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I remember many years how many people here bitched about the MEC. It was a gimmick, riders needed time off, money grab, 3 moto format, JOKER LANE OMG!. Point is people will complain about anything. Then praise the thing they complained about the next day and forget they ever complained. It's just their default behavior to whine and bitch.

the hell with it being a smx round , we need it back on the pro national schedule expeditiously

I love MXdN, but it's a huge shakedown by Infront or Youthstream or whatever they're going by these days. What a ripoff...talk about Italian mafioso....

The idea that fewer riders is better in motocross is nonsense to me. If the gates were full I doubt there would be many saying that 20 would be better. Just an elitist excuse to justify the current situation. "But it only matters for the first 20 seconds." And that first 20 seconds is a hell of a lot better with 40! If I'm at the race it sure makes a difference too, for the whole moto! MXGP qualifying races would matter too if there were 40. The only reason they matter now is they turned them into points races...

Reed would blame the bike anytime he got beaten straight up by RC or Stew. Probably one of the most notorious bike blamers of all time.

Respectfully, just like any company, separate divisions have separate budgets. That said, it still comes down to the overall bottom line for any company regardless of how one of its divisions performs. So, anything is always possible. The good news is Honda, like most Japanese companies play the "long game".

With the strips taking care of the breathing, mechanics can give different pitboard messages for riders to ignore.