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MotoGP RD 10 discussed in Vroom Vroom Wednesdays S5 Episode 11 · B 4EVA Kool "Race A Motorcycle" Podcast

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Welcome to the Be Perfect Cool podcast.
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My name is Rex 45. We got Smitty in the building.
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Reese, TJ. What's going on, fellas?
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How's everyone doing? We start with our TJ man.
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How you doing this weekend? I mean, it's day today.
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We're doing good over here. You know, it's another week like
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the weather's good up here in Northeast.
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Finally back going too as always right now and you know just
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watching motorcycles everywhere getting knowledge and can't
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complain right now feels good out here.
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Yes. What's up?
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That's what's up, Reese. What's going on, man?
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You go, you're out in West Coast this past weekend, man.
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We'll catch up on all that. But how you doing today?
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I can't complain man. Just living the dream and I
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guess gearing up for Laguna, gearing up for another West
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Coast round. I mean, do you, do you wake up
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every morning and pinch yourself or you pinch yourself before you
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go to sleep because you are living the dream?
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I think I, I think in the beginning of my, the beginning
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of the crowd was pinching myself and then realized after about
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five years I'm like, oh wait, this isn't a dream no more.
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It's just reality. It's that's pretty dope reality
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man. For sure.
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Smitty. What's good man?
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How you doing man? Everything's going good man.
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Just got back home from a club race at Barber this weekend, so
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home chilling, you know? That's it really.
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Aye, aye, that's what's happening.
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We were talking about this before we started recording.
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So let's talk about club racing lifestyle, you know, How was it
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for you? How did you make out?
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How many races did you do? So the plan was to do 3 races,
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1/3 Saturday and three Sunday. Sunday got rained out, a lot of
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lightning within 5 and things like and they kept pushing him
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back and he just got rained out. But Saturday had two races.
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First race my my results weren't where I would hope they would
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be. But because the guys I was with
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wore a similar pace, it was a lot of fun doing the back and
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forth. But he passed me, I passed him
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and vice versa, and that's always fun and you know, with
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the racing the bottom, like the top five guys aren't racing the
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five through 10 guys like their pockets of races within each
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race. So my pocket, even though I was
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in the back, was a fun pocket of the being, you know what I'm
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saying? So and then I had a little crash
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the second race, sling bad. I hit a false neutral and I lost
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all my you know, break and going going to a, you know, a corner.
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We're going to be a little bit too hot ran off a little tip
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over in the gravel. That's it.
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Spikes those scratched up, but not bad.
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Not bad so. A lesson learned, you know, let
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let let's dive a little bit more with and I'll bring TJ into this
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as well. You know, when when we start,
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when I started club racing, you know, I was struggling in the
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beginning. It took me probably four to five
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years, I would say, I think as well.
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So it's different for up north because up north they got, you
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know, in New England they have novice, amateur and expert, but
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down by you guys, it's amateur and expert only.
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So like as a novice, I did really well, but then when I
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became an amateur, I struggled for a bit and stuff like that.
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And it took me a little while to, to, to find my pace.
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So like how how's it for you Smitty and and finding your pace
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and, and what's that like? Frustrating because it seemed
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like when I first started I was getting better slowly, but you
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know, it's progress so and it's racing.
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It's not open eye thing. We get better, you know, a 10th
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of a second here, those things out of, you know, over time.
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And I was doing that, but I plateaued and at some points
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I've regressed and I can't figure out why.
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So yes, it's very much frustrating actually.
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And you know, I know that feeling.
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How about yourself, TJ, Before we go back to Smitty, what's
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what's it been like and what's your struggles in, in, in in
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track racing? You know, like like you said
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Rexy, I did really well for me. I did really well as a novice
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and once I became an amateur, I actually progressed pretty well.
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Every year or every rounds I increased my time or my time
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went down. I got into the teens and then
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the next following year there's a little set back.
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I couldn't figure out why I didn't know if I was my body
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position was off the bike needed work or, or what is going on.
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So I figured out it's really important to to take notes as
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you get faster because things really start to matter at this
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point. You know, like your tire
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choices, the weather, you know, like you know your tire
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pressure, certain things matter. So it's good to write them down
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to keep the data. So I think that will help me
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improve. I know a lot of people have
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teams, you know, or at least like teammates that help them
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with all this extra stuff. So I usually go out and watch
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the experts of amateurs at each corner just to listen to the
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bikes to see what together in when they're downshifting, when
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they're upshifting. And I try to go out and imitate
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as best I can. So that has helped me,
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especially last year on the summer.
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Yeah, I would, I would say that that's, that's, you know,
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watching people and, you know, talking to people at the
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racetrack, which I was fortunate because people brought me to the
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racetrack. So, you know, I had people to
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talk to. If I was on my own, I probably
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wouldn't talk to anyone. But like, you know, it's, it's
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good when people come up and talk to you.
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So I know that you have people coming up to you Smitty and try
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to give you pointers and stuff like that.
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Or maybe just kind of figure out where you are racing and then
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also like how, how much racing are you doing this year?
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The thing with taking pointers from people, it's tough because
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I don't know who this guy is. I don't know his intentions, I
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don't know his experience level. And sometimes, like everybody
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knows everything. So it's like he takes so much
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with a grain of salt, you know what I'm saying?
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And I don't want to blow anybody off because, you know, just
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being open minded to all info. But if one guy says yeah, hey,
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you know, start breaking at the three board, one guy.
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Hey, now do it at the four board.
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OK, well, now I'm getting info that's kind of conflicting.
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So you get too much info from too many people and it's like,
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yo, just sometimes you don't want that much.
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Then now you're more confused almost.
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And so you just kind of got to got to black it out, find what,
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find what works, you know for you, right?
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Right. I was going to say, did you, did
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you try breaking at the four board or the three, three board?
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No. I mean, I'll break where I feel
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like candy. You know, obviously it's like
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when that that thing goes off of your head and say it's now mofo
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not and then. But then here's the weird thing
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though. Like your brain is still
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conditioned for survival. Like I tell myself, you know,
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yes, I'm going to break at the three board.
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I tell myself that, but my body does it at the four.
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Oh yeah, Oh yeah. I'd come off at the gas on the
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four and then hit the three. So I'm coasting 4 a little bit
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before I I. Yeah, but your body just tells
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you do it this way or else you're going to.
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Die Reese, you got any advice for for this video myself or or
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TJ to get faster other than ignore Any thoughts?
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Give me that rich that that that Richard Stamboli advice man,
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they all his riders. You either on the gas or you're
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off the gas. Which one you ain't no coasting
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is either break or gas either go or not.
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I mean, I was told that by, you know, a couple of races.
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You know, it's either you want the brakes, you're off the
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brakes, no in between. If you actually watch the guys,
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you can see the data. There's there's very little,
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there's very little. There's barely no coasting, just
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getting comfortable on your bike and see where you're at for
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breaking. I mean, I, I was, I was actually
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told by a couple of races, like even when I went out there for
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schools and everything else. Let's try breaking at four.
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OK, you're good at. We did like 4 laps on four and
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then we went to try breaking at 3 and that's when they're behind
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me and we'll try to break at 3:00 and then we'll break.
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And then keep doing lap after lap after lap after lap.
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You'll get comfortable and then try doing it at 2:00 and just
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keep going. And like I know JP said, Jason
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Pridmore, he was always like get your downshifting done well
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before you even start your breaking, get your downshifting
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done. Get your select gear where you
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need to be, then get in that corner.
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Get in there like you want to get that braking done.
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You know, set up all your stuff before you even start entering
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that corner. So as you're entering the
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corner, you already just break to the apex and gas out of
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there. Got you.
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Nice, nice. Yeah, man, it's a tricky thing.
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But also, you know, we find that the more you can be on the bike
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helps you know more, the more track days you can do.
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I found, you know, late in 2021 when I did a lot of racing, it
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was my fastest year just because I was just on the bike almost
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every other weekend where, you know, if you're doing, you know,
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5 rounds a year or seven rounds a year.
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And if you only get in like a couple of races in a weekend,
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it's not really enough to get you.
