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B4evaKool "race a motorcycle" Podcast S2 Ep. 17 · B 4EVA Kool "Race A Motorcycle" Podcast

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You're listening to the Be Forever Cool podcast.
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My Name Is Rex. My name is TJ with two wheels
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and coffee. What's?
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Going on, man, how things. Shivering over here, man, it is
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cold time of the year. I'm sure you guys got some cold,
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cold weather yourself. I I guess I got to say happy New
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Year first of all, because. Yeah, Happy New Year guys.
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Haven't been here in a couple weeks and had a good Christmas.
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Good New Year and looking forward to new things, you know.
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Right, right. I I, I I agree it.
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It's been to get back to what you were saying about the
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weather in in Chile it's been a little chilly down here for sure
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more than I would like it to be. You know, I, I, as you see I'm
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I'm in I'm in a I'm in a T-shirt so it's not too bad.
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But it it is it's not like it's not like up north for sure.
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So I'm not going to, I'm not going to sit here and and
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pretend like it is, but it, you know, it's still a little chilly
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in the morning. Yeah, that was a tornado in
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Florida I saw. I don't know if that was near
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you, but I don't know if you heard about it.
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No, that missed that. You know, that missed me.
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So I didn't have to deal with that as much.
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It was some wind, for sure. A lot of wind, but no, no
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damage. No damage in the neighborhood or
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anything like that. So yeah, that's good.
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Yeah, you know, just trying to stay warm and get through this
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cold winter and just counting down pretty much.
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And that's I'm getting ready for.
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You know, my season is started up here when the salt washes
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away and you know, they refill the potholes and they'll be
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ready to go. Yeah, I picked up my my
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Multistrada today. So you know, I'm excited to get
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out and start riding again on the street.
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So you know, I feel like I noticed like it's on, this is on
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my first year down down in Florida.
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So I still remember it was like up there and I was up there a
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few weeks ago. So you know, it's it's it's
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chilly and it's tougher to ride in those conditions up there,
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but you know you can do it. Yeah, you can do it.
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But you know who really. You'd be riding alone pretty
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much. You know, that's kind of my
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style. That's that's kind of my style.
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You know, I I tend to ride when I when when I ride, I pretty
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much ride alone on the streets, you know, because I'm usually
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going somewhere and you know, hopefully that'll change down in
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down in Florida, you know, try to meet up with some people and
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and and try to go for rides. But you know, it's, you know,
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sometimes you got to go by yourself, man, because if you if
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it's itching, if you're itching for that to to ride and you know
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no one wants to break their bike out because it's a little chilly
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up north, You know, it's kind of like, you know, you got to do
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what you got to do. I must say, I must say I I do
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ride a lot alone. I travel a lot to and from work
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and you know, if I just want to go to a store or just a quick
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ride. And I must say is when you do
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add a couple other riders, like it's like going on a mission
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pretty much like you always find something, you know get in a
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little trouble. Not not too much, but you always
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find some way to get a little feisty.
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Other. For sure I I used to ride with
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some folks, you know, we talked about Jesse and Lloyd.
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I used to ride with them on Sundays and and go out for
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rides, but you know, they they didn't ride once they got got
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cold. So it's tougher.
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But yeah, no, it's always nice to go out with with with friends
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or people. And you know, for me, I like to
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go for, you know, long rides, right.
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We're going from like 8:00 in the morning till you know six
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7:00 at night type of thing getting 300 miles and you know
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whatever the case may be on some B roads or you know and and
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stuff like that. So you know that's my kind of
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ride and I like to do and you know I don't want I, I we try to
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stay away from you know cities with with a lot of traffic
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lights and and so forth. Yeah, as I try to hit the
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country roads, back roads, especially on low traffic hours.
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So try to find the right time of the day where it's like where
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you know it's no rush hour traffic, or where where cars
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won't go at a certain time of traffic time.
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So have my fun doing that, right?
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So. Yeah man, like I keep saying,
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you got to come on down because you know there's bikes down here
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that you can ride and you know, if you're looking to, I get on
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the bike before when you when you when you bring your bike out
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April. I shoot for right before April,
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so I want to say like bring it out into March, but you know,
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weather's not always forgiven. So I try the mandatory like I
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have to bring it out in April because obviously you know now
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that I'm into the the race club racing, you know that starts end
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of April. So I can't, I can't have no type
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of training, you know, before I just jump on a track.
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So I I try to like, suck it up in whatever I got to do to get
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out there, and hopefully it's still not snowing at the time.
