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WHO or WHAT is missing....
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[*]125s. This vital class needs bolstering, amateur and pro. The people who should be riding this class are both the fan and pro talent foundation of our entire sport.
[*]An adequate development stage in between amateur and pros. This goes along with the last point.
[*]Affordable entry-level race classes (say, a prominent TTR/KLX/CRF/RMZ 125 amateur series, along with some smaller minis that don't cost $5K+).
[*]More cross-promotion with actual natural sister sports like bmx, mountain biking, boardercross, and personal watercraft, and less with sponsor-forced partners, like NASCAR.
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1. Malcom Stewart
2. James Stewart
3. Jake Weimer
I wont add Dean Wilson to that list because I think he is going to do a Chad Reed on us and show up at Anaheim.
Dig a little deeper and lets keep RV2 racing a little longer.
I agree with Matthes about the 250 class. Let him run for President of the AMA for whatever good that will do.
If...seriously..."if"...
You want the "good ol'days" back?
You need a serious change in -2- things:
1. The Economy
2. The Industry's "approach and belief system" as it pertains to what an affordable bike is and who we need to get on dirt bikes.
This ain't no "beat down" on the Industry. Nope, not at all. But, we need a little more "risk" at the highest levels of the game. The kind of risk that guys like Troy Lee have taken.
There IS HOPE!
Just the other day, I rode dirt-bikes with one of the bosses of one of our OEM's. I ain't talking "poser" or easy-trail ride, either. This dude RODE fast and he rode hard. He wasn't scared and his bike RAN!
They call him, "El Jefe"!
Real racing™ is (and probably should be) expensive.
But there needs to be a stage between Real Racing™ and completely ignoring Real Racing™. And we, as a sport, have been horrendously bad in our (intentional or otherwise) omission of that market.
Pit Row
Alternatively, would his mood shift if it was an all Kawasaki, regardless of model, series?
KLX140, We gave you a spot, even a displacement advantage. Now, sponsor our series.
That means the economy is seriously stimulated and credit is loose to those that want to play, buy houses, or manufacture energy drinks to pay big and little name riders. Parents that are willing to spend or sign up for loans and credit cards with no limits.
Whats missing? It is no longer the latest and greatest thing out there.
And a lot of those who did jump into the fray in the early-oughties were just over-leveraged buyers, the same type who got crushed by consumer mortgages in the sub-prime collapse, generally speaking.
We experienced a lightning-quick lender-derived peak, like many credit-dependant industries, but it takes a special type of person to ignore the same investment trends twice.
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