = Bike Sales ?
This sport has shown time & time again that what wins on Sunday WILL NOT equate to an increase in sales.
The RMZ 450 is WAY more successful in SX than the CRF-450.
Plus -
How many of those people rode (or owned a bike) before going to a show?
How many went to a show and then ran out and bought a bike ?
How many would quit riding if SX (the Show) went away ? .....
Come on ' ....
How much money will Honda, Kaw, Suz, Yam, KTM & Husky see from those 50,000 SX fans ?
I'm pretty sure it's Feld getting your money at a SX - Not the OEM's ?
Reasons Alta's are good:
1. American made
2. Exponentially simpler mechanically than even a two stroke
3. Stealth factor
4. Small, versatile company made up of people who actually like motorcycles
5. Invests in racing
6. Extremely fun to ride
7. Almost zero maintenance required
8. Much more elegant engineering solution than a gas powered bike
9. Excellent handling
10. Extremely tunable for all skill levels
Reasons Alta's suck:
1. "Uhhhh, they don't make noise so it's gay. . ."
The inability for people to see past their nose is honestly disturbing to me sometimes.
Go buy a F12 Berlinetta for example, all you have to do is start it, and everyone is checking that out. You can sound like an F1 car all day long.
RBSR and SX and Motocross would be dead with electric bikes.
2 strokes is the only thing lately breathing any excitement into this sport. Look at the 2 full threads of what 14-16 pages?
Plus 30 other threads.
cept the cc advantage was way to much,
but heres the kicker....
4t are much more expensive to rebuild
and some suposed "good guy of mx" was bought off to not change it back..
that some guy also apposed letting alta race pro, wonder why...??
Pit Row
Having said that, the moment an electric bike becomes financially comparable to 125/250cc's (cost, resale value, parts availability) i will instantly buy one.
The reason is quite simple, due to noise i cannot ride a bike anywhere nearby. Last weekend i rode my bike for 2 days, in total a bit over 2 hours. I also had to drive my car a total of over 4 hours to get to and from the track. I can shoot a cannon from my house and won't hit a house, but the moment i ride my 125cc on our field i will have issues with the neighbours. With an e-bike me and my mates will simply rent a field nearby, create a track, get a permit (which you'll get) and ride anyday you want without bothering anybody.
I am not in the market for a bike, but I would like to take a spin on an Alta. They seem like they would be fun.
I'm a HUGE fan of Alta and the idea of electric bikes because it would allow me to ride more places (mostly illegal places) without being noticed and also be able to build a small practice track on my land that wouldn't be possible otherwise due to noise. That being said, I am not interested in seeing a complete takeover at the pro level nor can you expect the majority of moto fanatics to be open to that. The sound of a good running motor has been giving moto fans a chub since the inception of the sport. Sound is such a huge part of the sport and riders use it as their "voice" when on the track. I love the idea of electric bikes and I hope they stay a thing and the Japanese brands get on board but I have zero interest in watching a full gate of them zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz around a track.
Let's compare to stick and ball sports again. The early days of those sports the players looked like pretty average people and for the most part had dorky uniforms and weren't very intimidating. The guys now are monsters as training, exercise and diet have come leaps and bounds from their sports inception. People like to go and watch these physical freaks of nature compete with one another. Now lets take a look at motocross. The riders certainly don't look intimidating but the look of a modern 450 is to the average person and if they're contemplating taking it for a spin, once that thing is fired up, snarling like satan's hellhound and blowing your hat off from the exhaust back pressure you're definitely not getting on that death trap. You take the noise factor out of it, they're going to take 'er for a spin. People are attracted to watching shit that scares them and a full gate of ICE bikes revved to the moon is fucking intimidating and gets your heart rate up even if you're not on the gate, the sound does that. Ever hear someone panic revving over a jump? Your heart rate goes up and you're like "holy fuck look at that guy!!!!". You can't take that out, it just doesn't work any which way you try to flip it.
If you did not, would it have been as good on mute? Because thats what E Moto would sound like.
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