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B4evaKool "race a motorcycle" Podcast S2 Ep. 16 · B 4EVA Kool "Race A Motorcycle" Podcast

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Listening to the Be Forever Cool podcast My Name Is Rex 45.
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My name is TJ with two wheels and coffee.
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What's? Going on, man.
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You know just how keeping on updates with motorcycles, like
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everybody I'm assuming waiting for the season to start, you
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know, just ended but just ended test happening.
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But I'm just ready for the new season.
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There's so much to look forward to.
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So I got like 3 months before it starts.
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And for myself, living in New England, probably got like four
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to five months before I get the streets or even the track
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because it's a little cold up here.
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So yeah, just listening to what's going on, all the new
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news out there and updates and new bikes out and all that good
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stuff, right? So you're doing like the rest of
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us. We're on YouTube, you know,
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searching for the next bike to buy.
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Searching for the latest, yeah latest videos.
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Coming out. You know, it's it's, it's it's
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like it's crazy getting through the offseason, you know, even
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though I'm fortunate this year to be able to continue to ride
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without eating the year even, you know, I I do remember, you
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know, all the other years it was kind of like, yeah, I'm looking
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at these, you know, websites because I'm buying a helmet,
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buying gloves or buying boots, you know, you know, I need to do
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this one. But, you know, I need to buy a
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battery because my battery died, which I just actually did and
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just came in earlier today for the dirt bike, So excited about
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that. So, you know, this is the time
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to kind of do all that and like you're saying, you know,
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watching watching those videos and all watching old Moto GP
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races, the World super bike races, the motor America, the
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Canadian, the Australian. You know, don't I think
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everybody does that, don't they? Yeah, I'm sure everybody, you
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see a new race pop up and you'll be like, OK, three weeks ago and
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you're like, all right, cool, that's that's something new I
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can watch. It says like a year ago or two
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years ago. You're like, what's new out?
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Like, you know, if this was a year not to cut you off, if this
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was a year ago, two years ago, and I haven't seen it, I'll
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probably watch it. But if I've seen it, then yeah,
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I'm like, you know. If I have nothing to watch for,
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sure. But you know, you keep scrolling
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to see what what's the newest motorcycle video that's out?
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And that's pretty much what I've been doing, right?
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Right. You can go ice racing, you know,
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so you know up that way. You definitely can do that, so.
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Yeah, I'll probably see if they got tickets for sale to
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Spectate. Feel it out first.
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Yeah, you know, I got a bunch of friends who want me to go skiing
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and snowboarding, so sure, I'll have to choose that over ice
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racing. No doubt I will say, you know I
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I own a pair of skis once in my life and and I never went
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skiing, you know, and it's something that I'm, I don't
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think you should. Say that they're going to be
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like, all right, talk with me. Well, you know, I'm, I'm down to
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do it. So, you know, it's something
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that I I want to do. I won't say it's like a bucket
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list, but, you know, I think I'll be good at it, you know?
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So yeah, I don't know whether skis or snowboard, which way to
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go. I I hear, I believe snowboarding
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is a little bit easier, but you know.
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Easier on the lakes, I I was told so like.
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So. I guess over the day you can
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probably walk instead of skiing where all your legs get around.
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Well, I don't know. I I don't really go as much
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either, but. Right.
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Well, you know if you make it out to Colorado and you got a
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trip planned, give me a shout. I I 'cause I I hear it's it's
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the sun is out and you can be in shorts and AT shirt and beyond
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the skip the slopes. And I might try the hills first
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for Colorado. Blue Hills.
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But somewhere in New Hampshire, Vermont.
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I got you. I get good.
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You know, take a trip to Colorado.
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I'll. Make it happen man you get you
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got four months but as you can't hit the track so so I hit the
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slopes every other weekend and I think you know some writers that
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they I don't know what the term is but they do love to go to the
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slope and ski often. There's a couple of them I know
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for sure. For sure.
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So, you know, just a phone call away, TJ.
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You know, they've been calling me, so kind of just saying,
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yeah, sure, I tried to go this year for.
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Sure must be nice. Must be nice.
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Yeah. No, for me, you know, I don't, I
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don't have that the luxury of of of getting some snow on my body.
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But you know, down here it looks like I can go to the track a
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little bit more often. So I'm after the holidays.
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I'm hoping to get in some track days in January and then start
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hopefully racing in in February. I'm looking to probably join
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some more clubs and and really just try to you know just skip
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to some new tracks like I said earlier and and and and just
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keep, you know, keep doing some track days and keep keep keep
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doing track days but just keep riding, racing.
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The downside is I'm probably not going to be in one club long
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enough to like fight for some title or something like that,
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which is the part that's kind of like, you know, you know, it's
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nice to to to look at end goal, but it's also nice to know that,
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you know, OK, yeah, I'm probably going to do like 10 rounds next
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year and a good amount of those might be all new tracks.
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And you know at first going to new tracks was kind of weird but
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after a while it got easier to learn the tracks and and so for
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me you know you know going to new tracks and just you know
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just having some fun because you know like we said in last show
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you know I I got into into racing later in life and and so
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for me it's just really more about the experience and just
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you know as as you know like I I I wanted I I hope to do Laguna
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Seca I hope to do Coda and a lot of these other tracks you know
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you. Just got to get first place
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every time. Gives yourself a chance.
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Well, you know, I'm in that race for that weekend.
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I'm going to do my very best, no doubt.
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But you know, I, I, I also recognize that, you know, you
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know, I'm not going to go to a track for the first time and and
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win, right. So that's, you know, that's that
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it is what that is. So I'm not worried about it, but
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it's not about that. You know, if if it's a track I
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like a lot I'll be back. So you know what I mean?
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I'm not too concerned about that at the moment.
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You know what I mean? So, so for me that's that that's
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what I'm looking forward to to next year.
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So you know, probably 10 rounds, some new tracks and and and have
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some fun and you know for the weekend I'm going to try to do
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my best for sure. So, you know, we'll see.
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Well, you got some new faces, new competition, so that'll be
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exciting. I'm sure you'll bring your
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basically your talents down to South Beach.
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Right. That's always the cool part,
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man. Meeting new people I'm I'm very
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standoffish. I I tend to say to myself so
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usually people come up to me and and and and talk.
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I I really don't you know go go and chat up with people.
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But you know it's still cool that you know when when people
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come up and and ask you about your bike or or or whatever you
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know what I'm saying? You know it.
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It's always cool and and hearing and hearing other people's story
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as as as well because you know, you know we all got our visors
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down and we all on go mode. But you know after the race is
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over you're talking to people, you hear what else they do and
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and what they have done and stuff like that.
