Sub Forum Category for Motocross?

NorthernHorse

Since there are so many here that shoot MX, could there be a sub forum for MX? Just a thought!

nw scout

Good idea.

Maybe motorcycle racing not just MX though.
Lots of good moto GP and super bike stuff here too.

squiddy

I thought someone brought that up before and then people started talking about each sport having it's own sub category ??

IMO Auto/Motor Sports should be sub from Sports in general

DoctorIt

What would you gain by having your own subforum?


Forum bloat is a problem on many other sites, and we've tried our very best NOT to let that happen to Dgrin. But as always, we're listening.

Matt336

I feel that a subforum that was just called "motorsports" would be efficient. I know NikonCafe does it that way and it's nice to have them separated.

tdinardo

-1 on a separate forum\sub-forums.

Sports shift throughout the year. Right now it's MX because there is a bunch of racing going on. No reason to separate things out. It's not like this forum has so much traffic that it's impossible to keep up with.... Further, by keeping everything together, you are more likely to be exposed to things you may not normally see. If you're not into motocross, you probably would never go look at the forum and as a result, you'd never see some of the cool work that folks are posting. If you totally hate motocross, you don't have to click the link on the posts; no harm, no foul....

squiddy

I posted about a BMX event i shot this weekend and withina few hours it was on the 2nd page with 1 comment.

Several of threads that pushed it back to page 2 were motor/auto sports. That's the only advantage i can see.

To play devil's advocate.. there are also a crap-ton of baseball threads too.

maybe it should be sports seasons instead of categories if there is to be any separation?

j-bo

squiddy wrote:

I posted about a BMX event i shot this weekend and withina few hours it was on the 2nd page with 1 comment.

Several of threads that pushed it back to page 2 were motor/auto sports. That's the only advantage i can see.

To play devil's advocate.. there are also a crap-ton of baseball threads too.

maybe it should be sports seasons instead of categories if there is to be any separation?

We all know why it got pushed back too. The "need" of someone to post "nice shot" to outdated threads!

I don't see that there is a "need" for a motorsports sub-forum IMO.

Sorry to say, but Dgrin doesn't get a lot of posts in any sports to garner their own subforum.

NorthernHorse

squiddy wrote:

I thought someone brought that up before and then people started talking about each sport having it's own sub category ??

IMO Auto/Motor Sports should be sub from Sports in general

Better idea...I like it.

amadeus

nw scout wrote:

Good idea.

Maybe motorcycle racing not just MX though.
Lots of good moto GP and super bike stuff here too.

if it isn't motocross it isn't motorcycle racing its play riding.

2whlrcr

amadeus wrote:

if it isn't motocross it isn't motorcycle racing its play riding.

Really?

Roadracing, Drag Racing, Hill Climb, Hare Scrambles, Enduro, EnduroCross, SuperMoto, Trials? I'm sure all of these competitors would be thrilled that you think they are just "play riding".

amadeus

enduro? you mean where they slow down because they're going to fast and are ahead of schedule?

yeah thats racing, just like knitting and...

just having a little fun my friend. Trials riders make all of them combined look silly, I'm just partial to MX and particularly the starts. talk about men from the boys. they're all good and they all have their unique place in the sport.

ian408

Easy there Scott. We're discussing sub-forums. Not dissing what others like/dislike. OK?

ian408

squiddy wrote:

IMO Auto/Motor Sports should be sub from Sports in general

There are pros and cons of dividing things up. But where do you draw the line?

As an example; It's MX season. In a few months, it will be over and folks will be on to something else. Does making a separate forum for MX make sense?

For motorsport, maybe. But one thing I don't want to see is bloat--too many forums. The other is creating islands of shots that only a few participate in--as a photographer, you should be looking at skating and climbing even if you don't shoot it on a regular basis.

That said, I'll think about it and have a discussion with a few of the other moderators.

2whlrcr

amadeus wrote:

enduro? you mean where they slow down because they're going to fast and are ahead of schedule?

yeah thats racing, just like knitting and...

U.S Enduro Nationals have gone to the Restart forumula. This was to try and get some MX riders to cross over, because they knew the MX guys could never be taught how to keep time.:D

amadeus wrote:

just having a little fun my friend. I'm just partial to MX and particularly the starts. talk about men from the boys. they're all good and they all have their unique place in the sport.

Guess you have never lined up for a Hare Scrambles start either? 50+ riders who are racing to try and be the first into a three foot wide single track trail.

I do agree that pro trials riders have the biggest set of all. The things these guys attempt and do, has to be seen to be believed. The current U.S. National champ practices on my land occasionally.

I would tend to agree with a Motorsports forum, except I know I wouldn't click on the other Sports forums. The way it's set up currently, I get some exposure to other sports. I say, leave it the way it is.

squiddy

holy crap i remember seeing my first hare scramble start... i thought someone was going to get ran over for sure.

scottcolbath

I think www.photographyonthe.net has it nailed very well. They have a motorsports forum. If it has a motor and it's a sport (even loosely), it's in there.

S.C.

amadeus

2whlrcr wrote:

Guess you have never lined up for a Hare Scrambles start either?

actually I did. We piled a 400 Maico Magnum, my KDX 400 and a YZ465 into my Dodge van back in 1981 and drove deep into Pennsylvania so see how those boys did it.

And how they did it was you had to straddle the front wheel holding the bars facing backwards. When they blew the whistle you had to hop on and start it and off you went. :ian


It turned into a mud run and my KDX was the only one of the 3 that finished. :rutt

xtnomad

Well down south the season for most motorsports is from March to October, up north the season is greatly shorter. So a motorsports only could cover a lot of events and just slow down to a crawl during fall and spring and just about stall in winter. Just my two cents.

amadeus

xtnomad wrote:

Well down south the season for most motorsports is from March to October, up north the season is greatly shorter. So a motorsports only could cover a lot of events and just slow down to a crawl during fall and spring and just about stall in winter. Just my two cents.

think global.