It's the old adage, there's more things to do these days.
Lots of the little extras that kids liked, having a ride round on the bike with riders and giving riders high fives has gone because of H&S . Even in my crazy first days, standing immediately behind the fence and bopping down when the riders and shale flew past made it exciting I guess (never thought of the danger ha).
Promoters need to talk to the young people who do go to get some idea of why they go and what they love about the sport and go from there .......
As far as us oldies go, we do take the riders' talent for granted, the actual act of racing, I do believe that riders need to make a little extra effort with the fans though, it doesn't take much to celebrate with the fans.
Promoters need to put themselves into the shoes of the fans, will be easy to work out what is wrong then!!