These damn air horns

It it’s to loud, you are to old!! 🤣

but yes, it’s a clown show, the idiots with the horns.

Could be worse, the chain saws the Euros have!

Chainsaws AND air horns. Each time you go on a GP there is always some effing kid that stand right behind you blowing a horn right in your ear. 
 

The drunk cunts with chainsaws often go to sleep around lunch.

Those guys at the european MXDN & GP’s are complete psychopaths. 😅

Dudes know how to party though 

At fox raceway there was a stall/tent selling them, they were modified Dewalt battery drills. So fn annoying. 

Better than the train horn...lol

Last year at Budds I had more than enough with the horns. So much so I’m on the fence about even going this year. Between A-holes on the drive, drunk at the race, and then blowing train horns all day, drive home again, I’m about over it. People are ignorant and I’ve got less time for it. 

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It's not just the fans ..  the promoters & venue itself contribute to the idiocy & dumbing-down of a day at the races. . 

When one attends a national motocross, you get a 90 day online subscription to RacerX , at the end of that period they send you an email in an attempt to get you to renew for a yearly subscription.  My response ; 

Yeah folks .. I’ll buy a LIFETIME SUBSCRIPTION if you ( MX Sports Pro Racing ) can see fit to turn off the PA system at the Ironman National.

Small request yes ?  Just that one race.

Have any of you that hold the levers of power attended one of these lately ? , It’s a constant, all-day assault of pointless, low brow noise.

One of the more interesting aspects of old-school Nationals was the relative quiet between practice & motos, that quiet would then be interrupted by the sound of thundering race bikes .. the juxtaposition was magnificent  ! 

No more - now it's some announcer screaming continually, only interrupted by bad 80’s hair metal blasting @ 120DB - All. Day. Long. 

Last year as several of us were leaving the venue at Ironman, the common refrain was ; “ never again “ 

Want to elevate the sport & the consumer experience of the outdoor nationals ? ; turn off the disgusting barrage of noise. 

I say we wait till they pass out and steal their chainsaws !!!  

And then use them to cut off the arms on the kids with air horns..

At the very first superbowl of motocross, at the LA Coliseum in the 70's, Larry Huffman spent the entire time yelling, and screaming at us from the announcer's booth.

The general overall consensus was, why's he yelling at us, we know what we're watching. 

They've been screaming at us ever since.

Golf claps only on race day, brilliant!

C’mon… Thats what creates an environment. It’s like complaining that you’re packed like sardines and getting bumped into and pushed and shoved at a concert. It’s not like you’re getting the best viewing experience by being there in person and the cheering fans are ruining it, you go there for the experience and get to see the racers up close for a bit. 
 

It is annoying when the podium crowd continues to airhorn and stuff when they’re interviewing but I’d still prefer that vs. not allowing the fans to rush the podium like they do. Find a nice shaded spot and watch the race from there. People aren’t blasting air horns from the hillside, they’re along the fence. 

More airhorns.

More chainsaws.

More boomsticks

And of course, more cowbell.

I have realized that I can pay to watch Peacock for an entire year’s worth of racing at full price and still be money ahead versus going to 1 national or SX.  No ridiculous food prices, no screaming announcers, chain saws, air horns or obnoxious drunk fans.  Am I missing the atmosphere….. yes, I am but at my age it’s not worth it.  The only thing that MIGHT lure me back would be the sweet sound of factory 2 stokes ripping around the track and the smell of leaded race gas and Blendzall/Castrol R wafting through the air. I know that will never happen so I’ll sit at my computer, in my air conditioned home, sip on a beverage of my choice and use a clean restroom a few paces from my computer.  To those who still want to attend, I hope you enjoy it but it’s not for me anymore. 

I feel the same way about all the asshats on tiktok talking about burning RVs at High Point to party.

Like grow the f**k up 

I’ve been to a decent amount of different nationals over the last 7 or so years and can hardly remember encountering any overly drunk people to the point where it was a nuisance. People having a good time for sure, but nothing too bad. Fuck those god damn modified Dewalt air horns though, those things make me wish we were still using corded fucking power tools on the job site. 

I am on board 100%. It adds nothing but headache. It’s 2024 pull up the timing app if you want info. 

Could be worse. The crowd could be those bloody annoying vuvuzelas that ruined the Soccer World Cup in Sth Africa.

A chainsaw bouncing off the rev limiter is my ring tone.  

I agree.  Another thing, and maybe its not every venue, and there are so many tents right up on the fence it can be hard to find a place to see.  And most are reserved industry groups.  Guess I need to hang with the other people my age in the super expensive special spots.

The airhorns sucked, everywhere we went they were blowing them during the race as well as the podium.

And... the friggin' chainsaws totally SUCKED ARSE! Thought at the 450 moto 2 podium there was going to be a pretty good brawl as a couple girls threw full White Claw cans at the chainsaw dudes. Then the girls men stepped in and I thought it was gonns get busy but calmer heads prevailed. The chainsaws bothered the little kids and people with families enough a few left the podium celebration. If we are going to grow the sport, we need the families...

But, on the other hand the fireworks in the pits at Red Bud in the 80's was an all out sh*tshow! IFYNYN.....

Burning a RV is way cooler than a fuckin air horn.

"Kids these days are too weak and only live through a screen" - boomers

"I don't like the loud noises and heat so I'm gonna watch the race at home in my house on a screen where I'm safe" - also boomers

if it's not Will Christen it's airhorns. I just...I don't know ya'll work it out.

Drunk tards behaving like this is definitely gonna grow the sport. Nice. 

I came on specifically to look for a post like this and instantly found it. Yep, what an absolute joke. Could you imagine being that big of a white trash loser to blast that horn right when the best riders in the world are trying to do an interview… They should be escorted out immediately. The low class never ceases to amaze.
 

I’d give anything if Chase or Hunter looked at the crowd and just said “… Are you gonna stop, or should I just leave..” that would shut those things up real quick  

Been going to high point since 91. This was my last year. Some kid with a train horn walked up right next to my wife and had it “accidentally” go off inches from the side of her head while she was sitting watching the last 450 moto. Hope mx sports enjoyed all the money they’ve gotten from my family. 

Dude, I was at an air horn rave once and an actual motocross race broke out in between all the commotion. I was stoked!