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Right, right. Hopefully you know, hopefully.
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I mean, you never know. I mean we've we've gotten the
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snow all the way up until May a couple years ago.
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But you know, I mean it's unpredictable.
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Hopefully, hopefully, the spring starts early.
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Yeah, and you know, fingers crossed man, because you know we
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on two wheels like to get out and and and you know and do our
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thing. So hopefully this year, as they
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say the the Groundhog will come out and and and and and and make
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and make make everything right. One, one thing I do like about
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New England is like when all the bikes are put away, like you
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know, you don't hear motorcycles for a couple months, so once it
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starts to get nicer and you start to hear like the Harleys
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and the sport bikes, it's just a good feeling.
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So that's we can't wait for that.
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Right. Yeah, I know what you mean.
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It's it's like that down here too.
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Not a lot of people are riding their bikes down here right now,
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but definitely people are out. But not like when when the
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weather is, is, is, is better. So you know, you know, it is
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what it is. Let's get into what's going on
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in World Super Bike because they hear their rule changes that are
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that are coming down. What?
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What have you heard about that, TJ?
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Yeah, I mean there's a world Super bike is changing.
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A couple things around. First of all like BMW have
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looking forward to a good year and you know they got some rule
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changes for as far as grid set up, fuel consumption and a
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couple of things here. Let me see if I can read off of
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of that there, I lost it here. Sorry about that.
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I think the rule changes, You know, there's going to be some
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people probably a little bit unhappy about the rule changes
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and I don't know if they gave any any details as to what
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brought about the changes. Is it?
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I don't know if they're trying to level the playing field a
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little bit for some of these other manufacturers, you know?
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What I mean that I'm not 100% sure of like you know I feel
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like World Super Bike is very interesting because I think they
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make the things things a lot more interesting.
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So for as far as like the grid updates I can read it off.
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It says in order to to highlight outstanding performance, the SBK
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Commission's decided to. I decided that regarding the
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grid positions for Race 2, the first nine grid positions will
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be based on the fastest time recorded by the riders during
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Race one for World Super Sport, World Super Sport 300 and the
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World WCR classes. OK did.
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They say I don't. That's pretty cool.
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Yeah. I I don't remember how it was
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before. I think the I I don't.
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It seems like the the grid position for Race 2, I think
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that was based on the Sprint race right?
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Because the Sprint race was was after race one, so so now
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they're just going to base it off of of race 1 instead of the
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Sprint race. Yeah, you know, some people in
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the back might have a faster time than some of the guys as
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some of the guys in the front and finish further back.
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So I guess that changes things up a little bit.
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Not to bring up Moto America, but they would.
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Wherever you finish race one will be your set up for race 2,
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you'll be in the same group position.
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So yeah, that's pretty cool with the fastest times the first nine
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riders though the first nine group positions.
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Oh, got you only. OK, that makes sense because if
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you're in the back, I mean you can just Createspace and and and
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pull out a couple of fast lap times, right, if you wanted to
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since, you know, if you weren't going to score points or
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anything like that. So it it it's good that there is
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a cut off of the first top riders so no one is sitting
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here, you know, flopping as they say.
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Yeah, there's a couple chassis component updates that's pretty
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much very detailed. So I mean they got some triple
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clamp steering stem and rear suspensions that that they talk
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about and fuel flow control for testing and for racing.
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So they're changing a lot, which hopefully brings the competition
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level a lot more even. You know, we've seen a lot of
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have a Batista. Just take everything.
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Well, I mean, you know, fairness, Jonathan Rigg before
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the top rock 116 in a row and they weren't doing that, you
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know what I'm saying? Nothing was happening when
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outside it was, it was winning six in a row.
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So I, you know, I'm just saying. They they see something in
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Ducati, though, after what they're doing in Moto GP and all
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across the board. So, Oh no, they they must know
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something. You know, I think Ducati has the
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secret sauce moment and and that's all it is.
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And you know, it's, you know, for, for for folks that love
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Ducati, it's awesome. But and I'll say I said it
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before and I'll say it again, you know, there are many years
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when you know Ducati was not winning, you know, So it's not.
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You can't look at 2 championships in Ducati's world
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super bike and motor GP and sit here and say all of a sudden,
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like, we need to do all this stuff to stop them.
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If the secret to us is that good, then, you know, maybe they
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might run for 10 years, you know, maybe it's LeBron James, D
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Wade and Chris Bosh, I don't know.
