In order for some people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. Its not true for all peopel though. Motocross is a way of life for most people that do it. The thrill of racing against someone so close that you could tap them on their opposite shoulder, 10 feet in the air, is what i and all the motocross racers live for. For those uninformed of what motocross is, I will explain. Motocross is competition dirt bike racing which takes place on either large outdoor tracks mainly. There are many obstacles such as jumps that can be as long as 100 feet, to closely packed rollers, called whoops that can be knee deep in depth. Along with manmade obstacles, after a full day of racing the track will form deep ruts due to the tire tracks, and large braking bumps that can very easily throw an inexperienced rider over the bars. All of this is can be competed by as any as 40 riders at a time, which can make for very exciting racing. My cr250, 2 stroke is basically, or was made for motorcross.
There is a large consent from non motocross racers that it can not be considered a sport because of the fact that you are on a machine, and that it is not a physically demanding sport because you are only twisting a throttle. However, if you have ever competed in a race, or even rode a bike you would know. Some Recent studies from magazines ive been reading have shown that motocross is the second most physically demanding sport…in the world, trailing soccer for the number one spot. You are on a very powerful dirt bike lined up on a gate with 40 other riders all of which will start at the same time, and race into the same corner all battling for position. If you make it through the first turn, then you have the rest of the track to race a 20 minute moto on. You will be riding through crater sized holes, ruts, and rocks the size of volleyballs all at the 50 mph plus speed. After one lap, a beginning rider may become so tired they have to pull over. Throughout the course of the race, your arms become so swollen, a condition called arm pump it sucks. You lose hand control and you struggle to hold onto the bike. Now imagine not being able to hold onto the handlebars of your machine, flying 80 feet through the air, with people inches away from you on both sides. By the end of the race you are so physically exhausted that you can barely hold on after five laps of racing all out on an almost mile long track, that you are relieved to pull of the track. Now do that one or two more times in the same day. If that isn’t physically demanding, then I don’t know what physically demanding is. I ride on motorcross tracke, and ive raced quads.
The thrill of riding is the reason riders come back week after week. Everything important that you worried about earlier in the day, becomes obsolete the moment you start your bike on the line in anticipation of so much as a quiver from the starting gate. It’s also the reason we spend countless dollars just to have your bike competition ready week in and week out. The price however, is why most riders will never accomplish their dream of becoming pro and winning a world champion. And it is very expensive, which is why only a select few will ever be successful in the sport. People may say that it’s a waste of money, but those people will never understand why we do it. Racers are a different breed of people. We have to be the best, at everything that we do. Everyone in the pits on a race day are all there for one thing and one thing only, to win. If we don’t win, then the day was a waste but we will always be there next weekend, to do it all over again in hopes of getting what we came for.
There is a large consent from non motocross racers that it can not be considered a sport because of the fact that you are on a machine, and that it is not a physically demanding sport because you are only twisting a throttle. However, if you have ever competed in a race, or even rode a bike you would know. Some Recent studies from magazines ive been reading have shown that motocross is the second most physically demanding sport…in the world, trailing soccer for the number one spot. You are on a very powerful dirt bike lined up on a gate with 40 other riders all of which will start at the same time, and race into the same corner all battling for position. If you make it through the first turn, then you have the rest of the track to race a 20 minute moto on. You will be riding through crater sized holes, ruts, and rocks the size of volleyballs all at the 50 mph plus speed. After one lap, a beginning rider may become so tired they have to pull over. Throughout the course of the race, your arms become so swollen, a condition called arm pump it sucks. You lose hand control and you struggle to hold onto the bike. Now imagine not being able to hold onto the handlebars of your machine, flying 80 feet through the air, with people inches away from you on both sides. By the end of the race you are so physically exhausted that you can barely hold on after five laps of racing all out on an almost mile long track, that you are relieved to pull of the track. Now do that one or two more times in the same day. If that isn’t physically demanding, then I don’t know what physically demanding is. I ride on motorcross tracke, and ive raced quads.
The thrill of riding is the reason riders come back week after week. Everything important that you worried about earlier in the day, becomes obsolete the moment you start your bike on the line in anticipation of so much as a quiver from the starting gate. It’s also the reason we spend countless dollars just to have your bike competition ready week in and week out. The price however, is why most riders will never accomplish their dream of becoming pro and winning a world champion. And it is very expensive, which is why only a select few will ever be successful in the sport. People may say that it’s a waste of money, but those people will never understand why we do it. Racers are a different breed of people. We have to be the best, at everything that we do. Everyone in the pits on a race day are all there for one thing and one thing only, to win. If we don’t win, then the day was a waste but we will always be there next weekend, to do it all over again in hopes of getting what we came for.
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