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B4evaKool "race a motorcycle" Podcast S2 Ep. 18 · B 4EVA Kool "Race A Motorcycle" Podcast

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Welcome back to another edition of the Beef Pepper Cool podcast,
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My Name Is Rex. My name is TJ with two wheels
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and coffee. What's?
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Going What's going on, man? How's everything?
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And we couple days, a couple, you know, a couple more weeks
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and we're back to racing. I just can't wait to get back on
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a bike physically living in the Northeast, but I've been doing
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well, just trying to stay warm. It's pretty cold here so.
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Yeah, you know, I've been trying to follow the weather a little
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bit because I have to, but it does seem like it's a little
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crazy up there. I had a few issues, you know,
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part issues with that hit, so going through a little
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transition, so I was a little set back, but that's about it.
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Yeah, man, you told me about that off here and that's pretty
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crazy. I know what that's like to, you
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know have a bad things happen to our vehicles and it's not our
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fault. So I mean that that, you know,
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it's never a good feeling. Yeah, how about yourself?
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How's everything going over there or down there, I should
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say. I can't complain, man.
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We'll get into that more into the show.
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I was down in Miami this past weekend racing and we'll talk
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about that a little bit later on.
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So as far as you know, it's been a, it's been a probably a couple
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of weeks, maybe three weeks or so since we did the last show.
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Still a little bit crazy getting settled in and stuff like that.
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But you know it's it's it's nice to get back out.
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It's nice to get on the bikes again and and and and you know a
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little bit crazy. So but let's get into Moto GP
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and and World Super Bike and then we'll we'll we'll come back
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to the state side in a little bit a lot.
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A lot's been a lot's been happening.
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Right, going on. Oh yeah, a lot's been going on
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some rule changes on World Super Bikes still going on, or it's
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officially out. And we had the Moto GP test went
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to test. So there's a lot, a lot of been
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going on and we're getting ready for the season to start pretty
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soon. Yeah, so let's talk about the, I
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guess what is the, what is the latest?
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I know we saw the World Super Bike Riders doing some tests and
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also the Motor GP guys coming together and doing some tests as
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well in Puerto Mayo, which is it's pretty cool to see, you
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know, because then I think in the past years you would see
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maybe some people go to Rossi's Ranch or something like that.
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But usually you, you don't see a collective of folks on both, in
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both championships coming together and riding.
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So that was pretty cool to see. Yeah, I mean I guess they have
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some private tests they can taking part of so but it's cool
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to see that the mix up, you know, it's just not just Moto GP
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riders or yeah, you know, just a mix up with both classes, right,
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right. Yeah, and you know, as far as
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fans, fans like that, you know, to see that Top rock and Joaques
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brothers, you know, chopping it up.
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See Valentino Rossi out there still, you know, he's still,
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he's still riding with the best of them.
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Unfortunately for Morbidelli, because it looks like Morbidelli
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went down in a in a bad crash and seems like the Marquez
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brothers were the first one on the scene to kind of be there
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until the ambulance and stuff came.
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I guess that's unfortunate because I'm a fan of Morbidelli
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and it's unfortunate that you know he's having this.
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He has this opportunity to to you know once again be, you
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know, show that he belongs and and he's one of the top riders
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and go to GP and to see this happen at the beginning of the
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season. You know, I don't want to say
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it's like John Morant, you know, going down and and being out for
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the rest of the season or anything like that.
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But I do hope that Morbidelli does come back and and he will
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come back but be ready at the start of the season, is what I'm
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trying to say. It's never, never good for like
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you don't want to be shaken up like that right before your
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season starts, especially when he's on a like a new chapter.
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You know he's on a a new mission, new bike and obviously
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he's trying to learn everything and get everything correct.
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But you know for the mile that that tracks like a roller
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coaster. I mean just watching it and even
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playing it on the video games that tracks like a roller
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coaster. So from what I understand, it
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was like Turn 9, which is like a big downhill.
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I mean, I'm sure you can wheelie down the hill, but I'm not sure
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how he lost control. Another thing is on private
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tests, I don't know like what's available as far as like
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ambulance and safety, as far as far as like a a a regular
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schedule event. So I don't know.
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Obviously it was good to see the Marquez brothers jump by his
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side right away to to make sure he was OK because you know, like
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we usually see the corner marshals and then they bring the
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ambulance or whatever. But I'm just not sure like when
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doing a private test, like how many, how many ambulances are
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available the time you know. You're right.
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Yeah, that's something I'm not sure of as well.
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From what the Marquez brothers said, it looked like it took
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about maybe 2 to 3 minutes, which you know, if you if you're
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messed up that's that is a very long time to be waiting.
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But you know, it does seem like, you know, it's quicker.
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You know, my accident, it probably took a little bit
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longer than 3 minutes for them to come to get me.
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But again, that was on the streets a little different.
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So, you know, I'm, I don't, you know, usually there's a few
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state side, there's usually a few ambulances.
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So I got to assume it's kind of the same thing with the private,
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with the private test especially, you know those
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caliber riders, you know, they they got to assume that there's
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just a couple of ambulances out there.
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If not, it's not one, but I got to assume there's at least two.
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Oh, yeah, I'm sure there's at least these two, But, you know,
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it was good to see. I mean, I heard he was
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unconscious, and it's good to hear that he's doing well.
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I guess he went back for like a extra checkup to make sure
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everything's OK. And it sounds like he's skipping
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this pan test coming up. I think beginning of next week
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is Is is when it's supposed to start.
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I believe so. So it sounds like we're skipping
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that so which is again it's unfortunate especially changing
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you know, you know manufacturers, it's never easy
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to do. Some people make it look easy.
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You know the Alex Wrens, the vinyl list that's been able to
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you know get on the podium on different manufacturers but it's
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it's not that easy sometimes. So it you know, and and it's a
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disadvantage, you know, I've been rooting for him since he
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announced that he was going to Permac.
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So I'm I'm hoping he's the, you know, the dark horse or
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something like that to to come out of the Ducati camp because
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he really needs some light. Mean.
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Unfortunately, when this did happen, I, I, I, you know,
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obviously felt bad for him and had my condolences for him.
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But I did think of you because I know how much you root for him.
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So you want, I want a fair chance this year against you,
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you know? Yeah man, look man, it it it.
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I didn't want to believe it at first.
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You know, I I thought it was something I I still don't know
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exactly what it is. But you know skipping a test, it
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definitely is, is something serious.
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So I don't think these riders are going to, you know, skip,
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skip a a chance to ride if they weren't, if they were able to.
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How about Pedro Acosta? And he's looking good.
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Seemed like he had one of the fastest times out there.
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As far as where, where is this Puerto Mayo you're talking about
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or? Oh, well, well, yeah, not Puerto
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Mayo. I think they were at Sepang,
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right? Well, that's what I'm saying.
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I don't know if that happened yet.
