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I know this has probably been covered but I couldn't find it. I have noticed a lot of local riders being carted off lately. Anyone else think it could be from the bikes being so good that almost any ride can go fast? All the big bike are so good, but the mini bikes are mostly running 10+ years behind in technology. Mini bike crashes seam to be about the same a normal because kids have to know how to ride to make them go fast. Just wondering if I'm alone thinking this.
P.S. this isn't a 2 vs 4 stroke thing.
P.S. this isn't a 2 vs 4 stroke thing.
Bikes now are so easy to ride fast that it instills a false sense of security. That coupled with the extra weight of modern bikes and I think it's a recipe for injuries
The Shop
Oh wait did you see that kid on the rm85 pass that guy on that 450 SX Factory Edition?
I blame SX type jumps
Did I get this right??
Pit Row
If the layout stays 125 friendly for more than a year, then many of the C-riders and Vets will go back to smaller bikes on their own.
Of course that would mean one or two tracks in a 200 mile radius would have to embrace the idea of being a Vet track rather than all of them trying to lure the real Rippa's.
We just didn't have wide spread forums and social media then so not everyone read about it instantly.
Guys have always been getting injured doing this.
But, I have noticed the severity of injuries are a bit more common.
It's like, almost cool, it's accepted to break a femur now a days.
It's a few things IMO.
The bikes, way more power.
Back in the day, most were scared to even get on an open bike.
Now, a 60 hp 450 is the norm.
Sure, the handling is better, the brakes are great, the suspension unreal, but that doesn't change the fact
guys are going way faster, and when they mess up, poof, you're in real trouble.
The tracks. Nobody here can argue, the man made jumps, cause most if the catastrophic injuries.
A few different ways. Coming up short. Landing on other riders. Over the bars because of a lip.
Nobody can deny it, big jumps are cool, but they also kill, with glee.
And the main thing, the mindset created in a large part by the media.
When guys see 80 riders flying thru the air when they tune in to this weeks SX National, it's real easy to get sucked
Into the belief that thats normal, most anyone can do it. Or should be able to do it.
So they just go out to the local sand pit, or track, and it's wfo, like it's supposed to be.
Big hp, big track obstacles, big head and poof, big injury.
That's what I think, anyway.
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