Spies to race AMA enduro on a KTM 2018
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kelsodeez
2wheels good 4wheels bad
i just came here to post this. da fuq is he thinking? like enduro is safer than road racing? man, way to get everyone's hopes up at a MotoAmerica return
http://www.motoamerica.com/ben-spies-to-go-off-road-racing-in-2018
http://www.motoamerica.com/ben-spies-to-go-off-road-racing-in-2018
kevin 714
Well-known member
in a recent intervioew he said he expected the same $$ as when he raced in usa before. I knew it was over after that.
squidworth
Well-known member
Maybe he should leave negotiations to his mom. Though most in the AMA paddock have strong opinions about her, she got shit done.
Ducky_Fresh
Treasure Hunter
kind of makes you wonder what his goals are then? Why doesn't he just go race local club races?
Sounds like he just wants to DO something. Doesn't seem to care what, though doesnt want to bleed his own bank accounts dry. I mean, dirt racing is cheap! 1HP ain't going to make any difference in that series. You buy a nice RV, a few dirtbikes and spares, and go racing.
This sounds exactly like what my wife and I have discussed when I retire: Buy an RV and drive around and see the nation, but replace the racing with Golf?
Sounds like he just wants to DO something. Doesn't seem to care what, though doesnt want to bleed his own bank accounts dry. I mean, dirt racing is cheap! 1HP ain't going to make any difference in that series. You buy a nice RV, a few dirtbikes and spares, and go racing.
This sounds exactly like what my wife and I have discussed when I retire: Buy an RV and drive around and see the nation, but replace the racing with Golf?
Damn I watched Yvon Duhamel and later Miguel. I might be getting old. :afm199
rsrider
47% parasite 53% ahole
wut do u mean getting?
thedub
Octane Socks
Literally no one, since he's not racing MX.
stangmx13
not Stan
but hes not racing MX, hes racing Enduro. i doubt Enduro makes it on TV. quick searches came up w/ nothing. their website is meh and makes no mention of TV. http://www.nationalenduro.com
they post highlight vids on YT though. kinda cool, somewhat repetitive. looks like its just 1 or 2 guys w/ cameras.
youtu.be/4ESG4T9CU5U
ratlab
Well-known member
i read that also:wow
FXCLM5
bombaclaud
yea i was just combining both mx with enduro lol, tbh i didnt even know they hardly broadcast enduros, i saw so much mx stuff on tv growing up - more so then nasty car and other stuff - i coulda swore ive seen longer trail riding on tv and not always circuit mx.....
mind you i have not had tv since like 1999
plaid
Well-known member
never a dull thread at barf.
max entertainment fasho.
i can understand Spies' motivation;
riding in the woods is solid fun.
dope photo with article.
author of the article is the son of (freakin') Kel Carruthers
from CW article :
CW: How has being a moto-journalist changed in 30 years?
PC: Part of journalism has lost its soul because of the Internet. I call it churn-alism. You get a press release and many Internet sites don’t even change it, or investigate it; they just post it, churn it out. I told my staff, “Look, unless they go into the press-release section of the website, they need to be edited, changed, you need to call who sent it and learn more. Don’t just regurgitate it.”
Gone are the days when you learned something, you’d call someone, you’d get a scoop. Now it’s, “Oh no, we can’t talk about it. The press release will be out later today.” So the initiative to work harder than the other guy has been sucked out of it.
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