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I mean, some guys can come and do that for sure, But I find
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when I'm, when I'm, when I'm riding the most is, is what I'm
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doing the best, Then everything is natural, everything feels
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natural. Moving the bike around, all that
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feels natural. And, and you know, the last
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thing I'll say before we move on to Moto GP and stuff like that,
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ergonomics, you know, making sure your bars are comfortable
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for you, your pegs are comfortable for you.
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It sounds silly, but those simple things alone can make a
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huge difference, right? Makes a big difference.
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How can you tell like someones like where their peg should be?
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Like what, what would be? Is it like your comfort level or
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it's like, alright, this is like the height of your bike or
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something like that, you know? I think Reese probably has
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people that can tell on a professional level, but I, I,
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from what I was told, if you have adjustable rear sets, just
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change the positions and go do a couple of laps.
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Your suspension, just, you know, do a couple of clicks, One
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Direction, go do some laps, go 2 clicks ahead, another direction
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all the way just to learn your bike.
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And then you'll start to figure out what your, what you like and
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what you don't like. Because at the end of the day, I
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think it's all between our ears anyway.
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Like. I'm.
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Tall and mine is all the way back.
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Mine is back, yeah. Because mine feels comfortable,
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but like, you know, I have never adjusted it to all right, let's
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try a little further back. You know, I haven't, you know,
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it feels really comfortable where it is.
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So I've never really messed with it.
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But you know, who knows, Like I, I should try that.
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Maybe that can just change just a little bit like my teeth
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position, stuff like that. So just a question on that.
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Yeah, try. Try moving it back, do a couple
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laps, see how you feel and then go from there.
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Any thoughts Smitty, if we move on, no.
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No, no, I mean like the bike feels.
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It feels comfy enough, you know what I'm saying?
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It feels good enough. It just, I'm not using what I
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have it's potential that's all or close to it so.
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I know that. You know, one thing that I don't
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do is blame the bike. Oh, my bike's not good.
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Nah. Oh yeah, yeah, you're not the
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the typical rider. Nah.
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But sometimes I want to blame the bike.
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Sometimes it is the bike. You know, I had a situation like
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that where, you know, I, I think I went to almost the whole
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season and, and, you know, beating myself up like why, why
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can't I do this? What's going on?
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And I had the bike checked out and it did the settings was off
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a little bit on the bike on the front end.
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And, you know, so sometimes it is the bike.
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And when you're a new rider, you don't know if it's you or the
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bike. You know, I'm saying you're
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always going to think it's you as a new rider, maybe, you know,
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you know, you're, you know, these professional riders may
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think it's the bike all the time.
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But like us, you know, we're always sitting here saying it's
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us, it's us, it's us. But sometimes it is the bike and
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you don't, you know, I was too busy blaming myself so much that
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I didn't even think about that. And then I just finally like
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after so you know, like 2 1/2 years, like I said, I was, I
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was, it was like a struggle from 2017 to 20 to 2019-2020, you
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know, for me. So it was like I had a few years
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where it was just like just the back of the pack again, back of
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the pack again. I wasn't always like this.
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I did AI did a, you know, I did a 22 and 2017 and then was stuck
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at the back. So it's got it checked out and
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that that made a difference. So sometimes it is the bike, but
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you know big when you run out of ideas to try, you have to you
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know, as you know, and we'll talk about this.
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I think Peko maybe at that point running out of ideas, but you
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know, it is but you. Know I plead the fifth.
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I plead the 5th. Oh man, so you know, racing in
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Aston, it was on it was very first track.
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I, I went to go watch live Aston racetrack.
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I went in 2017 and I was the Valentino won that won that
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race. I think it was the last race he
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won. So it was it was pretty dope.
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It's a, you know, from video games.
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It's a pretty dope track. You guys thoughts on qualifying
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that Yamaha, you know, 444 pole positions in 5-6 races.
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It's pretty impressive there. No, they're like a civil.
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It's not a fluke. You know, eventually they found
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a groove, but race pace, he just kind of not pace, but he had a
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little mishap, got caught up with some shit and fell back.
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So, but they're making progress. Pardon me.
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And now I'm liking it. I'm liking it.
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I mean, it's saying something and stepping in the right
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direction. I mean, they really just got to
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figure out the race pace. I mean, every try play out is
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different. So you're going to have a
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different set up. But Fabio's just running really
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hard. Also he's he's really trying to
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show them like, hey, we we need this to compete and I'm putting
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this in, you know, a position to be successful and we can't even
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pull out 10 laps, you know, keeping up in the front.
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So no, it's good to see y'all are back qualifying, but
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unfortunately we all know Ducati is the head of everybody right
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now. Yeah, Yeah, I would say that.
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I mean, I, you know, we were talking, I don't think we were
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talking about Fabio getting pole.
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We were looking at the European brands and stuff like that.
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So that that definitely was a surprise.
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How about yourself Reese, with your thoughts?
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I mean, it, it goes back to again to, you know, what Lewis
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even said. I mean, it's it's nice to see
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it. It's nice to see, you know, the
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boys in blue back up there. But at the same time, I mean, we
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can always you can always throw down that one hot flyer, that
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one flying lap. I mean, but to keep that same
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lap going pace after pace after pace after pace, it takes it
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takes a doing lane, you know, and they just haven't figured it
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out. We can't they can't get it down
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to a science yet. You know, they're still behind
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the 8 ball. I mean, you can actually, you
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can actually watch the front straightaway and you can see the
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pull from the Ducati. You know that the bike gets up,
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they Marquez gets it up and he's gone so.
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Nice. Nice, Bobby Shakes.
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What's going on? I see you need some money to be
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on this show. Yeah, the check must have
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played. I, I mean, I'm just keeping with
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the, just keeping with the consistency with your boy Jorge
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Martinez. So I, I, I took, I stole the
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shoe of a young woman like 10 years ago.
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Oh, careful, man. And I know that this is free
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ditty, but this screw right here is the same exact size as Jorge
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Martinez, the Princess. So.
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I would like to send this to Aprilia.
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OK. All right.
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Really, you might want to send that to Honda.
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That's where he's going. Can you fit in this?
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Nah, though, I'm sorry. Listen, he's no longer.
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He's no longer a previous problem.
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He's on this problem. Wait that.
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That happened. I thought that's that sound was
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that, you know, they had to come to an agreement or.
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They can they going to court? Yeah.
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They going to court. It's getting worse.
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Yeah. See.
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Yeah, it sounds like the, the big dog might step in and and
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say I, I and I don't know how true it is.
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The CEO, what's his name? Carmen.
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God, I can't remember his name now.
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He, he, it's, I saw something where he said that, you know,
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Martine has to figure this thing out or he might not be in GP at
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all. Right.
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Yeah, they had a donor and this can't be good.
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I mean, maybe maybe it's good for Liberty Media Group.
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I don't know, because a lot of people are talking about it.
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So but new owners can't be happy with negative publicity.
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But if it's if they got more eyes on it might be a good
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thing. But let's let's move on to we,
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we talked about qualifying. Bagnia was the fastest Ducati is
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is this a sign that he's coming around?
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No, he's he's a absolutely not absolutely not give it up.
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The man is listen you put it has finally come to terms that Jorge
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Martin and especially Pekka Vagnaya.
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Now you have somebody that's a top tier rider on the same
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quality bike. You just not as good as you
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thought you was. Simple.
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That's it, huh? That's it.
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You're not as good as you thought you were.
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He's not as good as he thinks it was.
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Looking at the time, man, I mean, it's a good time, you
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know, And he's in front of the brothers.
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It's a start. Reese, as he said, I'm not
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racing for 3rd or 4th and every time I turn around he's in 3rd
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or 4th. No, I mean that was a bad move
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of him. He probably shouldn't have said
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anything for that. But nobody's racing for 3rd or
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4th, right? He's not saying anything any
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other writer is not saying. We just heard Smitty and myself
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saying none of us wants to be 3rd, 4th or anything below.
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If it's not first place, none of us are really happy, right?
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No. I mean no.
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We're racing for I know my. Lips, I know what I'm racing
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for, but I guarantee you if I'm on that back pace, on that on
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the back markers, I'm trying to race for 3rd or 4th, at least
19:16
get up on the podium. But Dang, I mean like he starts
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strong and then disappears. Gotcha.
