tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-366230834353702090.post2739271152361456949..comments2024-03-25T01:28:11.402-07:00Comments on Bikewriter.com: Is there really no more good motorcycle content? Part 2: Racing is boring.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-366230834353702090.post-1860699381082964042015-04-11T18:15:36.474-07:002015-04-11T18:15:36.474-07:00Mark, I appreciate your view and I don't disag...Mark, I appreciate your view and I don't disagree with you, but I have to concede a point to Wes: motorcycle racing at the higher levels is astonishingly dull for the average observer and hard to make interesting to most readers (particularly when the coverage is formulaic and lacking in insight or proper technical detail). I find racing today is so clinical, so expensive, and so far beyond our conception as average riders that it's just another world. It used to be far more human, more accessible, more interesting. You saw innovation in action and a lot of different solutions to problems - today, innovation will net a new rule written against your idea. <br /><br />Wes is aiming to advise "the next great blogger" on how to generate hits and revenue. Covering racing isn't advisable if that is your (pragmatic) aim. <br /><br />I've been writing independently and doing much of what Wes is clamoring for, quietly and without fanfare and strictly free of monetizing (and I'm happy to keep it that way). I was miffed because it clearly showed Wes was unaware of what I was up to: he said someone should go get drunk with JT Nesbitt and cover his Legacy project. I did exactly that in 2013. That trip also netted an interesting travelogue, because I rode my Ducati 916 from Montreal to New Orleans so I could sleep in JT's workshop, sweep the floors, and get drunk with him in the French Quarter while discussing bikes, philosophy and design.<br /><br />I reached out to Wes regarding his piece to have a discussion about some of his ideas, but I have yet to hear anything from him. So I continue to work quietly and independently, not because I am trying to make money, but because I love it.<br /><br />Jason Cormier<br />Odd-Bike.comOddBikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058888630705128092noreply@blogger.com