What is a controversial Moto-related opinion you have?

gerg wrote:

The night show needs less racing and more segments featuring Rutledge Wood.

Don't agree?

What if you're wrong !!!??

Fourth_Floor wrote:

2-stroke purists are the hipsters of the moto world.

Motocross83 wrote:

Not really that controversial... But the real beauty of 2 strokes is that they make the ordinary weekend warrior feel like a damn hero. That's what's...

Not really that controversial... But the real beauty of 2 strokes is that they make the ordinary weekend warrior feel like a damn hero.

That's what's missing with 4 strokes - the illusion or the hero factor of being more than just 'Joe Blogs' the Plumber etc in the week - to bad-ass with 'special secret skills' even your friends didn't know about on the weekend. It isn't nearly as convincing on a 450. Ass on the back of the seat, screaming the RM 125 in 4th down a straight away makes you feel in that moment like more than you are (even if in reality you aren't going that fast)...

Today the bikes are too fast, too expensive, require too much physical conditioning from the average person playing at it on the weekends (with probably his slight beer gut and family commitments i.e most of us...), are too punishing when you crash them. And again, and most of all; the gap between the guys that want the illusion of being good and the riders that are actually good and have the time money and resources to do things properly has never felt wider. It's always been wide but now it feels it.

Cayden Thompson wrote:

Bikes are too damn expensive these days...

NSP139 wrote:

Totally crazy I just got a quote for 9,500 out the door for a KTM 150 2 stroke!

thatswhathappens wrote:

Most vet guys would be just as fast and might have more fun with a regular 250F instead of a factory edition 450.

crowe660 wrote:

Wheelies are corny as hell.

MxKing809 wrote:

TLDR - sorry if covered already: There is no media in the sport. It's all for click revenue companies that have to balance what they report...

TLDR - sorry if covered already:

There is no media in the sport. It's all for click revenue companies that have to balance what they report vs. access being restricted.

Without a standardized access model that moves it away from the bro-show... we'll never have objective media.

deadlo wrote:

I’ll start I think 4 strokes sound better than 2 strokes (especially your average rider on a 2 stroke). I also think the low maintenance argument...

I’ll start

I think 4 strokes sound better than 2 strokes (especially your average rider on a 2 stroke).
I also think the low maintenance argument in favor of a 2 stroke is highly overrated and not very valid these days for an average speed rider.

Lucifa12345 wrote:

Stefan Everts was a better MXer than Ricky Carmichael.

Lucifa12345 wrote:

Stefan Everts was a better MXer than Ricky Carmichael.

wreckitrandy wrote:

The thread title says controversial opinion. Not, 'Total BS statement with absolutely nothing to back it up.'!!

TheGetFresh wrote:

Stiff boots are the reason knee injuries, particularly ACL injuries, have been so common in the modern era. The same thing happened to skiing when the...

Stiff boots are the reason knee injuries, particularly ACL injuries, have been so common in the modern era. The same thing happened to skiing when the leather Nordic style ski boots were replaced by the rigid shell modern alpine boots. Knee injuries were uncommon, but are now a cost of doing business for any long time skier.

The recent knee brace debate made it clear that knee safety and protection is a salient topic for riders in the lowly vet C ranks all the way to the elite levels of the sport, and no one has a clear understanding of the benefits or negatives of prophylactic knee bracing. All the while, riders are binding the entire structure of the foot and ankle into a makeshift walking cast (I’m looking squarely at you, tech 10). Furthermore, most ACL injuries do not involve any direct impact to the knee itself but rather the lower leg striking an object or getting stuck in an unnatural position in the ground. Knee injuries start at the foot, and binding the foot has shown to translate more energy to the knee in studies of other sports (I believe University of Vermont keeps a specific database on knee injuries in skiing and the causal relationship is clear), but here we are continuing to stiffen, overbuild and overweigh our boots while scratching our heads about why our knees are failing us.

mvd61 wrote:

Possibly but it’s mostly due to folks lack of mobility and lack of strength at end range of motion. The majority has been taught that the...

Possibly but it’s mostly due to folks lack of mobility and lack of strength at end range of motion. The majority has been taught that the knee never goes ahead of the toe and there’s no need to go below parallel. More weight training and less cycling.

Bosu ball belongs in the trash with the indo board.

Kelz87 wrote:

I miss Ralph and Emig, flame on

Brad460 wrote:

Lappers should be black flagged.

I am a fan of the Deegan’s.

Prefer the sound of a 4stroke.

gerg wrote:

The night show needs less racing and more segments featuring Rutledge Wood.

Don't agree?

What if you're wrong !!!??

FZ1426 wrote:

Whoops are stupid and ruts just suck.

Lucifa12345 wrote:

Stefan Everts was a better MXer than Ricky Carmichael.

wreckitrandy wrote:

The thread title says controversial opinion. Not, 'Total BS statement with absolutely nothing to back it up.'!!

decano51 wrote:

Everts Lapped RC