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You know it it's it's pretty cool.
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That should be a good time, like you said in January, would you
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say February or January? February.
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OK. So that's very short time.
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I mean those weeks will pass by pretty fast, I hope and get back
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out there. Just probably just be checking
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on the race here or something and get new updates like I am
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doing now waiting to my time. Listen, man, come on down.
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Come on down. You know you don't got to stay
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up that way. Just need a plane ticket, that's
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all. I got a bike waiting for you.
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And as long as you know, as we talked about all the time, you
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just make sure you're prepared for everything.
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I'm sure you will be the make sure you got your tire warmers,
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your your your safety wires, your all your plugs and stands
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and make sure you know what time to be there and you know find a
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nice spot where you can relax before you get in.
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Because we all know we all been through it.
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Where you might be running late just because of what's going on
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and and things get chaotic from there and it's you you want to
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go to have a good time and not just be stressed all weekend.
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You're right that you're absolutely right about that.
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I think for newer writers, yeah, definitely.
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You know do as much as you as as TJ said, to be prepared for that
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because you know you don't like on the track is hectic enough.
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Getting your mind right is hectic enough.
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Don't add to it with off the track stuff that you know if you
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if you just you know spent more time sooner you know if you just
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did it earlier you can alleviate those things.
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Some things maybe not all but but most things you can
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alleviate if you if you plan ahead but it it when you're a
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new rider you don't you you're going to make those mistakes.
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I think if you've been riding for a while and still making
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those mistakes, then you know that's a that's a different
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story. But you know new riders
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definitely you're going to, you're going to make those
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mistakes. But since you've been checking
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out our show and other shows like this, you know it's all
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about the preparation. Yep.
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My first time to the track, I know you remember I was with a
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couple friends and yeah, we're supposed to be there at 7:00.
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I mean, they brought their motorcycles and I rented 1.
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So it was a little easier on me because Mike was already
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prepared for me as I thought. So as we got there, just showed
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up and I didn't know like they were going to be on track, like
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right then and there, you know, so like, I was just a little bit
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behind and they were like, oh, you have to run the tech, you
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have to sign this, You have to do this.
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And they were like, where where do you miss the meeting?
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And I'm just, so that was my first slap on the wrist.
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I would definitely from then make sure I get a spot and try
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to get there early, whatever track I go to because I hate
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that feeling. Right now let me ask you so
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after the first time you have you been on time since for.
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The most part yes, because the well after that maybe I was a
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couple times I was probably not on time because it was just too
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early, but since then I've been camping out at the track, so.
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I'll. Be there night before the things
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I have to do so I just wake up and just get right into it.
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And that does happen. You know what I mean?
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Not being able to get there on time, whether because it's a
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long commute, because it's work or whatever life event.
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So I'm not sitting here saying you know anything other than if
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you can get there, be on time. But you know, I mean, if you
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can't, it is what it is. You're going to hear things like
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that because it just makes it run smoother when more people
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are on time because the folks that are are working at the
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track, they don't want to, they don't want you to travel all
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this way for you not to get on or however far you travel.
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They don't want that. And then you can't get on the
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track. They want you to get on the
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track. But sometimes that doesn't
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happen because you're a little bit later then, then, then they
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can do anything about. So you know, you know and again,
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the seasoned people know. We know.
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It's like, OK, you're getting in late.
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You already know you're missing this and you're missing that.
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You, you accept your faith, but when you knew you, you know you
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don't realize like OK, you know if you're if you're certainly
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late after a certain point the cut off is what it is and you're
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going to be hanging out Saturday morning you know and and and
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playing catch up. Oh yeah, he's on that board.
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So makes you got all the gear, new helmets if you need it and
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all that good stuff. I know my helmet expired, so I
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had to purchase a new helmet. And you know, I like a certain
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brand, so I had to wait a little while for it to become
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available. So it's finally here so I can
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pull it out next year and I'll be worried enough.
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But yeah, my helmet did expire this September of 2023.
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It was manufactured in 2019, and for our club series, five years
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is it's over. So right.
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Which, you know, I ran into that problem.
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I've had to buy a helmet in mid season.
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I've had to buy a helmet because I crashed too and in in mid in
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in mid season, you know, But you know these clubs, they do have
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rules about those things and it's important to, you know, pay
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attention to the manufacturer date on your helmet.
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Even you know, if you're looking to buy a helmet for next year,
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all right. And you might there might be
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deals on helmet now helmets now but you got to look at the
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manufacturer date on those helmets because if it's a year
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old or something like that you just you just you know you get
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you're not going to be able to ride use that helmet for the
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length of time that you have available based on the club
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rules. So it is important to you, like
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if you're riding in 24 and you're and you have to buy a new
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helmet, buy a 2024 helmet. Sure, I I brought.
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I brought my when I first started.
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I brought my helmet the street that I was riding with, so I had
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no idea that they would check like the manufacturer date and
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stuff like that. So as you see this helmet right
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here, it's retired now and I went down and turned 1A at
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louder, so missing the little winglet and it's missing.
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Oh well, it's scratched on the other side, still usable but
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can't race in it. So it's it's on the shelf now.
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Just see. Right.
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And you know same thing. You know I've had one helmet
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I'll tell you I bought it in 2017.
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I think I did 2 rounds on that helmet and maybe 3 rounds on
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that helmet and then I I low sided and got ran over and the
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face of the the like you know for riders that don't wear
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helmets and and gear and stuff like that on the streets,
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obviously you have to do it on the track.
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So I'm not talking to those folks.
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Anything can happen at any moment and you know for me like
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you know I'll I'll get a photo of that helmet and and post it
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at some point I'll get a in this video you'll see it, you'll see
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it. So it'll be up.
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And helmets, they work, you know, gloves, the jacket, all
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that stuff, all that stuff works.
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And I know for places where you don't have helmet laws and
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anything like that, it's it's it's cool.
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But like at least a helmet, at least gloves and at least riding
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boots because, you know, those things will save you from, you
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know, damaging your hands what you need, damaging your feet
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what you need, damaging the brain what you need.
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And you know, I would say jacket and pants as well, but OK.
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If you want to get some Rd. rash on your back, OK.
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On your chest. OK.
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You know, on your on your shoulders or whatever, your legs
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or whatever. OK.
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But minimum at least riding boots.
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You know what I'm saying? And that that that that's.
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Yeah. So you see TJ got his helmet it
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it's missing some pieces back there from his from his crash,
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you know what I'm saying? You know, but you know you know
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as as as you know, but you look at his face he's he's he's
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intact and and and that's the most important thing.
