Reed Interview on DMXS

I was really surprised nobody else started a thread on this already. He also talked how he decided to ride Husky and his hopes to be released to ride a week or two before Anaheim. Bad dude.

Reed is probably the only guy out there that can give the most accurate comparison to the 2 stroke early 2000 days to the current 4 stroke days because he was balls deep so to speak in both worlds. I think everyone can admit the racing was a lot more exciting back then.

I feel more pros get injured riding SX than MX.
Reeds also an SX guy so I definately disagree in getting rid of MX.
When talking to friends who know nothing on several occasions I have described MX as the heart of the sport, what seperates the men from the boys and personally an MX championship means more in terms of effort and physically demanding.
Reeds old arse definitely wants no part of 2x 30+ min motos lol

hyler199 wrote:

I feel more pros get injured riding SX than MX.
Reeds also an SX guy so I definately disagree in getting rid of MX.
When talking to friends who know nothing on several occasions I have described MX as the heart of the sport, what seperates the men from the boys and personally an MX championship means more in terms of effort and physically demanding.
Reeds old arse definitely wants no part of 2x 30+ min motos lol

X2, reeds top 10 in sx,. Might crack top 10outdoors now.

hyler199 wrote:

I feel more pros get injured riding SX than MX.
Reeds also an SX guy so I definately disagree in getting rid of MX.
When talking to friends who know nothing on several occasions I have described MX as the heart of the sport, what seperates the men from the boys and personally an MX championship means more in terms of effort and physically demanding.
Reeds old arse definitely wants no part of 2x 30+ min motos lol

You just dont understand ? Reed says what he thinks is best way to build this sport, not what is best for himself. You guys are so funny ?

hyler199 wrote:

I feel more pros get injured riding SX than MX.
Reeds also an SX guy so I definately disagree in getting rid of MX.
When talking to friends who know nothing on several occasions I have described MX as the heart of the sport, what seperates the men from the boys and personally an MX championship means more in terms of effort and physically demanding.
Reeds old arse definitely wants no part of 2x 30+ min motos lol

andyman wrote:

You just dont understand ? Reed says what he thinks is best way to build this sport, not what is best for himself. You guys are so funny ?

True true true true true true true?

Wonderful idea! Then all the mini-dads will have their kids on full-sized SX tracks at the age of 3 now instead.

PJ205 wrote:

Wonderful idea! Then all the mini-dads will have their kids on full-sized SX tracks at the age of 3 now instead.

Reed makes some good points, but not every rider has access to ride or train on a sx track.

Some good points that i agree on. The amateur scene(EMX 125 & 250) in Europe is clearly superior to the US system, so i agree on that. I think that is one part of why MXGP is getting better and better.

SX going global? I'm 100% on that bandwagon. Obvious reasons. SX/MX(racing in general) is popular in lots of cities/countries across the world. Why not take advantage of that? AX series would still be a US only series with the kids and those who can't do all global SX rounds. US nationals gone? I've always wanted to see one MX series with all the best riders in it(MX Sports & YS would collaborate on one big series). Now that is never ever going to happen unfortunately, but we can always dream.

2-strokes? I'm a bit more skeptical about that. The 4 strokes aren't the problem, the current tracks are the problem.

hyler199 wrote:

I feel more pros get injured riding SX than MX.
Reeds also an SX guy so I definately disagree in getting rid of MX.
When talking to friends who know nothing on several occasions I have described MX as the heart of the sport, what seperates the men from the boys and personally an MX championship means more in terms of effort and physically demanding.
Reeds old arse definitely wants no part of 2x 30+ min motos lol

Pro’s get hurt more on 4 strokes period. Tracks were designed way different for 2 strokes. Bring em back

in some way's He makes good sense

in a lot of ways He just comes off as still bitter over over his last go at the outdoors and still just being shitty about it.

Annoys me to hear people say the racing was way better back then. Of course it was, it's a good memory you are nostalgic about, some of the racing last year was allllll time, people forget about the parts they didn't like over time.
As always with reed, he has an opinion. Even though I don't agree with the sx only, at least he has an opinion! He wants sx to be global but is forgetting that mx already is.

500guy wrote:

in some way's He makes good sense

in a lot of ways He just comes off as still bitter over over his last go at the outdoors and still just being shitty about it.

I get why he is bitter if it’s really impossible to make a living doing the Outdoors.

Not sure how many guys make a living wage to do the Outdoors but it seems impossible to run a profitable business doing it.

So Reed thinks that pro MX should be gone but then says he likes the European amateur series better than the US amateur series. It doesn't make much sense if you ask me. The European amateur series ultimately leads to the MXGP's which is pro MX. Only a select few go to the US to compete in SX.

Kind of contradicts himself, no? The EMX series builds talent for the MXGP not SX.

SX going global? Say goodbye to the privateers. I don't think many of them would be able to afford flying across the world for 17 rounds of SX. This is not F1.

