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In reality (the place without forums to spin the truth) your comment about my contempt for American promoters is just whack and doesn't even warrant a response. It is easy to come on Vital MX and say stuff just like it is when you e mail me and make false accusations. To date I haven't received anything to back up your e mail accusations but feel free to provide examples of my contempt for US promoters here on Vital MX. If you can't please stop making baseless accusations.
To your "start making and selling quieter pipes" what decade is this and when is the last time you've seen me make a post that anywhere resembles me calling for quieter bikes? I as recent as LAST WEEK made a post that is pretty much the exact opposite as what you just posted about me and sound.
Here is an excerpt of mine from this thread in response to Moto810's bagging on pipe builders and OEMs for not building quieter pipes and motorcycles.
the OEMs are working hard to get another 2db out of the exhausts to get it down to the coming FIM 112 level plus a variance of 1.9 decibels in 2019.
At the present time engine noise (mechanical whirring) and induction noise compete heavily with the exhaust note today at 114 dB. When the sound drops in 2019 to 112 dB this will only exacerbate the issue so the OEMs have their work cut out of them. I honestly don't see the OEMS being able to produce a race machine quieter than 112 dB so personally I don't see any merit in asking anyone how low can we go since we are there now. Others might have a different take but that's my 2 cents.
On the other side of sound equation is sound testing. Some professional sanctioning bodies take sound more seriously than others. Sound testing in amateur competition that last time I looked it isn't very prevalent and is why I cautioned you on getting too riled up bagging on pipe companies and the OEMs. No motivation for racers to buy quiet exhausts when so little sound testing is performed in the US outside of AMA SX.
In Europe it is night and day different since they suffer even more from land use issues so it is second nature for them to be in front of the sound issue.
I'd prefer not to watch today's pros battle it out on that old Unadilla track... the bikes now are far too advanced and the riders too skilled to make that exciting... IMO
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The riders with their suspension would blitz the shit out of that uphill in the video at :55 https://youtu.be/204N0adkXUk
Plus, it would literally be WFO... and they could huck the shit out of those (nowadays tiny bumps)
I like where MX is at currently.
Sx on the other hand, needs track improvements... and less cookie-cutters.... (That discussion thread will be started sometime in december though lol) it pops up every year
Half the reason riders are WFO these days are precisely because they harrow everything and groom the tracks to the riders liking. Naturally whooped out sections and irregular undulations like that are flattened to make way for a smoother, faster tracks that supposedly provide better racing. I highlighted that particular section because I dont think even modern bikes would breeze through them. Of course they're not going to be too problematic but I think you'll find they're bigger than they look at first glance on that video.
Other than big jumps and the occasional set of rollers what do modern tracks offer in the way of a technical challenge? They tend to be loamy, perfectly flat and very fast. I'm well aware of the importance of presentation for TV but I sometimes feel that beautification has taken priority over everything else.
I don't want to sound as though I'm whining, I'm happy enough with modern MX on the whole, but I do think it's become a bit too generic and standardised. I want to see the best riders in the world challenged and struggle a bit - which is probably why I like watching mud races and thought that little sharp, steep hill at Glen Helen this year was cool.
What's next? You going to tell me they are back tracking now to save face?
News @ 11: Water is wet.
It was Tuesday on Vital MX what do you expect? Seriously don't get all high and mighty considering the reception the truth/facts gets around here on a regular basis.
How Mickey Mouse is it that because of "rules" you can't build an outdoor SX for a one off race and call it a SX race?
Easy fix and one that isn't misleading: Why not call outdoor SX tracks FastCross and be done with it? it is obvious that a lot of people like outdoor tracks with SX obstacles. Maybe instead of fighting this uphill battle trying to keep MX motocross let's have a new discipline that appeals to the ever diminishing numbers of riders at the local level.
For the sake of future generations it would be good to have a name like FastCross that can be associated with the decline of our sport.
The yellow fencing looks like the trick nylon webbing Jerry Aschinger debuted at Winchester MX track in Winchester, Indiana back in 1974. Up until then wooden snow fencing was the order of the day so this nylon material was huge improvement.
As a fan of MX I don't think I have been "as turned on" (for lack of a better expression) watching RD5 and ET3 flowing over that incredibly difficult portion of the track since I was watching DeCoster work the famous off camber tree turn at Mammoth on a MXA/Pro Circuit Honda in the early 90s.
Why is it that no matter what the activity the people that are the best at their profession ALWAYS MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY?
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