Kymco Seeks Big Time Exposure

[DisillusionedPrepper]

Look back at any/all of motor sports.
It used to be you would beg, borrow, steal anything that had an engine on it. You could meet up with a half dozen like minded people, and race.
The original flat trackers were nothing more than the cheapest, most beat down bikes available.
Same for Moto cross, NASCAR, drag racing...

Fellas with junk, and guts (lack of brain power?) started all the motor sports that the factories dominate today.
Even at the most grass root of arenas it is ALWAYS the guy with the most money that wins. ALWAYS!

Now, why Kymco chose flat tracking as their venue is anyones guess. It's perhaps the smallest of venues in the US, and kymco has nothing to offer in that venue.
Sure they have the UTV but there is another example of my point from above. If you can afford a 10k UTV to haul your fat, lazy ass to the podium or haul your Gatorade from the SUV to the pit... Oh hell, here I go again!

Go get 'em Kymco! How about some scooter super cross? One crash, and the place looks like the town dump.

[kz1000st]

Originally Posted by DisillusionedPrepper

Look back at any/all of motor sports.
It used to be you would beg, borrow, steal anything that had an engine on it. You could meet up with a half dozen like minded people, and race.
The original flat trackers were nothing more than the cheapest, most beat down bikes available.

Flat Track racing has enjoyed a rebirth in the pats few years on the back of just one engine. The Kawasaki 650 fell into the hands of Privateers and Harley Davidson started to get their butts whipped. The Howerton team that won this year with Bryan Smith is not associated with the factory but beat the Harley/Vance and Hines Factory bikes at their own game.

Sadly Indian has entered that sport by buying the three best riders and the winning team. Even still privateers can buy Indians and have taken races in the past from the factories. I'm hoping that the few good riders left on Kawasakis will stir things up. One brand racing stinks. Flat Track suffered through it for forty years.