Freakshow , they are fair observations and comments , but i feel no amount of coaxing will bring alot of riders back to the sport due the aging demographic as such.
Add to the above that alot of the older crew are no longer interested in racing and this explains the steady decline in participants over the last five years.
Personally i feel that the cost of a national licence represents good value , particularly if you do a number of meetings and really it doesnt take an awful lot of day licenses to reach the total.
As far a location of meetings particularly the nationals there are not that many options as there very few clubs interested in hosting the event.
As far as inconvenience and satisfaction go's , that's purely a personal state of mind and as they say you cant please everyone .
Finally , people who are motivated to do so , will travel , check out the crazy crew from WA , i saw them at Coffs in 2007 and again at Tassie in 2008. Both those trips are epic . There's a tight , organised group people you could learn alot from in terms of organisation and logistics. Not bad blokes either