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As of this recording, I don't know if Sepang has happened or
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it's coming up so. I believe they did some sort of
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test a few days ago, but I'm not 100% sure on that.
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Right. Yeah.
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So and that's that's the thing that's why I that I'm unsure
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about. So I guess we should figure that
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out if if it is a pain because if it hasn't happened yet then
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it's something else. If it already, if it's going on
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this week, I could be a week behind, who knows.
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But as far as I could tell, it seems like they had some
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unveiling of the new bikes for for for the season as far as
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delivery and stuff like that. But like I said, I don't know if
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that's a thing. Test has happened yet.
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Yeah, so for as far as Moto GP also, they did lose a track this
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year. So they're not participating in
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Argentina. No, don't say that 2024
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Argentina has been canceled. Did.
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They. Say why?
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I can see let me see. It says due to circumstances in
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Argentina, I guess. It says the promoter of the
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event has can't guarantee the services required for the Grand
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Prix, but far as Argentina has been cancelled and it has not
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been replaced by another track. So I'm not sure how many races
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they had this year, but that's one we're scratching off the
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calendar. You know that is that's.
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A fun track too. Yeah, you know that's one of my
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favorite tracks to ride to play on the video game.
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I haven't gotten here yet to ride.
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So you know and you know the players do well I can you know
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like from a video game it's it's it's it's a fun track.
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So you know again it's one of my favorite tracks to play the game
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on. So that's disappointing.
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Obviously, you know, riders safety is more important,
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everyone's safety is more important than an event.
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So I I get it. I'm pretty sure they're probably
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going to work to add something else if they can because you
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know, those guys want to make money.
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So I I can, you know, go ahead. I was just agreeing, you know,
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saying they want to make some money.
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Gotcha. Yeah.
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So I I guess I might be a week off because it seems like the
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Sapan test has already happened. Well, I was awake three days
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ago, so. Three days ago, so you know,
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yeah, so I guess, yeah, that's already happened and it looks
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like he was fastest. I don't know if it's day three
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or one of those days, but you know, we'll see.
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It's hard, it's hard to say if you know, you know, for some,
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you know for some for the senior riders, senior riders, for the
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more experienced riders. You know the the winter test is
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not at the being the fastest is not as important as getting
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parts right and being comfortable on the bike and
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stuff like that. My, my main thing is, you know,
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I didn't really have doubts for him moving up to GP and it's
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just good to see him when he actually finally got a test
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under his belt and to see that he's within the time of
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everyone. So it was just good to see.
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I mean obviously everyone's out there for a different reason.
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I mean, I've seen someone had a a winglet on the front of the
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tire. There was like extra wings on
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the side with different manufacturers.
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So they're testing so many things out there right now time,
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so it doesn't matter. But just to see Acosta up there
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to speed looks really, really good.
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So it sounds like you're you're you're rooting for Acosta.
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I mean, I I I I wasn't. I mean, I can't say I'm rooting
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for everybody, but you know, I I wasn't rooting for him to up to
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Moto GP because I didn't think he would be a contender right
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away. But it's good to see him within
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the time because you know, we've seen some riders move up and
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they're like a second off or or such.
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Right, right. Yeah.
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I don't. It's still too soon to tell.
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I mean, I I think we'll have a. Just way too soon.
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I think we'll have a better idea at the first race or even race
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of practice or I say race of practice, but what is it?
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FP 100 what it what they call. It practice.
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Yeah, yeah, it's practice. You know, I got local riding on
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my brain, local club riding on my brain.
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So, yeah, so you know, I again, it's I who knows, we'll see
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because I don't want to sit here and be one of those folks that,
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you know, try to predict what he's going to do.
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And not to say that he's listening to me and you know,
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I'm going to be distraught at put the pressure on his back or
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anything like that. But you know young, young people
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coming out and in whatever sport it's give them a chance to grow
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and and to become who they become.
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I think when you have a lot of folks that are trying to you
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know put titles on someone else's shoulders, it makes it
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very difficult. Not saying that you are or
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anyone that's doing that. But you know, I I tend to want
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to just see what he does because at the end of the day, you know
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you got Mark Marquez in there. You got PECO, you got all these
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riders that are sitting that, that you know they're not going
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to just move out the way for him.
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Well, I already know he he might as well just take this year as a
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learning year because Pekko, Boy Martin and Mark Marquez, they're
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going to be trying to fight for that that championship this year
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and Mark Marquez is going to be the first one to try to get up
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there. So it's going to be a lot of
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heavy headers in the front. I don't know if he wants to get
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involved just yet. Exactly.
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Now I will say this and I think it seems like Danny Pedroza is
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probably fastest one on the KTM, the test rider and and I and I
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say that because of what he did when he had the the wild card
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and just just what he's been able to do as a test rider.
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So I think if Pedro is chatting with Danny and can pick his
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brain, not to say Miller can't help Pedro get there or Bender,
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but Danny Pedroza has so much experience and he was one of the
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top three guys for most of his career, you know what I'm
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saying? But most of his career he was he
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was up there and he has he had a lot of bad luck to why he didn't
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get titles. Obviously he is a world title
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winner not in the GP class in the lower class but you know
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luck was not on his side. So I think maybe something like
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that and you know if if Pedroza late you know because he has to
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understand how that bike runs over the course of the race
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right. Not just you know lap one quick
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lap or two quick lap, right. It's you know managing that and
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you know being in the top three to five, right.
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You know and and finishing in the top three to five.
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So you know maybe with that it's possible but like you said and
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and and it it's going to be hard because you got Marquez who's
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hungry. I I think you know Pecker's
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trying to stack another one. He's trying to do a 3P right.
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Why not get the best bike? He's a big.
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He's a big fan of is it Nike, Jordan, one of those guys.
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So definitely. I think he's trying to
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definitely do a 3P. So you know it's gonna Bender
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has something to prove. Miller has something to prove.
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Martine A Yeah, they did that. You know, he he might, he might
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get, he might get punched in the mouth there.
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Were some contenders that that just were unfortunate as well
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that that should be in like Bastonini and.
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Oliveira, you know. Oliveira's another one that
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should be there. Elash Maverick.
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You know, Renz, I think Renzo's healthier.
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You know, I I don't, I don't want to count Joe and Mira out.
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You know, I'm saying I don't want to count him out because
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he's had a lot of crashes on that Honda.
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I don't want to count him out, but I don't know if he has the
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machine underneath him to to to to do what he needs to do.
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But even all those guys we list, I don't think any, you know,
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there's no bad feelings towards Pedro.
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But these guys are like they're not going to just let him have
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it. And and I think it's also
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different, you know, Moto 3 and Moto 2 is a different animal
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than Moto GP. So you know, and you know, and
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I'm not trying to knock any of those Moto Two guys saying, how
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come they didn't stand in his way?
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Because obviously they did, but Moto GP is a different animal.
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Oh yeah. So yeah, with all those riders
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you listed, I mean that was probably 1010 or more.
