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Doug Henry asked a fan to unbuckle his helmet for him. Had two broken wrists from a YZ400 crash so that excuse is acceptable. Others not so much.
I thought/hoped the same. That being said the youth of this nation are whining, belly aching, and lazy. Far too obsessed with fairness or safety, things that really do not exist in reallity. My cousin Spencer lied about his age and volunteered for WWII when he was 15 and ended up an officer, airborne. Wrote a book about it too. That was common then. Now that is the age parents are pushing a kid through an amusement park in a stroller hoping they don't get "triggered" or "symptomatic". Most sub 25 yr olds that apply for a job at my business are driven there by their moms and have never paid income tax. I had a 21 yr olds dad show up at my business to ask me to tell the help to quit teasing his kid. Of course there are some fine young people, but the standards of the past are toast. Sorry, not sorry, it's sad.
At least use the same data source for your income numbers. 1990 was 21k using same source as you're using for current wages.
https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/AWI.html
Now look up the square footage of the average house built 40 years ago vs now. You can still build a 1500 sq ft 3 bedroom ranch on a slab with no garage if you want to for way less than that average and relatively less percentage of your income compared to 1990, but again, people don't want to do that. Cost and wages aren't the issue. Desires and priorities are.
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My daughter is 30, married two kids, just bought her second house. Fuck yeah its expensive, but her and her husband work their asses off. As my wife and I did, and his parents, the grandparents, on and on. And no, she didn't get help from me, both her and husband worked fulltime through school, bought their first house on graduation. The hours and lack of sleep they got wasn't fair, or safe, but they got what they really wanted. Of course they don't have "me" time or "gaming" time or three TVs or get to "party". Most of their friends, (who they take hours from at work, when their friends don't want extra hours) state they shouldn't work so hard. Yet my daughter and her husband laugh at how easy it is to compete in todays workforce. And young people today do not understand life is that, competition.
Average means nothing. Places like NYC, Beverly hills, Naples etc. throw off averages. There are plenty of places in this country with reasonable housing. This country has a history of people moving from place to place depending upon where jobs and housing opportunties were. Now because the current generation is willing to sit and cry poor rather than do something about it and move like past generations did housing prices are not reacting to competitive market forces.
I get a kick out kids bitching about how hard it is to make it today but have "destination" weddings costing 50 -100k at least, and honeymoons in places I've never heard of. Years ago you went to Niagara, Vegas, or camping for a honeymoon, now it's not good enough for all the Disney princesses. Primma Donnas.
I feel many young people do not understand this, life is competition. Somebody wants your business, job, wife, career, house. And if you are not willing to outwork them, they will get it. And no it is not fair but it is life. If you are crying housing is expensive where you live, it is because somebody is willing to outwork or outearn you for it, it is a competition for dollars. If they outcompete you for housing next they will take your career, or anything else you are not willing to outwork them for. What are you willing to do to beat them....they will do more. Like grandpa always said life is about waking up in the morning, getting behind the mule, and plow.
My grand daughter has a little bag of tools, allen wrenches, screw drivers and whatnot, they’re just the little crappy tools that come with stuff that I’d typically throw away. She also has a spot in one of my tool boxes where she can reach them. She likes to “work” on her bicycle more than ride it, soon to be a stacyc bike. She also knows the name of each one. Unfortunately, she will not have the same experience at home as her dad is lazy and doesn’t know how to work on anything.
when i was 5 years old on pw50s, i thought it was a given that everyone raced supercross one day and id be like MC.
i used to worry at the time of who the hell was going to crank my motorcycle on the starting line and tie my helmet for me in the stadiums. real stressed out about it for a couple of years.
My parents took motorcycle to Colorado and camped so my dad could ride up Pikes peak for their honeymoon lol
Are the “kids these days” in the room with us right now?
Oh yeah, well my parents walked... because they were still waiting for the wheel to be invented.