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That's why you know when you look at the cost of these these
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things, you know, just think about it like this it's it's
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cheaper to buy riding gear than it is to replace a body part
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skin graft or any of that stuff. And you know there's some
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writers out there that I know that's never gone down.
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And their life is like, they're like I'm wearing shorts and AT
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shirt and if if I go down and I go, that's, that's God's way.
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I've gone down eight times. Oh, God is trying to tell me,
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you know what I'm saying? But I do know from racing
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falling is part of going faster and and and not necessarily like
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this is the way I should be going out and and you know I've
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I I got a screw in my hand and I'm I'm missing a spleen and and
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and you know gear has protected my skin and and my brain and all
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that stuff so you know the helmets the is the bare minimum
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but you know you should you should Jack that up a little
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bit. I mean, that's a big debate.
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In certain places there's still states that have no helmet laws,
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which I'm OK with because like, it's not like a major city where
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boy, that it's not like, you know where I'm where.
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I yeah, absolutely. Right, Chaotic with cars like
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and and everyone's in a rush and some of the places that have no
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helmet lies, it's like you know, you feel more free riding.
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But as me personally just protecting my body, that's just
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how I feel. All the gears out there compared
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to like years ago, like now they have gear where you can you can
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wear motorcycle gear and go out to a dinner or somewhere else
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and and not even notice be noticed that you're wearing
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motorcycle gear. It's just more casual nowadays,
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so. Exactly.
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Yeah, I guess. I have.
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I have riding shoes. I have Kavalai jeans.
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I'm going to get a a a flannel shirt that's that I I can ride
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and and can take a certain amount of impact and and
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definitely low riding. You know stuff that you're not
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riding aggressive or anything like that for sure.
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But you know my first accident, a deer ran across the highway
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you know what I'm saying? So you it's not even cars or or
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vehicles right. It's animals that can take you
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out. You know what I'm saying?
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So and I didn't and and and and I didn't even think of that
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until that happened to me. I'm looking out for everything
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else. And now I'm looking out for
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dears. Now I know when dears come out
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to eat and and things like that. You know what I'm saying?
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You know what I'm saying? So it's like you never know.
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And you know if I, I feel if I got into riding younger and in a
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state where there was no motorcycle laws, I probably
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wouldn't be wearing a helmet like I'm.
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I mean you you, you become part of the culture, right.
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So it it is what it is. I respect those guys and gals
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that rock that. You know what I'm saying?
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You know, I I came in to racing. So I didn't come in like I
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didn't, I didn't, you know, like as Jim would say, yeah, I did a
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track day the first day at Ping Ming.
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But realistically I wanted to race and you know what I'm
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saying? And so forgive gear for me.
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And also like I, you know, I crashed like a year later like I
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said, with my first crash with it, with it, with there.
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So for me and I and I had gear on, you know what I'm saying?
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And I saw what it did to to keep me intact.
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So my mindset was just like, oh, OK, I'm just going to wear a
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gear and and and that's what I've been doing.
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And even in in hot weathers, you know what I'm saying?
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It's like 85 out, you know, 95 out.
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I'm on my, my, my Ducati, you know, everybody knows the ducks
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run hot. I'm out there sweating at at the
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light. You know what I'm saying?
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But you know, now I got to buy a different bike for the
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summertime just to stay cooler. But I, I, you know, I believe in
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the gear and I'd rather be hot with gear on and then not
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because you know, I I can't even ride without gloves, you know
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what I'm saying? So it it it's, you know, even on
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a scooter I like, I got gloves on.
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I got riding shoes on. You know what I mean?
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It it, it, that's that's just how I'm wide based on how I got
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into riding. I can say that when I first
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started, I I I wanted to protect myself, 'cause I didn't want to
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fall. So I knew it was if not if, but
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when. So like I had, I had all the
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gear. And once I got comfortable,
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like, I actually fell with my gear on, you know, with my First
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Street bike. And then as I got comfortable
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with the years, you know, I started taking off layers, you
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know, like, all right, I don't need a jacket this time, you
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know? All right, I don't need boots.
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I'm gonna wear my, my, my Nike dunks or something covered with
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a sock and do all that good stuff because you know, it's
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just I started getting more comfortable.
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I'd have to go into the track and doing the speeds we do there
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and just know what the suit can do.
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And when I got back to the street I I I cannot go on my
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street bike when I wear my riding boots.
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Always wearing a jacket if it's a mesh jacket or right textile.
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And I always got gloves and my helmet, so that's like my
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baseline. Yeah, and and look, we get it
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like motorcycle riding is a very expensive sport, right?
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So yeah, to have A to have a, a a jacket for when it's cold or
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or I shouldn't say jacket have gear when it's cold, when it's
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hot, when it's warm, when it's freezing, it's a lot of money,
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right? No doubt about it, right.
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It's a lot of money. But I, you know, the protection
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you get from it is to me is cheaper than the protection you
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get if you don't have it and you go down that.
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Is the fact. That is the fact.
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So yeah, man. Gear on bikes?
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Just better Chance, yeah? And nowadays the technology on
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the gear and the and the type of things you can wear is, is, is
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pretty impressive, you know what I mean?
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So it is you know it's not like before you don't have to look
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like a a superhero. You can look like just however
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you want to look and still be somewhat protected.
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Not as fully as having Leathers on, but at least you got more
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protection just having regular you know St.
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Gear, regular clothes on that you.
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You know what I'm saying? That's not as that's not
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designed for you to be on a motorcycle if you go down.
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Someone's working on some type of crazy motorcycle
23:29
technologies. I don't know if it's out yet,
23:31
but I can't be. But like, I keep seeing it on
23:34
like Instagram and Facebook. It's like it's like a virtual
23:39
guy on a bike. When he falls, his whole body
23:43
wraps in a you. Know like a airbag?
23:47
Yeah, airbag. Yeah, yeah, I've seen that as
23:50
well, you know, Yeah, I think that technology is going to come
23:54
out eventually because my, you know, my my suits, my, my
23:57
Dionysi suits that got airbags in them and I've crashed with
24:01
without a suit, with the airbag in it.
24:04
And I've crashed with a suit with a airbag in it and give me
24:07
an airbag every time, every time.
24:10
So if it wraps around me, even better.