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And you know and I mean there's like I said there's is they all
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have I mean as you start a season you have goals right off
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the top and you have a clean slate before race one so hope it
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all goes well but you know like Alex Wrens he just he's coming
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off for a bad injury I'm sure he just wants a solid year drawing
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mirror like you said he just doesn't have the probably
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doesn't have the right machine re under him especially if they
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don't get anything accomplished during these test runs.
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I just hope he just have a better season.
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But you know, and like I said, Pekko is just like he already
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got everything that he needs. It's just he just got to
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perform, you know? Yeah, I think so that that's it.
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It's just that's all, that's all.
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So I will say, you know, I already have my, I have my
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subscription for this year. I just need, I just need to
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order my Raisinet some popcorn because it's going to be a good
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series this this year. You know it should be right.
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It should be I I don't I'm not going to say and make
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predictions but you know it should be a good it should be a
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good season and a lot of good races in the world.
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Super bike and Moto GP obviously even even motor.
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I mean you know it's not too many series that I, that I watch
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and go oh that wasn't good. So there might not be enough
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people in the, in the, in the, in the stands or in the
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background, but you know these riders are laying everything on
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the line. I mean it's also another big
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year for Moto GP. Not only is the the second year
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for the sprints, so it's just you know, it's now like dialed
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in, you know. And as far as the American side,
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the track college racing team is going to try and have a big year
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as well. You know, you know their
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American team and especially when they go to Coda.
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So hopefully that drives more fans there and hopefully they
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just have a better year as a team as well.
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Yeah, for sure. You know, I've been to Dakota
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once and I, you know, I don't, I don't.
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I think this, I think it's an American problem with the fan
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base that comes out right now. I, you know, I think that you
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know and I've said this before on the show, it was a drop as
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far as folks coming out like the love of motorcycle racing fell a
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little bit I think in the 2000s and and stuff like that.
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Sure you had Colin Edwards you had Nikki Hayden obviously you
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got you know you got I can I can continue on.
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So I'm not sitting here saying there wasn't riders that were
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going into Moto GP, but definitely, you know, it was it,
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you know, 20. I don't want to start giving
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dates, but you know, there's not as many writers, there's not as
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many American writers in Moto GP when you look around Motor
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America and you don't see as many fans as you did Once Upon a
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time. But I think that's changing.
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So and I think I know it's changing.
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So I I think I don't know what this year's going to look like
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for Coda. But I I think that's it's not
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just it's not just like Moto GP that I think that has to do that
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I think it's more the the culture the the motorcycle
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community and folks are doing it.
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So I think it will happen in in in in you know next maybe 5 to
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10 years. I don't know if it's going to
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get there because I think when I went in 2019, I believe it was,
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I think it was about 54 to 60,000 people, give or take, and
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I don't remember what it was. Well, we had the pandemic that
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happened, so there was no race in and I think it was 2022 and
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2023 that we had racing and I and I think the fan base was low
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in 2022 as well. So hopefully it'll come out
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because man, listen, you know if you've ever wanted to watch a
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Moto GP race and you're not that far from Austin, it is.
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Austin is a really cool town, really fun to hang out in so
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that you you definitely going to have fun there and you know it's
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close. I'm just saying this is also
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more of AI mean you can correct me.
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I'm not sure of going back from time, but for viewers who are
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trying to watch motorcycles and especially going to see
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Americans race professionally, I mean it's a good look to have
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American bike man. Before I was like well, I mean
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American team. So like you can at least say we
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have something over there that we can watch and look forward to
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instead of just as far as just a rider, it'll be good to have
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American riders and teams. So like going forward, someone
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can say, hey, there's an American team that's in Moto GP
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and I don't know because just just just more of a something
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that you can view on instead of just overlooking Moto GP.
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Yeah, sure. It's it's it's definitely, you
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know having those guys step in I think with their Roadhouse,
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those guys step in track house and come in and and you know do
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their part or not. They shouldn't say do their
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part, be a part of Moto GP is huge and again like I said that
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that that goes to show that they're trying to make it grow
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and it is nice to see, you know American own team.
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It's nice to see American riders in Moto GP the same way, you
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know, Mark, when Mark Marquez and Lorenzo and these guys would
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dominate in Moto GP, they were definitely they.
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You know, we're all, you know, we love everybody, right?
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But you know as nations, you know, we support our own people
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the same thing. You know, the US do it, the
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Spaniards do it, the Italians do it.
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You know, everybody does it. So you know, the, you know, the
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Spaniards has dominated Moto GP for so long.
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You could force Rossi to do what he did right to create a team to
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bring more Italians and and you know I think you know the the US
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is doing the same because you saw it you know Joe Roberts and
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you know Cam and Sean and Dylan Kelly and and these guys and
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come you know to come in and and and and do that and have a team
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and it's and it's you know it's a very expensive sport so I can
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you know I don't I don't get to see their financials so I can
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tell you what it's like but it's a very expensive sport but it is
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you know from a bragging rights perspective it's definitely
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you're absolutely right it's you know it's nice when there's AUS
23:26
team it's nice when the US riders in at the top level and
23:30
competing at the top level not just in Moto GP but you know you
23:34
had to you you you right there you know.
23:37
My only error in in this, in this racing is watching, you
23:43
know Beaubier and and and John Dillon, Kelly and Roberts as far
23:48
as American riders. I wasn't really watching or
23:50
around for Nikki Hayden in the time before, when it was mostly
23:54
Americans instead. Of yeah, you know, to see.
23:59
A team is pretty, pretty cool. Yeah.
24:02
There's just another thing to look forward to.
24:03
I mean, hopefully Miguel holds it down this year.
24:05
He's a solid rider. And listen man, it's luck,
24:09
right? Fernandez, though.
24:10
It's it's unfortunate but it's luck because he he before his
24:16
before his his season. I mean he was up there right as
24:22
a as a player writer you know he was even as a KTM writer
24:26
Oliveira was up there. So it's very unfortunate he.
24:29
Had a podium. Yeah, him and Bastion needed
24:31
these guys that if they didn't get, you know, I mean, we can
24:34
say that about Grant Hill. We can say that about a lot, a
24:36
lot of people, right. If I didn't get hurt, you know
24:39
and you know, but yeah it is. We'll see and hopefully this
24:44
year they have that season. But again, you know the the, the
24:48
the top rider is the top five riders from last year.
24:53
They're not going to make it easy for anyone.
24:55
So I know these other guys are coming off injuries and coming
24:58
off stuff, but they're not going to make it easy for him.
25:00
But you know, I'm rooting for Oliveira as well, because it's
25:05
it's just bad luck. Aaron, before the season starts,
25:11
we're going to have to make some wild predictions.
25:13
They're pretty, pretty cool. Like I think Taka will be on the
25:17
podium at least once before the season's over.
25:20
You know. I just hope, I hope.
