The Rise and Fall of MX in America
Updated: Apr 19
In the 1970's Motocross was thriving.
The sport of motocross
became wildly popular
in USA in the 1970's and
became a mainstream
sport, it was more common in the 70's
for a young boy to have tried
than not to have tried riding a dirt bike.
manufacturers where selling
as many as 1 million dirt bikes
per year by the late 1970's.
The dirt bikes at that
time where affordable, easy
to ride, and the sport wasn't as
dangerous or considered to be as
extreme back then.
But the sport hasn't aged well.
As it evolved and got refined the speeds got faster and the bikes became capable of more, so the jumps got bigger and bigger and
the horse power slowly went up.
However even with more horsepower they became easier to ride, which you would think is a good thing but being fast and easy to go fast on isn't great in a sport where people crash a lot.
(And the ground hasnt gotten softer!)
I am working on a passion project that is about ways to help grow the sport of motocross, please join me at Mx-collaborations.com
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