24:13
You know what I'm saying? It may not protect you if you
24:15
hit something that's not moving. The case in point, that's how I
24:17
lost my spleen. But if you roll down the road,
24:21
slide down the road, tumble down the road and stuff like that,
24:25
you get more protection with it. And so, yeah, so I I would love
24:29
for that to be out where it just, you know, you know what
24:32
I'm saying? Because some people need it just
24:33
going down the stairs, yeah. I I had a few phrase falling
24:41
down the stairs before but that. Was Listen, I've fallen down the
24:44
stairs before too. I need the airbag for.
24:47
That so let me tell you I, I, I, I speak from experience.
24:52
You. Know luckily I'll have many
24:55
steps, but right my whole place had has some steps, you know.
24:59
Hope you fell down all steps. It's pretty funny.
25:02
They're OK. Not a good look after the fall
25:05
down. They had a airbag.
25:06
They would be much better, yeah. Yeah, No, So, yeah.
25:09
So I think that technology will come out at some point.
25:13
You know in especially in in, in you know they'll figure it out,
25:18
they'll they'll figure it out because you know that's what you
25:21
need that to to a degree at some point how much of it will it,
25:24
will it help? Who knows.
25:25
But like more protection you have, the better.
25:28
People riding, yeah. Exactly.
25:31
You know what I'm saying? We all the way protected from
25:33
your whole body. Speaking of riding, what the GP
25:38
for 2024 Man rule changes? Contingencies, not
25:43
contingencies, Concessions. What's going on there, man?
25:48
Well, I don't know how the concession system looked before.
25:55
Just as you know, getting into Moto GPA lot and very interested
26:01
in how 2024 is going to play out because as you know, there's 8
26:06
Ducati bikes and pretty much all eight are dominant.
26:11
All eight can win. You know the winner is on a
26:14
Ducati. I think all eight have won.
26:18
It was Luca Marini last year. Might not have won, might not
26:21
have won, but podium. I'm not even sure if this.
26:26
No. Like Alex Marquez is 1,
26:29
obviously. PECO, Martine, Zarko, Bazecki.
26:35
Oh yeah, the gin Antonio, yeah. So I I think, I think maybe
26:39
Marini podium but didn't win. I I, I could be, I could be
26:44
wrong, even could have won, but definitely podium.
26:47
Yeah, well, it's like, like I said, I don't know how the
26:52
contingency looked last year. I should check, but it really
26:57
looks like Honda and Yamaha, if they take advantage, should have
27:02
a great year or they should set themselves up to be pretty
27:06
dominant coming into the next season after.
27:11
Next few seasons, yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:13
I would say they got they, they have about 3 years.
27:17
I mean, we'll see what happened at the end of 2024.
27:21
But realistically, you think about how long Ducati had to
27:24
endure. I mean, you're talking about
27:26
Casey Stoner, right? And even Casey Stoner struggled
27:30
and the bike was bad then and it and it took almost 10 years
27:34
before Davincioso and those guys.
27:37
I think 2015. Sixteen those guys started.
27:41
So it's not quite 10 years but close to 10 years started the
27:43
bike started to get on the podium and stuff like that.
27:46
So it's it's. Crazy made to develop everything
27:51
too so. It's nice to say 2-3 years, but
27:54
it could take longer because Ducati struggled for a minute.
27:58
Granted, Honda's money is long, so I think Honda, we'll figure
28:04
it out quicker because they got more money to throw at it and
28:08
for them, it's all pride. They've been doing this thing
28:10
for so long. They're going to throw money at
28:12
it. I can't.
28:13
I mean, I Suzuki bowed out, but I don't.
28:17
Honda's not going to bow out. Those guys are very confident.
28:21
You know their confidence is what got them in this place
28:23
because they didn't evolve, but they they they got confidence
28:27
and and Yamaha, I suspect them as well.
28:31
I think Yamaha needs a couple more bikes on the grid to really
28:34
help, you know what I mean? But you, you know it it's fairly
28:42
yeah, I don't. Know, I don't know the
28:44
percentage of points that they're working on, but there's
28:50
been a tire issue especially getting closer to the end of the
28:55
the season. And you know Pecker had a couple
28:59
tie issues. So the test tires that they're
29:03
able to use like it's it's tremendous like they have 260
29:08
test tires that Honda and Yamaha can accumulate and according to
29:15
Ducati who's the number one on the list where they allowed 170.
29:20
So that's 90 more tires for Honda and Ducati.
29:26
I mean a Honda and Yamaha too to take advantage of and besides
29:33
that they they can use any test rider for for any circuit of of
29:41
the calendar or and then and then Ducati can only use 3
29:47
circuits. Now I don't know which circuits
29:49
these are or or how to use them, but they can only use test
29:53
riders and they can only choose three circuits as opposed to
29:57
Honda and Yamaha. We can use anybody and any
30:01
circuit and they have 90 more tires than Ducati, so that's a
30:07
slight advantage. I I don't, like I said I don't
30:09
know how it looked last year or who was at the bottom of the
30:12
food chain. But for how Honda looked last
30:17
year, I mean, they were, I mean their tires weren't doing
30:21
anything for them, so. I do believe it's.
30:24
I do believe it's not a small but a big advantage because like
30:29
like I said, Honda's money's long.
30:32
So you know for them that they have a better chance of, you
30:39
know, getting it figured out quicker.
30:41
Although with Mar Marquez, what he didn't even in the last round
30:44
of what he's been doing, like he's showing that the bike is
30:48
close, even though it's not really good.
30:52
That's my word, not his, you know what I mean?
30:56
But he's been able to make the bike in the top seven, right?
30:59
Either crashed out or he, he was in the hunt, right?
31:05
So you know I think if Marini and Zako can ride the bike
31:10
similar and also the the the knowledge they have from Ducati,
31:15
if they can do what Jack Miller did for KTM, yeah, Honda has a
31:21
really good chance of of getting there and you know so it it'll
31:28
be interesting to see. Now in Yamaha's case though
31:33
they're just lacking grip, right.
31:36
You know they can if they, if they if they if they throw the
31:38
power at. It overall top speed.
31:41
Too. Yeah, but well, they have the
31:43
engine, but the problem is with the engine.
31:45
They don't have any. They don't have any grip, so
31:48
they they get wheel spin, right. So they're not, they're not,
31:51
they're not getting, so they can't.
31:53
You know what I'm saying? So for them, it's not like a
31:55
handling problem. Honda's still got to figure out
31:58
their handling problem. You know what I'm saying?
32:00
Their field problem for for the Yamahas, it's just not enough
32:03
power and not enough power that they can control or or or or
32:09
they can actually use, right, I should say and so and who knows
32:14
once they can use it maybe they maybe there's maybe their
32:16
handling may also show up in that too.