25:24
I hope as well. But I think with him and the
25:28
Honda and and he's probably had option opportunities to probably
25:33
leave Honda and I think he's going to bat not.
25:38
I think he's in a position where like we were just talking about
25:43
you know nations that want their folks at the high level.
25:47
I think the Japanese folks want a rider at that level and he's
25:54
the best rider that they have right now and they want him on a
25:57
Japanese bike. But I think he might have had a
25:59
chance probably to go somewhere else and and he stayed loyal,
26:04
you know, which from a little bit I understand about the
26:07
culture, that's something that happens, right.
26:10
And so it's kind of he's he and he's taking his licks.
26:12
I mean he's gotten jacked up. He's gotten mangled and and he's
26:17
he's going down with the ship. And so I do feel bad for him
26:20
because you know he may spend this whole career with Honda
26:24
which is on one hand it's a very loyal thing to do.
26:29
But he's at Honda when the bike is not the best bike and he's he
26:35
he's taking licks. I don't know how many times he's
26:37
crashed, but he's taking his licks and he he you have not
26:40
heard one, you know, negative sound from this guy.
26:44
Exactly. So him.
26:47
So I'm rooting for him for next. I've always been rooting for him
26:49
because he he does have the skill set and like I said if
26:53
it's if it's if you know if it is what it is.
26:58
Not everybody can be under God. He's.
27:00
Yeah, I want to see him on the podium at least once.
27:03
I mean first, second or third doesn't matter.
27:06
I know, I I bet he's still thinking about the time he was,
27:09
you know, he had pole and he was leading the race.
27:12
Man, listen it. Crashed out like third four I I.
27:16
Will say this at at the moment I don't like leading races so I I
27:21
it's another. Ball game, man.
27:23
It's I'd I'd rather you know I'd rather wait and and you know and
27:28
and you know try to get you the last couple of laps or something
27:31
like that because if you don't know what's going on behind you
27:34
and you have to you know you got to you got to be Phil Jackson
27:38
Michael Jordan and everybody rap into one to not make mistakes
27:42
you still got to push at a level and you know it's it's it's a
27:46
lot harder it's easier to just to follow someone behind and and
27:50
you know you you can use them for your your base.
27:53
Well, that's another reason why when I when I started racing,
27:58
obviously you're always chasing someone when you're starting.
28:01
When you start getting a little better, you find yourself more
28:04
to the front and I find myself exactly what you're saying, like
28:09
to chase down or or make my move towards the end.
28:13
It's a whole another ball game and mental, mental mentality
28:18
leading the race and that's why I give my my kudos to those guys
28:23
in club racing, professional races who can start a race from
28:26
pole and just hold the whole time and or no, I just, I just
28:30
gave it to those guys. That's just a whole another
28:32
challenge and yeah so like Pekko, you if you're following
28:37
Pekko you want to you want to stay the whole race chasing, he
28:40
might leave you. So just say it.
28:42
Yeah, exactly. So no, you know so we'll see
28:45
what happens next year, next year, this year and in another
28:49
month or so, give or take, right.
28:51
So you know World Super Bike starts.
28:54
Yeah, World Super Bike starts at the end of this month and next
28:58
next month is is is go time. So very excited for all that.
29:03
I'm I'm not ready to give the predictions yet for who's going
29:06
to. I do think that I will say this,
29:09
it's going to be a it's going to be a Ducati in the top four.
29:13
I'll give you that much. That's another prediction we
29:16
got. That's it that's that's I don't
29:18
know which ones but it it's you know when you got eight bikes
29:22
you got to have some really bad luck for not to have one or two
29:26
or three bikes survive. So I will say yeah I I I would
29:31
give you know Rossi's team have some I Rossi's team Carmack and
29:40
I guess Grazzini. Yeah, I will say each, each,
29:43
each, each one will have one of the one in the top four, top
29:47
five. I'll, I'll go on the record
29:49
saying that. So.
29:53
So, I mean, Marquez is probably going to be up there, Petco's
29:57
probably going to be up there and Bastiani could be up there
29:59
too. And you know, Bazeki's going to
30:02
be up there. It's all you know, if they stay
30:04
healthy, obviously, right? Let's watch out for Alex Rinz.
30:08
Martinez is going to be up there as well, right?
30:10
So yeah. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
30:14
No, no Alex Ranslow his way. I I'm a fan of Yamaha.
30:18
I have two of them, no. No, no, you don't think.
30:22
No, no, not yet. Well, I mean, Honda wasn't that
30:26
good and Alex found a way to win last year, so I'm, I'm just
30:29
saying he just knows how to ride.
30:31
Honda does really well. Obviously they don't.
30:33
I'm sure. I hope they have enough.
30:35
Honda does really well at Coda for some reason.
30:38
Does it so and or? Sachin Ring.
30:44
Yeah, exactly. A lot of left turns, but I don't
30:49
see, I don't see Yamaha getting there.
30:54
I don't see it. I I I mean, you think about it.
30:57
You got two, you have two bikes that have to fight through at
31:00
least six Ducatis, at least three KTMS, at least two
31:06
Aprilias. I.
31:08
Don't think they're the worst off Yamaha, yeah.
31:14
Well, you know, they don't. They don't.
31:15
They don't have the legs. I.
31:16
Just think from where Fabio was at in contention and and and
31:22
letting the championship slip away and then have a terrible
31:25
year the following year. That's bad news but I don't
31:28
think they're worst off. I think like Honda has something
31:32
to worry about. They don't have the legs and I
31:34
don't know. Like I said, I don't like I've
31:36
said in past shows, I don't know how much.
31:38
Honda has a lot of money. Yamaha has some money, but Honda
31:44
has a lot of money. But I don't I don't think they
31:46
have the horsepower underneath them yet for that.
31:49
So it it if you no yeah you can turn the bike but Ducati's shown
31:57
in the last couple of years that so OK So what you So what you're
32:00
known for turning right. OK, what else you got?
32:06
So, you know, you know, if it if it was, if they were all on our
32:11
sixes, I'd be like, yeah, Yamaha got that, you know what I'm
32:17
saying? You know, but you know, Ducati
32:20
has for the last probably four to five years now we, we really
32:25
hadn't really seen it until probably a couple of years ago.
32:29
But they they're, they're the top as far as creativity, as far
32:37
as efficiency. They've been able to do that.
32:40
And granted it's only a short period of time.
32:42
Yamaha has done it for a lot longer, right?
32:45
Honda has done it for, they've dominated for a lot longer.
32:48
So it's still relatively new for Ducati.
32:51
So they could screw it up. Sure.
32:53
You know what I'm saying? They definitely could.
32:56
And I think that's what's missing.
32:58
You know, when you think of like, OK, you know, so I'm not
33:00
knocking Honda Yamaha at all. But right now if you know if
33:07
they can stay, if you know they they at the moment they have
33:12
time to get a few more championships easily I think
33:15
before one of the other manufacturers step in because
33:19
the innovation is still a little bit, I think about the other
33:24
manufacturers and it seems like the other manufacturers are kind
33:27
of just trying to do a different version of what Ducati's doing.