And their parents were too busy inventing dirt to take a honeymoon - but when they got done they made "Do it in the dirt!" bumper stickers. 😄
Bullshit!! 1990 Average income was about $21,500 or household median income $30,000.
That's vaguely same ratio as ACBaiiley presented, even if you don't like his exact numbers,
No, He said $ 50,000 average income in 1990 when it was actually 21,500. $ 30,000 was household income in 90 if your wife worked too.
Either way, BARGAIN.
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There isn’t a single successful boomer I know, that’s genuinely successful and not just posturing, that has any problem admitting that making the kind of money that allows you to build real wealth, and maintaining a healthy work-life balance while doing so, is much harder to do today than say 25 years ago. Not impossible but definitely much more difficult.
Things have changed. It’s just a different world. Hard work and honesty don’t pay like they used to. Which is unfortunate for all of us.
I live in New England for frame of reference.
Mom said your time for the internet expired for the day bud.
I don't know if that's really what's going on, my mom and dad were definitely not hard asses. I was never grounded and my parents didn't beat me either. My first two bikes and first vehicle were given to me for nothing, I still wanted to work and started on a farm at 13, started driving alone at 14, and moved out at 19. I think it's more of a societal thing happening with social media and these damn phones. When I was growing up I only had my parents, extended family, and friends parents as a reference. Most worked hard and those who didn't lived in crap trailers and drove shit cars. Now kids watch these people either lying about not working hard and living big, or actual rich mfers who don't have to do shit but have everything they want. Smart phones are both the most convenient and the worst invention ever...
Back on topic. Regardless of the previous rationale I’m pretty confident he will buckle it from now on following that public humiliation.
That house you are talking about will still run 250,0000.
I'm sorry but you old fuckers are wrong and fucked it up for the young bloods.
Now let's talk about trying to borrow that 250,0000. Yea you need more than a refection in the mirror compared to the good Ole days when our president said everyone should be a home owner and got a BJ
Regardless of father/son bonding, if either one of my boys ever waited for me to buckle their helmet past the age of 6, they wouldnt be riding that dirt bike. My youngest literally quit riding when he was 5 because he was too lazy to pick the pw50 up when he fell and also put on his own boots. Now, lets be clear, I am fully aware that there are situations where a 5 year old just can not pick the bike up, and thats fine. Ive helped my other son pick it up many times, but my youngest thought he could just stand there and wait for me to do it, the other made an attempt every single time. Years later, the youngest started riding and everything has been status quo since then. Now they are 14 and 15, and ill be damned if im putting those bikes on a stand, doing oil changes, or chain adjustments. The only time I will do those things is on the race bikes, they are 100% responsible for the practice bikes.
"Healthy work - life balance" is one of those new phrases we have been privy to isn't it. Much like the phrases "gaming" or "triggering" or "safe space". Probably in the last 20 years or so. I really don't recall any grown man giving a shit about that until recently. My kids are predators of the sect that needs " healthy work - life balance" scooping up hours the like can' t handle and banking the overtime. Of course Grandma always had a day to get her hair done back in the day, so there is that. So I get some need "me time" for mental health, kind of like emotional support dogs - another new thing.
Of course it has to be somebody else's fault, doesn't it. Even if that is true, the fact is as a grown man what are you going to do about it? Civilizations crawled back from the total devastation of wars very recently and inflation/ housing kicks your ass, how self absorbed. That inflation and housing is a bummer for you and may be somebody else's fault doesn't eliminate any of your responsibilities as an adult. I don't understand the youths grasping at straws trying explain away their reasons for lack of achievement. Their is opportunity out there, that it may be more difficult than the past is irrelevant. Every generation owes to civilization, not the other way around.
Tough for you to get and pay off 250K? You need a new line of work friend.
Sounds like your view of the world is shaped by influencers, I can't read your comments without hearing Bill Oreilly's voice.
Good luck with all your facebook arguments this week! I hope your other retired friends finally give up and join your political media team.
Yeah, no. I don't even know what an "influencer" does, and Oreilly is a windbag. People do develop opinions based on obvious observations.
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