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You know what I'm saying? We all win 11 championships, you
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know, But I, I, you know, I think it's a, you know, like I
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said when Honda and and and Yamaha and kawaii as far as in
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World Superbike Kawasaki Ducati wasn't sitting here saying let's
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change the rules, let's change the rules, let's get concessions
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or any of that stuff. Now, you know, I'm just like
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really getting into this, you know, last couple years.
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So I don't know if they do rule changes constantly yearly or by
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yearly, you know, stuff like that.
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And I don't know if they're Alfred Ducati trying to like
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make sure they don't run away with all the championships, you
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know, give us some time like Honda did it.
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So, like, I think it's just too soon.
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If they don't make rule changes a lot, it's too soon I think, to
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just make them right away. Well, yeah.
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And you know you know not to pick on Scott Redding because
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you know I'm a big fan of his but you know he did talk about
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weight limitations and stuff like that minimum weight
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limitations because of Alvarez weight and stuff like that.
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And you know when Danny Pedroza was suffering because he he
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couldn't get heat in that rear tire on on on a Honda in in cold
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attempt cold attempts. You know no one was sitting here
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saying anything. So you know I I don't know for
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sure if you know if it's just general complaint that that gets
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rule changes happen or maybe they see data that that you know
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because at the end of the day it's entertainment right and
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they want it to be entertaining. So I don't know if they're
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looking at data to sit here and say we have to make changes to
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to to you know it it it's more beneficial on when you know you
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have eight different riders from 8 different manufacturers or six
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different manufacturers or whatever the case may be.
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You know have the chance to win a race versus you know if it's
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just Ducati, Ducati. Ducati again nobody said
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anything when Marquez and you know I guess it was it was Honda
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in Yamaha. So it it it it it did go kind of
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back and forth as far as the motor GP but getting World super
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Bike it was Kawasaki for six years and you know you know I'm
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I'm still new as well but you know and and I think rule
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changes happen for different reasons track reasons safety
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reasons and stuff like that. So I but I don't know if they do
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specifically for manufacturers. I will say when they when Moto
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GP banned the wings initially, when Ducati first started
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putting wings on on bikes and stuff like that, you know,
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definitely that that was that was something there, right.
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So you know and and you know they did come back around
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because everybody got them, but it definitely did.
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You know, when I think, when they had the two wings or
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whatever, they're like, no, no, no, no, only one.
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They're trying everything, you know, now, now they're they
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just, they're like a airplane now, legit wings everywhere.
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Right. So I I don't know if that's the
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case. I hope that's not the case and
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you you brought up BMW earlier because they you know this
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unveiled their their delivery for for both their the factory I
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think they're both factory teams or factory satellite teams with
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with you know red in girl of top rock and I forget the last
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person now slips slips my my tongue and you know the BMW
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looks good and yeah I think you know we saw flashes of it last
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year with Gerloff with Redmond a little bit and and so I you know
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and from what I can tell from the from from the delivery date
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that they you know it seems like they're all getting along it
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seems like they're all on board to work with each other and and
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and try to you know bring BMW to the forefront and I know BMW.
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Top, top Rock brought that team to life, you know?
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Well, I mean, they're already a pretty good.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean it's.
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Too. It's too soon to say if he
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brought him to life. But definitely having a guy that
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won a title and and rode the way he rode last year, it it's, you
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know it. It does help.
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They they still have to perform at the end of the day.
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But like, you know, if you're on a team and then, you know Mark
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Marquez comes to the team, you're like, all right, now I
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got to step my game up, you know, like.
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So I think Todd Barack would probably just brought a little
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extra oomph to the whole team to step up and they all want to get
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all positive data and now they're all really working
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together. I think they're all very
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versatile and they have obviously different styles of
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riding, but I think they're hopefully going to have a good
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year. And hopefully you know if.
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If you're a BMW, because. You know.
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I mean, I haven't really been a BMW fan, but it's good to see,
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you know, another manufacturer that we don't see often.
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And like I was, we was talking about the rule changes now I
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think they mentioned earlier this year how, however Bautista
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has to add weight to his bike or something like that to, yeah.
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I believe so. I think he does have to add some
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weight to his bike. So that's that's another thing.
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So we'll see. I mean, BMW is a pretty heavy
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bike too, so I don't think they have to really worry about that
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too much. Well, that and.
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Shedding weight. Yeah, those guys are not as as
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light as as Alvaro, so so no. Yeah.
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So it'd be interesting to see with BMWI mean the the street
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bike is a nice bike. It's I haven't ridden from what
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I hear, because I haven't ridden one.