32:19
Who knows. But it seems like when they have
32:21
the power they can't get it to the ground and and so we're
32:27
Honda. They got the power but that bike
32:31
doesn't give them any, any feedback.
32:34
So they don't, they don't you know, they they they it's you
32:40
know. So they they they need the tires
32:42
for sure. It's I don't know there's you
32:48
need the feedback to to get get an advantage.
32:52
Right. And those bikes are so rigid,
32:54
right? I mean you look at the motor two
32:56
bikes when you hear from what you hear from riders and stuff
32:58
like that and how, how much you know compared to like R6 or or
33:03
street production super bike or super sorry, Super sport bike,
33:06
right? Or even super bike, you know,
33:10
the IT seems like, I don't know, I can't, I haven't heard this in
33:15
Moto 3 but Moto 2 and and Moto GP, you know, it's not a lot of
33:21
feeling. It's the the feeling is there
33:23
but it's not enough like street bikes.
33:25
So you really you you, you, you know, I don't want to say you
33:29
have to be Beethoven, you know, with your air or or something
33:33
like that. But you really have to have
33:34
that, you know, surgeon like feel to your hands and your legs
33:40
to to be able to feel what the bike is doing because it's not
33:43
going to give you a lot of feedback.
33:45
So the little feedback you have to be able to interpret that
33:48
that you get. And well, I know like this the,
33:53
the strategy has to be different as well because having less
33:56
tires for like Ducati, all right.
33:59
So like, how do we use these 170 tires to get an advantage,
34:02
right? And with Honda and Yamaha, like
34:05
how do we use these extra tires to get an advantage?
34:08
I knew one thing is for myself, I know when you got me into
34:12
racing I couldn't afford tires like that.
34:15
So I was always checking with you like, hey, how much tire you
34:19
think I have left? You're like, oh, you got plenty
34:21
of tires. So I kind of learned to ride on
34:25
a used tire kind of to the end. And then as I started to get
34:30
faster, I I I lost it on the tire because it it just had no
34:36
life left. And that's how I started to
34:39
figure out like how tires felt because then I threw on a a
34:42
brand new rubber and you know, started to get a feel under me.
34:46
And then it just everything just started to click a little more
34:49
and yeah so. I I.
34:52
I I definitely help? Sure.
34:56
Yeah, I do like to use tires. I I'm not going to lie, I I
35:00
remember changing the tire and they they do and.
35:05
I'm saying thank you to and he gets me a lot of used tires, so.
35:09
Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I was saying like, you know,
35:12
I was changing my tire and and the focus guy was just like, you
35:18
really wore that tire, huh? I was like, yeah, I started to
35:21
get movement in in Turn 6. But you know it, you know, we've
35:25
said this on the show before, being able to use tires and be
35:29
able to manage them is, is, is very important when they use.
35:34
So you know, a lot of people like to throw new rubbers on a
35:37
few races and stuff like that. And you know, Moto GP doesn't
35:40
get that super bike, all the top levels, you know, any of these
35:44
endurance races stuff, they don't get that luxury.
35:48
I mean obviously it's a cost so it's not a luxury.
35:50
But you you have to learn how to manage that tire.
35:53
You know and you know you know you're talking about the
35:56
concessions and you look at KTM and you know Jack Miller, he's a
36:01
rider that you know he he should he, he should be a top four, top
36:05
five rider. And like it seems like the tire
36:09
issues just really hurt them, right.
36:13
Especially him. You know and other riders where
36:15
other people like Pekko, Zarko, you know, Bizzacki, you know
36:21
Mark Marquez, these guys can handle tires.
36:24
You know Vignales can't handle used tire.
36:27
You know post LH can't handle used tire.
36:30
Well you see these guys. But other folks when when the
36:33
tire goes down, you know what I'm saying, they still can, they
36:36
still can hold their times. They may not go faster, but they
36:39
don't really, you know, start to fall backwards.
36:42
Yeah, that's that's one thing I noticed when when I use my used
36:48
tires and with the competition I'm with and I started drifting
36:53
back. I mean, yeah, they're really
36:54
skilled. They're probably, you know,
36:58
expanding their skills and stuff like that.
36:59
But I'm just like, well, I feel myself drifting backwards,
37:03
right, right. And the tire is done.
37:05
Yeah. It's like Jack Miller needs to
37:07
manage the tires a little better.
37:09
They're getting actually 220 out of 170 over Ducati.
37:14
So KTM is getting more tires this year, so hopefully I'll
37:17
help Jack. Yeah, hopefully because you
37:20
know, KTM is close, Aprilia is close and you know the like the
37:24
concessions that you mentioned, you know, for Honda and Yamaha,
37:28
it's a pride thing because they've dominated Moto GP for so
37:31
long and that for them this is unheard of that Ducati is coming
37:36
through. KTM, who just been in Moto GP
37:39
from 2017 is doing better. It's a surprising for those two.
37:43
So they they have no choice but to get better.
37:46
But KTM, you know, probably these guys, you know, they've
37:51
been, they've been struggling for a minute and they're just
37:54
starting to see the light for the very, they're just starting
37:56
to taste it for the very first time, you know, So, you know, is
38:01
it fair for Ducati that they don't have the same concessions?
38:05
I don't know what it was like before for them when they were
38:08
struggling because they struggled from cases they they
38:11
2007 to you know, 2016, right. I'll say and I can I can even
38:18
add one more on that. You know they and and I don't
38:21
know if they had this, I don't know if they had concessions,
38:24
you know, 'cause I'd have to go look at old videos and and just
38:28
see if they were mentioning it concessions for those guys.
38:31
But I don't know if they had them.
38:32
So I don't know if it's like if it's if Ducati is like, OK,
38:36
well, why these guys having concessions?
38:38
Because they they, they, they haven't evolved, right.
38:41
It's not like they don't got a whole bunch of world titles
38:43
sitting, you know, in their, in their, in their, in their space,
38:46
right. So I can see that, but say
38:50
again. This is.
38:52
I don't just think that it's not evolving the way the fastest.
38:57
They want the sport to evolve, I guess.
38:58
I don't know. Well I I they didn't they you
39:01
know it's one of those things I think for the Japanese which is
39:06
rare that they do but they when Ducati started developing wings
39:14
and you know the ride height and and these things they didn't
39:19
they're playing catch up right. They didn't they didn't they
39:22
they they. I don't know if they were
39:24
laughing at that, that Ducati and you know, I got wings, you
39:28
know what I'm saying? All all this stuff, right?
39:29
And your right height device. Yeah, whatever.
39:32
You know lower rear spoiler for the rear tire to cool.
