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Regarding women and big/small bikes: forcing a small or slower girl to ride a full size bike will only slow them down as opposed to a small bike. Therefore the speed differential increases, between faster and slower girls, potentially leading to more crashes. The right answer is to separate them into A,B, or C classes, but the participation numbers aren’t there for that. So just leave them alone, and keep the AMAs hands off it.

Not my intent to offend, although it will be easy to take my question that way. Why would anybody want the AMA involved in amateur racing? Most PNW tracks I've been to aren't AMA, which many of us view as a distant out of touch bureaucracy. How does the AMA benefit the local racers?

Honestly new bikes keep getting heavier and taller as time goes on too. New 4 strokes are absolute hippos.

Female riders we already have limited opportunities in the sport. Smaller females regardless of age should not be limited in participating because their body size. Elimination of the super mini in the women’s class at local AMA events will be counter productive to women’s racing and limit the number of females who currently participate. Also changing the age for Amateur riders from 12-14 will also have a negative impact on women and the sport of motocross. We hope that these considerations will be taken in to account before changes are made. We do not speak for ourselves but we represent...