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It's a nice bike and it seems from what I've heard the new
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bike you know handles like a 600 and and and so you know it it it
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you know BM WS money is long and they they they want to be at the
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forefront like like in like in on four wheels they want to be
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up there and and and kudos for them for because you know they
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really changed the game because they really brought technology
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in with with 1000 right. I mean they're the first ones to
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bring all that in and it's interesting how you know
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Ducati's been able to you know bring it to a different level.
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So you know so they they they they got skin in this game and
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and they're trying to come out there come out with with
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something but I don't you know we'll see I don't know if they
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if I I suspect they'll probably finish top four top three you
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know if I have to guess right now because it's it's it's until
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until until top rocket out there and and we see if he can run up
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front like he was doing on the Yamaha.
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It's really hard to say because, you know, Scott Redden was
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running out the underduck and then on the BMW he's, you know,
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he struggled here and there. So you know, who knows what will
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happen until until he gets out there.
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Me and I say that about Moto GP rider to going to a new team,
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but we'll talk about another time.
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Are we going to talk about that? Are you talking about you got
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you got something you want to say?
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You talking about Mark Marquez? Maybe.
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You know, maybe. You know, we got to see what he
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do first, you know, see first race, everybody's already
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predicting championship and. Yeah, but you know.
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I I love him, though. I love him.
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You know in all I just. Can't do it?
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Yeah, after who's out there already.
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In all fairness to, you know, top Rock, You know him and Mark
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Marquez are on different levels and I think if it was any other
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rider, I'll be 100% with you. But you know, I I I think he's,
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I think he's one of the few riders that can do that though,
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you know what I'm saying? He's one of the few riders that
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will get up there, but we'll see.
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You're absolutely right. We won't know until it gets out
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there, until until he gets out there and everybody else get out
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there. Is it is it March yet?
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Levels. The levels are different too, so
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you know. Yeah, you know what I'm saying.
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For sure he's not a he's not a difference maker like Mark
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Marquez 'cause he's on the GP level, but the World Super Bike
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level top rack is a very big deal all.
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Right, all right. So what you're saying he's gonna
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he's gonna finish top two for the end of the season is what
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you're you're thinking based? On I'm hoping.
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He finished top two and won, but the year before, so we're
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assuming he's. Gonna.
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I mean Scott Brennan's on a new machine so it's gonna be tough
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man. A lot of people are out there on
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new manufacturers. We're we're going to see it's
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going to be a great year. So like I said I can't wait to
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see what what we see out of the riders.
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You know worst road bike starts in is it March or April and then
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they're off for a whole month The.
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Schedule I. Think it's March.
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I think they start in March and then they're off for a full
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month. Yeah, I think, I think it's
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March. Hang on one second I or continue
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on with what you were saying? Yeah, so.
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So I'm looking forward to see, Like I said, I I like the
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American Rider girl off his personality and his riding
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style. He always seems to want to
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improve every race, you know, obviously you can't get it right
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all the time. And I mean, he's dying for a
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podium. And yeah, there there's just and
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like I said, Jonathan Ray is going to be on a new
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manufacturer as well. Yeah.
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So World Super Bike starts in February.
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So I think it's the last weekend is, is, is, so we don't have
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long to wait for that and then all the GPS in in March, so you
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know exciting times. So I'm I'm definitely I think a
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lot of people are going to be looking forward to that and the
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other riders that you know could have a say in all that.
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I mean Piccucci could have a say in it.
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You know who's on the who's who's the other factory rider
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this year for Ducati not Bassani because he went to Kawasaki.
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Yeah. Who's the who's the who's the
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who's the other rider with a Oh yeah.
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Yeah. So he moved up from from Super
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Sport so yeah. So it'll be interesting to see.
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So it sounds like. He's with Aruba.
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He's, Yeah, he's. Across from Alvaro, So it'll be
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interesting to see. It'll be interesting to see what
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Jonathan Ray does on that Yamaha as well.
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You know Honda may have a say this year in it because you know
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they were I mean I think if they got they they get it together
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they they could finish top six this this year.
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So and you look at Andrea Noni he has something to prove and
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that was bad. So you know it.
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That boy's. On the Ducati now.
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Yeah, we'll see. I mean with him because I I
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don't you know it's interesting because he probably because he's
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been riding the the the the triple for the last for the last
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few years and I think him adapting to the to the duck
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might be easier than if he was on an inline 4.
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So you know we'll we'll you know we'll see what happened.
