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For a slow crash that sure was scary! He's lucky he wasn't seriously injured, reminded me of the J. Button crash that ended his career.
He could've gotten seriously injured by that thing but everyone said it wouldn't be a problem.....Those bannered drop off's are a dumb ass idea even in sx a rider can roll the entire track....how would MXsports feel if that had caused some serious permanent damage to Grant?
I still don't know why they are in there.....I understand sponsorship dollars they get with it but c'mon there have to be better ways than that the backside of that drop off don't need to be shear cliffs ...Im sorry for my rant guys but I said it last year they were dangerous and unecessary and that was ascary thing that luckily Grant didn't get hurt on....now about that riders union, how about making those things go away.....if you really stop to think about it there are a lot of things that could go seriously bad if a rider got out of sorts right before that things and couldn't roll it. Again IMO a stupid f**king obstacle.
When Barcia slid out in the forst 250 moto he had to get on his bike and take off right in front of one of those and could've done the same exact thing!!!!!!
If you fall before one, maybe you should back up a few bike lengths.
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It was good to see Langston being optimistic about the day though. Dude could have easily been in a shitty ass mood, and pissed off. Gnarly slow speed endo. Maybe the drop offs should have more of a quarter pipe type landing so you could drop in a little if needed at low speed?
http://www.allisports.com/motocross/news/budds-creek-race-archive
The drop off was at least 5-6' tall and if you idle a bike off it you will have a bad endo, how in the hell are you supposed to pick your bike back up and walk it backwards in a race when there are other riders coming from behind you at full speed weather it is out of a corner or at full tilt boogie........ not to mention it is against the rules to go the opposite direction on the track during a race correct?
I'll bet that before this season is over there will be another incident because of that thing and a rider not being able to roll off it without another endo, I'm not hoping for an accident or injury but that could've easily been avoided by putting a little more thought into the design of the drop off and the safety of the riders. The way GL landed could've easily broken his neck .....and the bike barely missed landing directly on his body
Go watch the 1st moto then pass judgement. The drop off's look cool and provide extra sponsorship dollars, I don't disagree with that. Even if my previous post came off that way but like firefish put it, add a little more of a quarter pipe design to it so the riders can roll it in the case they have a problem which could be just as easy as an engine that fails or dies, clutch goes out, broken chain rider smacks his melon and forgets about it but is still coherent and tries to ride or takes a hard hit and it just getting going again etc. ..... the bike is still rolling but you cannot give it gas to lift the front end.
Adding a little dirt to the bottom and shaping it to be rollable would've prevented what happened to GL and hopefully it doesn't happen again......and god forbid if it HAD caused an injury to GL this place would've melted down and there would've been a witch hunt for DC in the event GL wasn't as lucky as he was.
He couldn't possibly wait until its safe to head back down to have another go at it. Try watching this years French GP, there quite a few riders who had to do this.
The Langston accident looked like it could have been a bad deal.
Had Langston landed wrong or the bike landed on him he could've been seriously injured sure its an easy jump to go off even if you were blindfolded but it cannot be rolled at all and that is the problem here. A rider has anything happen where the bike cuts out or what if someone highsides off the edge.....there isn't a SX track that cannot be rolled over and the national tracks used to be like that, those drop off's are MAN made and they were never part of the track so no rider can roll the track on those things and Ill say it again the jump is easy to do but could have a very bad consequence if something like what happened to GL happened again....
Whatever I really dont care if some dont get it once something happens as a result of that jump because it cannot be rolled then there will be a 25 page thread especially if it happens to a top rider so carry on with calling me ignorant in so many ways I dont care I just see a potential danger that could easily be avoided with a little thought about the riders ....all other obsticles are just as dangerous if not more but a rider if he falls can get going w/o having to launch the bike while getting going they can roll over it.
I just think they're kinda unnecessary and that langston deal could've ended very differently.
how much do you pay for a simple mistake motocross is dangerous enough the guys have enough to think about
I'm with ya lightning keep strong brother!!
They remind the riders all the time about them, and they will also be waving a green flag on them on each parade lap.
And they never went away due to any incidents that I recall, they just went away. But one of my favorite MXA covers of all time was a photo by Geoff Fox, I believe, of Adolf Weil going off a dropaway in '74 at either Sittendrof or Gaildorf.... That's what resurrected the idea.
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Maybe the advertisements should be painted or glued to boards and put at a slight angle with a transition at the bottom?
could have been way worse...he's lucky.
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