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Track changes also take some of the fun out of it these days especially on a 125! Think there would be a good market for more natural terrain technical tracks and a125 race class
A lot have gone to Off road which i get why but i dont like riding through tree's
The Shop
For years I had no real issue riding as long as I paced myself, and managed a couple of multi day 500 miles rides in the desert, but its gotten more difficult to maintain the exertion for riding. I expect my pure off road days are largely over.
Big Respect
I keep trying to think of what I will get into after I stop racing. Thought about hockey but it’s provably just as bad for concussions. Shifter cart racing... too expensive to be fast and I weigh 190lb. Soccer... I’ve had a concussion and blown out both ankles in the last 18 months playing soccer. Mountain bike racing will probably be what I get in to. I spend at least half my free time making music but I need something to feed my competition needs.
Too unfit
Too old
Too slow
Like beer too much
Became a mechanic instead.
What was the bike that locked up right when u got it back from the shop?
Pit Row
This is assuming you know how to skate and won’t bury yourself into the boards...
3 reasons I don't race.
1. Its not practical for me to spend $40-80 on 30-45mins of racing
2. Lack of time. my wife will rip my balls off if I get to the track at 8am, and don't come home till 4.. (shes a stay at home mom, which makes it even worse)
3. Mortgage, owning a business.. I cant afford to be taken out anymore by up and coming kids trying to go pro..
Just fyi.... Be careful. Long stories such as yours, that are not properly broken up into paragraphs can cause an uproar on here. There's certain members on here who are triggered by such thangs and they will not hesitate to bum rush you with some majorly snarky reply regarding it. It's brutal.
now days BMX fills the void , still costly if you go top shelf parts but no gas better cardio easier to load / haul store
Like many, the time/financial factor became too much to continue racing, plus, it:s a big world and there was lots of other fun things to do.
I've lived in the US for the last 22years and have considered going back to racing MX several times.
The #1 reason for me not to do it in the 'States has been the possibility of financially crippling medical bills.
I can live with the costs required in time and money to race because those are mostly in my control.
The costs of medical bills if I get injured, (something I never had to think about when I raced in the UK,) are not and we all know, it's not a matter of if but when, on the injury front.
I am considering getting a bike and just hitting my local tracks for practice days and doing some hare scrambles to get my racing fix again.
1st time I got bored with it.
2nd time I got hurt and got onto other things while healing.
3 rd time got bored with it again.
Seemed after 3 years each time, just as I got to the point I was a contender with the top guys, it got boring.
I can see why guys like Stew just walk away.
I mean heck, 20 years of doing anything would
make me wanna kill somebody.
Once a man (or boy) signs up and races his first motocross race he's screwed. The thrill and rush is so great that once you feel it you have to have it again and again and again....
Once your brain experiences it, it always remembers and you're going to either race or live out your days battling to resist a great urge.
It's expensive, you get hurt, medical bills, can't work, it can kill relationships, and cause all sorts of problems for you.
Like meth?
No I'd say more like a hot chick you meet that rocks your world with crazy exciting sex, and you just can't let it go even though she's psycho. She hates your mom, controls you, spends all your money, and wreaks havoc in your life. The sex is just crazy good, so you deal with it because you gotta have it. You might break up with her, but you're always vulnerable to her temptations.
Motocross...like hooking up with a hot psycho chick who's a freak in bed. That's the love/hate relationship I know I still have with motocross, even though I haven't raced for many years. And the one I'll always have with a certain ex girlfriend. ??
I quit racing motocross in high school when I started spending more time hanging out with friends and partying. Then found cars (hence username) and sold bike.
Started again in early college, regained a bit of speed and then crashed and broke my tibia/fibula. Two surgeries and 10 months later and I was back on two feet. No riding for 7 years after this.
After having a real job and some disposable income, eased back into track riding. Had fun just riding practice days. Started building a bit of speed again (over many years) and crashed in a race and broke a rib or multiple ribs.That put a damper on racing for a short time, but also impacted speed negatively for a while.
After reflecting on riding/racing and what I really like about it, I get most of the benefits of MX on practice days without the excess risks of race days (racers on unfamiliar tracks going for broke, poor track prep, sitting around all day, etc.).
There is a race on Saturday that I'm considering going to. But, that means getting up early and sitting around all day for one practice and four 10 minute motos. It's hard to really quit once you've had a taste.
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