I got a full sponsorship from an engine builder in my 30's. I wasn't fast or won races. I was an ok intermediate rider at best. I asked him after a couple years why we still had a relationship and he said it was because I was a nice guy and that presented well on him. Not all sponsorships need to be for winning.

Great interview by the way, and great advice about being a good person, being humble and realizing that you are living the dream for so many!

The problem is that it's all way too expensive. Beginning with the bike, gear, accessories, gas to riding areas/tracks and fees. My bike has been sitting in the garage for 2 years simply because I can't afford to burn half a tank of $5.50 gallon gas just to go ride.

SOLID Perspective guys! Love you both! And Happy Holidays from St Petersburg Florida! ✌😎

Amen! Glad to hear something like this come up. So true as using the motorcycle as a tool. Great therapeutic way to blow off steam and just get back to that good core. In the world today we need more good human beings. Unfortunately the newer breed of kids has to many that either don’t care or just don’t know.

Have a younger (than myself) friend19, rides with my daughter who’s 14.. Julian …fuggin GREAT KID, dude rips!!! Not the fastest, sure! But like 5yrs on a bike and absolutely shreds, and a freakin GREAT human being. We help eachother. Great to root for an A level, local” pro” rider, because he’s such a good dude

The problem with amateur motocross is that they made it too expensive to compete. The four stroke mx bike did that.

FTR, not all corporate jobs are shitty. I'm not counting the minutes until the next moto because my job sucks. My (corporate) job allows my to ride, buy new bikes when i want/need, and enables me to do what I love. Moto and corp jobs go together quite nicely.

Love listening to Keefer. Super smart dude.

Dirt bikes make you a much better person. They give a sense of direction and personal achievement that SO many people lack in today’s world. I work with young people that have no hobbies or motivation. Except social media and their phone. It’s crazy. All I wanted to do at their age was ride. And I did every chance I got. They just don’t understand what they’re missing.

great conversation! yeah yeah i get it. I'm gonna buy this damn PW50 for my son.

Thanks for the great content!! I love this channel

Kris Keefer....I love your advice for today's youth. Thanks for being old school in a new school era!

Great trues 👍🏻

It's not really amateur motocross the top guys all hav big money behind them

Yeah I'm hearin ya Jason.

God, I haven't seen Kris in over 20 years, back when he drove the white lightning. 😂B Hink

Think Ryan dungeys the example

These tracks shutting down or turning into private training facilities is the beginning of the end for amateur MX. I can afford to ride after finding success in business at this point in my life, but I can’t find a place to ride within 2.5 hours anymore. My bike sits in my garage and it’s a bummer. Just not interested driving so far, 4-5 hrs round trip, just to fun ride.

Every hobby is expensive. You don't need to hit a race every weekend from the day you turn 5 to learn how to ride. People are just nuts. Little kids wasting their childhood chasing dads dreams. Let em ride.. get them in shape. Fundamentals till they are 12 to 14.. then start hitting some races. Yes they need to ride real tracks but not every weekend. Woods.. fields. Turn tracks. Rain Mudd. Sand. Snow. Enjoy life. It'll come.

If I roll up in my truck and trailer and thr other guy rolls up in a bus and his bike arrives in the semi means a whole lot.

I MET A GYPSY

IMO amateurs should crack a crate open and race a stock bike. No idea if these kids are racing a Star built bike, but they are training with the Star team and those kids get the best of the best as far as training and riding with legends! Can't throw shade at those kids for having what they have, still gotta twist the throttle!

Motocross and dope humans based on your constant failure analys is cool AF.

Nice little intro in Terrafirma 22 Jas!

why is everyones name @... with random numbers at the end?

As some of the guys down below have stated...There are several problems with the sport in MY eyes. 1. The sport is too expensive. Even the weekend rider who wants to take 1 or 2 of his kids is paying several hundred dollars for a local DAY not weekend. Combine that with bikes MSRP 10k plus. gear is $300. Boots worth have $200-$700. That is just the beginning of the expenses we all know. 2. IF you are blessed enough to race and go to bigger events to try and make something of yourself the odds are stacked. PPL like Defrancesco, Ciancarulo, Deegan, Barcia ect ect all have had rides since they were toddlers due to connections. 99% of ppl dont have that. No matter how good you are if you dont have connections or money it wont matter. You can see it at any event. Massive rigs for, most recently, Deegan with mechanics, suspension guys, motor guys..How is little johnny supposed to compete? I think outside support should be dialed back for amatuers. 3. The majority of the sport is centralized to the CA and GA. There needs to be more accessibility to the midwest and all other areas. The more we reach out to get ppl on bikes and have good events at different tracks the better. Once again, little Johnny and his dad cant afford to drive 20 hrs to get to the closest qualifier. this is just some problems but the majority is we have one of the most expensive sports for one that is not popular compared to others. Johnny can kick a ball or swing a bat for years on any level of teams for a fraction of the price of a moto career.

Not all jobs are shitty. Don’t make working in some other industry seem like a death sentence.

Kris hasn't got a clue about what Jason is talking about

I like the long pause and deer in the headlights look Keefer gave when he said about his son being a super good dude! Keefer was dumbfounded, whats that "a good dude?" Clown!

Bro let your guest talk 🙄🙄

Kris Keefers kid doesn’t even know how to clean a bike, pretty sure he sprayed his old mans breaks with sc1 at the vet nationals 😂

Unfulfilled legal bike claims

Can you say a sentence without the word “like”? So annoying.

Time for BMX to make a BIG comeback! 👍