Tracks Shut Down, Racing Quads, & More! | Ryan Villopoto on the SML Show

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  • @kochj0713
    @kochj0713 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    The AMA has never fought for any motorcycle tracks. They take your fees and do absolutely nothing with it. They literally just go around and pat each other on the back you need a different group to represent dirt bikes, motorcycles, and you also need a different group to benefit the communities because of the dirt bikes until you have that dirt bikes will always lose

  • @crfstaley
    @crfstaley หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Milestone, Comp Edge, Racetown, Zaca Station, Piru, AV Motoplex, State Fair, Lake Elsinore, LACR all gone in the last 5-6 years. So crazy that in socal we used to have close to 15 different tracks to choose from and now there are only 2 or 3. What a shame

    • @mojodirt33
      @mojodirt33 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      The only tracks still standing might be the ones on Native American land.

    • @miniwolverine6227
      @miniwolverine6227 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well that’s because you guys keep voting fascists into office such as Gavin Newsome. STOP IT!!

    • @keithtarrier4558
      @keithtarrier4558 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I am not even American, but SoCal was the heart of the US media... and it is so sad to see this.

    • @gmazz0913
      @gmazz0913 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Competition Park also

    • @chasebarcia7158
      @chasebarcia7158 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know what happened to the new one milestone was going to do?

  • @jessejames14
    @jessejames14 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I grew up in Southern California racing mostly Indian dunes, Muntz Cycle Park, Carlsbad raceway, Cycle back park And Glen Helen. Also at Anaheim in 1981 . I think the only MX track left open that I rode at in the 70’s and 80’s is Glen Helen. Pretty sad!

  • @brodysorensen3191
    @brodysorensen3191 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    For real best interview I’ve ever seen. Changed my mind on RV too

  • @Factoryphoto
    @Factoryphoto หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    ya buddy, I remember back around 2007 Villopoto came to my local track E st, it was freaking rad to watch him ride, got some cool photos of him with the river behind him. Dude is a warrior, he did so much in his pro career.

  • @torpedocyclonetom217
    @torpedocyclonetom217 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I had the exact opposite take on RV growing up. HATED Dungey, could never get enough of RV winning🙏🙏🙏

  • @MotoMatt418
    @MotoMatt418 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    It’s getting bad everywhere in all actuality. Increasing rules, regulations, lawsuits, inflation, and high real estate costs. Can’t forget some tracks getting bought out and becoming private training facilities that aren’t open to the public any longer. Depressing.

  • @teresastephens2642
    @teresastephens2642 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I met RV at Dino dayz and found he was very friendly. I always liked him and his intensity. He was all business when he was racing.

  • @Pompomgrenade
    @Pompomgrenade หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    It's fun to hear the progression of RV's involvement in the sport as now a Dad and, ambassador of Moto...🏁

  • @luckyseven6402
    @luckyseven6402 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    I live in phx and we have gone from 12 tracks in the phx area to 2 tracks. State isn't leading to motorsports any more and too many lawsuits from people getting injured and blaming the tracks for their lack of talent. It's BS!

    • @jonjones6041
      @jonjones6041 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Not to mention you can’t ride in the desert almost anywhere anymore

    • @HurricaneJesus69
      @HurricaneJesus69 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Unfortunately there are too many idiots out there with no insurance and willing to take zero responsibility for their own stupidity. Then once they get hurt instead of biting the bullet and paying their own bills, they sue! All these ambulance chasing lawyers are going to completely ruin our sport. 🤬

    • @CLamb385
      @CLamb385 หลายเดือนก่อน

      there was never that many tracks. lol but yes. no more thrasher land, grinding stone, or canyon.

    • @luckyseven6402
      @luckyseven6402 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@CLamb385 canyon, speedworld, ET, grinding stone, Eloy, motoland, thrasher, motogrande, air sarival, cottonwood, PMP, ACP. That's 12 right there big guy 🤣

    • @jaredromero9549
      @jaredromero9549 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HurricaneJesus69 it’s when you have insurance the track gets sued. Insurance company doesn’t want to pay the bill.

  • @motomatt6752
    @motomatt6752 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    So damm glad RV is in our sport and living a great life and semi retirement

  • @JosephTrombley
    @JosephTrombley หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    RV is one of my favorites. I always respected all riders because I lined up with riders who could make the gate but barely and they were so fast compared to me it would blow my mind how fast they were. Love anyone in the sport is what I am saying. I have moto mags from the 80's up till the 2000s and still love looking through them

  • @craighills2382
    @craighills2382 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Villo is actually the very first of the four stroke
    riders to come through as a champ

    • @realfastkx
      @realfastkx หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I remember when Ryan won the 125 intermediate class at the Monroe, WA Arenacross on a yz80

    • @craighills2382
      @craighills2382 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@realfastkx I only remember he had complete upbringing on pro Circuit 250 with Mitch ,sorry I remember a lunatic on a KX 80 ?85 ,I Don't remember his upbringing on a 125 .I stand to be corrected if so ,Thank you

    • @dkidwel
      @dkidwel หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Not following your comment correctly Doug Henry did it on the Yamaha

  • @justpricey4411
    @justpricey4411 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    RV is great to listen too! I could listen for hours...