39:35
But now they're copying Ducati, right?
39:38
Everything that they're doing is copying Ducati and you can't be
39:42
Benilli. I'm sorry.
39:43
You can't be a cover band you can't you you you got to find a
39:47
different path. And they have the engineering.
39:50
They have the money. They have the smarts.
39:54
So I I I assume, you know, based on past experience that they
39:59
they will figure it out. Is it fair that they're getting
40:02
concessions like they just got into Moto GPI kind of lean with
40:07
Ducati on that because they can't figure it out.
40:09
You know what I'm saying? Because the Lakers don't get
40:10
concessions. The Celtics are not getting it.
40:12
You know, I'm saying the Patriots that, you know what I
40:14
mean? It's a different sport, I know
40:15
different leagues and all this stuff, but they're not getting
40:18
it. And Yamaha got money and and
40:21
Honda has money, KTM has money. Probably only one that don't
40:24
really have the money is affiliate.
40:27
Out of the bunch, Ducati got money?
40:29
Go Volkswagen, right? No, sorry, no.
40:34
You know what I'm saying? So I I think that from from
40:38
Ducati standpoint and they're taking the stands like hey, why
40:41
do you getting these concessions?
40:42
It is kind of like yo, you know, yeah, why are they?
40:46
But from a motorsport point of view, I get it right, because,
40:52
you know, you don't want all Ducatis on the grid from an
40:55
entertainment, you know, standpoint.
40:57
You got Yamaha fans, you got Honda fans, you got Aprilia fans
41:00
and the Yamaha and the Honda fans.
41:03
I mean, you know, I don't. I'm a fan of Ducatis.
41:06
I've had, I've had enough to say I'm, I'm, I'm one of them.
41:09
But at the same time, I suspect they're more Yamahas and Hondas
41:13
than Ducatis around the world, you know what I'm saying?
41:16
So say again. You you want to see them on on
41:20
top once in a while too. Yeah, yeah.
41:22
And. And they've been on top for a
41:23
grip. So it's not like they ain't been
41:24
on top. But from from Moto GP
41:27
standpoint, from doing a FIM, these these guys, they're like,
41:31
yo, you know, they want to see, you know, Yamaha's going,
41:35
listen, Yamaha's going to sell less, Honda's going to sell less
41:41
if they're not at the front. But there is, is this facts
41:44
right and they're not going to get new business.
41:47
They might get they, they might got their die hard supporters,
41:50
but they ain't getting new business if they ain't winning.
41:54
The sessions gets even better, so like Ducati has zero
41:59
wildcards. Wow.
42:02
Yamaha and Honda allow six. So I know like we used to see
42:08
KTM with the little samurai Danny Pedrosa, you know, it's
42:12
exciting to see him. You know, it's it's nice to see
42:14
these type of riders come back. So the Cartier you ain't going
42:18
to see, I mean they have eight bikes but you're not going to
42:20
see any wild cards with them. They're also only allow seven or
42:26
eight engines where Honda and Yamaha are allowed nine or 10.
42:31
And again, I don't know how many engines they go through
42:33
throughout the year. I don't think they really
42:34
specify on that unless they go over.
42:38
I guess I remember there was one year where team like I think
42:42
Yamaha had to use an extra engine.
42:44
They got penalized for it. But just keep in mind the the
42:49
the for Ducati is 8 bikes so they still get a lot more
42:52
engines than Honda and and think at.
42:57
That goes like, hey, Part 2, let me get that.
42:59
Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
43:02
Exactly. And also the end of specs is on
43:04
what it shows as freeze and I'm assuming that's just like yeah.
43:10
Try new parts, yeah? Yeah and Honda Yamaha is it's
43:14
free so they have free range and is they have two updates and
43:22
everyone else is allowed one. So I can see why Ducati or I
43:28
mean some of the rioters may just be like hey what is this?
43:31
Sure, not as not as much for hunting Yamaha, but a Prairie
43:35
and KTM. No.
43:37
They had solid years too. Yeah, you know, it makes sense
43:39
for for Ducati to be upset with it because they've dumped a lot
43:42
of money into to be where they are.
43:44
There's no question about it. It's not.
43:46
They didn't get there by luck. They spent the money they want
43:48
to. Be on top for years.
43:50
Not not just one, two years, right?
43:53
And and so for them, you know, and it and it gets tricky
43:56
because when you get riders leaving and they're walking away
43:58
with the tech, you saw what Jack Miller did for KTM with
44:02
information he had from Ducati, right.
44:05
And you going, we're probably going to see that with Luca and
44:08
also Zarco. Those, those probably going to
44:11
be the two fastest guys in Honda next year because they know
44:15
something that the other riders don't know.
44:18
And you know what I'm saying? So, but Ducati, you know, that's
44:22
something that they're going to have to manage somehow.
44:24
And I don't know how they do that because like I said, they
44:27
always, a lot of the manufacturers have been copying
44:30
Ducati now for at least four, four to five years, you know
44:35
what I'm saying? So, you know, for them it it
44:37
it's kind of like they're trying to fend off with rules and
44:41
regulation, you know what I'm saying?
44:43
As well as, you know, trying to keep what they're innovating top
44:46
secret, which is very tough if they're changing riders.
44:49
It was like a one time where I'm gonna just say give an example
44:53
of when I saw Ducati Power. I was watching the first race a
44:57
couple years ago at Luceo and Suzuki was going down the
45:02
straightaway and Ducati just went by it like it was standing
45:06
still and just like what the what?
45:10
Like they couldn't handle the turns as much as Suzuki then,
45:13
but but like they're that pop and power that they have.
45:17
I'm sure it's because that when they hit the straightaway at
45:20
that time they hit the ride height device at some riders.
45:24
Some bikes didn't have and they have wings and I think they they
45:29
got checked out too to make sure it wasn't cheating.
45:31
But now everybody seems to have the same style bike with the
45:37
with with the front. Wing and rear wing.
45:39
Oh yeah, no, it's brake. And they're putting on tails and
45:44
everywhere. And this stuff that Ducati has
45:46
done that they've been forced to undo too.
45:48
So it's not you know what I'm saying.
45:50
So it is definitely you know they they've been trying to slow
45:55
their their, their, their progression down for a little
45:57
bit now and but you know look if Ducati reigned for another 10
46:03
years, I'm not going to be upset, you know what I'm saying?
46:07
But you know the powers to be ain't going.
46:10
They they, you know, they're not letting you just running with it
46:13
while which is the down, which is the downside, you know what
46:16
I'm saying? So I do feel for them for not
46:17
having the same concessions, especially when they really only
46:21
been dominating a couple of years.
