Euro guys dreaming about USA

moto12356999 10/17/2023 4:29am
10/17/2023 4:29am
zehn wrote:
If I was a young fast guy in Europe I would 100% be charting a career path that gets me to the US. Kids that are...

If I was a young fast guy in Europe I would 100% be charting a career path that gets me to the US. Kids that are teenagers are young enough that they still have plenty of time to learn SX and be competitive. Even riders in their early 20s can do it.

If I was an older/established fast guy I can definitely understand why some choose to stay.

Even if you have the time to learn sx, there’s a big difference between getting the timing down on a test track & being successful racing it. 

For the time spent on a sx track relative to a mx track sx is a meat grinder &’chasing the American dream can come with a health cost.

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zehn 10/17/2023 9:50am
10/17/2023 9:50am

Racing motorcycles professionally can come with a health cost

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EuroGuy39 10/20/2023 9:31pm
10/20/2023 9:31pm
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Honestly, for Motocross related things, I wish I lived in the USA. The sport is taking big hits here in Europe. In Belgium we used to...

Honestly, for Motocross related things, I wish I lived in the USA. The sport is taking big hits here in Europe. In Belgium we used to have 105 tracks and now we only have 4. Only 2 worth riding on in my opinion. I am scared that other countries in Europe will follow. Also tracks in the USA are usually maintained very well and I love hardpack tracks which USA offers more. In The Netherlands and Germany etc you will find them too but there are more deep sand tracks. To me, it seems that the USA is the mecca of off road racing.

On a side note talking about after market service; I tried different graphics companies here in Europe for my bike and the service was awful. A few days ago, I had contact with Throttle Syndicate and they have been very professional and helped me way faster and more correct than all the ones I tried here. I just always had good experiences with American people.

Ofcourse, each country has its pro's and con's. But when it comes to MX, USA is just perfect. The Coenen brothers who are riding MX2 also dream of going to the USA as it's a lot more alive there.

That sucks, but Belgium is not a great example of Europe in general. It's one of the smallest and most densily populated countries in Europe, which leads to noise and enviromental complains easier. Same applies to The Netherlands.

I feel like motocross and motorsports as a whole in Europe are doing fairly well.

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Crutcher 10/22/2023 6:01am
10/22/2023 6:01am

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Don’t tell these guys how hard it is to chase the American SX dream, they’re here and too busy doing it. Talviku makes his USA indoor debut in two weeks with help of his mechanic Marek. 🇪🇪

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King_George_III 10/22/2023 10:06am
10/22/2023 10:06am
zehn wrote:
If I was a young fast guy in Europe I would 100% be charting a career path that gets me to the US. Kids that are...

If I was a young fast guy in Europe I would 100% be charting a career path that gets me to the US. Kids that are teenagers are young enough that they still have plenty of time to learn SX and be competitive. Even riders in their early 20s can do it.

If I was an older/established fast guy I can definitely understand why some choose to stay.

Its easy to just think about the money but not everyone wants to live abroad. I lived in North America and it was great, but I came back because it just wasn't home. 

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