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Right. I'm trying to I'm trying to
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change the channel from Becco from becco.
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I'm trying but. We got to talk about this, man.
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I mean. 45 every week for the last 100 weeks.
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Yep, Heckles come up. This is his best season ever.
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This is the best he's been. He he he's he's subpar.
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I want to change the channel but it's not changing.
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No, it's not. You know it will be televised
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Shakes. It will be televised.
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Because further was his tank was shaped funny he couldn't ride.
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Remember that shit? It's still a problem for the
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spring. Then yeah, hold on.
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Then he had one good race. Then was the break his his break
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too small. His break rose too small.
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Right, but you know, in all fairness, in in all fairness, he
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he's not getting beat at the same amount of times he was in
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the beginning of the season. So he's getting quicker.
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I think he's getting. Beat every time.
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He ain't been a race yet, right I.
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Understand that, but there's a lot of other guys.
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So I mean, I'm not, he's not, it's not like.
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Hold on, hold on. You supposed to be the most
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caliber rider, right? Is he supposed to be a top
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caliber rider? Right?
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He is a top caliber and I, I think they all are as, as Mark
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Marquez said in the press conference, like he's so how are
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you guys are saying what I'm saying?
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OK. And I give him that.
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He's a good caliber rider. So if you're a great caliber
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rider and a two time champion, how are you getting beat by a
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subpar person, which is Alex Mark?
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And Bazecki. Right.
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I wouldn't, I mean Bazecki and and I mean Bazecki's out of the
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camp. So I mean, you know what I mean.
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I, I think Alex Marquez is only not an anomaly, but no one
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really saw that coming, right? So I, I, I get, I can get Alex
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Marquez, but obviously Marquez is a time champion.
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So to be getting a time champion is not unheard of, especially on
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the same machines but at the same time.
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When he's on the 24. All right, let's let's, let's
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lose Yamaha as an example. In Motor America, you're looking
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at the times every week, OK, So if your time's getting closer,
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isn't that progress as overall on the team that like, OK,
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they're getting closer. I mean, obviously you want to
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win, but at the same time Marquez is not beating them by 5
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seconds anymore. Listen close counting
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horseshoes, hand grenades, not racing.
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Yeah, yeah. Thank you.
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OK. Post on Madden Racing.
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All right. close to what? Well, close to 3rd.
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Close to what? No, what I'm saying is like
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it's. Still a position.
22:02
It, it is still a position and they're working on making the
22:05
bikes better every weekend and making the bike as best as
22:08
possible for that rider, right. And and as we know, sometimes
22:12
last year it took them might be 7 rounds to figure out the 24
22:16
bike. But and my only point in this
22:20
because I don't want to reliterate litigate all that.
22:22
My only point is saying that like his times are getting
22:25
closer. So and he's and he's he is, you
22:28
know, on the grid, he's getting in front of him.
22:30
So if this continues, I mean, I'm not saying he's going to win
22:34
the championship, but he is getting close to to be more
22:38
competitive at the front as far as to be able to fight for a win
22:41
against, you know, a non crashing mark and a non crashing
22:45
Alex right all. Right.
22:46
Beat Alex straight up and then come back and talk to us.
22:49
Oh, he was going to beat Alex straight up.
22:51
If Alex didn't crash out, that was.
22:52
That was like, like Alex was getting beaten.
22:54
That was that was happening. OK.
22:56
Because the one time he had a bad race, 5th place when he
23:00
crashed out Alex, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
23:02
I mean, you know, you know, yeah, that's all I'm just saying
23:06
he was, I mean, yeah, Pekko finished fifth on on Saturday.
23:10
I mean, it's you know what I mean?
23:11
But he was going to get beat. Not Mark, but Pekko.
23:14
I mean, what? But Alex was going to get
23:16
beaten. But you know, let's talk about
23:18
Bazecki, you know, 5th in in in the grid, more Badeli, 6 out the
23:23
gear. These guys are all, you know,
23:26
getting closer to the to the front of the grid.
23:28
So let's talk about the Sprint race and and what are your
23:34
thoughts on the Sprint race? Can I go?
23:36
First status to Rex. I love your faith, you know
23:39
that? Seriously, I love your faith in
23:43
Petco. It's amazing, man.
23:46
From the beginning of the show, Morbid Deli has been my dark
23:52
horse. You could go back, watch the
23:55
episode It's been My Dark Horse, that's Our course, has fallen
24:00
off the track, sprained its ankle, and now we got to put it
24:03
to sleep. I don't think Morbideli is even
24:09
in contention anymore. He's had his chances earlier on
24:12
the season. I get it, we're not a halfway
24:15
break yet. There's still a lot of racing
24:17
left to go. But Morbideli has not quantum
24:23
leaped where I want him to be. And I'm going to say this and,
24:29
and it's not a hot take because I I want to be consistent this
24:33
season is for Marquez to lose because I think Alex, if Marquez
24:38
loses it, I think Alex will get it.
24:40
I disagree with Reese. I think Alex has been the best
24:44
rider all season. He shakes, shakes, shakes.
24:47
Not to. I, I mean to cut you off.
24:48
Alex has a broken bone in his right hand.
24:51
I believe so. If what is that?
24:54
We don't know. He's coming back, yeah, but
24:56
continue. But Martine had a broken, broken
24:59
and he came back. I know he's out.
25:02
And that's why he's broke now, yeah.
25:04
Yeah, he came back and and and he broke something.
25:07
So that's. What I'm just saying like at the
25:09
moment. I understand that, but but we're
25:12
a little physical therapy, little injection, we're back on
25:15
it again. This is professional racing here
25:17
guys. This is professional racing, but
25:19
the next round that we're there coming into the dominant left
25:22
side track and his left hand is hurting.
25:26
So that's going to take a big effect.
25:28
Yes, Alex is one of the top writers.
25:31
I don't know where he came from. I mean, he's been out there
25:34
training with his brother, so I can't say where the heck he
25:36
showed up from and where he came from.
25:39
So, but it's great to see him up there riding and then being in
25:42
contention, though. I think he's going to win the
25:46
championship or even have a remote chance if his hand wasn't
25:48
even broken. No, this is this championship is
25:52
Marquez's championship. I said it before Marquez even
25:55
stepped his foot on a Ducati. I said if he sits foot on a
25:59
factory bike, you are now racing for second and third.
26:03
There is no first. It is him.
26:05
He felt comfortable in it. He's smiling, he's laughing.
26:09
That is the most dangerous man in the paddock right now.
26:13
That is your most dangerous man. As far as Morbid Deli, Morbid
26:17
Deli is like a Venialis. He's here today, gone tomorrow.
26:22
Like I give there's no Morbidelli, there is no vanilla,
26:25
there is no Acosta. The race right now and Martine
26:29
is somewhere playing prima Donna, crying about I want this
26:33
and I want that. So the race right now is between
26:37
three people, which is Mark, Alex and Pekka.
26:42
That's it. Pekka is going to finish in 3rd,
26:45
Alex is going to finish in second and more, and Marquez is
26:48
going to finish in first. That's where your order is going
26:51
to finish out for the rest of the season, guarantee you.
26:56
I agree unless Alex don't come back before I.
26:59
See that? Happens.
27:02
I mean, that's why we show up every round to as spectators to
27:05
watch and they show up to race to prove people like Reese
27:08
differently. They do.
27:11
They show up to prove me differently, but that ain't
27:13
going to happen. So with that said, we still got
27:19
to talk about the race. Let's always talk about 2nd
27:23
through 18th and 18th then, right?
27:27
Exactly looks really. Good out there guys.
27:29
I think he has a shot of of continuing.
27:32
I'll still say like, you know, these guys are getting quicker.
27:36
I think he had a he, he rode one of the best races.
27:38
I think he was the first guy that really gave Mark a
27:41
challenge as far as keeping Mark on his toes because everybody
27:46
else Mark eventually pulled away from in previous rounds.
27:49
You guys thoughts about Bez and and his weekend?
27:53
But now he had a solid weekend. I mean whether he gave Mark his
27:56
all and he stuck with him for the entire shit the entire race.
