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He is a racer, and so are all the other guys that made a stand to make the conditions better for ALL the racers. There appears to be a lot more to this than dust, or even Mexico. This may have just been the tipping point from many previous safety concerns. Many of the riders here have complained about safety...

I consider myself a Leib fan... BUT... I am a union member. A real american stands bye his comrades through thick and thin. Leib had nothing to lose,and everything to gain. All of those other riders risked their jobs for HIS safety and their own. We should be applauding the riders who risked their necks to get a safer work...

I have been a big Leib fan for a while. I always like to have an american rider to cheer for int he GPs and he seems like a good kid. But.... Im a Union worker, and he crossed a picket line. There is NO excuse for this kind of action. The fact that Deselle makes more money is a...

I would say racing dirt bikes for a living and going home to her is.... WINNING!!!! Sounds like he's doing well if you ask me.

looks like you may already have a bike. but I figured id throw this out there being that its got the motor in it already. (its not mine) http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/mcy/2942136603.html If you were tempted bye a yellow bike i could maybe help out with this project a little better. until then. Ill just watch.. and cheer wildly.

I have 40 hrs n my black A60s. no wear at all. Its seems to depend on tire pressure/ amount of rocks and most of all carelessness during tire changes.

Those homogolation rules are there to protect the big 4-5. It keeps the field looking very japanese (and 4 stroke). until this new orange wave struck our coast line a few years back... they had the entire market in pro racing. Not to say companies like Husky, TM, Maico, Gas Gas, don't make good products but they haven't exactly been...

It can be done although I have typically seen the 250f chassis used. I been seriously thinking about one of their 250s... its not much more expensive than a new yz!!!

WHoa... THey were pretty amazing bikes in their day. But they had more motor than the technology at the time could control. the 500AF bikes solve some of those control issues. But you have to agree that a 500AF is still a 20 year old engine that creates more HP than the 450s. Imagine if there were R&D on them...

Most of all though.. "they" went away from the 500cc 2 strokes because it wasn't a product they marketed to the public. The OEMs wanted a bike they could slap a R1 sticker on and sell more bikes.... Not really sure if they have gotten any closer to that though. But it is a strikingly similar issue to what we...

bad example... They are still trying to make up for the awesomeness that was the 500cc 2 stroke . talk about a series that has SUFFERED at the hands of the 4 stroke. The racing in the GP class these days is about as boring as any ever witnessed. (minus a couple races)...not to mention the fact that there are...

Peelout for president!!!!

some REAL privateers race 450s because the expense of making a 250f competitive has gone through the roof. Not to mention that the 250f don't last long enough with a pro riders on them. This would definatelly increase the costs for privateers. ANd since we are dreaming...To decrease costs... 1)CC for CC racing... allow the damn 2 stroke already. 2)...

For the sake of privateers I hope this doesn't happen. The 250fs just don't last long enough with a skilled rider on them. This may tighten up the game but its not going to loosen up the wallets. If it happened we would all still be on message boards begging for a "true" 250cc class allowing the 2 strokes to...

I had a supermoto kit for my 500AF. The biker boyz in the twisties were super bummed when i would pass them on the outside of tight corners... I could get that thing through the corners much faster than I could my R1 or my RC51. under 60 mph the 500 could hang but any long straits and the...

As far as the poor attendance... anyone know if NO is one o the stadiums that sell the tickets to private vendors who double the price to sell them to the consumer? (like aneheim/ vegas) For $100 bucks a seat the only people attending the races are die hard fans. I about choked when I found out what I had...

I bet they had a sweet ass game of tennis or some Golf on that we could have watched.... or better yet re-runs of (reality tv show here)

X2 the big teams are prob getting tired of the 1110 guys stealing their thunder! the easiest way to run off the new kid is make it so expensive that he doesn't wanna play anymore.

I actually joined Vital because of all the fuss about Renner running at Daytona....

Whatever the result It was refreshing that Renner gave us all something to cheer for and be excited about. Cheers To him!!!! and on the debate of classes... 125/250/500 its not going to matter if the Sanctioning body doesn't step up to the plate and police the bikes for mods. The bikes need to be cheaper and more equal from...