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I tried a 450 last year. It was fine until I ruptured my ACL when I low sided in a rut. Up until that point I had won several races and moved up to 30+ Intermediate. Then, I really started to think about how much fun I was actually having. I realized there was not a single moment on my CRF where I thought "wow this is so much fun!". In fact, it was pretty fucking boring. Or really a back and forth between boredom and hanging on for dear life. I told a lot of people the following words...

never thought I would say this but I actually learned something from this thread lol 2 stroke love comes from: 1.being the heritage of moto 2. Something different than 4 strokes 3. Depends on discipline of riding 4. Guys in better shape than myself

I’m in the not a fan of them club. I grew up riding them and while fun once I got my first 250f in 04 I was like screw those hard to ride slow things. Only thing I liked about the two strokes is it really exaggerated skill differences. Once all my friends who weren’t very good got on them they all instantly closed the gap on me. I could run the same pace on either but just longer on the 4 stroke. They were all way faster on the 4. Momentum didn’t matter as much and the engine braking...

It took me a long time to finally convert to a 4stroke as my main race bike. And while I think I am a better 4stroke rider, I added a 125 to the stable and have mostly had one in addition to whatever 4stroke that I own. I think once a person's riding style meshes with a 4stroke it's very hard to switch back to a 2stroke. But a 125 sort of doesn't count because they are so light and playful that you can sort of manhandle the bike around. but a 250 2stroke is too much bike to be...

Nothing beats riding a 125 if you know how to do it. If you dont, yes I can understand the complains

I know the parents of a factory kid who is now pro. While they definitely received a lot of support as an amateur, everything wasn't free. No one was paying for their training fees, travel costs, race gas, food, and everything else. They were getting free bikes and gear. The biggest part of that is they were able to sell the bikes at the end of the year when new ones arrived. Once they got the pro contract, they got some travel money and training was covered, but now they don't have bikes to sell at the end of the...

Makes even more sense. Dont complain about $

If you have a 100k motorhome ,dont ever complain about $

Ask a commie, there's plenty over there.

Funny story from a conversation I had with Valentino Rossi. Back in my Parts Unlimited days I won a trip to Laguna Seca through an AGV sales contest. We got to spend lunch with Val on Thursday before the race. I asked him if he followed FIM MX or AMA MX or SX and if he had a favorite rider. This is what he had to say. You have to read this in his heavy Italian accent... "I like Ricky Carmichael. Ricky and I both raced for Honda and Honda tell us both that Honda wins the Championship not the...

No way hope he never makes it. He'll be out there trying to clean the rest of his team out during qualifier races. Give me RJ, Bam on a 250 or pretty much anyone else. Personally I am not a fan of that whole Deegan camp.

No he’s 17. Let him be a rookie and train and build his foundation. That would be a dumb distraction.