28:01
He was there, he was the entire race.
28:03
He's a half second behind so it's just impressive.
28:06
So I mean credit, but like you said, he'll be back this weekend
28:11
and he'll be in six next week. You know, he's just hit or miss.
28:18
Tell you what, but even though I give Petco a hard time because
28:22
you were ex, Peko is a consistent 3rd place guy.
28:27
Yeah, and that's, but that's. I will give you that.
28:29
I mean, you know, that's, that's a good thing.
28:31
I mean, listen, if there's, if there's, listen, I'll say this,
28:34
right. And we were talking about this
28:35
early on. I, I struggled in the back of
28:38
the grid for four years and it was no fun When I'm, when I'm,
28:41
when I'm like the last 21 to, to the last few years fighting for
28:45
3rd, 4th or 1st or whatever you think I'm not.
28:48
If I got a fourth place, I'm disappointed and, and there's
28:51
guys that's and, and women behind.
28:53
No, I'm not going to be, I'm going to be disappointed.
28:55
I didn't get the 1st place, but you know, you know, back now
28:59
you're in 3rd place. So any of these guys in in in
29:02
521, it's the last way better than six through 18.
29:06
It depends. If you're a two time champ, it's
29:09
not fun. It's it's never fun for anyone
29:12
because everybody wants to win. But at the same time, you know
29:15
what I'm saying? Like like anything else, you
29:18
know, Marquez is, is one of the few guys to have what, 5-6
29:23
titles in a row? You know, Rossi, most people are
29:26
getting one or two or maybe none at all.
29:29
So at the end of the day, like let let let let you know, let's
29:32
be real, like you know, the, the most riders are not winning a
29:35
championship much, just a lot of races in Moto GP.
29:38
So I mean. OK, Reese question.
29:42
So based on the tack Yamaha, right for the past, I don't
29:45
know, let's say 3-4 years, Jake Gonyea, he ran motor American.
29:50
That was his series, right? But right now he's, I mean, no,
29:55
no, no shade on Jake at all, but he's a third place writer right
29:59
now. You think Jake likes that shit?
30:02
No. I agree with that.
30:03
I'm saying no, no writer likes it.
30:05
But at the same time, when you compare all the writers, no.
30:08
But at the same time, no guys would.
30:10
No one, no one wants to be in that place.
30:12
They just accept your faith. You know what, Maverick would
30:15
love that shit. No, he wouldn't.
30:16
No right. Again, Mark Marquez said it.
30:18
You got to respect these other writers.
30:20
Everyone wants to win. Everybody's showing up to win.
30:22
Let's let let's not pretend like I'm I don't want to throw shade
30:25
on the NBA or anything like that, who just want to collect
30:28
the paycheck, but these guys want to win.
30:30
And let's not let's let I get Marquez.
30:32
This is running out front and all that, But let's not like I
30:34
play basketball, pick up. I, I if I'm throwing dots at my
30:37
daughter, I want to win. I don't even care if it's if
30:39
it's a foot race, I want to win. It's like, I mean, if you're a
30:42
competitive person, there's not a chance that you want to sit
30:44
here and say you want to lose. Look, I mean, I get it that he
30:47
wants to win, but it's like we all show up to win.
30:50
There's nobody that doesn't show up to win.
30:52
But at the end of the day, is he really going to win?
30:57
That's a whole different story, but we're showing up to be
30:59
competitive and that's what I'm just saying.
31:01
He's not showing up not to be competitive.
31:03
He's not showing up saying let me just not do my best and
31:06
finish third today. Well, no, I'm not.
31:11
I mean, the best thing for him to do in Pecker's case, if you
31:15
know you're not competitive, get the maximum points you can.
31:18
And that's what he's trying to do, gain the maximum points.
31:21
Because at the end of the day, if the if it comes down to
31:24
Marquez crashing or something happens, he gets hurt, you're
31:27
right there to take over the points lead if you can, if
31:30
something happens with that, you know, but then it comes down to,
31:35
hey, you have the same bike as Marquez, OK?
31:40
There's nothing really different compared to just a little bit of
31:43
setup, the way you ride compared to way he rides.
31:46
And every time I hear, I can keep saying I have no front end
31:49
feel. I have no front end feel.
31:51
It's like how much of that is true and how much is it not
31:55
because you were competitive in the in the beginning of the race
31:59
and then you disappeared. Are you setting your bike up to
32:03
have feel in the beginning or are you setting your bike up to
32:07
have the feel at the end when the tires drop off?
32:11
And that's where it comes down to Marquez being the smartest
32:13
rider because it didn't, you know, it comes down to any real
32:18
champion or you want to call it a goat or somebody.
32:21
That's as we call it back in the day, an alien.
32:24
Can I, if the bike drops off, can I ride around that problem?
32:28
He can't. He cannot ride around any
32:30
problem he has. It's like another, as I used to
32:33
say back in the day, another Lorenzo.
32:35
The bike has to be 100% perfect throughout the race for me to
32:40
ride it. It's not.
32:41
It's not. The tires are going to drop and
32:44
you have to be able to ride it. And it's not just Lorenzo, it's
32:47
it's Acosta, it's Vinyalis, it's Bazeki, it was Alicia Spa girl.
32:51
It's a lot of riders that can't ride around their bikes when
32:54
it's giving them problems. They can't.
32:56
And we're seeing that now. So that's, that's not an
32:59
anomaly. But you know, I mean, it's
33:01
unfortunate. I mean that that Pekko's getting
33:03
the brunt of the, the, the you know, he's he, he, he's getting
33:07
negativity for finishing third and 4th and guys finishing 10th,
33:10
11th and 12th just not being talked about and full time.
33:15
Champion, that's why. It's not enough of a reason.
33:18
And he's all great. Reason, man.
33:20
Yeah, but Mayor Mayor's a champion.
33:22
So is Quatarara. Like 5 years ago man and and
33:27
remembers that shit. Man, you know what I mean?
33:29
And so I don't know. I mean, you know.
33:31
It's not hold on if I do his bikers subpar, that's why.
33:36
We just talked about riding around stuff, right?
33:38
So that's what I'm saying, like we're making.
33:42
You can't run around a bad engine.
33:44
You know all all I'm just saying is, you know, the dude's getting
33:49
the brunt of the the negative press and there's a lot of other
33:51
riders. But let's move on and talk about
33:53
something besides that because there's a lot else that
33:55
happening. But I've been trying to move on,
33:58
but the Smitty keeps bringing it back here.
34:01
So. So if you got a list of things
34:05
you want to talk about Smitty, let's go but talk about it.
34:09
I'm a hard Lube. I want to.
34:16
I want to go back. Listen, no, for real.
34:17
But you can't disrespect me. I mean, I look, it is what it
34:20
is. He won the championship, so did
34:22
Katarara. I mean, we might not like it.
34:24
I mean, OKC just won the championship.
34:28
Who? Who watched that game?
34:30
Come on. No, but but they were the best
34:32
team all year. I'll stop it now.
34:34
All right, let's go. Now they were they were they
34:39
have the best record and and the MVP.
34:41
So come on, they. Had the best record, they had
34:44
the MVP and they had the best point margin.
34:47
I mean points for against all your long.
34:50
You can't score the best. You watch the playoffs?
34:54
Yeah, all of them. All the games you watched not.
34:56
Almost OK. I watched them all and that's
34:59
false. What's?
35:01
False. They weren't the best team.
35:04
They're not the best team. They're not.
35:09
You got a face, yeah, but you got a person that they want to
35:13
be the face of the NBA all. Right, Shakes, What are your
35:18
thoughts about the Sprint race and TJ man, I mean.
35:26
I agree with Smitty. I mean, it's TJ say something
35:30
because because we've been. I haven't heard you.
35:33
I know. You just said one.
35:36
What do you do? I've been trying, you know, I've
35:38
been, you know, you know, we've been skipping, skipping topics.
35:41
You know, I wanted to say something about Petco a while
35:43
ago, but we don't we know we're trying to get off of that.
35:46
I want to say something, I want to say something about Bezaki as
35:49
well. So T.