46:23
It's not like they've been dominating 6 years, seven years
46:25
and then they bring it in. It's only been a couple and but
46:29
again, like I said for the competition overall and motors,
46:32
Moto GP overall, you know Honda needs to have a skin in the
46:36
game. But again when Honda was
46:38
winning, Yamaha was winning. You know, everybody just made
46:42
fun of Ducati. Man, yeah.
46:46
I mean, I was riding. Everyone still loved Ducati, but
46:49
I guess so. You know, you know you love the
46:53
street bike, but they weren't, they weren't winning in Moto GP,
46:56
right? So you.
46:57
Know what I mean and and you know and that you know so, but
47:04
it is what it is. So so you got everyone thinking
47:09
Mark Marquez is going to win it this year.
47:12
I mean and now he's on a Ducati so he doesn't get all the perks
47:16
as Honda is getting this year. But I'm saying Pekko just won
47:20
two in a row he he's dangerous for for year three, so.
47:25
I I think for the next next year and the year after maybe the
47:30
next three years. I know Mark wants to improve,
47:34
but Pekko is in the way, right? Yeah, Ducati is going to win the
47:37
world title. Yeah, next four years.
47:40
It's just because it's eight of them.
47:42
It's just eight of them and all eight has a has a good shot of
47:46
winning. Yes, sure.
47:49
You know what I'm saying? And and consistency too, you
47:53
know what I mean? So I think the next three years
47:56
easily, but you never know. Let's see what Pedro Acosta can
47:59
do. He's he's definitely a wild
48:02
horse. Jack Miller is still there.
48:05
The KTMS are still there, three of them.
48:08
All four KTMS. I I think all four KTMS.
48:11
I'm not going to all four KTMS. I'll leave it at.
48:13
That Andrew. I don't know if it's true, but a
48:15
news clip has said that he is. It's crazy to consider him a run
48:20
out for the world title as a rookie.
48:23
I don't know. Look.
48:24
He's probably not trying to put the pressure on himself or
48:27
trying to have the hype, but I'm sure he is.
48:31
I mean, he's so, look, I'm sure he's got to put something.
48:35
Listen, and I say that with all with the big, biggest respect,
48:40
whatever, Mark Marquez is the best rider in Moto GP.
48:47
Right. Period.
48:50
I know who won it the last two times.
48:52
He's he's, he's the best rider in Moto GP Pedro's.
48:57
He could. I'm not going to say never.
49:00
He's not going to ride Mark Marquez, Pedro.
49:04
I mean it it's possible. It's possible that at KTM with
49:09
the new chassis, it gives him a feel because the it's there.
49:13
It is a top five bikes, so it is there, right.
49:16
I'm not going to sit here and say it's not there because he's
49:18
going to have. I I don't know if they all have
49:20
2024 bikes or if he going to get the bikes that Brad or Jack
49:23
have. So the bike is competitive
49:25
enough for him to be in the top five, right?
49:28
It it is so. But we'll see I I I I'm not and
49:36
you know. Three months.
49:38
Three months. Three months.
49:39
I'm not going to I I I don't I don't see it.
49:41
I I think Mark Marquez is is he has the skill set and the
49:46
knowledge and he got the machine underneath him that everybody
49:51
else is going to have to work a lot harder.
49:54
And I, you know, and I'm not a Mark Marquez fan, like I'm not
49:57
like you know, but you know watching the guy for these many
50:03
years now and and and whatnot. You know, I don't have to like
50:07
it. But I I see what it is.
50:08
I it's you know what I'm saying And Pekko's going to have to
50:11
ride next year. Martinez going to have to ride
50:14
all of them going to have to ride next year and and it's
50:17
because you you have to realize it's like you know it's like
50:25
Michael Jordan having the best supporting cast around him.
50:30
You know Marquez had on that Ducati.
50:32
Now it it's just like yo bro, I got the same weapon as you and I
50:36
didn't have the same weapon as you and I was giving y'all
50:38
trouble so so so now I got the same weapon as you So what what
50:45
I just got to follow. Yeah.
50:47
I already follow you all around on a Honda so I'm going to
50:49
follow you around on Ducati. Yeah.
50:52
He couldn't even break a smile. He was so happy.
50:54
I know we talked about it before me.
50:56
He's like, yeah, yeah, all in trouble.
50:57
Yeah, no, I like, so I'm not rooting for him.
51:00
You know, I'm a fan of the the VR 46 guys and and that I'm a
51:05
fan of Ducati. You know, I'm saying.
51:07
But at the same time I got to recognize what it is and like,
51:10
yeah, you know what I'm saying? That meant that dude that, you
51:14
know, how can I put it, like they they regardless if they
51:19
looked up to him or Rossi, he was there.
51:22
So whatever, whatever, you know, I don't know.
51:26
We'll see what happened. But these other riders, they
51:30
going to have to, they going to have to step their game up.
51:33
Well, well, that's the most interesting thing about race
51:37
one, because it sets the tone for the season.
51:40
I mean, obviously first couple races will really set the tone
51:44
of where everyone stands. But race one like you think
51:46
about it, like Mark Marquez, race one is like, all right, if
51:50
I'm going to win this, I got to start out good.
51:52
Echo's like there's no way I can be less than podium Martinez.
51:57
Like I got to start good. You know, all these guys on new
52:02
manufacturers like Alex Renz. I'm sure he didn't want to be on
52:06
a Honda. So because he, he was forced to.
52:08
Because. Because.
52:09
Rookie's got down. So now he's got a new slate.
52:11
He's like, I got to start good. Alicia's probably saying I'm
52:14
retiring at 35. I got to have a nice good last
52:18
year, good run. I mean these are all good riders
52:21
and and Bezeki, you got Bassinini, there's so many that
52:25
I think like. I I will say this Rinz.
52:29
To me, Rinz is a better rider than Quatarara, so I didn't.
52:33
Even mention quatarara. You didn't.
52:35
I'm but I'm but but but but I'm saying like like Rinz on that
52:39
Yamaha I think is going to be able to do things on the Yamaha
52:43
that Quatarara because he was able to do it on the on the
52:45
Suzuki he was able to do it on a Honda right and and he the
52:51
tracks where white huh. I say he won on a Honda.
52:55
That's what I'm saying, That's what I'm saying.
52:56
That's what I'm saying. I'm like, he ain't got a title,
52:58
but Renzi ain't no slouch and he got a bite that he and and the
53:02
Yamaha is similar to the Suzuki on how it turns.
53:06
So he that's like he's going back home, you know what I mean?