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I don't know if he's going to he could he's probably finished top
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10 you know what I'm saying? I I I think it's fair to say he
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he could be in the top ten with Ducati but I don't see him being
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in front of Daniel Petrucci and I'll see him being in front of
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Andre Noni. I don't you know and and and
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there's a whole bunch of other riders that that that that you
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know have been on Ducati for second year.
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Rinaldi has something to prove. Even though he's on the
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satellite team this year he's still on the V4 so he knows that
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bike as well. So, you know, I I like you're
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saying, you know, World Super Bike is going to be so much fun
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to watch this year because they they, you know, you can't count.
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You know, it's like 12 people you can't count out.
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And I'm just looking at the the names on here, me and I'm sure
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every season you can say every rider, you can't really count
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out. But I'm just looking at a lot of
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riders that's been on the on this grid for a while and just
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got experience and some are in different manufacturers some
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have been in Moto GP, been on the World Super Bike.
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But there's a lot of, for me, familiar names and riders that
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have a lot of skill, some championships and yeah, always
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going into the first race it, it determines everything, you know,
24:20
so try to be mistake free, watch out for little incidents, but
24:27
you always got to push, so it's going to be interesting.
24:29
Right. Definitely.
24:31
And you know before we move on we can't forget to I'll mention
24:36
that the six rounds we have FI Ms. Women's Championship series
24:42
kicking off this year. It's going to be pretty cool.
24:46
It's man listen that that is. Go ahead.
24:50
No, I'm just, I'm just going off what you're saying.
24:52
I'm just saying that's pretty cool.
24:54
Like we get to see like, you know women in a a sport where
25:00
it's, well, I mean, we're always on their helmet, so you can't
25:03
really tell. But to to watch where it's just
25:06
all women, I'll be pretty cool and, you know, goals for them.
25:11
Right. Yeah.
25:12
Because you know, I think that you know as far as other teams
25:16
out there or teams out there, right.
25:19
I don't know how many teams would have say let's sign you
25:22
know a woman for their their their ride this year.
25:26
And it's not to say they're not talented women out there that
25:29
can't ride because we do see in Caleb the 16 year old here and
25:34
and you know Molly Dallas who's a Motor America writer who who's
25:39
moving over to the to the women's cup as well the women's
25:42
series as well. So you know I think you know the
25:47
time that we are in having you know a whole different league
25:52
for for them or a team for them makes sense.
25:57
But you know they can ride just as well as these other riders.
26:01
You know you know when you when you look at the the women that
26:03
are that at the level of model Model 3 and Anna Karaska or or
26:10
or Molly Dobbs or I forget Maria last name that in in Moto E and
26:17
I believe she's also in the European league as well.
26:20
You know, these writers are one of the best writers in the
26:23
world, you know what I mean? And so I'm looking forward to
26:27
that as well. Just like, I mean, I watched
26:29
Moto E in, you know, in Moto GP series as well, you know.
26:35
So it's going to be fun to see and hopefully it grows to more
26:40
rounds. I think for now it's going to be
26:42
at Amula and Mazzano, I believe that's going to be in the UK,
26:47
Donedon Park, Portuguese round, Hungry round, Italian round as
26:52
well and Spanish round. So you know, more motorcycle
26:58
racing can't go wrong. Right.
27:01
But no, I think this is really big.
27:03
Like this is like the first year for this as well.
27:05
I mean you see like a lot of mini Moto to get kids in.
27:09
I mean, I Mean Girls do ride like I said with the with like
27:12
the Baggers and and and all the classes but.
27:15
Right. I believe they have hooligan.
27:17
I think it's the hooligan class that, yeah.
27:20
Yeah, they have 66 rounds and like it's a legit a season.
27:24
I mean it says they have, they have basically a Friday race, a
27:35
Saturday race and a Sunday race. So the Super pose on Friday.
27:39
They have a race on Saturday and Sunday.
27:41
So. 66 rounds of this and I think I think it says that the
27:48
Yamaha R7 is the only model that they can run, but I'm not 100%
27:53
sure about that. And.
27:56
They must be 18 year olders, so that's where is that.
27:59
I think that's going to be more racing the better, so I'm going
28:03
to be looking forward to keep my eyes on that as well.
28:08
Right. Yeah, I think, I think the
28:10
Yamaha is the only bike, so they'll all be on the same
28:12
machine. And you know when that happens,
28:15
you know then it's a, it's a, you know, it's the, it's the
28:18
rider, right? It's the rider at that point.
28:20
You know. Yeah, it's the rider, so I can't
28:23
wait. I'm looking forward to it.
