IDEA TO GROW OUR SPORT: Big Celebrity Pit Bike Race

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Somebody needs to put together a big Celebrity Pit Bike race event with only people from outside of MX. Get it televised (even if it's on Youtube) and promote it. There are tons of folks out there who love Dirt Bikes and it would be HUGE exposure for the sport. The concept would be somewhere between the Long Beach Celebrity Car races and the Top Gear Celebrities in a Reasonably Priced Car laps. I'm talking REAL celebrities here, not Moto folks. Biggest thing is make the broadcast of it free. No PPV.

Provide 15 identical 110s & have a FOX or someone provide head toe gear, then make the course super, super easy.

Lock down 15 celebrities. People like Ricardo (F1), Gronk & Lynch (NFL), Rossi, Marquez (MotoGP), Reedus (Walking Dead), Labeouf (Actor), Reeves (Actor), Whalberg (Actor), Chapelle (Comedian), Matt Jones, Fabio Wibmer (Pro MTB ), Meek Mill, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, etc (Rappers), Dirks Bentley, Florida Georgia Line (Singers), Stenhouse, Bowyer (Nascar) ETC...

That's just some I can think of off the top of my head. You land a few of those guys and it would be HUGE exposure. A lot of those people would love to do something like this. You'd be surprised how many would try to show up if it were scheduled near a big airport and at a big weekend event. Assign each Celebrity a legend of our sport as a coach for the day. So say Norman Reedus shows up, he get's Ricky Carmichael assigned to him. If Daniel Riccardo shows up, Adam Cianciarullo helps him, etc.
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3/18/2021 10:10am
Just fix and put out a great weekly race broadcast and quit worrying about "growing the sport" with stupid gimmicks and adjusting rules/tracks/etc ...... PLEASE!
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It would be a total shit show....that said I'd watch for sure
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Remember this Promo spot?
Fun starts @2:13
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3/18/2021 12:02pm Edited Date/Time 3/18/2021 12:03pm
Steve125 wrote:
Remember this Promo spot? Fun starts @2:13 [embed][/embed]
Remember this Promo spot?
Fun starts @2:13
Hahaha!

I like my idea of inviting famous people who already ride motorcycles on their own time. Lol
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3/18/2021 12:20pm
There's multiple issues. One the sport is controlled by a select few due to the way the sport is run. Some people want all the money and have killed the local racing scene. Instead everything is focused on a few races and training facilities. Gotta have 30 classes to make money when you have a smaller turn out then back in the mid 00's-80.

You have multibillion dollar corps that spend billions of dollars a year to keep people especially kids glued to the TV and phone. Not only that you have a complete break down of parenting now a days that fear everything and the safest and easiest way to keep track of their kids is at home in front of a screen.

There is about 5-10 issues that are causing our sport to fade. Some self inflected some not.

This idea while fun and I'd watch for sure won't help much if any.

This sport has a ton of marketing and growth potential in the right hands...
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Be careful what you wish for


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3/18/2021 1:09pm
I don't want it to grow anymore for a while.

I have to swerve around enough jump rolling, track cutting , two stroke riding bro douchebags as it is.

Trying to get a fucking fast lap in lately is like driving on the 405 at rush hour.
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Injury risk is the factor that prohibits these kind of things nowadays
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Don’t forget Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton from Fresh Prince/American Funniest Home Videos) and Robert Matthew Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice). Both pretty good MX’ers
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Dude, Brett Michaels.
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kylemenz1 wrote:
Don’t forget Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton from Fresh Prince/American Funniest Home Videos) and Robert Matthew Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice). Both pretty good MX’ers
Don’t forget Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton from Fresh Prince/American Funniest Home Videos) and Robert Matthew Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice). Both pretty good MX’ers
I had no idea Alfonso rode.
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NO. Why are we so concerned with "growth"?
Growth = more sponsors, more teams, more people making a living, etc.
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Nowadays someone would end up getting hurt and then they’d probably outlaw dirt bikes
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twotwosix wrote:
Somebody needs to put together a big Celebrity Pit Bike race event with only people from outside of MX. Get it televised (even if it's on...
Somebody needs to put together a big Celebrity Pit Bike race event with only people from outside of MX. Get it televised (even if it's on Youtube) and promote it. There are tons of folks out there who love Dirt Bikes and it would be HUGE exposure for the sport. The concept would be somewhere between the Long Beach Celebrity Car races and the Top Gear Celebrities in a Reasonably Priced Car laps. I'm talking REAL celebrities here, not Moto folks. Biggest thing is make the broadcast of it free. No PPV.

Provide 15 identical 110s & have a FOX or someone provide head toe gear, then make the course super, super easy.

Lock down 15 celebrities. People like Ricardo (F1), Gronk & Lynch (NFL), Rossi, Marquez (MotoGP), Reedus (Walking Dead), Labeouf (Actor), Reeves (Actor), Whalberg (Actor), Chapelle (Comedian), Matt Jones, Fabio Wibmer (Pro MTB ), Meek Mill, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, etc (Rappers), Dirks Bentley, Florida Georgia Line (Singers), Stenhouse, Bowyer (Nascar) ETC...

That's just some I can think of off the top of my head. You land a few of those guys and it would be HUGE exposure. A lot of those people would love to do something like this. You'd be surprised how many would try to show up if it were scheduled near a big airport and at a big weekend event. Assign each Celebrity a legend of our sport as a coach for the day. So say Norman Reedus shows up, he get's Ricky Carmichael assigned to him. If Daniel Riccardo shows up, Adam Cianciarullo helps him, etc.
Its your idea so now go get it done. Cool
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Falcon wrote:
Dude, Brett Michaels.
bring back the rock hard ride hard award.
Haha oh man I forgot about ole Brett. The Rutledge Wood of his day lol The guy was passionate about Moto though!
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twotwosix
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3/18/2021 3:31pm
Can we just open the NBC check book for Erin Bates and DD again? Maybe bring back Bailey too?
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twotwosix
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Brent wrote:
I don't want it to grow anymore for a while. I have to swerve around enough jump rolling, track cutting , two stroke riding bro douchebags...
I don't want it to grow anymore for a while.

I have to swerve around enough jump rolling, track cutting , two stroke riding bro douchebags as it is.

Trying to get a fucking fast lap in lately is like driving on the 405 at rush hour.
You must live in a hotbed. Because from what I see, we haven’t grown too terribly much in the past 20 years.
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3/18/2021 3:55pm
Holigan wrote:
Be careful what you wish for [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/03/18/483721/s1200_Screenshot_20210318_142942_Gallery.jpg[/img]
Be careful what you wish for


(1) Elbow Guards. and on the outside too. Cringe- worthy.

(2) When did Justin Bieber turn black?

(3) Who thinks tongues out for every instagram pic is cool?
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3/18/2021 4:17pm
I had no idea Alfonso rode.
I remember seeing video of him riding years ago. From what I can remember he got after it pretty good. As of late the only Motorsport stuff I can find of him is carting and car stuff.
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twotwosix wrote:
Can we just open the NBC check book for Erin Bates and DD again? Maybe bring back Bailey too?
Do you not remember Leeann Tweeden!
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Their insurance would never cover it

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