Without a pro MX series how do you expect to develop talented riders? With a "B" SX series during the summer months? Replace the current MX amateur nationals with a full amateur SX series starting on 50's?

To each their own but I prefer MX over SX.

-MAVERICK- wrote:

So Reed thinks that pro MX should be gone but then says he likes the European amateur series better than the US amateur series. It doesn't make much sense if you ask me. The European amateur series ultimately leads to the MXGP's which is pro MX. Only a select few go to the US to compete in SX.

Kind of contradicts himself, no? The EMX series builds talent for the MXGP not SX.

SX going global? Say goodbye to the privateers. I don't think many of them would be able to afford flying across the world for 17 rounds of SX. This is not F1.

Without a pro MX series how do you expect to develop talented riders? With a "B" SX series during the summer months? Replace the current MX amateur nationals with a full amateur SX series starting on 50's?

To each their own but I prefer MX over SX.

Looks like Maverick and I are cut from the same cloth.

-MAVERICK- wrote:

So Reed thinks that pro MX should be gone but then says he likes the European amateur series better than the US amateur series. It doesn't make much sense if you ask me. The European amateur series ultimately leads to the MXGP's which is pro MX. Only a select few go to the US to compete in SX.

Kind of contradicts himself, no? The EMX series builds talent for the MXGP not SX.

SX going global? Say goodbye to the privateers. I don't think many of them would be able to afford flying across the world for 17 rounds of SX. This is not F1.

Without a pro MX series how do you expect to develop talented riders? With a "B" SX series during the summer months? Replace the current MX amateur nationals with a full amateur SX series starting on 50's?

To each their own but I prefer MX over SX.

Reeds interviews confuse the hell out of me, sometimes I think he says shit just to say it. In an interview a few months back he said something to the effect of "riders today don't want to race all the time like we did back in the day" and I just had to close the page. I mean how does he say something like that when he was one of the few riders with an SX only contract in the prime of his career??

pro mx shall go? wtf!

Reed's a huge motogp fan. It seems like he basically wants to follow the motogp model but with supercross. No real privateers, travelling the world racing twice a month, a holiday in the middle of the season for summer. I hope with all my heart that dirtbike racing never goes down that path.

Sounds like an old man who only thinks what he likes should happen. Oh wait that's what he is

motocross should be gone. lol. ok. a little biased eh? Reeds so full of shit. narcissistic excuse maker. cant habe tracks like the 90s cause the bikes are djfffent. 4 strokes aren’t going away get over it. that’s not to say there can’t be room for 2 strokes. the past is the past. sounds like he is reliving his glory days. of course things were better then. he’s been sx only for how long? and we should listen to him with an obvious distaste for mx? our sport was born in the loamy dirt and hills not at corporate energy drink ran stadium events. sounds like a sellout. mx will never die. at least it shouldn’t. reed will do anything to stay popular.

Cygrace74 wrote:

Sounds like an old man who only thinks what he likes should happen. Oh wait that's what he is

exactly. exactly

You guys should line up against reed and show him how its done.

fullysicmate wrote:

You guys should line up against reed and show him how its done.

Yeah because you can't disagree with someone if they're faster than you on a motorcycle.

fullysicmate wrote:

You guys should line up against reed and show him how its done.

Bad comparison. A fan compared to a pro rider. Pretty sure Reed comments on social media on stuff he has no clue on.

Guess I won't be giving him $1200 of my hard earned dollars to hang out with him at a supercross race and listen to him tell me MX should be dead...

1 week on the bike before A1. Hasn't raced since last year. Pretty much zero prep. Will have to keep our expectations low. I'd be impressed with 10th..

hyler199 wrote:

I feel more pros get injured riding SX than MX.
Reeds also an SX guy so I definately disagree in getting rid of MX.
When talking to friends who know nothing on several occasions I have described MX as the heart of the sport, what seperates the men from the boys and personally an MX championship means more in terms of effort and physically demanding.
Reeds old arse definitely wants no part of 2x 30+ min motos lol

His comments were not because he can't do 2- 30 plus 2's.

Dougy1 wrote:

1 week on the bike before A1. Hasn't raced since last year. Pretty much zero prep. Will have to keep our expectations low. I'd be impressed with 10th..

Top 10 off the couch, hungover. No problem

holtergeist797 wrote:

motocross should be gone. lol. ok. a little biased eh? Reeds so full of shit. narcissistic excuse maker. cant habe tracks like the 90s cause the bikes are djfffent. 4 strokes aren’t going away get over it. that’s not to say there can’t be room for 2 strokes. the past is the past. sounds like he is reliving his glory days. of course things were better then. he’s been sx only for how long? and we should listen to him with an obvious distaste for mx? our sport was born in the loamy dirt and hills not at corporate energy drink ran stadium events. sounds like a sellout. mx will never die. at least it shouldn’t. reed will do anything to stay popular.

Bingo