35:51
JTJI gave you my minutes, like at a Senate hearing, I gave you
35:56
my minutes and the first word you brought up was Petco.
36:00
Hey, man. Retake no no, you got to.
36:06
No, you got to. I want to hear it.
36:07
I got to hear it. All I want to say is the I agree
36:10
with Reese when he's complaining about his running field, but
36:13
like every rider deals with an issue during the race, they they
36:17
hit a corner on and deal with some type of issue.
36:20
I think it's all excuses. I think he just can't handle the
36:23
pressure. There's too much pressure for
36:25
him right now and Mark is just too intimidating, so all the
36:29
pressure is on him. There's the only excuse to come
36:31
up with is probably I had. I can't have front field no.
36:34
Pressure, man. You know, Rossi's his, his, his
36:37
mentor. There's no pressure.
36:39
Hey, man, I, I you can. He's not, he's not the same.
36:43
Yeah, he's improving in points from last year, but you got to
36:47
keep up with whoever is doing the best.
36:49
And he's down 100 points. So I mean, yeah, I mean, I feel
36:53
like he's not sending it like he used to.
36:56
He probably just doesn't want to crash playing the more the
36:58
safety route, hoping that something would happen, like
37:02
instead of Mark or Allen's get into an accident, that he will
37:06
be safe enough to take over the points.
37:09
But yeah, I mean, I'm not mad at him.
37:11
I mean, it's a lot of pressure, but I already think it's over.
37:14
So it doesn't matter what he does at this point, really, I
37:17
think he just needs to send it and and no excuses because look
37:20
at Fabio, look at look at Brad, Brad Bender, although and Jack
37:25
Miller. They start strong and then drop
37:27
off, fade away. So like, right, you know, it's
37:29
more of a. He's third in the championship
37:31
and they're all below him. No, I understand that.
37:34
I'm just saying it's like the effort in the beginning of the
37:37
race opposed to the fight to the end.
37:40
I mean like he's on a factory fight, so I can't be that bad
37:44
with the setup, you know? I think we have to be
37:50
consistent. We can, hey, listen, you have to
37:54
ride around the issue. This is a no excuse show.
37:59
You show up, you send it, you get it done.
38:02
You're not showing it up if you're not, if you don't, if
38:04
you, if you're showing up and not getting it done.
38:07
I don't care if, if, if, if, if every valve in that bike is
38:11
blown, you get off that bike and you run it down the track.
38:15
No excuses. We are all professionals here.
38:18
Yeah, yeah. And and and we have to be
38:21
consistent. You're either going to ride the
38:23
damn thing or let me ride it. I'm looking for a part time job.
38:27
But he had two DNFS in 10 rounds.
38:29
I mean, I think, I think that's, you know, that's sensible.
38:33
I mean, I think that, you know, the team is happy that he's not,
38:35
He's not, you know, mere putting the bike back every weekend, you
38:40
know what I'm saying? And still in 3rd place in the
38:42
championship. I mean, we were saying like, you
38:46
know, when he won the championship or when he lost the
38:49
Martine, he DNF like almost 10 times, something like that.
38:53
It's like it's like, hey, if you slim that down, you could
38:56
probably do better. And you can see he's trying
38:58
that, but it's not working. I don't know what's going on.
39:00
He needs to. He needs to go back to seven.
39:04
At this point, it's kind of too late.
39:06
Let's talk about Bez as well because you know the season,
39:10
they know it's still 12 rounds left.
39:12
I'm happy about that. You know, like, obviously he's
39:16
had bad luck a lot and I think this is probably one of his best
39:20
rounds. If you look at practice
39:23
qualifying, he was top five all the way through and he actually
39:27
was on the podium for the Sprint and GP.
39:30
So it's pretty impressive, especially, you know, what a
39:32
Prairie has been doing going through.
39:36
Yeah, it's it's pretty good to see that that he had a really
39:39
good weekend. That really does, I'm sure
39:41
builds a lot of confidence going forward.
39:44
So hopefully you can finish strong at saturating.
39:48
I think that's before they go on their summer break, but that'll
39:52
be really good to see if Curry can pull some off.
39:54
I'm happy for fans right now. Yeah, I mean, yeah, nice.
39:57
You you mentioned pressure. Let me ask Shakes, I mean, is
40:00
that a lot of pressure for Bazecki?
40:02
I mean, he was expecting Martine to be the number one rider and
40:05
and to learn from him. And now he seems to be the
40:08
number one rider and you know, the whole team, I mean the whole
40:12
half of Martine side of the team, right.
40:14
They got the the test rider. So I I can't believe their their
40:17
energies as high. So you know, these two, these
40:20
two podiums this weekend and the race win.
40:23
A few rounds ago has to be good for the team.
40:25
What are your thoughts, Shakes? He's playing with house money,
40:29
right? He knows he's not the number one
40:31
guy. He knows that the number one guy
40:35
is a Cinderella. Everybody knows he has no
40:39
expectations. Like, who would have thought
40:42
that he would have been the guy that's going to carry the
40:44
Aprilia flag? No one thought that.
40:46
So there's absolutely no pressure.
40:48
Hey, go out there, do your race, prove to Martine that this
40:52
bike's a winner, which he's doing.
40:54
And it's he's riding with no pressure.
40:57
He only he, he, he has nothing to lose and he has nothing to
41:01
gain. All he's got to be be himself
41:04
and be consistent. And the chips are going to fall
41:06
where they're going to fall because the person that's under
41:10
pressure is Martine. He's just playing with house
41:16
money. Playing with house money.
41:18
He's, he's the only guy on the grid that I, that I would
41:24
exchange places with. There's no expectation.
41:27
Go out there, ride the bike, bro.
41:29
Bring it back in one piece. You're good.
41:32
And all of all of the pressure and all of the talking and all
41:40
of the gossip and all of the rules and, and, and, and, and,
41:44
and everything else that's going on is in the locker room down,
41:49
down the hallway. It's not in my locker room.
41:52
So what pressure do I really have?
41:54
All the talk, all the gossip is happening down the hallway in
41:59
that locker room where I'm at. It's Harmony.
42:02
We're playing with health money. Shakes, I got to say I got the
42:06
foot big man, because the things in my team, we are a size 10 or
42:11
9. Fisheye lens, it's the fisheye
42:17
lens make you look that big that's.
42:19
Why doesn't look like A7 Cinderella shoe was the slipper
42:23
was a small man. What are your thoughts, Reese on
42:26
on what Bazecki's doing? And you know what?
42:29
What do you what do you think the team culture is like at
42:31
Aprilia right now, especially with them getting on the podium
42:34
these last few rounds? I mean, I agree with shakes.
42:37
I mean, you know, he has zero pressure on him.
42:39
He can just ride at free will. But it also shows with the bike
42:43
is, you know, the potential that the bike has and that the bike
42:46
can actually do. So that shows, you know, that
42:50
Hohe Martin, you know, pretty much look like an idiot right
42:53
now because he didn't even get the bike a chance.
42:55
You know, he just crashed twice and then saying the bike is not
43:00
worthy. And like, how is, you know,
43:02
Bazecki, that was supposed to be the number 2 rider is now the
43:06
number one rider and putting this thing on a podium and, you
43:09
know, kept up with, you know, the eight time champion.
43:13
You know, that was right there. I mean, yeah, we're going into
43:17
another, you know, we're going into saturating, which is a a
43:19
stop and go track. You know, where is the Aprilia,
43:23
the better bike for, you know, more of the sweeping corners and
43:27
certain things. So we'll see where it goes.
43:30
But it, like I said, it shows that this guy, that he is, has a
43:35
lot of potential and it showed that the bike has a lot of
43:37
potential. So I'm actually proud of Bazecki
43:39
and what he's doing. And he's not letting all the
43:42
media and all the hoopla that's on the other side of the garage
43:45
affect his writing style. He's actually stepped up.
43:49
You know, the same thing goes in any sport and basketball, which
43:52
I always had next man up. And he's actually taking that to
43:56
heat and like, hey, I'm going to run with it, It's my time.
44:01
Pretty impressive. Let's go with you Smitty.
