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An E button is an insurance policy for crashing or stalling your bike. These are the best riders in the world and they should not be rewarded for making a mistake (an E button when they crash). They should have to start their bikes the old fashioned way like every former champion. Fitness also plays into this. We all know it's not easy to kick start a hot bike in a race.
Those who get to the finish line first with the least amount of crashes (mistakes) should win. E starts took away the negative consequences of crashing or stalling. I'm sure there were championships lost from crashes that resulted in the bike not being able to be restarted quick enough. Times have changed.
E starts and hole shot devices should go away. Why make it easier on them as they are the best in the world? Let's see some wheelies off the gate, not this low rider hole shot device shit.
500 downvotes?
No one's opinion is wrong...It is an opinion. Just because you disagree does not make it wrong...No one died and made you an MX God like you think.
Hand cranks have been obsolete on cars for 100 years, carburetors are 30 years gone....I think our sport is just starting to catch up to the modern times.
Comparing this to an evolution of a shock or brake is asinine. Does a shock or brake stop working when the bike is tipped over? And does that shock or brake require the rider to expend a ton of energy to maybe get it working again to maybe re-enter the race for points? Absolutely not. Staying on two wheels should be rewarded like it used to be and crashing should have consequences, just like MotoGP. How different the MotoGP championship landscape would be if MotoGP guys could just pickup their bike and push an easy button to get going again.
If one cannot understand how an easy button completely minimizes the consequences of making mistakes and changes the whole landscape of race wins and championships then you have some soul searching to do. Just realize why you love them on your bike so much, because e start buttons make it easy...I'm all for e starts outside of professional racing.
I do not like seeing a rider sit on the track and kick his bike for 45 seconds while he gets lapped and loses valuable points or even a championship...but guess what, he wouldn't be there if he had not made a mistake and this is how it's always been to separated the champions from the field, until now...
Roczen could have had his championship hopes lost last night by his little tip over if this happened a few years ago. He could have been a lap down while trying to start his bike. But in today's new world he's up instantly and gets back to 3rd place. Absolutely no consequence for making a mistake. This coming from a Roczen fan.
I appreciate racing, especially the number one challenge of staying on two wheels while going fast. Therefore I do not appreciate an easy button in professional SX/MX.
Moments like this with ICE are nearly gone forever until electric bikes take over (unless you ride a RMZ or KX250
But like you said Bob, it's just my opinion
I searched out the 17 crf I bought because I wanted the kicker. If the battery dies (my leg), I can't ride anyway.
This is after owning a 16 ktm. I like living on the risky side knowing that if I fall over I have to kick it.. oh wait... I do have a recluse... Lol
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Crashes in MX happen, it is 100% part of the sport, and will never go away. Every single rider will crash during the season. Mistakes will also happen....Especially now coming into the east coast.....Do not care how good the pros are.
I'll agree to disagree, I guess. No one is changing anyone's opinions....You're argument is so silly, it is making me take a few day break from Vital...Cannot afford to lose anymore brain cells.
Also, while there is an advantage to an e start, that is only if it functions properly. If the starter or battery fails, that racer now has to bump start his bike! You don’t have that problem with a kick start.
If you really can't understand the concept and implications of the easy button completely changing the landscape and you're still trying to compare it to disk/drum brake technology after my explanation above, then I'm really sorry. I feel for you.
It falls into the category of nice, but unnecessary.
Motocross bikes are supposed to be inexpensive, spartan pieces of machinery.
Continually adding expense moves us closer to something like road racing - which is now basically DOA as an amateur sport.
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