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Only $10 for all 2024 SX, MX, and SMX series (regularly $30).
And most of the guys i ride/race with are all under 25 and have purchased new bikes.
Is Mr. Jones "buying" the crf 50? Technically, yes. Is he buying it for little Johnny because he saw KR winning a race on the red bike? Yup. The target demographic is the age group consuming the product. Not necessarily the guy writing the check. Total manufacturer sales are bigger than the 250's and 450's racing Saturday night. There's many other size and format of off road bikes.
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I was at Club Moto the Saturday before last and id say 90% of the riders visibly in their early 20’s were on bikes a generation or two older than the most current model and the other roughly 10% were riding 2 strokes.
Sure we hear the cliche saying “Bikes are so GOOD nowadays” and sure they are and most of the time thats coming from seasoned riders that rode and raced in the 90’s and actually rode shitty bikes and early 4 strokes before and with the inception of early EFI. I personally feel other than EFI, bikes havent really improved or evolved much since the mid 2000’s some would say 4 strokes have because they started with a massive displacement advantage and were fine tuned to get them to where they are today but overall fame construction and design as well as suspension design and evolution have plateaued starting with the 2006 Yamaha’s KYB’s and bikes have nearly doubled in MSRP. People’s discretionary income ESPECIALLY young adults in the demographic say 30 and under hasnt kept up with a new dirtbike at $10,500 otd.
Did i take off on a tangent? Yes but it is relatable
I can vouch for a large field of guys who are just finished there apprenticeship and now on good money and want to treat them selves to a newer iron steed.
Here in Australia any way.. Biggest market is 18-25.
Go to the other end of the scale is its the old fellas buying junior bikes for their kids.
Look at the serious lean angle of that building. I bet they are making bikes turn sharper there.
That follows an order on August 19th, for $1372 for parts for my 3rd motocross bike.
So far in 2019, I've spent more than $6000 on MX parts, over $700 in practice gate fees.
I own 3 MX bikes, 2 street bikes (both V-twin cruisers) a TREK Madone road bike and a Specialized MB.
I make a lot more than most of the 25 and under crowd, and spend more keeping my bikes in excellent shape than what I could have when I was younger.
I Disagree with you.
Oh, and I'm 53,yrs old, gonna be 54 in 2 months
Pit Row
If VP sponsored the series and for that all racers used that fuel and it was free or seriously discounted it might be different.
https://charlotte.craigslist.org/mcy/d/huntersville-2006-rm-250-suzuki/…
I really really hopes this all works out and they can take 4 guys racing. A-mart and Savatgy look like they are probably good to go but this still leaves Jimmy D, Kyle Peters and Enzo Lopes hanging.
I believe Savatgy is going to stomp some ass on that piss-poor-shootout-losing yellow #17.
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