44:03
What are your thoughts on what VR46 Academy is doing and the
44:08
Grassini team is doing? And this goes for all the other
44:11
guys as well. What do you think is going to be
44:13
the the top team at the end of the season?
44:15
Because I mean, you know, Mobodeli and, and did you know
44:20
Antonio's pretty competitive. Well, Racini, you know, this
44:26
past weekend in the main race was was a bad weekend because
44:29
both riders crashed out, right? So but I kind of I kind of want
44:36
to touch on my team like a little bit, you know, back in to
44:40
say middle school, let's say like you and your best friend,
44:43
you're going to do the homework, but then you hold the teacher,
44:46
you know, forgot to ask for it. But then one kid teacher left
44:49
homework. Right now that's Bez.
44:51
Bez is making him look bad, man. You know, by doing the bike that
44:54
well that it shouldn't be doing that well.
44:57
But I don't know, I think Martine Summer said it before,
45:00
he's superstitious. He sat on the bike twice and
45:04
both times crash. He's probably not scared, but
45:07
he's like, yeah, this bike ain't biking for me.
45:09
We don't gel. Me and the bike don't don't gel
45:11
well. And I think that's why he wants
45:13
to leave prop because to be honest, it makes zero sense why.
45:17
So I don't know, man. But it turns out the VR46 guys,
45:21
I mean, I don't know. We'll see how the air pans out.
45:26
I got you. Got you.
45:27
Yeah. I don't know.
45:28
I mean superstition, you know, falls and motorcycle racing and
45:32
car racing and some parts of life's all around the world.
45:35
So. But the contract is a contract
45:38
and on the courts don't deal with superstition when it comes
45:41
to that. So, you know, and you know,
45:46
there's some people saying Alicia's, you know, maybe too
45:49
close to him and, and giving him the wrong information or
45:51
whatever the case may be, who not wrong information, but just,
45:54
you know, trying to bring them over to Honda or whatever the
45:56
case may be. But you know, your, your word is
45:59
born, as they say. And you know, it's, it's still a
46:03
good way to live in my eyes. What are your?
46:05
Son. Yeah.
46:06
What are your thoughts Shakes on VR46 Academy or Grassini?
46:12
VR46 Academy. Race team, I should say.
46:19
VR6 race team Academy, huh? I could.
46:24
All I could do is laugh. Do tell.
46:28
Where do I start? When, When you're a little boy
46:32
in Brisbane, Birmingham. Which?
46:35
Which? Which one?
46:36
Bristol. Bristol.
46:37
It's one of those bees. Bristol, TN.
46:41
England. You know, I, I I'm here.
46:46
I'm waiting. I I, I'm, I'm, I'm the fat
46:49
sister waiting for the Prince to come with the shoe all season
46:54
long and even talks of after this season VR6 Academy or race
47:01
team or whatever the hell they call themselves is supposed to
47:04
be the Marquez killer, no? OK, I see what you're saying.
47:09
I could. I'm picking up what you're
47:10
putting down. They they can't even catch Alex,
47:18
the, the, the David, the David that's supposed to come and slay
47:22
Goliath, the head by the, the you know, Yama, Mr. Yamaha Lube
47:27
himself can't do nothing. Now there's now there's talks
47:36
that are going to find another writer from another team to
47:39
bring him in, because that's the Marques Slayer VR VIX Academy.
47:47
Forget about it. OK.
47:49
They don't scare me. I'm not scared of them.
47:52
This is what VR6 needs to do. They need to.
47:56
They need to catch Alex and then once they catch Alex, then we'll
48:00
let you in the room to play with Marquez.
48:03
OK. Sorry, Yamaha Lube.
48:06
I mean, you know, all right, I've already stated it for the
48:09
record, so I will continue, TJ. I mean, they are 46.
48:19
They, they, they're doing pretty well in my eyes.
48:22
You know, I feel like if Alex didn't get off to the start that
48:27
he did, they'll probably be more competitive as far as like, you
48:32
know, team, team points, you know, But to be in 3rd place
48:37
right now, I mean, it's really not bad, you know, to this state
48:42
that they fall behind Ducatis, you know, so they got to the
48:45
factory Ducati and then Garcini. So the separation between
48:49
Garcinia and VR46 is is lonely. Is is about 50.
48:58
Points almost, so still obtainable.
49:01
Like Smitty said, Garcini did have two DNFS, so that hurt them
49:06
a little bit, but I think that was going to spread.
49:09
But you know, as long as Rossi's around, especially at the races,
49:14
I'm sure that he can pull some strings.
49:16
I think VR46 can possibly pass the scene maybe, but we'll see.
49:21
Yeah. All right, go ahead.
49:23
I. Want to ask a question when we
49:25
talk about bikes VR46 and Marquez.
49:29
I know Marquez got the factory seat, but when we talk about
49:32
bikes, aren't those bikes comparable?
49:35
No. The only one that's comparable
49:37
from VR46 is Fabio. He had the, that's the secondary
49:42
bike. The Yeah, he's the only one with
49:46
the 25. So.
49:49
So what's going on? Fabio's doing all right, I mean,
49:55
I think. They're supposed to be the
49:59
Marquez killer. I don't want to hear.
50:00
I wouldn't. I wouldn't.
50:01
I wouldn't go that far. That's what they thought the 46
50:08
was, right? No, let's.
50:13
Let's let's Rossi built the the Academy to have more Italians in
50:19
Moto GP because the Spanish were taking over, not just Marquez.
50:23
It's like everybody was was Spanish and Moto GP for a little
50:26
bit besides Ross and Simicelli in in divisioso, but it was
50:31
mostly Spanish and and so that's kind of how the Academy came
50:34
about. And so I wouldn't say it's the
50:35
Marquez killer per SE, but I could see how you know, this
50:38
full guys VR46 Academy that's in Moto GP and Marquez is a top
50:43
guy. So I can see where you're coming
50:44
from with that. But I don't think that was it
50:46
was designed like that. But it wouldn't hurt if they did
50:48
beat them, no? No, no, no, no.
50:51
You can't throw shade like that. What do you want me to say?
51:02
Throw shade, he slips, slips it in at the last minute.
51:06
And and and I want to know from you because I know you're a
51:08
Yamaha guy. You're a Yamaha guy.
51:09
I mean, and you and you know the, the rivalry between those
51:15
two. Can we on?
51:17
Can we be real and just say that 46 is the Marquez killer and
51:22
it's not? So now all those that are
51:26
listening to the show, I just want to give you a little
51:28
background on Rex. He's a Marquez hater, so just
51:32
want to get that out there. Not true.
51:35
Is it or is it not a 46 killer Reese?
51:40
Is it not a Marquez killer? I mean, you said it best though.
51:46
46, not anyone else. 46 himself can go do it, not anyone else.
51:55
You know, Marquez is the last person that is out there that is
52:01
considered an alien. He is the last of the dying
52:05
breed. There is no one on that grid
52:09
that is smarter and can beat Marquez.
52:12
But Marquez, there's no one. So to say 46 is a killer.
52:22
Yeah, Rossi was out there and then we got another plant.
52:25
If Rossi's in his prime at A at a young age and whatever, yeah,
52:29
maybe we can have another chance.
52:31
But at this day and age and where we sit at the beat,
52:35
Marquez, now, the only person that's going to beat him is
52:37
Marquez crashes or dies out. That's it all.
52:43
Right, there you go. So let's talk about Honda and
52:48
KTM this weekend. Seemed like the Hondas.
52:51
They struggled a little bit more than we thought they would this
52:54
weekend. KTM.
52:57
Maybe they put the KTM stickers on Honda bike because those KTMS
53:01
look really fast this weekend. But your thoughts, TJ on on
53:06
what? You know, they had three KTMS in
53:09
the top ten in, in, in, in, on the grid, right?
53:13
Yeah. I mean, even in the Sprint, I
53:16
think they had close to having all four.
53:21
Wait, 2, they have all four. But yeah, to have three KTMS in
53:25
top three, I mean, for what they've been going through, as
53:28
we've been saying, it's good to see.
53:30
But you know, I don't see like the true consistency, you know,
53:34
that it's kind of all over the place.
53:35
One day is Maverick, one day is Pedro.