28:25
I'm excited just as much as I'm excited for our. 7 is not slow
28:30
either. R7 is not slow either, no.
28:35
And and who knows where it goes from here because you know they
28:39
could have a super bike series as well, right?
28:42
So they got middle weight and then you have heavyweight, so
28:44
you you. They might might run out of the
28:46
lower class too, so. Right, exactly.
28:48
So no, I'm I'm very excited for, for these, for the chance that
28:53
they're getting to ride and and and ride race at the at the
28:56
world level. Yeah, it's pretty cool.
29:01
Does it say what it does say? You did manage to mention it, so
29:04
June 14th, the first round, right?
29:07
February for the Women's Cup. Yeah, for the women's cup.
29:13
Yes, June 14th. Yep, June. 14th.
29:16
Is is the first round for that And you know speaking Speaking
29:20
of the world stage what do you think about, I know you you had
29:23
talked about some comments of the Ducati head guy he's he's
29:27
he's firing back a little bit at the other manufacturers.
29:33
I mean, I don't know if he's firing back, but he's just
29:36
speaking his mind as far as I can see, talking about the
29:40
concessions that came out a few months back.
29:43
Basically Ducati's getting the baseline and all the other
29:48
manufacturers getting something. So from his perspective he
29:53
doesn't believe that Pro Air or ATM to receive any concessions
29:59
or as much as they have received due to the fact that they have
30:03
been on a podium, they haven't as struggled as much as Yamaha
30:07
and Honda. And basically saying that if if
30:12
if Ducati goes wrong and they they have a big problem
30:16
basically. So it's they have to pretty much
30:19
in their eyes be perfect and be the the leaders from the get and
30:25
wow Honda already has 22 private tests set up.
30:30
You know and you know just knowing that KTM in a pro year
30:36
has done pretty well and they get some of that taste too.
30:41
So. So I would be fed up too as if I
30:44
was a team owner. It's just like man, that's what
30:47
I meant earlier when we was talking about World Super Bike.
30:49
It's like it's something that they have out for Ducati where
30:52
they're making all these changes, like give them a chance
30:54
to let them like dominate for a bit, you know, I mean, they
30:58
dominate the season, but like you said, Honda and Yamaha years
31:03
past have have dominated for a while.
31:06
Hey, listen, Devicioso, Andre, Noni, Nikki Hayden, Rossi, you
31:15
know riders have suffered on on that duck.
31:18
Casey Stoner was the only one you know for a well over a
31:22
decade or so that could ride that bike and he he went to
31:26
Honda the year after. So you know again you know Honda
31:35
has done a lot for the sport. Yamaha has done a lot for the
31:38
sport and and you know, I don't know if that's favoritism or not
31:41
or you know, this is the game that they play and this is
31:44
politics. Like you know, like if you look
31:46
at Formula One, you know, you look at the Netflix series, how
31:50
these how, how these principles and and team managers and how
31:54
they talk and go at one another and stuff like that.
31:56
So, you know, maybe it's just psychological warfare and and
32:02
and and it's nothing at all. See, it's like you said this.
32:08
This season for Moto GP is going to be really interesting as
32:12
well. I don't think any changes have
32:14
made to like the grids or anything like that or with the
32:18
sprints, but it's going to be, it's going to be a good year
32:23
where it's going to. I know halfway through last
32:26
season they changed up the the practice set up.
32:30
So this will be a full year where they can kind of like just
32:33
have that flow down where practice is basically Session 2
32:40
for them. But yeah, it's it's, I think
32:46
they can't take any of the practices for granted Now with
32:49
Ducati, you know, they just got to, they don't have as many
32:51
tests or anything. They can't really.
32:54
I mean they, I think they're a better bike.
32:56
They have so many great riders, have eight bikes.
33:00
Yeah, I think with eight bikes they just need, you know 11
33:03
practice practice rounds. Exactly.
33:06
Just half right. No, you know, I I agree.
33:11
Hopefully it it is, it is the game.
33:14
It is the rules. And you know, the NBA, you know,
33:17
other NFL, they do things to kind of level the playing field
33:21
a little bit. Sometimes they get it right.
33:23
Sometimes they get it wrong. Yeah.
33:27
In this instance, I agree with you.
33:28
You know they should have just left it alone and and let's see
33:32
let's see what happens. Let them.
33:34
You know Honda's money is long. I mean Yamaha, they make, they
33:37
sell a lot of keyboards. So you know, you know what I
33:41
mean They they got some dough. So you know the car you have to
33:44
spend money to get rid of gotten and you know, you know Honda's
33:49
going to have to spend that money.
