The Cost of Motocross

There is only one way to put it, the cost of motocross is unreal. It is not rare to see a family go in debt thousands of dollars and loose everything they own because of motocross. Dirt bikes can cost nearly 10 thousand dollars and that is just getting started. There are many costs associated with motocross including fuel getting to the track, hotels to say at, riding fee's and much more.

To be competitive in the sport of motocross you have to have more than one bike. You need at least one practice bike and a race bike. The practice bike is often warn out and barley running while the race bike is kept for big races. Many family's also purchase motor homes to get to the track and stay at. I would say the average motor home at the track is around 50 thousand dollars. With one motor home and two dirt bikes you are nearly at 70 thousand dollars.

After you have dirt bikes and a motor home comes all the other fee's. You have to pay 30 dollars every day to ride. You can spend up to 100 dollars a day in race fuel. You also have to pay a small fee to get in and etc. You also have to maintain your dirt bikes which is very costly. Spending thousands a month to replace the clutches, pistons and parts that you ruin when you crash. It is not a cheap sport to say the least!

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Motocross Road Trips

When you race motocross, traveling is all you will feel like you do. I race professional motocross and have traveled to 30 states in the last few years alone. I have also traveled to Canada a few times. It is really cool to get out and see the world and the beauty it has to offer. 

It is not all fun and games though. Traveling can take a toll on your body and mind as you drive thousands of miles through the night to get to a race. There are countless times I got off work on Friday and left for Georgia or other states and had to drive through the night because the races start at 7 am the next day. You need to give your body the time it needs to rest so that you are fully prepared to race the next day, as its the most physically demanding sport in the world.

It is also not very easy on the wallet. When gas prices were above 4 dollars a gallon especially. Traveling has it's up's an down's but it is fun at the end of the day. I have seen and been to so many places and seen so many cool places in the United States. From Niagara Falls to the biggest mall in the world.

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Motocross, The Most Physically Demanding Sport In The World

Many people think that motocross is one of the easiest sports in the world. Half of them don't even consider it a sport. For the longest time in the world, soccer was rated the most physically demanding sport just until a year ago when motocross passed it up. People who have never rode dirt bikes think all you do is sit on it and turn the gas.

Motocross is the most heart wrenching, adrenaline flowing body crushing sport in the world. Your heart rate stay's between 170-200 beats per minute for up to a time of 35-40 minutes constant. In hockey, football, soccer any other sport you go out for shifts, you have whistles and breaks. Motocross is a non stop sport for 40 minutes using every single muscle in your body.

It takes every muscle in your body to do this. There is no other sport or training that you can do to recreate what it takes to ride motocross for 40 minutes. There are workout and training devices that can help but nothing compares to racing. The demand your body goes through from riding is like no other sport, and you will not be walking the next day. You physically push your body to the limits as one of my good buddies did in a race and fried the organs inside his body and had a heat stroke and passed away.

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Motocross or UFC?

Motocross racing can be an aggressive sport. It gets your blood rushing, adrenaline flowing which makes you not always use your common sense. Many riders have taken other riders out causing the frustration to cause fights on the track. This past weekend, a racer took out another racer causing both of them to crash causing a UFC fight match in the middle of the track!

Was it the right thing to do? That is your call. How much crap do you take before you fight back and try and do something about it? It is hard to find that fine line and as a professional athlete you have to be on your best behavior for the fans. However, it drew more publicity to the sport than it has had in a very long time which a good thing. It is also very dangerous sport so causing someone to crash could end their career potentially so are you going to just let someone do that to you? I love the sport and think that the more contact the better but the officials don’t agree.

I think there is nothing better to watch than two motocrossers going at it in the middle of the track! I have personally had a couple instances of this happening and know how short tempered you get when someone is trying to hurt you. Fans love it though!

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