53:38
I've already heard it much from Brad Binding or in a Vaseline
53:42
until like the fight that he had in the GP for like 1 of the last
53:49
like 10th place or something like that.
53:52
I think they could be doing better.
53:53
I mean, I don't know what's what's why they're so low in in
53:58
constructive, but it it is always good to finish top ten,
54:03
especially all your all your manufacturers.
54:06
I mean all your, all your teams, teammates.
54:10
No, I misspoke. It was it was in the Sprint.
54:12
They were in the top 10. Yeah.
54:14
I mean, I from what I understand, and I oppose this to
54:17
Smitty, KTM went with Vialis setup on Acosta's bike and
54:23
Acosta seems to be doing better. So I kind of it seems like why
54:27
Acosta and and Vialis is kind of around the same pace.
54:32
What are your thoughts Smitty on where Honda is and and and KTM?
54:37
You know, Honda, they started off kind of bad, they warmed up
54:40
a little bit and they're starting to fall back again.
54:43
So it's not much, it's not much to say about Honda.
54:45
But As for KTM just having a what?
54:49
Acosta in fourth, you know, America in 5th, that's not bad
54:54
at all actually. And but it's Acosta, you know,
54:58
since he's been in Immortal 2, I've been a fan of his and
55:01
hoping to see the guy do well next year, you know, so get up
55:04
on the podium and win a race here and there, but it's little
55:07
progress from what I expect from him.
55:09
So just want to see the the upward progress and hope it
55:12
keeps keeps going. And Maverick, he's due to get
55:16
one win sometime this year. You know, he has to be showing
55:20
the pace and he's getting better each race and it's being more
55:23
consistent now. Also before before he put in one
55:25
good lap, OK to fall behind, but he's putting, you know, a very
55:30
good effort to be in 5th place. So.
55:33
Got you, got you, He's doing. So.
55:35
Nice. And with your thoughts, Reese on
55:37
KTM and Honda. But you know, we thought that as
55:41
Smitty just mentioned Acosta, we thought Acosta was going to be
55:44
an alien because he was sort of an alien in Moto 3 and Moto 2
55:48
and even the first year in first half of the first year in Moto
55:51
GP. And then, you know, he got, he
55:55
got struck with KT Ms. issues, I guess.
55:57
How? About, yeah.
56:00
I mean, what they showing this weekend, I mean, it was great.
56:03
I mean, they did show some progress and then again, and you
56:06
know, it, it, it sound like a bad way to say it.
56:10
But if you actually look at a lot of the the KTMS, when they
56:15
did the progress and they were in the top 10 or Vanyala's up
56:19
there in the top 10, all the tracks were more of a flowing
56:23
track. So it's when they come to the
56:26
stop and go tracks, that's where they seem to struggle at.
56:30
So we'll see how they compare in the satching to see if they're
56:33
in the top 10 or in the top five like they were this past coming
56:36
the past round. And that the tracks do have a
56:40
lot of play in a lot of things because this bike may work one
56:44
way better than this and it's so it can be a track way.
56:49
So I mean, I would like to see them more consistently up there
56:53
in the top five and we'll see when it comes to saturating.
56:57
And I I do got to disagree with Smitty over there.
57:01
I highly doubt that Devin Yala's kid is going to win a race.
57:08
I I think the day he, the day he wins the race, I win the Lotto.
57:13
Now, Grant, listen, I ain't saying it's going to be that
57:15
he's going to beat Marquez, but let's say Marquez crashes, It's
57:19
a rain race, he's due one and and only the reason why I say
57:23
that he's won on every bike he's been on so far at least once or
57:27
twice. Get it?
57:28
But then you still got to beat the But then you still got to
57:32
beat the other rain specialist, which is Azarko, a Miller.
57:35
You know, all the other guys that's out there.
57:38
And Miller's a hell of a rain race.
57:40
And so was Zarko. Zarko loved the ring.
57:42
Look, I'm just saying for him, all the stars need to align, and
57:46
they may align because they have.
57:48
All the stars that you need. You need every star to align for
57:51
him to win the race. You need every plane, every star
57:55
in the line. He was closer.
57:58
I forget what Tracy was, but he had that tire pressure issue,
58:01
right? I don't remember what place he
58:03
came in, but he was up there. But you know, I feel like, I
58:08
feel like that is probably a goal of his to at least win AGP
58:12
race every year, especially he has won on most of all the
58:17
manufacturers he's been on. So I feel like that is his goal.
58:20
He's not far fetched for what he's saying that, but I don't
58:23
know if it'll happen. I mean, I guarantee he wants to
58:27
win because he wants to prove that issue that he had over in
58:30
Yamaha and he's still a writer. But just seeing him win, I, I,
58:37
I, I doubt it. So with TJ.
58:41
You don't think he's proved that he's not the same rider?
58:44
I mean, between the prior year and what he's been able to do at
58:46
KTM this year and, and being one of the top KTM guys for the
58:52
first, you know, 8 races at least.
58:55
I'm not saying he's not a good caliber rider.
58:57
He's a good caliber rider, but the problem is he's not a
59:01
consistent good caliber rider. One day he's here, one day he's
59:05
gone and next day he's back and he's here.
59:07
It's like he's to wish you a he's like you'll get hopes up
59:11
and he just crushed you. It's.
59:12
All about the feelings man. Got to feel good on that bike.
59:15
Yeah, I got a feeling he going to he's not going to win.
59:20
That's my feeling. Oh.
59:23
Man shakes. What are your thoughts, man?
59:26
You know, I know you, I know you didn't buy any socks in Paytm.
59:30
I think you told Lewis Hamilton to and that saved them or
59:32
something. Safe Paytm or something like
59:34
that. First I'd like to start off by
59:37
saying only Yamaha guy will say this guy will win if we get a
59:42
rain or somebody crashes out. And that's what that's the only
59:47
way Honda has won the season. KTMKTM has had the power all
59:53
season. KTM has had a very good bike.
59:57
I think KTM is the second bike on the grid.
1:00:00
No disrespect to Yamaha. I think KTM has shown that they
1:00:05
could win. I know the beginning of the
1:00:07
season, maybe the rumor, the rumors that were going on, maybe
1:00:10
that affect the rider, but it shouldn't because like we said,
1:00:14
this is a no non excuse podcast. You're paid a lot of money,
1:00:18
you're paid to win, but they've had the power.
1:00:24
I I still don't count them out. I like the bike they seem to be
1:00:30
gaining. How many?
1:00:33
I mean how many bikes you got on the grid though?
1:00:34
6 right? 4. 4.
1:00:37
Yeah, that, that's that's, that's too much.
1:00:41
But I I Kate Timms had the power all season and so.
1:00:47
What about? What about a brilliant?
1:00:49
What about a brilliant? April is at the that is Aprilia
1:00:54
and KTM. That's a good question and and
1:00:57
obviously the winnings proved that a Prius had more power than
1:01:01
KTM, but I just have faith in that KTM bike for some reason.
1:01:08
There's one thing I didn't hear you say, though.
1:01:10
Go ahead. You can have all the power, but
1:01:13
can you put it down to the ground?
1:01:16
That is true. He stumped me.
1:01:22
Can you put it down to the ground?
1:01:23
He stumped me. He stumped me.
1:01:30
That's where they're having issues.
1:01:32
Yeah, that, yeah, that's, I still believe in K Tim.
1:01:38
I still believe in K Tim. I, I really don't have any faith
1:01:41
in Yamaha this season. I don't have any faith in in
1:01:46
Honda. I think Honda is either a crash
1:01:48
out or or a typhoon and they'll win, which probably makes sense
1:01:56
because if you understand our the degenerate painter with the
1:02:01
tidal wave in Japan, that great painting that we've all seen
1:02:06
that represents Honda, the only way they can win is when there's
1:02:08
a tidal wave. But you guys know what painting
1:02:11
I'm talking about. You've seen it a million times.
1:02:13
I don't know reason. Mark, Mark Mark was the tidal
1:02:16
wave when they were winning. Yeah, it's just, it's just a
1:02:19
tidal wave. The only way they can win the
1:02:21
tidal wave. I have faith in the QTMI.
