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Life. Adder: a bike is better than no bike in my eyes.
But...
Don’t ya think that the people that:
1. Got back out there
2. Just decided to try dirt bikes
3. Were taken out for a ride with some friends & went to the dealer the next day and bought a Factory Edition
Do ya think that’s representative of ‘new growth’ or that there’s potential for some of these folks to ‘carry on’ into the future?
The Shop
Our Redding DIrt Riders/AMA Hare Scramble aka "The Shasta Dam GP" had waaay more entries than the previous race...that was a month ago.
One of the very 1st MX races I attended during the COVID madness was a Mammoth Qualifier at Pala back in Feb...
Plenty of entries.
Other posts...here on Vital...lately talk about lots of folks showin' up to race recently.
1-yes
2-yes
3-yes
But one could argue for every rider that quit, or stopped, or whatever else, (and I mean moved on from the barriers to keep going, and the barriers that kept newbies from trying) did we get two fold increase in new riders?
Smart eyes are on units, certainly revenues-profits-etc are important to keep the lights on, but qty/sales/inventory levels will be the best indicator if this was an artifical bump or a legit sustained boost that the sport has needed.
I am in the bike business, same phenomenon has happened in bicycles and same curiosity on how the noobs came-how to keep them engaged and safe, etc etc...I guess regardless, it appears 'more' people are riding dirt bikes and that is a great thing.
Pit Row
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