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Everybody agree the 125 class is badly needed?
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Amateur racing costs go down... Bike steps safer... Track can be made slower...
Pro level small class engine costs come down... Tracks safer and have differential between what 125s can do and 250 Feds can...
250effs can be made the premier class, same hp as what two stroke 250s were and the best racing is almost always in the smaller bike class because the guys are running them flat chat instead of chugging 65hp 230pound monsters...
The Shop
https://youtu.be/wMWcuwixDXg
Even if the movement towards this sort of reform started today it would be 10 years before we saw it at a national track on a Saturday probably.
http://youtu.be/J8nJvgSlSiM
Kids looking to make the jump can try their hand at a high level pro race, privateers who can afford supercross but not nationals can do a shorter series on a cheaper bike, guys who are semi retired can come out and race. I think it would be good for the sport and the industry.
Teams like Geico and Pro Circuit can put their amateurs through the series as a warm up for making the jump and the kids can still race Lorettas if they go that route. They can compete against semi-retired guys and part timers such as a Landon Powell (I think he's usually sx only with a few nats rights?) or a Sean Collier.
Pit Row
But Oh My God, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Honda don't make a 125! So what, freshen up a 2007 model and come race. Or continue to be a part of the problem and not the solution.
But Oh My God, they aren't homologated! So what. Who said a dirt bike had to be homologated to race? It's a 125, bring that shit on.
But what about the live TV! Who cares about live TV for the first year of the 125 class, show it on the internet after the race is over.
But it will cost a fortune to film it and put it on the internet! No it won't, the internet is littered with weekend warrior videos that are frikken awesome quality. FMF would probably sponsor it.
But no one will race it! Sure they will, and they will be fast. Half of the 250F class will be blown up, broken down and out of money by then. A 125 class would be right up their alley.
But no one will sponsor it! It needs MO money! Sure they will. Hell, I will. Been saying it for years. I'll put a bike on the track and provide some Holeshot Award money. The track is already there, the fans are already there, the bulk of the MX "industry" is already there, the cameras are already there, the Asterisk Mobile Medical crew is already there.
The sad part it will take the Feds to turn it around you know the greedy mfg are not going to change it.
My opionon is it should be 125cc schoolboy at the local level and 250fs and up in college boy
7 to 8 years ago F1 cars were much faster than they are now, extra downforce, more powerful engines and it's been reigned back in.
Has the racing been affected from those reductions of speed directly? Nope.
I think we could quite easily have the same quality of SX and MX racing with less power for sure.
Would bike manufactures accept a change like that? Also Hell no.
Close racing.
https://youtu.be/HHzBuun3-sU
Go back into your man caves and put in your 1985 VCR tape of goddamn I don't know and I don't care SX and live it up all you want.
Change is really hard for old people, clearly. It's been like 10 years and you guys still circle jerk each other to the high heavens.
Keep it real bros. 2 strokes for life.
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