1:02:25
Don't know why. As a dark horse, I just have
1:02:27
faith in it. I think obviously it clearly has
1:02:31
had the power because they've won that podium a lot.
1:02:38
I don't know, I may have to. I don't know.
1:02:40
Reese kind of fucked me up on that one.
1:02:42
Sleeping. I'm trying to talk out of it and
1:02:46
I've been talking for 5 minutes and I said absolutely nothing.
1:02:55
Let's just say it's a close call between KTM and Aprilia.
1:03:00
KTM overall has been more consistent the whole season, but
1:03:04
as far as top of it, closer to 1st than Aprilia, but Aprilia
1:03:08
had two great rounds. I mean, can we honestly say then
1:03:13
that the second best bike on the greatest Aprilia, would that be
1:03:16
it? Can we honestly say that the
1:03:18
second best bike on the greatest Aprilia?
1:03:21
Can we say? That it's one through 6 the best
1:03:23
bikes on the greater Ducati. Well, there's six parties
1:03:28
exactly. And I, I, and I've been a Ducati
1:03:31
guy. I know it should have been one
1:03:32
through 6. All three.
1:03:36
So the 7th best bike on the grid is in Aprilia.
1:03:41
Best bike, right. The 7th best bike you got to
1:03:44
give to Aprilia? No.
1:03:45
Yes. Come on.
1:03:47
I'll give it to KTM because of what a costume Vinales is doing
1:03:50
and Bazecki's by himself. And if I, if I agree or didn't
1:03:53
get hurt, I would give it to I would give it to Aprilia.
1:03:57
But I think I I agree with you at the beginning of the season
1:04:00
and what Bazecki's doing now would have put them up higher on
1:04:03
the on the food chain if he didn't crash out.
1:04:09
I agree with that. I think KTM also has more
1:04:11
experienced rabbits, so I think they should be doing a little
1:04:16
better. But you know, you know, being
1:04:18
down one man or a Martine, that would help a period much more.
1:04:24
But I think the way they're fighting is pretty impressive
1:04:29
opposed to what KTM is doing over and off.
1:04:32
But I feel like like Shake saying that KTMI feel like has a
1:04:37
lot of potential. That's what's up, That's what's
1:04:40
up. Before we get out of here, I saw
1:04:43
a thing on, I forget the, the principle of, of Honda saying if
1:04:49
Martine is available, you know, they'll, they, they would look
1:04:53
at him or, or or be interested or something like that.
1:04:56
Do you think that Honda should at least wait until they figure
1:05:01
out what's going to happen with with Martine before they start
1:05:04
talking about things? Because they do have 4 writers
1:05:07
that they're paying and has to show up every day for work.
1:05:10
What are your thoughts on that chit Honda just kind of stay out
1:05:12
of it until they know that he's actually available.
1:05:15
I. Mean now you you could talk
1:05:18
about the same basketball we can't talk about a player like
1:05:21
it's tampering you could talk about.
1:05:23
It any big deal Daniella's left for Prelia because they didn't
1:05:26
talk to him about this before they signed Martine.
1:05:29
True. So there's four riders, I mean,
1:05:35
and you know, there's somebody sitting here.
1:05:37
I mean, it's the same thing with Top Rock, right?
1:05:39
You know you got 2 riders that are sitting here saying one of
1:05:41
us is not going to be here next year.
1:05:48
I, I think, I think Honda's problem is trying to get that
1:05:53
platform better. If listen, we've seen it now,
1:06:00
Aprilia could win. Honda can't win unless it's a
1:06:06
crash or tidal wave. What the hell is Martinez going
1:06:11
to do for for for Honda? What is he going to do?
1:06:14
Because Honda doesn't have the power like Aprilia?
1:06:16
I mean, Martinez is on his way out the door.
1:06:22
If you can't win on Aprilia, what the hell are you going to
1:06:25
do with Honda? Get that bag.
1:06:31
I'm so sick of getting the bag. Here's a bag bag.
1:06:36
I think Honda needs to wait, wait a little bit.
1:06:43
I think Honda needs to wait a little bit.
1:06:46
It's just I know their policies. You know, we was talking about
1:06:50
policies a while ago. Like I think Ducati has the most
1:06:54
freedom for their riders. So like, you know, you know, I
1:07:01
don't know Honda and their policy is a little different.
1:07:03
Do they want to inherit this type of behavior or they just
1:07:06
looking to try to win? But I, I don't know, I think
1:07:11
they. Yeah, but he's already burned
1:07:12
all those bridges. Right.
1:07:15
Yeah, yeah, he burned every bridge too, so.
1:07:18
KTM, Ducati and freaking Napoleon now.
1:07:23
I, I think winning and, and, and Reese could probably back me up
1:07:26
on this. Winning just starts by a good
1:07:30
team. If if, if everybody's on page,
1:07:33
everybody's going to give that little extra effort and then
1:07:36
you're going to start seeing the wins come right when we're
1:07:39
seeing I. Can agree.
1:07:41
Yeah, when when we're seeing Alex and Marquez winning,
1:07:46
hugging safe place, that just helps all of Ducati win, right?
1:07:52
There's there's I mean, Pekko may be saying a little crazy
1:07:56
things, but he's still all in with Ducati.
1:08:01
Martinez is a virus that will just infect the paddock and and,
1:08:06
and it's he's got to go. I think it's enough's enough,
1:08:11
enough's enough. I.
1:08:11
Can agree, I can agree with Smitty on that on and, you know,
1:08:16
even in our, in our group, I mean all of the crew, you know,
1:08:20
we work together, we hang together, we know what the rider
1:08:23
wants, we know what he's going to do.
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And we it's like it's like a whole gel and it just works and
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it makes the team and the morale that much better.
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And you can see like in our guys, Jake's coming back, his
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hand is getting stronger. You know, we all still believe
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in all riders and we believe, you know, we're still we're
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still the number one team out there, you know, so, but long as
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you have that morale as a team and everybody in that group can
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pull their weight and get along, you have the strongest team.
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Like I can rely on my guy to do something and he can rely on me.
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You know all riders, they can sit back like now they got it
1:09:08
and everything done, bye and go ride and put it to the full test
1:09:12
and send it and won't have a thing to worry about and that's
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when you know that you are in that level.
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Anyone else want to add anything about that?
1:09:26
No. Sounds good.
1:09:29
Sounds good. Hey, listen man, let's go find
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out. Team Smitty.
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What's that? There's no I in team.
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But it sure isn't me me. That means me.
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All right, guys, until next week.
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I didn't get a chance to talk move to America, but it sounds
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like it was a good time out there, guys.
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It was, it was a good time, it was fun.
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Looking for next week, see what we do.
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Laguna Seca. Laguna, here we come.
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Oh man, it's one of the nicest tracks around.
1:10:05
I. I got a question for you
1:10:07
recently. What's up?
1:10:09
Sorry, sorry, sorry. I got a question.
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OK, So I know Josh Herring is killing it right now, right?
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So going into your weekend, do y'all just stick to your game
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plan or you do you try to figure out how to stop him or like slow
1:10:22
him down because you know you play as a team?
1:10:25
No, you stick to your game plan. You stick to your game plan and
1:10:29
you know, we go out there and send it.
1:10:32
You know we don't. We don't worry about the other
1:10:34
guy. You know, if if you could get in
1:10:38
their head and you can get in front, you already know where
1:10:41
you're at. You know, he's on a high and
1:10:45
he's on at that pace. You know he's going to he's in
1:10:48
he's in that in that zone right now.
1:10:51
And the way you saw him now you stick to your game plan, you
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stick to what we know best and we know that.
1:10:56
I mean, you can see it to where, you know, Ganye's, you know,
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he's he took podium, he took pole, you know, so we're right
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there, we're right where we want to be.
1:11:08
We're coming. We know it and they know it.
1:11:12
It it's coming. Sounds like Pekko Bagnaya on
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that note. I'm going to leave with that
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note on PEKKA. We have a chance.
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I don't know about PEKKA. I had to get in there, man.
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Hey guys. I want.
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Thanks for coming on. My name is Rex 25.
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This is the Be Forever Cool podcast.
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Peace.