33:51
Now the concessions is who? Who like is it just put out by
33:56
Dorma Dorma or is it it's like it's.
33:59
I'm just reading a quote on here it says that they Ducati the
34:02
manager accepted the concessions because they felt it was
34:06
important for Yamaha and Honda to to to get you know help.
34:12
But I. Don't know.
34:15
Yeah, you know what I mean? Like I said, it's, you know,
34:19
maybe they they promised them something in the back end.
34:21
Who knows, you know, for the future, who knows because like I
34:29
said, I I it's, you know, I I don't know if Ducati had
34:33
anything to worry about. But none the less, I think they
34:36
had to, not necessarily had to, but they going along with it
34:39
because you know it's it's still going to take Honda a couple of
34:45
years to get that bike back. It's still, I don't think this
34:50
season is going to, I don't think they going to win a
34:53
championship at the end of this season.
34:55
I think next year they probably will be a top.
34:57
We'll see how this year go. We'll see what Luca Marini can
35:00
do and soccer can do because I think those two guys are the
35:03
guys that's going to build that bike.
35:06
I don't Joanne Mayer, you know he's coming from Suzuki and he's
35:10
bringing his experience from Suzuki.
35:12
So I mean and that Suzuki's return, so that's what he's
35:16
bringing. And Takanakagami, he's been with
35:18
Honda forever so he doesn't know another bike.
35:21
So really I think they're going to lean on Luca and and Zarco a
35:25
lot too, especially since they they've had you know 2 1/2, well
35:29
three years for Zarco I believe and I think 3 years for Luca 2
35:32
or maybe 2. And so they have that to come
35:36
and maybe they hoping that they do what Jack Miller did for KTM
35:41
to put KTM in the top five, you know bike, right.
35:45
So you know that's what they're hoping.
35:47
But it's also a as, as as the Ducati guys have said, it's
35:55
sharing that data. It's working together.
35:57
It's listening to the riders. So it's not just you know they
36:00
they still have to do that part and and if if, if Honda or
36:05
Yamaha, well Yamaha has two bikes on the grid but if Honda
36:09
can't do that I I it's going to take a little longer.
36:16
Me and like, I want to see like their data log sheet and what it
36:20
looks like. You know, it's because you know,
36:24
like weather comes into play, what type of ride.
36:28
I just want to see what their data log sheet is for like a
36:31
specific track. I don't know, just over like the
36:35
course of like the past 10 years.
36:36
I don't know right exactly. Pretty interesting it.
36:40
It it would be I. Mean tires change every year
36:42
too, so. And and I think I I think is it
36:47
Moto GP that's changing tire manufacturers this year or World
36:51
Super Bike. I I I I think one of them would
36:55
change in tire manufacturers this year as as well.
36:59
So it'd be very interesting if they're if I, I don't, I don't
37:03
know off the top of my head of this Moto GP, but it'd be very
37:06
interesting if if that happens. We have to mention that another
37:10
episode and do some research on that.
37:12
That's pretty interesting. I I know Moto GP gets special
37:15
tires because of the wear and tear in the corners of tracks
37:19
and get the the good ones, but not sure if they're changing
37:24
manufacturers but definitely tire data is.
37:29
I don't know. I'm curious also what do you
37:31
think the most important data spec is if you're a rider like
37:43
gearing tire tires? I mean, they all come into play,
37:46
but I don't know, I'm just seeing your opinion, what you
37:48
think through your most important.
37:51
I would say tires, tires 1st and and and then suspension and you
37:58
know at that level, right. I mean when you when you talking
38:00
about a track, a street track, a track day bike, stock bike,
38:04
you're going to put some tires on 1st and then you're going to
38:06
stop playing with your suspension, you might start
38:08
playing with brakes out of that. As far as as far as technology,
38:12
well I can't speak on that cause none of my bikes got tech.
38:15
I mean like KTMRC that has a little bit of tech in it, but.
38:20
Well, that's why I would need that, that Ducati data.
38:23
But like I don't, I don't need to test all these tires out,
38:25
just tell me what you got and then you narrow my margins down.
38:30
But yeah, tires for sure. And then obviously suspension,
38:34
that's what we all do as a main setup anyway.
38:38
But it's just getting up to speed to where the other guys
38:42
are, so you don't have to figure out a set up, you can just get
38:46
out there and just and go so. Right, so it is Moto 2 and Moto
38:50
Three are going from Dunlop to Pirelli off of 2024.
