themrtoad
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About Me
I used to ride but had to quit some 8 yearsago when i hurtmy knee pretty bad. I started working with mx back then insted, and still do this running my own company.

I love 2strokes, prefere motocross over sx, so I'm pretty oldschool i guess.


My favourite riders are Mickael Pichon and Christophe Pourcel.


I'm 33years old, married, two kids and not enough time/money to buy a bike just for fun.

BTW... I think 4strokes are the root to all things evil in our sport. They are expensive, sound ugly, makes the racing less demanding etc. I could go on 4ever. I hate them...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Question to parents with kids riding mx

8/29/2011 12:58pm
that sounds like a pretty wise middleway. I'm surprised to find so many good posts on such a sensitive subject. i was expecting to get a lot of comments that I'm a sissy and should engage in golf instead, I'm not sure #800 is happier today than you are and my experience with most pro riders is that they have...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Question to parents with kids riding mx

8/29/2011 12:47pm
I understand that I might come out as easily scared. One rider gets hurt and I'm in panic. That's not the case. I rode myself for 15 years, and raced from85cc to 250 twostroke before switching to mxjournalism after an injury, I've seen riders getting paralyzed, get braininjuries for life(among those closefriends) etc etc both in Sweden and internationally. The...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Question to parents with kids riding mx

8/29/2011 12:32pm
Everybody has valid points somehow. I can see the higher level the higher risk, but then again you don't have to be fast at all to kill yourselfe. I think it's wrong when parents let kids ride at such a high level that fractures and concussions is something that happens every season. They don't have judgement enough to calculate the...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Question to parents with kids riding mx

8/29/2011 7:06am
I didn't understand until I was a father myself. I begged over and over to get a dirtbike from my parents and finally succeded. They knew nothing about the danger of mx compared to what I know today. Until they know how dangerous it is, it's my responsibility to protect them from themselfes. That's how it works in any other...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Question to parents with kids riding mx

8/29/2011 5:38am
I feel it's easy to lie to yourselfe and compare with people getting hurt in traffic, soccer etc. People get hurt doing all kinds of stuff, but to be honest I know more people who got hurt really bad in MX than all other reasons combined. And than you have to think everybody drives a car, rides a bicycle and...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Some crappy Southwick pictures...

8/28/2011 11:57pm
I told Calle you said Hi and he remembers your visit which was popular. He was happy to see a new face that spoke Swedish. His weekend didn't go well, he got sick on friday and was also messed up from a crasch at Glen Helen last weekend that knocked him out together with two teeths. Yep that was the...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Some crappy Southwick pictures...

8/28/2011 10:30am
I am just about to call him. BTW did you hear about the accident in Västerås today? Terrible strike of bad luck in Swedish mx lately with severe and fatal injuries. Today a 16yo passed away. It makes me wonder about this sport really...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Max Anstie fired!

8/26/2011 6:17am
Fine as in staying with CLS or fine as in finding a new ride. I still haven't seen a PR that sais he is staying and everything else is just BS. When I read between the lines of what has been said(and not said) I still doubt we will see him in CLS next year. There was sort of a...
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themrtoad Added a reply to team france...

8/26/2011 4:02am
If it rains and the track gets onelined lapping will be a nightmare. This is one of the reasons MXDN is such a weird event. You can find riders in the final that really wouldn't even qualify for finals in amateur races. We have been quite lucky in the past with lapping at MXDN. I go with the majority as...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Quality RV interview

8/25/2011 4:46am
He seems like a pretty smart and really down to earth athlete. It takes a strong character to bounce back from such a severe injury and show up in mint condition. He's my favourite between the two Ryans by far. I doubt he will ever come and race in the GP's though. If he is so eager to get back...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Grand Prix of Great Britain.

8/20/2011 12:58am
Is Bobby out because of the crasch with Desalle? for howlong? Is Michael done for the season? Tough kid anyway to stay away from home so long inanew culture, language etc. I'm sure you're proud of him, you should be. I think being alone in Italy with a crappy bike ain'tno walk in the parc! Thr racing in MX1 has...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Tixier got the final mx ride at factory KTM 2012

8/9/2011 11:20am
I'm quite impressed by Teillet.I also think Coldenhoff and Petrov will improve in the future. I must admit though I was really impressed by the style and the times Tixier showed last year on the 125. I can easily see why Jake feels underestimated and discriminated by age, but I don't see that his technique andriding style can carry that...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Steve Ramon - Update - 3 August

8/7/2011 3:01am
Here'shoping for a quick and full recovery. It feels like he has been around forever and he will be really missed. Except his neck injury last year in Valkenswaard and now at Lommel he rarely missed a race for many years in my memory. A great rider!
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themrtoad Added a reply to Swedes in the nationals

6/23/2011 3:39am
yes the prognosis wasn't as bad as I first thought. It's not a fracture, more lika a "crack"? And it wasn't the big bone but the small one. He thinks he can ride Red Bud and he also got through all of Budds Creek since the injury came in first practise. He got an injection by the doctors at the...
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