GeorgiePorgie
PR Founding Father
Oh right. Sorry. Here goes :
So it is schoolboy for kids who did not make it to LL on the 50, 65, 85 and superminis in the 30 classes for them, so now the parents complain saying it is for the "transition" to the big bikes and my kid needs a class all to them self
Yeap, 250 C 12 -17 would look better on the trophy and cost MX Sports less since they are not paying for all that ink.
But it is ok because "everyone else is doing it". Or. "Those are the rules and I am just following them"
No. It's not OK. John, your son is not a C rider and you know it. Therefore YOU are supporting and have been lobbying for another sandbag class
Fast forward A few years and then we will be hearing about a Schoolboy D class that needs to be created so the new guys have a chance to make it to LL
Where does it end?
Georgie, cue the "everyone gets a championship" thingy.
Only difference in schoolboy 1 is you can run a supermini. There's no restriction on mods for either class other than bore/wheel size.so the schoolboy 1 and the 125 B/C class are the same class ( youth classes with the same age no restictions)?
the 125 C class (not the 250 C jr) is a kid/adult class with no upper age limit and nobody that has made it to LL before all 125cc bikes?
Are all 3 classes just a bore /stroke class ( good to run pipe, reeds, port work and all that good stuff)
I have not been keeping up on the LL stuff sense we left 85s they had all the different classes with different rules.
We run the 125 class in the OMA
Thanks
so the schoolboy 1 and the 125 B/C class are the same class ( youth classes with the same age no restictions)?
the 125 C class (not the 250 C jr) is a kid/adult class with no upper age limit and nobody that has made it to LL before all 125cc bikes?
Are all 3 classes just a bore /stroke class ( good to run pipe, reeds, port work and all that good stuff)
I have not been keeping up on the LL stuff sense we left 85s they had all the different classes with different rules.
We run the 125 class in the OMA
Thanks
I totally understand your point. Personally I would be ok if MX Sports did not have a C class at Loretta's. Is my son a C class rider if you consider the C class a true beginner class.....no. But in todays motocross world that is the exact class he belongs in. He is 13 (so he can not race a 250F), under powered in the class, came off 85's 3 years early because of size (mentally he is a 13 year old, not16). So where does a kid like that go? The kids he is racing against, most have 3 more years experience on 85s and superminis, etc.
So playing by todays rules, like it or not, I am placing him in the class where he should go. The schoolboy class at many races has some of the fastest kids at the track in that class.
For example I signed him up in the 125 class at Daytona. It is a 12+ class. Do they need this class and schoolboy 1? probably not. OMA has one schoolboy class that allows 250Fs. My opinion, schoolboy should be a 125 class, no 250Fs. Promote these kids coming off 85s onto 125s for a season or two before getting them onto 250Fs.
I get it. But we will see how you feel about it when Gunner is 12 and might have to jump off 85s early into big bikes. Like I said, until the rules change, and you look at who is running the class, skill set, age, etc....he is where he should be for now.