33:31
And you know I think that's the problem when you when you when
33:34
I've said this before when you when you can't you're not
33:37
innovating and Honda is known for innovation.
33:40
So and I think they have a better chance of getting it
33:43
closer than the Yamaha. But we'll see.
33:46
I'm, you know I love my R6. I haven't had the opportunity to
33:52
ride AR1 yet, but I'm pretty sure I'd love that too.
33:56
You know, I I would buy R1 before I buy a a ACVR for sure.
34:03
I'll probably buy R1 before I buy a few more 1000 bikes.
34:06
So it's definitely a bike I would love to own one day.
34:09
But nobody's. You know that.
34:11
That's it. But more GPS are different.
34:14
Level. I'm sure Rossi is going to call
34:16
Honda and it's going to be like, you take care of my brother, all
34:18
right? So we'll make sure he's.
34:22
Rossi's getting his Hondas that he won the world title with.
34:27
It's like you you want some help?
34:28
I I need to get something from you guys.
34:31
So I have. I'm not sure on this as the year
34:34
goes on, so Pekko's going to be on the newer bike, right?
34:39
So his old bike. So his old bike.
34:41
The. Old teammates get the runner up,
34:44
basically. I So my understanding is Primack
34:49
and the factory Ducati is going to get the 24 bikes, Rossi's
34:53
team and Gracini teams on the 23 bikes.
34:57
Who gets more teens bike and who gets Pekko's bike or Bazecki's
35:01
bike or Bazecki had a 20/22/2022 bike, so you know what I mean.
35:05
And so he'll get a 2023 bike, so, so yeah so those four.
35:11
So between the two bikes for Primack and the two factory
35:14
bikes will go down to Rossi and Rossi and his team.
35:19
Now the question is, is Mark Marquez going to get Pekko's
35:21
bike or hey, Martinez bike? What's the Frenchman?
35:26
Hizako it? Was Pekko's bike come on?
35:31
Well, yeah, but think about this for a second, right?
35:35
Ducati's not going to give Pekko bike to Mar Marquez if Bazecki
35:43
wants it. Right.
35:46
Right. It's just because Bazeki should
35:47
have got the Primack team and he took one for the team.
35:50
So Morbidelli can can be on a be on which is you know I'll be
35:54
curious to talk to Rossi about that or maybe somebody will ask
35:59
him about it because realistically Morbidelli could
36:04
have just gone to Rossi's team right.
36:06
And it but I think it's I I know so it's kind of like seniority
36:09
type of thing probably is what happened and and Morbidelli was
36:13
just the longest so I believe that's probably what happened
36:16
but you know in reality Bizzacki probably should have gone to
36:20
Grammack and you know Morbidelli probably should have gone to
36:26
Rossi Rossi's team but I think the seniorities swopped it
36:29
around So you know that's a big that's a hopefully works out for
36:33
Bizzacki in the end because you know Moto GP as well even though
36:37
it is a family it is very cutthroat.
36:40
Oh yeah. And I hope he had, like I said,
36:45
hope he has much better the year this year.
36:46
He he's pretty close. What is he third runner up last
36:49
year? Yeah, yeah, so.
36:53
Yeah, he's go ahead. I was going to say he's he's
36:56
another one that's just going to be ready to contend.
36:58
So, but hopefully you know he gets a a choice of what bike he
37:03
gets and wants to ride. Exactly.
37:06
So yeah, So what in a couple of weeks, man, Definitely looking
37:08
forward to World Super Bike Moto GP.
37:12
Sounds like, let's switch over the World Super Bike a little
37:15
bit. Sounds like Batista is hurt.
37:18
He's still recovering. It looks like Top Rock is ready.
37:21
Looks like BMW could be a top four bike this year Based on
37:25
what's? I heard that.
37:27
I heard that they had four of their bikes in top ten.
37:30
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
37:32
So that's that's pretty good. And you know my guy, Garrett
37:35
Gerloff. Yeah, I'm, I'm.
37:36
Good to see him in the top 10. I'm rooting for Gerloff, for
37:39
real. I'm definitely rooting for him.
37:40
I'm rooting for Scott Redding. I'm a big Scott Redding fan.
37:43
Because, you know, you know, he was in Moto GP at age 15.
37:51
You know, like like, think about that.
37:53
Wait Moto 3? No, no, no Moto GP.
37:58
Oh, before it was the age limit. Yeah.
37:59
I don't know if it's the age limit in Moto GP but he he he
38:04
was in at a very young age. You know what I'm saying?
38:06
And and so you have to keep that in mind like Miller Miller's
38:10
remember Jack Miller skipped Moto 2 right and went to Moto
38:13
straight to Moto GP too. So you know he's you know, I
38:17
mean so I don't want to say he's like this he's you know Sean
38:21
Campbell one of these guys. So you know who you think about,
38:23
go go straight to the NBA, is out of high school.
38:26
But, you know, so I'm rooting for him.
38:27
And he had, you know, I don't think he, he got there, you
38:32
know, when he went to a Prillier, Prillier was still a
38:33
bad bike. And that was unfortunate because
38:37
he didn't last and he was still relatively, I mean he was like
38:40
28 I think of 2728 when he left Moto GP and he was already a
38:45
Moto GP for 10 years or whatever the case may be.
38:48
So he was give or take on, don't you know, hold me to the numbers
38:53
but I'm rooting for him so I hope he does well.
38:56
He is the oldest BMW rider as he said and so we'll see what
39:00
happens. But nobody's I, you know, I I'm,
39:04
you know, I, I, it seems like BMW has a good chance.
39:07
So I suspect Yamaha and Kawasaki should be a little bit worried
39:12
about that. I don't think Ducati has to
39:14
worry about that though. You think Alvaro Bautista is not
39:18
saying throwing away flag in, but just saying that how he's
39:22
not feeling well right now. It's kind of an excuse he's
39:26
going to go well for. Him.
39:27
He has to get used to carrying that big girl around now because
39:30
got a little bit more weight than what he used to.
39:32
Right. Yeah.
39:33
Like, like we mentioned that in the last episode, we mentioned a
39:37
few rules that have changed and things they've added.
39:39
But yeah, they've added more rules like the weight and fuel
39:44
reduction and all that stuff, so.
39:46
Right. Yeah.
39:46
So I think he has to work it out.
39:48
He's injured, he's a Moto GP. I'm not knocking World Super
39:51
Bike rider when I say he's a Moto GP rider, but he's a Moto
39:56
GP rider and that's the top class and you know he's this
40:02
other, you know. Tido, there's other riders
40:06
that's left Moto GP and got on the World Super Bike and hasn't
40:09
done what Alvarez done. I think the closest person was
40:13
Scott Redding when he went to Ducati.
