1. How old are the riders in town?
A: The riders in town range from the ages of 8 to 19
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A: The races are held all over the northeast. Some of the tracks are Central Cycle Club in Central Village Connecticut, MX338 in Southick, Massachusettes; Capeway Rovers in Middleboro, Massachusetts; Jolly Rogers in East Lempster, New Hampshire; Hemond's Moto-X in Minot, Maine; and Bull Run in Greene, Maine.
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3. What are the skill levels of the riders in town?
A: The riders in town range from Novices all the way up to expert and pro/am. We race in the classes 125 Youth C, 125 Novice, Open Novice, 200+ Novice, 125 Amateur, Open Amateur, 200+ Amateur, 250 pro/am, and 4-stroke Expert
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4. What do you do to keep in shape for the season?
A: Normally, to stay in shape for the next season, we will eather play a sport for our school, work out at the Y, ride a lot, or a combination of those three. They all can really help you get into shape for the motocross season.
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5. What do you do to improve your skills?
A: There are a lot of thing that you can do to improve you skills. What all of us riders in town do is every year we drive to Southwick and watch the National's there. We study the professional riders tecnique and every move they make on the track. Another option that we have, and do, is that we all ride together at the track we built. So then we have the better riders out riding on the track with the not so fast riders and it pushes you to make you go faster and you will therefore improve your skills.
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6. What organization do you race with?
A: The dirt bikers primarily race with NESC but in the 2005 season we are looking to race a few other organizations like NEMA or NEMX. The quad riders in town all race the only place they can which is with NEATV.
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7. What do sponsors do for you in motocross?
A: In motocross sponsors are a huge help. They provide you with discounts on part and gear which are both very expensive otherwise. As long as you display their name on your bike and you, as well as keep racing to the best opf you ability you will probably keep the sponsors you get.
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A: The way to get sponsors is to first start to get good finishes (not last place). Then you can send them a letter or what a lot of us did for the 2005 season is join Sponsor House. When you are looking to get sponsors it is a good idea to send results and maybe a few pictures of yourself. One big thing to remeber is that it is all about presentation. Dont seem to cocky in your letter and make sure you have good grammer.
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9. What are the bikes that people in town ride?
A: A list of the bikes in town are (quads) 2 400EX's and a 2004 YFZ450. The dirtbikes are 2 2004YZ250F's, a 2004 CRF250, 2003 KXF250, 2003 KX125, 2000 CR125, and a 1996 YZ250.
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10. How much does gas cost for these bikes?
A: It depends on the fuel you run in your bike. we run a mixture of leaded and unleaded fuel. We run VP C-12 that cost about $7.50/gallon, VP U-4 which runs $12.50/gallon, and we run premium pump gass which is now about $2.09/gallon.
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