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 US GP AT GLEN HELEN FOR 5 YEARS

3/31/2010 5:30am
so GH got a long term contract finally. What a symbolic track, must give it up to YS if this is true. This must hurt mxsports, YS will not be satisfied with this and they will only grow from here. Not much time for the teams to arrange all the travel, bikes etc and also a budget for this. This...
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themrtoad Added a reply to USGP - Glen Helen

3/31/2010 5:04am
Hey Geoff, If the only source you heard it from is here, I find it unlikely to be true. Are you totally honest or have you heard something about from other sources? It's no secret YS wants a pice of the american market. But when they do something without proper planning it could backfire. What if it becomes a GP...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Is Davey Coombs the next Luongo???

3/25/2010 6:42am
Dirt-Dawg They are doing it because they can get away with it. They used some of their own money(?) and lot's of money that comes from the teams/riders to make those improvement. Hopefully they can now attract big companies and get loads of money from marketing. Will this money return to the teams and riders, of course not it will...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Is Davey Coombs the next Luongo???

4/17/2016 9:38pm
Yep sound like Luongo too me...And you can'tdo anything at all about it. Things change, sport changes etc. You may not like it, but it still has to happen. If motocross stays a small sport without income from mainstream companies we can stay the same. But when someone is paying money, when you have to make it easy for television...
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themrtoad Added a reply to OFFICIAL!!! James Stewart in for the Nationals

3/19/2010 1:56am
This thread has turned into some silly GP vs ama as usually. Lot's of guys in here behave like childs. My dad is stronger than your dad etc All the riders you mention are pretty well paid professionals. They do this for a living. They don't care too much abot who is really faster, they care about getting paid, stayning...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Paulin is ready to go for the World Title...

3/17/2010 1:41pm
I'm with you on that one. Can't we at least go by actual results when we benchrace. With that said I think it's hard to decide how fast they were going in MX2-GP last year. The class found two new heroes that totally dominated in Musquin and Roczen, but it was an open field after Pourcel and Cairoli left. I...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Now when CP is bitchslappning the 450s on his 250F...

3/15/2010 7:42am
The OEM are not in this together with a secret agenda, they are all in it to make money. As its is now KTM are steeling buyers from the Japs. Supply and demand should always dictate the market and one shall not mess with that. We didn't have a big need for more technicalla advanced bikes when they forced fourstrokes...
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themrtoad Added a reply to Now when CP is bitchslappning the 450s on his 250F...

3/12/2010 12:04am
I think it will happen anyway sooner or later. When sales drops there won't be room for 4 big companys from japan. Some will have to quit or they all have to start making cheaper bikes to keep their clients and to maintain a future market where you don't have to be rich to race mx. BTW they should get...
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themrtoad Added a reply to For the swedish guys in here

3/10/2010 11:55pm
I was a pain in the ass to Youthstream to make them answer that one for a while. I did send a lot of emails, but they claimed they never said anything like that ever. I then emailed the article where they said this, and got the answer that there are no such plan anymore. The rules will be changed...
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themrtoad Added a reply to For the swedish guys in here

3/10/2010 10:44am
That's me, when I have time to spare I love to write artcles about things regarding our sport but not the usual reports from different races. I feel this is an important issue, and companys like Honda should not let pride stand in the way of the right decision. So they misjudged the market for hightech fourstrokes as dirtbikes. Do...
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themrtoad Added a reply to For the swedish guys in here

3/10/2010 5:22am
We already pay almost 3 dollars for 1000cl of gas Not familiar with gallons etc...) A new bike costs about 15000dollars A normal income is around 5000dollars a month. I think we are getting close to the limit of motocross being eliminated as a "peoples sport" which makes me really sad and upset. As you know if you managed to...
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