Ok, sounds reasonable. I’d want to be head honcho of the bike kind though 
Maybe at tad too gory for most peoples taste. But otherwise not too far from a “worst case” car racing crash
Motorcross bikes would probably fit the bill excellently! And since those who ride them seem to be mostly crazy sob.s it wouldn’t be too hard to persuade them to try X-treme Jousting 
(Maybe the X-games would be a better venue than the Olympics?)
Thats what the barrier was for.
Modern jousting absolutely needs female heralds. Hot ones. Unless the jouster is female, she can have boy-toy heralds.
I’m seeing two sleds, with loose suspension, on rollercoaster tracks, so the footing is none too stable. Just outside the tracks, large deep pools of mud, or nickelodeon goo, or something. Make the shield large, convex, with a concave depression in the center for the other jouster to aim at. If he hits, the lance bends, then catapults the poor dude what just got hit into the mud.
I think we’re getting really close to something AWESOME now.
Now just to write it up and take it to all the willing Investment Companies that are just throwing money at everyone now.
No wait, that was wrong.
The jousting on motorcycles thing has been done…
Came in to post this. The motorcycle jousting looks pretty cool in the movie, full armor, lances and motorcycles. I’d recommend it.
Side note: They filmed a good portion of this movie less than a mile from my house, and several people I know are extras in it.
Who sez you need motorcycles to add the flames and fireworks?
Just, y’know, strap a pair of JATO units to each horse…
Mythbusters tested that, you’d never take off.
I can’t believe it…almost 50 posts, and no mention of A Knight’s Tale?
Low-key anachronism stew or not, a damn fun movie, and certainly sells me on jousting.
And, of course, we have one major advantage over medieval jousting…Lexan.
I remember about 5 years ago reading an article in Sports Illustrated about just this thing… a group of guys who joust, with medieval style armor and everything.
they said the big reason it wouldn’t take off is expense… not only do you need the armor (not cheap, if it’s made right and safe) but care and feeding of a horse.
I would do it though. i’m just that stupid.
Someone teach me to ride a horse, please?
I came in to post it too. I saw it at the L.A. premiere and I saw George Romero there. Not what I was expecting in a Romero film, but I loved it. It’s a bit dated now (Tom Savini’s crew’s glam outfits!), but still worth a watch every now and then.
There was a scoring system. I’m not sure I remember the specifics well enough, but it had to do with where your lance struck the opponent, and whether it broke or not. A broken lance means the blow was well struck, while it not breaking would mean a glancing blow. Or a guy getting skewered, which is of course dashed unsporting of him.
ETA : Gah, WhyNot beat me to it. In case you’re wondering, the tilt is the fence in the middle.
How cool! That movie goes in my must see pile.
It’s a brilliant movie! Went in expecting a regular knight-flick, but got so much more.
Here’s the trailer.
(I’m glad I didn’t see that before I saw the film.)
The Knights of Avalon do it as a nonprofit. They’re a horse-rescue operation, and train the bigger ones for jousting.
I’ve seen them a couple times, and lemme tell you, ten minutes to rehorse is way overdoing it. They’d go three times, pretty quick - just long enough for a squire to hand them a new lance, really. The scoring was simplified - Big points for knocking the other guy off, some points for breaking your lance, less points for a glancing blow. Occasional hand-to-hand combat post-joust.
It actually works pretty well without motorcycles.