Anyone know why some teams have two start buttons?

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Edited Date/Time 1/31/2020 2:05pm
I’ve see this a couple times on freestyle bikes the kill switches and electric start Buttons are on the frame so they don’t it them mid air, But on Christian Craigs vlog there’s one on the frame and one the bars I’ve seen this on a couple bikes can anyone explain?
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Loftin79 1/30/2020 8:41pm
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Maybe in case one gets ripped off in a crash they have a backup
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RyanC501 1/30/2020 8:57pm
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I just really wanted one to be for ludacris speed
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RyanC501 wrote:
All figured out asked his mechanic [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/01/30/401312/s1200_A37E5411_557A_4652_9B36_80246357D510.jpg[/img]
All figured out asked his mechanic
You guys talk weird as fuck in Oregon.
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You hold both at the same time for nitro holeshots
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Why not eliminate the one on the bars and be done with it?
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Some teams decide not have a start button
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NvHermit wrote:
Some teams decide not have a start button
Yep, old school weight saving technique
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reded wrote:
Why not eliminate the one on the bars and be done with it?
Because it’s still easier/faster to start the bike with the one on the bars, and you can hold your clutch in and don’t have to find neutral. The one on the frame is just as a last resort. Isn’t that obvious?
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tcallahan707 1/31/2020 7:01am
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reded wrote:
Why not eliminate the one on the bars and be done with it?
ti473 wrote:
Because it’s still easier/faster to start the bike with the one on the bars, and you can hold your clutch in and don’t have to find...
Because it’s still easier/faster to start the bike with the one on the bars, and you can hold your clutch in and don’t have to find neutral. The one on the frame is just as a last resort. Isn’t that obvious?
Two out of the three benefits you suggest would still apply if there wasn't a start button on the bars. Isn't it obvious?
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Forty 1/31/2020 7:22am
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Most will move it off the bars to another location soon.
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tcallahan707 wrote:
Two out of the three benefits you suggest would still apply if there wasn't a start button on the bars. Isn't it obvious?
Wow... you cant fix stupid.. if that was the way to do it, the factory would put them there in the first place , right.

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profeshenal125 1/31/2020 7:45am
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1 is a starter button, the other is a Hug button. Team is alerted in there headset, then rider pulls in to receive a Hug. For getting feelings hurt in the race.
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Forty 1/31/2020 8:09am
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Soon it will be remote.
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face biter wrote:
Where do JGR and PC hide theirs?
With the tablecloths.
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BobbyM 1/31/2020 1:22pm
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I wonder if tomacs bike has "get yer ass back on the bike faster" button
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Goon126 1/31/2020 1:43pm
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My guess is it makes it possible to start the bike while you are lifting it off the ground after a fall. Instead of picking your bike up sitting on it and then starting it. Every second counts
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Lightning78 1/31/2020 1:58pm
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I've been wondering why most riders have 2 different positions for their holeshot devices
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Xavier 1/31/2020 2:04pm
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Goon126 wrote:
My guess is it makes it possible to start the bike while you are lifting it off the ground after a fall. Instead of picking your...
My guess is it makes it possible to start the bike while you are lifting it off the ground after a fall. Instead of picking your bike up sitting on it and then starting it. Every second counts
That, and also if the rider stalls it at one point, he can re-start and pursue in the same movement.
Every second counts, as you say.
When all put together, using two buttons is the option covering the most range of problems that anyone can face while racing MX or SX at that level, at the (minimal) cost of extra weight.
So it makes sense.

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