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<blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 117901" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>Bold New Graphics?</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thumb.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" /> This sport is a lot more mental than some people realize.</p><p></p><p>I find the moto community to be one of the closet knit and friendly ones out there. Whenever something happens everyone pitches in to help out. I've lost track of the times I've given other guys spare parts/bolts at the track. With that said I've also had to "borrow" stuff from others.</p><p>/short story</p><p>A buddy was wearing my GoPro a couple months ago during a race and when I watched it I was impressed by something he'd done. Due to the number of riders the track officials put the 250B and 250A in the same moto, which meant that the B guys had to do an extra lap (he's a B rider). So towards the end of the moto he's battling with another rider as they cross the finish line. The other guy starts pulling off as he thinks the race is over, which it actually wasn't. He could've let him leave the track and take that extra position, instead he slowed down and started yelling at him that there's one more lap. That's good sportsmanship. <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/hail.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hail:" title="Hail :hail:" data-shortname=":hail:" /> The crazy thing is that the other guy came back and passed him again. <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></p><p></p><p>Scary isn't the right word for it. Wait until you have a mortgage/rent payment and a family to support, you'll look at it a little different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James, post: 117901, member: 2"] Bold New Graphics? :thumb: This sport is a lot more mental than some people realize. I find the moto community to be one of the closet knit and friendly ones out there. Whenever something happens everyone pitches in to help out. I've lost track of the times I've given other guys spare parts/bolts at the track. With that said I've also had to "borrow" stuff from others. /short story A buddy was wearing my GoPro a couple months ago during a race and when I watched it I was impressed by something he'd done. Due to the number of riders the track officials put the 250B and 250A in the same moto, which meant that the B guys had to do an extra lap (he's a B rider). So towards the end of the moto he's battling with another rider as they cross the finish line. The other guy starts pulling off as he thinks the race is over, which it actually wasn't. He could've let him leave the track and take that extra position, instead he slowed down and started yelling at him that there's one more lap. That's good sportsmanship. :hail: The crazy thing is that the other guy came back and passed him again. :lol: Scary isn't the right word for it. Wait until you have a mortgage/rent payment and a family to support, you'll look at it a little different. [/QUOTE]
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