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YBSMe2 Liked a comment about Feature Cooksey, Straight To The Point: Developing or Manufacturing Talent?
1/29/2019 9:51am
Very good read, Being an older rider I can remember back, as a great example, Loretta's in the early years when families went to race with station wagons and beater vans and factory reps roamed the pits quietly and it truly was still a family weekend, now, simi trucks and tons of factory money being spent with "amateur" supported kids, really?!!. If you have a contract and simi with 4 bikes for the week that are factory bikes and your bikes and gear have so many sandwich decals from your sponsor you cant see the colors of bike or gear...
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Toby_John Added a comment about feature Cooksey, Straight To The Point: Developing or Manufacturing Talent?
1/29/2019 9:39am
I am so glad that this subject is being brought to light. I am one of those it has a son that races and he races his heart out on a bike that can't compete with a factory bike. We trained four to five days a week and he has the capability to ride at a competitive level but even so to see a bike just blow by him like he was sitting still down the straightaway is so unfair. Even when we try to get support or have an engine built the bike still can't compete against the factory...
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