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And to limit costs.

The easy answer to your question of how do you regulate two different power plants that are racing together?....the easy answer is you don't as you will never get them equal when you are using different measurement criteria, what needs to happen is just separate classes....E bikes need their own class and not be mixed in at the pro level

E-bikes vs ICE bikes is stupid to even entertain the idea. They are not equals, they are different. They need their own class, that way they can go away sooner.

Star racing and Haiden cheated at an amateur race.

Put ‘em on and run ‘em. That actually looks better than the “correct” way. He ain’t responding because he thinks you’re a kook.

Yes, but there's 2 ways of looking at it. We can either acknowledge and accept the drag and tune accordingly to compensate. Or we can take all measures to eliminate the drag and call that our baseline and tune to that. To your point, most average riders are experiencing exponentially more drag from seal choice, worn bushings, and small amounts of dirt in their seals than could ever be eliminated from any improvement a coating might provide. But choosing to essentially call the fork drag a part of tuning would be kind of like setting your sag on your bike...

If stark own factory team has been caught cheating on the first day of their apparent full proof lock out feature, it brings into question if any federation or promotor can trust that feature,

I can’t imagine that it would be that difficult for an engineer to be able to toggle back and forth between maps from the side of the track. It would be almost impossible to eliminate cheating unless the sanctioning body owned and controlled all the computers and just gave them to the racers to install just before the gate dropped. Electric bikes need to race with electric bikes.

You might be in denial. If I were him, I'd be concerned if he couldn't make his way through the majority of the guys he lined up against. Also, finishing 15+ seconds behind Roczen in an 8 lap race is not being gapped? Main 3 he was 21 seconds back. People see what they want to see, I guess. Fill that gap with Sexton, Tomac, Jett, Hunter, Webb, Plessinger, Stewart, Barcia. Ferrandis, and that third can easily become an 8-10. He's got some work to do.

He was on the podium by 1 point, because of a funky scoring system where the 3rd moto was worth more points than the other two combined.

I'm assuming Tubi is pirating the video, along with TikTok, YouTube and any other free streams. If not, then I agree with you. But, WSX, like every business, needs to have revenue, or they won't be around for long. They're paying venues, track builders, riders, announcers, a TV crew, promotion, etc.... This all needs to be paid for, plus a reasonable amount more, so they earn a profit for their efforts and the $risk they took. That's fair. So, how are they getting revenue? * Sponsors, * Ticket Sales to watch the events live. * A portion of the fee...

Got to love Vital. “Grow the sport” “need better tv packages” “the announcers suck” “the track is lame” “the venue is janky” “the riders absolutely must make more salary. They risk their life out there” “safety is horrible!” “They need paid professional flaggers” $30 to watch the race…F-that! I can watch for free. How in the hell do you expect and race organizations to fix any of the above problems if we can’t get off our wallets and spend $30 to watch a race. Guaranteed y’all spent 500+ dollars on titanium bolts for your dirt bikes that you don’t need.

All coil springs twist when they compress

I hope, for the sake of racing, that he is good. That is all.

" It has to work, there’s no other option for either of them." He won on Honda. He won on KTM. He'll win on Kawasaki.

His Dad was probably just cleaning out the garage. What else do you want the guy to do with parts; store them in bedroom closet, save them as memorabilia, hell no sell it. His Pops was probably thinking beer money.

Forget the cable clutch I just hope they figure out the shock issues they’ve been having and are as flexible with suspension components as they were with Sexton. If Tomac wants those KYB inserts or whatever it is Chase ran he better get them.

All he needs is a throttle cable.

Let's recognize the track worker for sprinting over and doing his job well. Lots of attention grabbing hand waving, flips a tough block out to help guide the guys around Chase.