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In fact I will state the cost of racing and injuries are the biggest threat to the sport.
Everything is either killing the Sport or helping it. I wish you guy's would quit dreaming and acting like we can rewind the clock.
1980 is over
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debt buying new bikes every year but it's not difficult to get a bike and he has all the reason too. It's called investing in his future if he seriously wants to continue climbing the ladder.
For example, when nascar switched to spec racing cars, the passion and rivalries between the fans of the manufacturers went out the window. Many years ago, I would find myself rooting for a driver because of the brand they drove, not vice versa. Today, I have little interest in nascar.
I would be more interested in seeing what motocross can do with adding telemetry data to enhance the viewing experience.
Throttle positioning, MPH, front and rear brake pull sensors, brake rotor temps, clutch pull, gear display, bike and rider G sensors, suspension travel, bike lean angles, heart rates. There is sooooo much that can be tapped in to, even if it's only one or two of those things to start with. I would love to see two guys go down a straight away and see who brakes last, who rolls on the throttle, who dumps the clutch, who leans over farther for grip. It adds a visual number or display that the average joe can understand and compare with other riders on the track. Not just an observation and "well that was neat how he did that thing, however he did it."
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And it's not like the lack of works bikes has stymied progression. People get all misty eyed and nostalgic about those awesome works bikes but the truth is that a stock 2002 CRF450 was 10x better than any works bike of the 1980's.
There is a reason that so many of the top Euro guys are former MXGP racers. Oh yeah, there is also that time that Everts stomped everyone in the sand of Brazil on a very stock WR450f. How about that moto guy that finally brought home the overall for US last year...sprint speed.
Six Days is about hauling ass for a short amount of time...just like the Sprint Enduro Series.
http://www.dirtrider.com/south-carolina-kenda-full-gas-sprint-enduro-ra…
My deal with the sprint enduros being the ISDE qualifiers is that over 2 days you ride roughly 1 hour. You do the same 2 tests 3 times a day then reverse it the next day. While that is great to see how the guys react to sprinting because alot of woods guys aren't the best sprinters the tests are the easy part of ISDE. The old qualifers were 2-day, 80+ mile days, most guys would tell you those qualifiers were some of the hardest races ever. The biggest part of the ISDE is lasting 6 days, riding over 100 miles a day. making your equipment last, your body last, the transfers are where the race is won and lost. Look at Kailub last year, look at the USA team basically any year, by day 4 1/3 or more of the team is out. Our trophy team has gotten better because of Euros coming and racing the GNCCs and elevating our series back in the 2000s and now they see the importance of sprints, motocross, speed, technicality.While the race is scored by the special tests, preparing these new motocross crossover racers that are taking the ofrroad world by storm to go ride 120 miles a day. they have to be gritty, tough, hands bleeding, ass sore, bike worn out on day 4. youre preparing them to ride 8 mins as hard as they can. but theyre on the bikes 8 hours a day.
I think you're exaggerating the toughness of the transfer sections, especially in regard to modern days, maybe 15, 20, 30 years ago were they something to be feared, nowadays, most guys I talk to have no concern about the transfers.
I'm pretty dang familiar to be honest. I remember well the days when the qualifiers were 2 days of hell. I went to most of them every year for the better part of a decade. I've qualified myself and not gone, twice (once due to injury and once by choice).
Most guys who are going to invest the time and money that it takes to go, are going to be pretty familiar with how "tough" it's going to be. Because, as you said, that many miles in that many days is tough, period. I'm just a fan of selecting guys based on sheer speed, it works out better for us in the results column.
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