Unpopular opinion - Tear Offs

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Tear offs

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queen of spodes 8/31/2020 8:24pm
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daemon616 8/31/2020 8:54pm
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So was the stupid unpopluar opnion thread, however this actually has value. It's an ugly part of the industry people want to turn a blind eye to.
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tobz 8/31/2020 9:04pm
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They’re banned in Australian mx. Roll offs only.
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daemon616 8/31/2020 9:40pm
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Look at that QUEEN!~
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wardy 9/1/2020 1:00am
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I was a total tear off racer only.

then i started hosting races and off road races.


the fkin things need banned. LOL

picking the piles of them up, because dad loaded up 15 on the kid's goggles that is 4 laps dry, and well they still pop them every jump to look cool.

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Finnish_Flash_62 9/1/2020 1:16am
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tobz wrote:
They’re banned in Australian mx. Roll offs only.
Same in some places in Europe too. This is not a new thing exactly.
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philG 9/1/2020 1:26am
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Banned in UK at most races, and Belgium
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Rad76 9/1/2020 1:45am
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philG wrote:
Banned in UK at most races, and Belgium
And France.
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2F4A 9/1/2020 2:33am
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philG wrote:
Banned in UK at most races, and Belgium
Rad76 wrote:
And France.
And The Netherlands
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ProbablyDave 9/1/2020 2:40am
9/1/2020 2:40am
It absolutely makes sense to ban them, especially since there are (better) alternatives. Unless they make biodegradable tear-offs.
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Chris99Flannery 9/1/2020 2:47am
9/1/2020 2:47am
Love tear-offs.
Coal seam fracking don't like that. Crazy consumerism don't like that. Cruise liners don't like them.
Just my opinion only.
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cappelmans 9/1/2020 3:24am
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It’s such a waste and nowadays I think it also gives the sport a bad look. On TV for example.
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mattman631 9/1/2020 6:30am
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Sounds like a million dollar idea, bio degradable tearoffs. Im not going to claim to be a "environmentalist" however I do want to keep our land grand. I always make it a point to pick up a few tear offs when im out on the trail and I see them.
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Johnny Ringo 9/1/2020 6:38am
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Tear offs probably contribute to less than 1/1000000000th of the trash on the planet
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TheGetFresh 9/1/2020 6:44am
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I don’t think biodegradable tearoffs would be that hard to make. Cellulose based films that deteriorate after being soaked for a period of time would probably work. The challenges would be:
- clarity, particularly when in a thick stack
- bonding: stacks of tearoffs would probably have to be laminated to limit water ingress between the layers so the layers wouldn’t bond together and seize
-storage: packing would probably be single use because an opened pack would absorb atmospheric moisture

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kijen 9/1/2020 6:55am
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Yep ban em, while we're at it, ban rubber tires, plastic parts, asphalt and concrete, water bottles bags....and most destructive of all, humans, we're trying to save the planet right? Sarcasm....
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Johnny Ringo 9/1/2020 7:04am
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Don’t get me wrong, I don’t pull tearoffs on trail rides. I might put one on my lenses to protect them but I won’t pull it usually. I don’t throw my snickers wrapper on the ground either
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mx317 9/1/2020 7:08am
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Tearoffs on a motocross track and roll-offs for offroad. The tearoffs can be picked up at the track.
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KMC440 9/1/2020 7:18am
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I start the moto with two on and finish witteo on. Blush
The view is great in the back !! Woohoo
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Brad460 9/1/2020 7:21am
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KMC440 wrote:
I start the moto with two on and finish witteo on. Blush
The view is great in the back !! Woohoo
I start the moto with four and pull them all off at the same time after the first corner..
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Handy_andy_85 9/1/2020 7:34am
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Brad460 wrote:
I start the moto with four and pull them all off at the same time after the first corner..
We have all been there before haha
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Johnny Depp 9/1/2020 7:38am
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mx317 wrote:
Tearoffs on a motocross track and roll-offs for offroad. The tearoffs can be picked up at the track.
Picked up by who?



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Muscle-Milk-KTM 9/1/2020 8:14am
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What’s the difference between throwing a Snickers wrapper on the floor or a tear off ?
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Falcon 9/1/2020 8:16am
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They are definitely bad for the environment, just like burning oil in my 2-stroke is. I'll try to make it up somewhere else.
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mx317 9/1/2020 8:54am
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mx317 wrote:
Tearoffs on a motocross track and roll-offs for offroad. The tearoffs can be picked up at the track.
Johnny Depp wrote:
Picked up by who?



We would give a kid a free entry to pick up at the track I helped run. No different than picking up the other trash around the place.
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yak651 9/1/2020 9:10am
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Riding buddies were giving me a hard time the other weekend when they caught me cleaning my tear offs from the previous moto...what can i say, my dad grew up during the depression and taught me the value of a dollar, i don't pull those suckers unless i can't see!
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Johnny Depp 9/1/2020 11:08am
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mx317 wrote:
Tearoffs on a motocross track and roll-offs for offroad. The tearoffs can be picked up at the track.
Johnny Depp wrote:
Picked up by who?



mx317 wrote:
We would give a kid a free entry to pick up at the track I helped run. No different than picking up the other trash around...
We would give a kid a free entry to pick up at the track I helped run. No different than picking up the other trash around the place.
Cool, you could clean them and resell/recycle them.
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mx317 9/1/2020 11:26am
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Johnny Depp wrote:
Cool, you could clean them and resell/recycle them.
We used a nail on a stick, so probably not lol
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rbspecial138 9/1/2020 11:49am
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Yes, tearoffs should be our number 1 concern, Can't you see how many tearoffs there are in these pictures?? Lets just have a little perspective here. I agree that they aren't the greatest thing, but everything is a tradeoff.

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