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GoldenState54 10/3/2009 10:26am
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BikeKiller63 10/3/2009 10:39am
10/3/2009 10:39am
My pit bike track has a better lay out and jumps than that fuckin place lol the euros were thinkin they lets fuck with the AMA guys and see how well the bounce around a track lol
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joe101uk 10/3/2009 10:47am
10/3/2009 10:47am
All of you AMA boys were have saying how this track suits you better because it's more like a supercross track.......why the change of heart ?

GoldenState54 10/3/2009 10:49am
10/3/2009 10:49am
joe101uk wrote:
All of you AMA boys were have saying how this track suits you better because it's more like a supercross track.......why the change of heart ?

Supercross tracks usually flow..................

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BirdsEyeMedia 10/3/2009 10:49am
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joe101uk wrote:
All of you AMA boys were have saying how this track suits you better because it's more like a supercross track.......why the change of heart ?

Because once you see the bikes out there you realize its nothing like SX. I mean who in their right mind would think that is a nice layout for a MX track let alone the MXoN?? Seriously, I cannot see how ANYONE would like that track.
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BikeKiller63 10/3/2009 10:53am
10/3/2009 10:53am
Should have had this race at REDBUD! That has to be the most fun track i have ever raced!
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Cygnus 10/3/2009 10:57am
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The track is more like lorreta's than a sx.
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prozach 10/3/2009 11:19am
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Track doesn't look that bad, other than the complete lack of flow and dumb jumps. There is pretty much one way around the whole track so if you notice everyone pretty much just goes inside everywhere. That and what is with the super kicker lips on every jump? I though mx was about speed, they look like they barely get our of 3rd on that track.

One thing I did notice is how Europeans have finally learned how to ride like Americans! Can't tell any difference anymore between a euro and an american on the track.
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PaleBlue 10/3/2009 11:26am
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prozach wrote:
Track doesn't look that bad, other than the complete lack of flow and dumb jumps. There is pretty much one way around the whole track so...
Track doesn't look that bad, other than the complete lack of flow and dumb jumps. There is pretty much one way around the whole track so if you notice everyone pretty much just goes inside everywhere. That and what is with the super kicker lips on every jump? I though mx was about speed, they look like they barely get our of 3rd on that track.

One thing I did notice is how Europeans have finally learned how to ride like Americans! Can't tell any difference anymore between a euro and an american on the track.
Was there ever really any difference? Perhaps if you were comparing what you watched from the AMA to what you saw from GP's, it might have been the tracks (or even just the camera work!)
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calimxer91 10/3/2009 12:24pm
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Cygnus wrote:
The track is more like lorreta's than a sx.
I was thinking that too.LLMXON lmao.
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GuyB 10/3/2009 12:32pm
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joe101uk wrote:
All of you AMA boys were have saying how this track suits you better because it's more like a supercross track.......why the change of heart ?

Because people were talking about it from the two small photos that they'd seen. It's usually better to wait and see what they're actually racing on.
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mxtryon231 10/3/2009 12:50pm
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GuyB wrote:
Because people were talking about it from the two small photos that they'd seen. It's usually better to wait and see what they're actually racing on.
looks like a track straight out of MX Unleashed or Untamed... should be some amazing racing later on.
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joe101uk 10/3/2009 12:54pm
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joe101uk wrote:
All of you AMA boys were have saying how this track suits you better because it's more like a supercross track.......why the change of heart ?

GuyB wrote:
Because people were talking about it from the two small photos that they'd seen. It's usually better to wait and see what they're actually racing on.
Yeah people saw a picture with two tabletops and a few corners and decided that it looked like a supercross track.

The track is amazing though and the spectating view up by the huge tabletop is simply amazing. Can't wait until the first moto starts.
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prozach 10/3/2009 12:55pm
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prozach wrote:
Track doesn't look that bad, other than the complete lack of flow and dumb jumps. There is pretty much one way around the whole track so...
Track doesn't look that bad, other than the complete lack of flow and dumb jumps. There is pretty much one way around the whole track so if you notice everyone pretty much just goes inside everywhere. That and what is with the super kicker lips on every jump? I though mx was about speed, they look like they barely get our of 3rd on that track.

One thing I did notice is how Europeans have finally learned how to ride like Americans! Can't tell any difference anymore between a euro and an american on the track.
PaleBlue wrote:
Was there [i]ever[/i] really any difference? Perhaps if you were comparing what you watched from the AMA to what you saw from GP's, it might have...
Was there ever really any difference? Perhaps if you were comparing what you watched from the AMA to what you saw from GP's, it might have been the tracks (or even just the camera work!)
Yeah there used to be a big difference. Look how Ken DeDyker rides, that stiff upright style used to be the norm for European riders. Over the last few years the styles seem to be getting very similar. It wasn't a knock on them, just an observation.
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felpro 10/3/2009 1:39pm
10/3/2009 1:39pm
When I saw the track pics a few weeks ago, I thought it was a SX track. Strange for this event.

I have seen the bike ride it and as a spectator I have not seen anything that looks remotely like I am used to seeing. Like errrr ... MX racing. POGO -CROSS indeed. It looks stoopid and there's no flow. Someone designed the track and messed up with the scale. 4 foot high rollers ended up 10 foot high. AAAARRRRGGGHHHH !!!!

That said, I am not a fan of the clinical SX stuff we get where all the bikes look the same as every section is jumped the same. Is it what it is, and we will face the flag like the rest of the world. I will be watching the trampoline contest, pogo-stickathon, Masai warrior tryouts with one eye closed. This is like freestyle MX, Hill climb and Mogul Skiing all rolled into one.

But it is what it is ....

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