  • @pags1981
    @pags1981 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lake Elsinore and LACR closed and only 4 tracks in California?! In Auckland NZ alone we have Ardmore, Harrisville, Flightpath MX and Dome Valle. 😮

  • @keithtarrier4558
    @keithtarrier4558 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "No personality, seems like a dick!" YEP!!! that is what he was at the time... I think because of pressure behind the scenes. Not his true self.
    RV should/could have doen 4/5 years more.. perhaps with a 6 month break to reset mentally, but keep training hard.
    The past 5 years especially we see the real RV.. drinking beers, riding off road on a WR450.. .kids... moto dad... chilling out at events and so. Seems like a great now, and probably the real RV we could/should have always had.
    Great interview Chase! You are getting much better at this too! Way to go!

  • @joeyg8172
    @joeyg8172 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    California has been destroyed by politics...

  • @tjroe5190
    @tjroe5190 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    RV was a beast on the bike

  • @fhartse
    @fhartse หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It’s stunning that the manufactures don’t take more of an interest in local tracks, nowhere to ride why buy a bike. Easier to ride in a simulator than the real thing anyway, maybe that’s where it’s headed. 😢

  • @davidlong6796
    @davidlong6796 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You know what isnt dead? The SoCal GP scene. Ridership is at all time highs because you get way more seat time for your money, and you arent there all damn day to run 10 laps.

  • @RobertJones-ix2hu
    @RobertJones-ix2hu หลายเดือนก่อน

    You guys need to rip a canam renegade, with full exhaust, thru the trails! 1000cc, v-twin, & 4WD! The sound echoing thru the woods & torque is pretty bada$$!

  • @CaptSaucy
    @CaptSaucy หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    the ironic part is not only has the sport driven away so many riders because of money.. they are now (tracks) are shutting down because of lack of money.... lmfao what a world we live in

  • @moto3463
    @moto3463 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    RV Legend

  • @DroppingMTB
    @DroppingMTB หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Come to the Kurt Caselli ride day on December 7 !

  • @SteveJohnsHB
    @SteveJohnsHB หลายเดือนก่อน

    RV is the Rick Flair of the Moto Industry. Wooooo!!!

  • @kevingoodrich3050
    @kevingoodrich3050 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Come on down to UTV Takeover in June at Coos Bay. I would be happy to show you the sxs's on the dunes.

  • @brennan5220
    @brennan5220 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love seeing RV with Yamaha!!

  • @joelhayes4085
    @joelhayes4085 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ryan was better than he gets credit for.

  • @zackgibson619
    @zackgibson619 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A track in Texas is shutting down for the time because of a lawsuit.

  • @Neopaintballofficial
    @Neopaintballofficial หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    That was Dungy. He never had a personality on the podium. He was always very bland. Villopoto would speak his mind and rode the bike like Deegan.

    • @someoneyouknow96
      @someoneyouknow96 หลายเดือนก่อน

      RV was boring as fuck on the podium. You could tell he hated the mic and the grind 9f the sport.
      The whole state isn't green and rainy. Fuck the west side of the state. It's garbage.

  • @AndrewYarrington
    @AndrewYarrington หลายเดือนก่อน

    Greys harbor needs your help RV we need more places to ride in WA , you should make a little comeback and race a few outdoor nationals this summer I’ll bet you could get Galway in shape and finish top ten

    • @AndrewYarrington
      @AndrewYarrington หลายเดือนก่อน

      Halfway in shape , just a little mention my son and I used to park next to your dad and Tyler the few times I seen your brother ride he was very fast riding a #51 pc bike , your dad was a very cool guy I’m glad I got to meet him and your brother

  • @jeffersonjenkins4969
    @jeffersonjenkins4969 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Broc Glover was also a Yamaha guy through-&-through, much like Wardy, Villo & Adam C were Kawi guys all the way up & through 🤙

    • @greg042
      @greg042 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Broc went to Europe on a KTM in1989 and switched to Roxy race gear.

  • @jarrett4510
    @jarrett4510 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Post these on the podcast apps again👍🏻

  • @Pompomgrenade
    @Pompomgrenade หลายเดือนก่อน

    That Fasthouse🦅 t-shirt is badass

  • @johnkendall7186
    @johnkendall7186 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Coming to Florida

  • @CKYmoto
    @CKYmoto หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is he not part owner of canvas anymore?