40:15
I don't know what happened towards the end of the season
40:17
with him and and and so forth or whatever the case may be, but he
40:20
had a good shot and he hit Scott Redding with one BSB on a
40:24
Ducati. So that's how he got the factory
40:26
seat on a new World Super Bike. So you know, I you will see, I I
40:33
think that he's still the person to beat.
40:35
You're a double world, world champion.
40:38
You're the guy to beat regardless.
40:39
So, and you know that bike well and the guy can ride.
40:44
Ducati going for a 3P Moto GP and and worse, the bike.
40:50
I can't see why they wouldn't be.
40:53
I mean, they have the chance though.
40:55
That's a big deal, right? You know and I know if Yamaha
41:04
well Honda hasn't won World Super Bike and I don't know when
41:08
last time it's been a while maybe calling that words down
41:11
you know back back back back then I think he I believe he
41:14
might have won a World Super Bike or he's won some races on
41:18
on on a Honda but you know it it's this is new for Ducati to
41:27
to have you know to have two titles in World Super bike two
41:30
titles in Moto GP back-to-back. This is this is this is this is
41:34
like the Patriots in the early days of Tom Brake.
41:37
This is this is really new and I think people are acting some
41:43
people are acting like it's you know Michael Jordan six rings or
41:49
or or did Tom Brady after he retired with with the amount of
41:53
rings and the dominance that they've had it's or maybe
41:57
they're afraid of to see that happen because if you know it's
42:00
possible but this is still new for Ducati and and they're not
42:03
even they're already getting hit over the head and you know they
42:07
even haven't had the chance to really dominate yet right.
42:11
So yeah, if, if, if, if they get a three peat on each one, I you
42:18
know, the only hard thing that's going to be for Ducati is how
42:22
they going to get people to afford the bikes because they're
42:26
going to have more people wanting to ride Ducatis.
42:29
And that's what I'm saying like they're going to if even if they
42:32
do get a three peat, they're going to be like, all right, are
42:34
we going to our, you know, local sales going to go up?
42:38
I'm sure it will. Oh, yeah, yeah.
42:40
Come on. Listen, you know, I was at and
42:43
we're going to, we might as well just segue into it.
42:45
You know, my track over the weekend there some Ducatis in
42:51
the paddock, you know, and I was talking to a guy I pitted with
42:56
and I don't, you know, people spending a lot of money on race
43:03
bikes and they're doing club racing and it's Ducatis, so it's
43:09
already there, you know what I'm saying?
43:10
Like they're like it's already there, you know?
43:12
Yeah, they're there. It's so it's.
43:14
Been to a I've been to a a Josh Harris track day, the Ducati War
43:19
Horse track day and I brought, you know, my R6.
43:24
I didn't have a Ducati, but it was nothing.
43:27
But Ducati's there. I mean probably about 50 plus,
43:31
yeah. So sorry, it's already there.
43:33
They they're like people, you know, there's people who can
43:35
afford to do it and they're doing it.
43:37
And you know, I think that the fact that Honda and the Yamaha
43:43
and Kawasaki has just raised their prices to get, you know,
43:47
within reaching distance of Ducati is kind.
43:50
I mean, you can still get a 17 thousand $18,000 Yamaha, Honda
43:54
and and so forth, right? But their top of the line bike
43:58
is, you know, over $25,000. So it's pushing there.
44:02
Granted, you know, Ducati's pushing in the 40s now and you
44:06
know, I like, I like, I like, I like 9 elevens, man, you know
44:09
what I'm saying? I'm just mad that that when you
44:12
buy Ducati, as soon as you leave, like you might as well
44:14
cut the price in half because you you can't sell it for the
44:17
same price. That's I will.
44:20
Disagree with you, but yeah, I don't know that's.
44:22
The only thing I don't like. I I think that you will.
44:25
You might lose some money but I've I I find that people are
44:31
charging ridiculous amount of money still for their bikes and
44:35
so I you know I I suspect if you buy a Ducati and a month later
44:39
you want to sell it you might lose some money but there's
44:41
still people. I see people still asking for 23
44:43
grand for bikes with mileage on it and I'm blessed and you know
44:47
and and and I'm a little concerned at that but that's
44:49
always been that way for a little bit.
44:52
I think that if you look at all the I can't I can speak about
44:55
the USI can't speak about Europe.
44:58
If you look at the the used market, you know bikes don't
45:02
drop below a certain price. You know what I'm saying?
45:05
It's kind of like how is this bike 10 years old and it's two
45:09
grand cheaper than a brand new bike.
45:11
So I do, I, I, I I agree with you that it it should drop.
45:17
But when people are selling these bikes they're still
45:19
listing them pretty close, close to sale prices.
45:22
And you know that needs to change because I'm not going to
45:26
go buy a bike with with with miles on it, you know, for for a
45:32
Grand Leicester brand new bike. I don't know you know you or or
45:36
what you've done to that bike. Yeah, I'm sure I love riding the
45:40
Ducati, but at the same time even a used one, No, I ride a
45:47
Jixxon 1000, you know, So for what I got it for I'm sure I can
45:52
still sell it and not lose as much money as if I just bought a
45:56
brand new Ducati and try to sell it.
45:58
So I would love Karate Ducati, especially how they are
46:03
improving their their motorcycles these days and it's
46:07
just hopefully they can make it more affordable to the public.
46:10
That's not going to happen. It's not going to happen.
46:14
It's not going to happen. I wish it would too.
46:16
I really do. But it's not going to happen.
46:19
I I think that you know they're they are a boutique brand but
46:30
they're now turning into a different kind of brand.
46:33
They this coming they're trying to become like Honda and because
46:40
Honda is the benchmark Honda is making money hand over fist
46:42
stage and things like that. They they sell the most
46:44
motorcycles I believe so you know and they and they make
46:48
everything not besides motorcycles.
46:50
So I think that's what they're trying to do and you and you
46:52
kind of see Triumph doing the same thing because they they
46:55
they want more market share, right.
46:57
But you know, it's hard to do when you're still building bikes
47:01
by hand and you're still delivering that quality that
47:04
you're doing O that makes it very hard.
47:07
But I, you know, I think that in this day and age, you know of
47:11
45,000 Ducati people are buying it.
47:13
Don't ask me where they're getting the money from.
47:15
Don't ask me who they are, but they're buying them.
47:17
They're people buying the, the, the 30 grand, 31 grand B4S.
47:23
No problem, you know, and and then they still drop in money
47:26
into it to to to do exhaust and whatever else they're doing and
47:31
and and maybe that's just the lifestyle we're used to today.
47:35
That is it's you're just living the dream.
47:37
I don't know, No. I have a couple of Ducatis, so
47:39
I'm not I I I can't talk too much, Full disclosure.
47:43
But you know, I think that I I will say this, if if money was
47:52
no option, forget money. You just got to ride the bike.