53:11
So and then. But you know, but but you know
53:14
it. It's like to go back to Juan
53:17
Marquez and and and what and what will we may see next year.
53:23
I I think there's the mental game like again it it it is
53:28
like, yo, you know, that's one thing.
53:32
He has that. No one else really does.
53:34
He plays the mental game with riders, yeah.
53:36
It's just you know it is it's like LeBron James going to the
53:40
to to Miami or KD going to the Warriors.
53:44
You know what I'm saying? You know you you got one of the
53:47
best talent going to on on on the best bike and you know if if
53:55
if it was me and and I and I had a team and I had to pick between
54:00
these guys as much as. Again, I'm not a Marquez fan,
54:04
but if I own A-Team and I want to ride it out of all 8 writers,
54:09
that's on that On that team I'm picking Mark Marquez, not.
54:14
A bad choice. Like, no, I I I am.
54:16
And yeah, I hate to say it like that, but that's like he's like,
54:20
on not even on paper, on facts, you know, I'm saying he got the
54:24
most, he got more wins than anybody else.
54:26
He has he he has no one to fear. In Moto GP, the only person he
54:31
probably kind of sort of feared was Rossi.
54:36
Kind of. He's sort of like, he's not
54:39
going to fear any of these guys that like, you're you're Rossi's
54:41
kids. I'm like, yeah, I'm not.
54:44
I'm not that you're Rossi's kids.
54:46
Come on. I mean, I'm not going to lie.
54:49
I mean, I thought before I started watching, I thought it
54:52
was Rossi, Mark Marquez. I'm not.
54:56
I don't even remember who I thought was under Mark Marquez.
54:59
Right. Yeah, but.
55:00
Then Pekko came out of nowhere, Fabio came out of nowhere.
55:03
And then you know Juwan Mir got his.
55:07
But Mar Marquez was hurt. And the bikes.
55:09
Yeah, exactly. Marquez was hurt, So, you know,
55:13
I feel like he's still king of this sport right now.
55:16
He I I I I think so. And after watching the test.
55:21
Hard to see him winning it. That's the main thing.
55:23
I really. I really.
55:24
If he if he stays healthy, he's in the hunt.
55:28
If he stays healthy, if he stays healthy, I mean he can have, he
55:33
can ride around problems with. When he was half healthy, right,
55:37
a year or two ago, he was still top five exactly.
55:39
Rider of the year? Exactly.
55:41
Exactly. So that's what I'm saying like.
55:44
Right. Yeah, yeah, no.
55:46
If I would say this, if Mark Marquez come out and ride like
55:50
Lorenzo, meaning that he goes out and just sets his own pace
55:54
on practice and and and qualifying and stuff like that,
55:57
he he he probably going to have a lot of polls.
56:02
That was Marcus. Mark Marquez stays at.
56:06
Keep the two wheels down. That's it.
56:08
So. I hate to be talking about that
56:09
much, 'cause I'm not a I'm not like, I'm not a fan.
56:12
But it in reality is he's a good, he's a great writer and
56:16
he's on a great machine and he doesn't fear these younger
56:19
riders because he he gave, he gave your boy a problem, you
56:24
know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying?
56:27
He he gave your boy a problem and he's trying to chase more
56:29
titles than your boy. So he don't see y'all.
56:32
He don't see nobody. You don't he don't see nobody.
56:35
He don't see nobody. Like y'all like, I'll do this
56:39
for free, 'cause they he and and it's, you know, it is what it
56:44
is, right? I mean, you know, he's where
56:46
he's at and it is what it is. What should have happened was
56:50
Jen. Antonio should have stayed where
56:52
he was and we wouldn't be having this conversation.
56:54
But that didn't happen. I'm going to say relationships
56:59
is everything too, though, So I'm sure Digi had a great
57:04
relationship with you see like where he speaks, he means Ross
57:07
wherever he goes for. Sure.
57:09
No, but it's like if you can get Rossi or you can get Michael
57:12
Jordan, if you can get Mike, Mark Marquez, you, especially
57:15
when you're a satellite team, you're going to do it, right?
57:18
You're going to do it. I don't.
57:19
I don't. You're going to do it.
57:20
But you know, I can't wait for next season, man.
57:23
That's all I can say. It's it's a no brainer to have
57:26
another family member if you could too.
57:28
Like how easy is that they can drive home together.
57:31
Like I don't know. It's just it's so much easier.
57:35
I'm assuming so. But yeah they must have a great
57:38
relationship and as we know it's like our club racing series
57:43
Neymar is just second and none. Like, I know, like it's just I
57:47
feel at home when I get there. So I would have to be traded to
57:51
another organization, would be a little hard.
57:53
I would be, you know, been bred into a good organization.
57:58
No doubt. I feel you there.
58:01
We we we are running out of time, but we got to touch on
58:04
Ninja. Ninja Kawasaki has a Ninja 500
58:07
coming out. April, you got ARS 457 coming
58:12
out bigger. Twin engines.
58:14
Is there a new racing class coming for us?
58:17
It seems like it 'cause I'm seeing like R Sevens and R and
58:21
Eights and all these other bikes, but like this Ninja 500,
58:25
like when I first started it was Ninja 300 and then when I when I
58:29
rented a bike it's the Ninja 400.
58:31
Now they have a Ninja 500. Like what's going on?
58:35
I don't know, I I I can't wait. These small bikes, man, they're
58:38
fun to ride. They're really great bikes to
58:40
train on and and and get better on.
58:42
So you know, having a little a bike with a little bit more
58:46
horsepower that you can go out there and and go a little bit
58:49
faster than the KTM or Ninja 400 or some or 300 or whatever the
58:53
case may be, but you're not really jumping up to like a
58:55
middle weight class and stuff like that or even a lightweight
58:58
class. It's really nice to have that.
59:01
So you know, I think they recognize the market and sees it
59:05
and kudos for both those brands for doing that.
59:09
Yeah, I mean, these new bikes are starting to look like like
59:14
you walk up to them, you can't even tell like what what size is
59:17
that, what year is that? They They're looking that good.
59:20
So it looks pretty nice this, this Ninja 500.
59:24
Of course they got the Keep the Cowie Green colors, hey.
59:29
Listen man. Just what it is you know we
59:31
believe green up that way man. Come on.
59:33
Right. Wait to.
59:35
See if there any other colors, but the green one looks very
59:38
nice, no doubt. Shout out the sponsor.
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Somebody gotta get one. You gotta get.
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One, She got a She got a She got a Kawasaki?
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No. Yeah, she got a 250 out here.
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