  • @craighills2382
    @craighills2382 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Why isnt a one dollar put on every event ticket to go to A SAM Save American Motocross.Not to Coombes family
    No offence No Nastiness, Non of them care.You Guys Know it
    It could easily be an organisisation run By Ex Motor Guys
    Properly done. Not one track another 10 tracks accross the county.All the money AMA ? I will leave it at that ,Not for factory
    teams to help ,for the people who profit.The sport need tracks
    The factories need to sell bikes
    Formula One racing
    Our loved sport should be there by now 100%
    Jeremy got it big by himself ,where were the money takers ??
    Since 1986 onwards It has had the legs to get there
    But no help by the governing money takers.

    • @MotoMemeMedia
      @MotoMemeMedia หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This! More people need to realize this!!!

  • @yodavizion
    @yodavizion หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey guys .. my name is Yoda and … I choose OGIO😂

  • @jeremysmith7898
    @jeremysmith7898 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Texas is losing tracks just as bad

  • @raptor149
    @raptor149 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is why our sport is dying. It’s unbelievable to hear how ignorant a dirtbike champ like Villo is to sport quads. I have ridden both bikes and quads my whole life and followed all their major championships and pros in the 2 and 4 wheel worlds as I just understood they were the only machines that truly shared the same parts and tracks. Too many bike riders are oblivious or intentionally hateful of quads even though we are customers of all the same companies and venues. If only the bike side of our world understood this and helped quads grow as much as bikes, the entire sport would be thriving instead of struggling with brands like KTM on the verge of bankruptcy and tracks being shut down or going out of business.

  • @insanetaco98
    @insanetaco98 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im surprised dude knows all our norcal tracks

    • @timreilly5798
      @timreilly5798 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hope our NorCal tracks don’t start closing.

    • @insanetaco98
      @insanetaco98 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @timreilly5798 wouldn't change much for me since my side of moto has been banned from most of em for the last 20 years cause dudes are crying about their ruts or it being dangerous to have us out there lol

  • @jimmysmyth7510
    @jimmysmyth7510 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Instead of paying millions of dollars to pro racers who dont grow the sport at all. Do like yamaha and send the bikes on tour of local track maybe with a pro racer. Go to 28 tracks one for each supercross and motocross. A day to ride and new bike chat with a pro and watch racing. That would pull a big gate fee for the local tracks and also help sell bikes better than paying Adam Cincurilo 3 million to not race and then talk about being depressed

  • @tonymurphy5995
    @tonymurphy5995 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bring back grays harbor!!

    • @billryan8721
      @billryan8721 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sounds like GH County will be taking over the camping and adding lots more... and possibly a sewer dump. The track most likely will be leased out. They are busy fulfilling RCO grant requirements. 2 of the 3 County Commissioners are new as of Nov. so hopefully they are in full support.

  • @INSIDELINE65
    @INSIDELINE65 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is it just me, but doesn't it seem like Ryan Villopoto's career went fast?...it's seems like he was in and out in a blink of an eye.

  • @waynehearst317
    @waynehearst317 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love RV as a racer, but sorry....living, racing and riding here in So.CAL he's just wrong about the dirt. We may only have like 4 tracks left, but thankfully they're all actually VERY different dirt and styles. For him to say "it's the same dirt" is just naive and kind of a dick head thing to say. Perris "God dirt", sticky, holds water, the best dirt in So.CAL. Cahuilla used to be loamy and awesome, not it's more packed in and kinda like Fox...but the layout is way different. Glen Helen is nothing like the rest...so much sand and ruts, awesome. Barona Oaks is yet a different animal.

  • @brandonfoley8070
    @brandonfoley8070 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I wonder why more ex-pro riders don't open up riding facilities

    • @enochwatchers6623
      @enochwatchers6623 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Way too much work!

    • @kurtheidelbach
      @kurtheidelbach หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Because there isn’t any money in it and brings nothing but risk to them. They are smart enough to invest in profitable things.

    • @brandonfoley8070
      @brandonfoley8070 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kurtheidelbach Yeah, most track owners don't seem to make much money unless they are holding nationals

  • @davidtcgroupr
    @davidtcgroupr หลายเดือนก่อน

    I choose Pikachu

  • @donnieburger3721
    @donnieburger3721 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    call immigration and have the lawrence family visa revoked over intimidation, unfair business practices on a US citizen

    • @smokinjoeb3926
      @smokinjoeb3926 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Give it a rest you guys with this bs are starting to sound like real fools.

    • @aus-rider
      @aus-rider หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Seeing your a business pers9n, could you please explain exactly what your talking about, that way we can set you straight 😂

    • @kurtheidelbach
      @kurtheidelbach หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’re a complete idiot. Unfortunately the sport has uneducated people like you in it.

    • @lauriehodgson4471
      @lauriehodgson4471 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What's that got to do with
      Ryan's interview 😂

  • @johnnyskied
    @johnnyskied หลายเดือนก่อน

    Unfortunately, I don't think motocross will be a thing in 30 years.