47:56
I think when you ride a Ducati and you ride other bikes your
48:03
your heart's going to tell you one thing.
48:05
Your wallet might tell you something else and I, you know
48:09
I've ridden a few bikes you know what I'm saying?
48:11
And and so it's really hard to explain you know until you do
48:17
it. So I, you know I've always
48:19
offered you the for you to come and ride a Ducati.
48:21
So come on down ride one since you haven't ridden one because
48:25
after you do you'll you'll see what it is.
48:27
You'll see why people like it as much.
48:30
I mean, people may not like it if they have to pay to fix it
48:34
that you know, and to pay to purchase it, but when you ride
48:39
it. Fix it how many times though.
48:41
I don't know. My, I've been fortunate my,
48:43
like, you know, I've heard some stories about, you know, people
48:46
complaining about fixing Ducatis or whatever, whatever.
48:49
I I I say this right. If you maintain your
48:53
motorcycles, if you maintain whatever things you have,
48:56
they're not going to break down as much as if you don't maintain
48:58
them. I agree to that and and so I
49:02
would tell the guy this so my first my first Ducati was a
49:05
Street Fighter did exhaust a full exhaust.
49:09
I did a slipper clutch. You know I I probably put like
49:15
you know 1015 grand into that bike and and what I realized
49:20
after doing that is, you know I can buy more bikes instead of
49:23
doing that. So I really don't modify my
49:25
Ducatis that much at all, really probably mirrors and things that
49:29
make it just more useful and then, you know, go buy other
49:33
bikes. So you know what I mean?
49:36
That's just me because it is, Yeah, you're going to spend a
49:40
lot of money, you know, doing that compared to like a Honda or
49:45
a Yamaha or something like that. You're going to you're going to
49:47
spend that kind of money but it's going to be good, good
49:51
parts. It's going to, you know, I I
49:55
can't, you know I can't complain about the parts that I have
49:57
purchased other than the price. So that that'll be my own
50:00
complaint, you know, Yeah, the intervals on the older bikes,
50:04
you know, we're we're a lot closer.
50:06
But these new bikes, it's not that bad.
50:12
Yeah, who am I kidding? Anyway, saying Ducati is going
50:15
to drop their prices. Of course, if you're the best,
50:17
your price goes up. Yeah, exactly.
50:19
Ducati is about to be worth more than they are now, so.
50:23
And and no one is dropping their prices.
50:27
So yeah, so and last but not least, let me jump into my
50:31
weekend so. Before before you do that sorry
50:35
to cut you off I I lost it but world Super Bikes adding another
50:40
track to their calendar. What is it, Argentina?
50:46
They should, right. And then there's a, yeah, 2
50:50
brand new venues, Bolton Park and Krenoma Cremona, Cremona.
50:56
So, I mean, I've seen those circuits, but I just like new
51:00
tracks. That's just some more news for
51:03
for World Super Bikes now. They got the weight, new tracks
51:08
and and their grids changing where they have like the top 9.
51:14
I didn't hear that as well past the time.
51:16
So yeah, yeah, they're starting really soon.
51:20
I'm gonna say February. Yeah, really soon.
51:23
Before Moto GP, Yeah. But yeah, I wanted to get that
51:25
out there, yeah. So yeah, so my weekend.
51:29
So this year I'm racing the Pan American Series.
51:34
It's, I think it's based out of Florida.
51:37
We get to go to New Orleans I believe Barbara Talladega,
51:43
Roebling, some other tracks, but my first first round was in in
51:47
Homestead in in South Miami. Different series than I'm used
51:51
to. They do practice and qualifying
51:55
on Saturdays. Races are on Sundays.
51:59
The top three riders in every class get paid, which is kind of
52:03
cool compared to some of these other clubs, so that's pretty
52:06
cool did that. The There's less racing as far
52:11
as the mono race, but I guess on Saturday you get more practice.
52:16
Time so, so they got to set up like a league, you know, I mean,
52:21
obviously it's a league, but compared to like a club racing,
52:24
you know, it's more like a. Yeah it's it's yeah it's you
52:29
know it's I I think it it's they follow a lot of the European
52:32
rules so you know there's that it's similar to Moto GP in the
52:38
sense that up until the Sprint race races are only on Sunday
52:43
practicing qualifying on on Saturday type of thing, you
52:48
know. So it's it's different.
52:49
I'm still learning it my first time.
52:51
I I will say I had a great time. It rained on Sunday, which was
52:56
unfortunate, but it it it wasn't too bad of a weekend.
53:02
I will say this right shout out to Sergio, shout out to Jim.
53:06
Because so my first race of the day we we started, we started
53:12
the race. It's like a 12/10 lap race and 1
53:16
1/2 lap into a direct flag it because it's raining.
53:20
It started raining and I had to go back.
53:23
I'm on my KTMI had rain tires but I didn't.
53:26
I had to. So we had like 10 minutes or so
53:30
to change tires before we can start.
53:33
I was able to change the rear because I had a a rear rim with
53:36
this rain tire on it, but my front rim I had to take off the
53:39
slick and mount the rain rain tire too, which is not something
53:43
I do. So somebody else had to do that
53:46
and it's always very hectic and you know you know and and you
53:50
know in the past it's one of those things like I probably
53:53
just said ah whatever because I did that in NC bike because I
53:55
didn't I didn't I I I probably had similar times in NC bike and
54:00
I and and I just didn't do it and you know and this time I
54:05
just you know I was just like let me just try all the stars
54:09
aligned I was able to get on the bike get out I got out it was
54:14
enough time to at least start the race from pit pit lane So
54:19
that was the. 1st. Yeah, yeah, I got out there and
54:23
it's and it's downpour after the video.
54:24
We're going to edit it and get it posted in a little bit and
54:28
stuff. But I will say this you know
54:33
eight we did 8 laps about 28 riders I finished fifth overall
54:40
and 3rd in my class and and you know and that's from pit lane
54:45
and it it it was one of those things like and I shout out to
54:48
Sergio and these guys because I've seen them in the past they
54:51
got their suits on you know parts broken or something's
54:54
happened and they're just trying to get through and you know that
54:58
that experience and you know I have another bike that you can
55:01
kind of see behind a little bit that I I should have brought I
55:05
didn't bring it but I wouldn't have gone through that that
55:08
experience of you know just trying to get back out there and
55:12
doing everything possible to do that because like that that
55:14
experience is just just like hey anything is possible and
55:17
anything I anything is possible so and to be able to you know
55:21
get on the podium and you know and in the past you know you
55:26
know 20 something on the right that was that was in the last
55:28
place what. I mean this, you said that's a
55:32
that's a whole nother thing because like you're setting
55:34
yourself up for for mentally having a lot of mistakes or to
55:39
make a mistake just rushing around trying to trying to get
55:43
finished within a time frame, you know, scramble around if you
55:48
were by yourself doing it. So it's cool that you know, Jim
55:51
and Sergio were there. They put them all higher too.
