I grew out of those a long time ago.....
Motorcycle Racing Doomed on TV
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I grew out of those a long time ago.....
Absolutely, just interesting that there's so many sport bike riders that aren't interested in what/where/why their bikes are developed. I think that riding at a track you would have the slightest bit of interest of racing no?
-Maverick-
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MTO Test should have a MotoGP question 
and a weekly meet up. done. advertise the ***** out of it.
timbits and iced caps. Gixxers everywhere! EVERYwhere!
But posers are too cheap, so they won't buy anything and eventually get banned from the track
Riding and not knowing anything about racing to me is the same as playing soccer and not knowing who Messi is, or never have watched a Barcelona vs Real Madrid game, or never have gone to the BMO field to see TFC lose at the 90 min, just isn't right.
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I hear what you're saying.
Sometimes, people need to get exposed to the sport, one way or another.
Maybe work with local sponsors? i.e. For every customer who spends over $100 at shop/dealer [xyz] they give you a pair of tickets to the next racing weekend at Mosport, or whatever.
Once people get out there and have a look, they have a much greater chance of coming back than never having gone.
Sometimes, people need to get exposed to the sport, one way or another.
Maybe work with local sponsors? i.e. For every customer who spends over $100 at shop/dealer [xyz] they give you a pair of tickets to the next racing weekend at Mosport, or whatever.
Once people get out there and have a look, they have a much greater chance of coming back than never having gone.
Hmm...it's another form of transport...a fun one. Most riders worldwide don't give a **** about racing. You might as well say ,real riders know about the Motorcycle Diaries, or real riders know all about Che Guevara's love of motorcycles, or real riders have all read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Racing is a niche sport, sad (for you) but true and entirely non obligatory for enjoying riding bikes.
When I was 16...before you were born actually...also before Fast and Furious films. Your point? Relatively speaking it is bigger elsewhere than here...still the majority of riders in those countries couldn't give a **** about it. So hard to understand that? Even the Oxford/Cambridge boat race gets more TV time than racing in the UK and that only happens once a year. Horse racing gets more TV time there. Tennis etc etc etc. The UK has more riders there than here...are you telling me that unless they are interested in racing they aren't real riders? The same happens in France too, the rest of Europe too.
I get you enjoy the sport along with the minority but your other points are demonstrably spurious and irrelevant.
atss2006
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Total lack of advertising is one of the CSBK's issues. No one ever knows anything is going on, unless they're involved in the scene. BMW does a great weekend at Mosport (CTMP?). Other than that you never hear anything about it. Locations being in remote area's don't help either.
Bit of shame you feel like that as a day riding at a track day would improve your street riding immensely.
none of what you have said is really relevant, Che Guevara had nothing to do with motorcycles except or the trip he took. motorcycle diaries was just a movie ( a boring one) I have never watched bend it like Beckham but i support TFC by being a season ticket holder.
I don't think if you ride you should know EVERYTHING about motorcycles, but you should at least come out and support your local/national racers once in a while. There are different types of Riders, some enjoy the sport, go out for rides and read and participate on events, others go out for ice cream and cakes and don't have a clue of what is happening.
Either way is fine, to each its own
If it did then you'd get insurance breaks for taking track courses....but you don't...again, in the UK the only courses that give breaks for insurance are those that teach street skills (racing not required, I guess they realised that racing lines on streets don't always work out well), and in a strange twist they are usually given by police riders (not always racers). That's besides the point though, you can still do a track day and not give a hoot about racing and this thread is testament to that fact. As I've pointed out before, I wouldn't mind going round a track, just a couple of times though, I'd get bored of the same thing over and over again and I'd rather spend that cash elsewhere, but the novelty of no traffic and no crap on the road would be good.
All I'm trying to say is that racing is a niche sport, it's good that there's a fervent following but it's still from a minority of people even those that own bikes.
I don't get that I should go and support someone who partakes in a sport I have zero interest in? That's as relevant as any of my comments.
What does fast and furious have to do with anything? I asked when you started riding not to hurt your bum but because I've grown up with bikes so I was curious if it was a new hobby for you and maybe that was why your so defensive of people being so ignorant to racing. I get it you don't like it and enjoy riding new places and seeing new things, I like advancing my skill and learning new ones.
So lets say a kid plays soccer his whole life, is it not more likely he's going to watch soccer or know somthing about it? Or lets say an adult that golfs, he isn't going to know anything about golf? I was curious as to how someone who rides on the track couldn't know who one of the top AMA riders are. Nothing to do with how popular it is to the general public or someone who doesn't care about riding on the track.
My sister raced bikes on a national women's team for a bit and my cousin was a top tier trials rider and my family is half Manx. I'd seen plenty of bikes growing up and got one as soon as I was legally able to. I'm just trying to say that the argument that if you ride you should be into racing doesn't hold water. I had a lot more interest in trying to find objects to make sturdy ramps out of than I did trying to go fast when I had my first bike.
People get into bikes for many different reasons.
You might bemoan the lack of interest in motorcycle racing the same way I bemoan the lack of interest in rugby league over here, the only thing that I can be thankful for is the popularity of competitive cheerleading.
People get into bikes for many different reasons.
You might bemoan the lack of interest in motorcycle racing the same way I bemoan the lack of interest in rugby league over here, the only thing that I can be thankful for is the popularity of competitive cheerleading.
Union is where it's at, League is just a lot of running around.
and yes, God Bless the Cheerleading competitions.