55:54
No, they weren't here. They weren't there.
55:56
But I've seen them at other racetracks do that.
55:59
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But no, no, no, they weren't
56:01
there to help. But no, it is one of those
56:04
things like, you know, it is. And I didn't think about that.
56:06
Like did I tighten, you know, the the bolts enough or or
56:10
whatever the case may because you, you know, there's a lot of
56:12
different million parts moving in that moment.
56:15
And, you know, I'm depending on someone else to change my front
56:18
to take the tire off, mount it, balance the tire and get it back
56:21
to me. He also has to tell other people
56:24
who are waiting for tires to say, do you mind, you know this
56:27
guy jumping in because he got a race that's about to start in a
56:29
few minutes. So all those things had to
56:31
happen and have other riders be like, OK, cool right?
56:35
So you know it could have been different if one person said no,
56:38
I got to go right. So you know all those aligned
56:40
and then to be able to to to to get on a podium definitely was a
56:46
good weekend overall. It's a good weekend.
56:47
My second race, I finished fourth place, battled with some
56:51
guys in that. In there.
56:55
Overall I had a fun. Overall I had fun.
56:57
It's a pretty cool series so far and I'm, you know, I'm probably
57:01
going to miss the next round, which is in New Orleans.
57:03
Apparently the track has been resurfaced.
57:06
Sounds like a track that I'm going to want to get to a one
57:08
day because it does sound like it's pretty fun, but it's you
57:11
know, so far so good and you know.
57:15
How many races do you have in the in the series?
57:19
As how many riders or how many? How many rounds?
57:23
How many rounds? I believe that 10 rounds, give
57:25
or take, I'd have to look at the calendar again.
57:26
So it's a it's a pretty good series.
57:29
So you got like. Yeah, yeah, I got some, I got
57:32
some time and the main reason for me just being down here,
57:35
it's the just to drive, you know, I, you know, just to
57:40
drive. That's all it is because it's
57:42
not as far and it's and it's also I get to race some new new
57:47
new tracks this year so hopefully I'll add at least
57:50
three new tracks to to the to the to the repertoire if
57:53
everything works out you know but it it's pretty cool.
57:57
I will say this I do like their how registration is you know you
58:03
can register up until you know I guess 5 minutes before a race
58:08
starts to a race. So if you if you didn't sign up
58:12
so there's no, there's no like, oh you know registration closed
58:16
at 9:00 and that's it for the rest of the day.
58:19
It's like hey you know just give us enough time to print out the
58:21
sheet and you can you can get on the grid and you know that type
58:25
of. Thing how easy to check the
58:26
grid? Is it easy to check the grid?
58:30
Everything's online. OK, so that's good 'cause, you
58:33
know, like we would have to run to, you know, the Media Center
58:37
to check our grid positions, but they say, oh, grids have
58:40
changed. God damn it.
58:42
Yeah, yeah, 5 minutes before you got, there's gonna be a long
58:46
line checking that. So that's good.
58:47
It's online. Yeah, and they still do print
58:49
out as well, but it's the navigation of it all.
58:54
It's pretty straightforward. It's pretty easy.
58:57
It's easy to check your results. It's it's easy to it's it's just
59:02
intuitive and and that's the cool part.
59:05
So you know, kudos for for them for doing that.
59:07
I know other series are trying to do it and trying to get it
59:10
work. Technology can be difficult at
59:13
times so I do get that. But you know they've figured
59:16
that part of it out. Trust me.
59:17
There's there's there's things that you know could be
59:20
different. I'm not you know it's too soon
59:21
to sit here and pick on them for sure.
59:23
What my experience with other clubs yeah there's some things
59:26
that could be a little bit different but that's the that's
59:28
what anything nothing's going to be perfect.
59:31
You know at the end of the day it it it's you know it's it's
59:34
still all like most club safety first you know you know being
59:38
responsible for yourself and others and all that stuff is is
59:41
all there. I think the thing you know it
59:47
I'm not letting any any situation any clubs or anyone
59:50
off but you know nothing's going to be perfect.
59:53
But I I don't have enough information to sit here and be
59:55
like, Oh well, they should do this to do that because they
59:58
they are doing a lot of cool things.
1:00:01
I'm just more appreciative that I have somewhere that I can push
1:00:05
the limits on the bikes now fact that the track will be open, you
1:00:09
know, obviously a lot of people can improve on things.
1:00:12
You know exactly. And and they've been around for
1:00:14
eight years now. So they've been doing this for a
1:00:16
little bit. And I will say this, this is the
1:00:19
one thing that's cool. They did give out beers if you
1:00:25
got a podium. So as you're walking up you get
1:00:26
your trophy and you got a beer. It's not quite champagne, but
1:00:31
that's pretty cool, right? Because that was pretty cool for
1:00:35
them to do. It was more rewarded.
1:00:37
Yeah, you know it is. You get to crack something open,
1:00:39
take a quick sip or whatever and cuz it is club racing right?
1:00:45
And for folks like myself, I'm just there to have fun.
1:00:52
But they're young kids that are that are hoping to go as far as
1:00:57
you know, the universe lets them go.
1:00:59
So for them to have a place to go and see that and and build
1:01:03
off of that, that's pretty cool. That is pretty cool.
1:01:07
I like that. I actually like the little
1:01:09
podiums that if they had, I saw one of the pictures.
1:01:11
Yeah, exactly. No, it's like I said it.
1:01:14
It definitely feels the part, you know, and that's the cool
1:01:19
part about it. Is it cheap?
1:01:22
No, it's not. It's not cheap.
1:01:25
So, but do you, are you getting what you're paying for?
1:01:28
I believe you are. You know what I'm saying?
1:01:31
I think that you know what I've heard from other riders complain
1:01:35
about and stuff like that. You may pay a little bit money,
1:01:39
keep more money here, but you are, you know you're getting
1:01:43
what you paid for, so and that's and that's and that's all you
1:01:46
can really ask, you know what I'm saying?
1:01:48
And there's a lot of places to probably charge more, but it's
1:01:51
motorcycle racing and you know it's not, it's not a cheap
1:01:55
sport. Not not at all.
1:01:58
I mean, they said had to cut a cut a bills out just to maintain
1:02:04
everything but. Exactly.
1:02:06
So. So I'm looking forward to the
1:02:08
next round, which for me probably is going to be April.
1:02:12
Well, April I'm probably going to, I'm, I'm probably going to
1:02:14
try to do CCS or AZRA in April because I think the next round
1:02:17
that I can make is in May for for the Pan American series.
1:02:22
But no, there's a lot of fast, there's a lot of fast people.
1:02:24
So I'm I'm definitely looking forward to that.
1:02:27
My first round starts to end of April for Neymar and then
1:02:34
obviously before that I'm going to try to bring my my bike out
1:02:37
to get a little seat time before then but can't wait.
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