38:54
So that that's that's what it is.
38:57
No end like that. Huh.
38:59
Pirelli guy. Yeah, you know I'm starting to
39:02
become a pearly guy too. I I run Pearly Pearly on RC but
39:06
not on the not on my my R6 yet it's you know.
39:12
Yeah, I switched the Pirellis because I was running
39:16
Bridgestones as if anyone didn't know like two years ago and and
39:20
no one had them. So I would literally have to
39:23
order them online and just there's too much, too much to
39:26
deal with And the price, everybody's running Dunlop.
39:30
So Pirellis, I switched the Pirellis.
39:33
They've been treating me well. Nice.
39:35
Speaking of of local stuff, schedules are out for track days
39:41
and our, you know racing clubs got their schedules out for 20
39:45
fives 2024. So I've seen some people already
39:49
posting, you know, their track day and and their race schedule
39:53
for the year. I saw one guy had like, I mean I
39:56
had like 3030 dates. Has he rented the track that
40:01
much? Man, listen, I wish I had that,
40:04
that many dates. I would, I would love it.
40:06
Love to be at the track that much.
40:08
So definitely get your schedules together because it's right
40:12
around the corner. You know, February for me
40:14
probably. I probably will be racing, I'm
40:19
doing track day, definitely February, but I might race as
40:22
well. We shall see some.
40:24
That's a couple weeks, whatever you're going to say next month.
40:27
No, no, listen like 2 1/2 like 3 weeks, 3 weekends from now
40:30
because it's the first weekend in February.
40:32
So, so it's back for you. Like I can't say the same.
40:36
I I I mean I could choose to go down there if I can get my funds
40:40
right, but we'll see. But I know I can.
40:43
I still have a couple months, like two or three weeks.
40:45
That's just like when you end a race weekend and you got another
40:48
round in a couple weeks, like, yeah.
40:51
No, I yeah, I think so. I'm, I'm hoping and we'll see
40:55
because I'm I'm trying to get out of this.
40:57
It's going to be a tricky year for me.
40:59
But you know, I'm planning on the first weekend right now and
41:04
then and then I'm looking at some stuff in March.
41:07
So definitely, you know, get your schedule worked out, get
41:12
your maintenance done on your bike or if you haven't already,
41:15
maintenance done on your trailer.
41:17
If you if you haven't already, you know if you're if you're
41:20
bumped up, get you get your new, you know numbers and get them on
41:24
the bike. So that way, you know when it's
41:27
when it's like 3 weeks, 2 weeks left, you just got to just wait
41:29
it out and that's it. Easier said than done, but
41:34
that's the plan. That's the plan for.
41:36
Me that's that's that's the plan, man.
41:38
It's this, you know, it is what it is because you know you have
41:42
to do it and you know if it's last.
41:44
I mean, you know, I guess you can scramble around last minute
41:46
to get stuff done. But you know it's it's, you
41:49
know, it's a little hectic. And you know, if you got to wait
41:53
for stuff and you know you don't want to, you know you don't need
41:55
to, you know, go kick rocks because you have, you have to
41:58
wait for a part to come in. Or you know somebody's just
42:01
really booked up and you have to, you know, wait, you know a
42:03
little bit longer and you know you don't want to be picking up
42:06
your bike the day before race. Who wants to drive to New York
42:10
for one boat? Exactly.
42:14
You know what I mean. That type of thing so.
42:16
That was a mess, man. I mean, I'll never forget that
42:20
time last year. You were so ready because we
42:22
were talking about it. You're so ready.
42:24
And then something happened where something didn't fit.
42:27
And then you needed that boat. And then you find yourself
42:29
scrambling. Yep, pretty much.
42:32
And it's it's like, you know, back and forth to the
42:34
dealership. You know, it is what it is.
42:36
I mean, there's worse things to complain about.
42:38
But you know, it's nice to be as prepared as you can be.
42:41
As we say that you know, you know sponsorships.
42:44
If you if you haven't locked them in yet, lock them in.
42:47
Because as far as you know, reach out.
42:50
Because you know every little bit helps and you know if you're
42:54
if you're if you're right, if you're racing or riding and
42:57
you're taking footage and you're posting on social media already,
43:01
then just reach out for some sponsors, the possible sponsors,
43:05
and and see what you can get. Let them know what you're doing,
43:07
show them what you're doing and and see what happens.
43:12
The sport is growing my eyes, but it's, you know, get all your
43:17
stuff together and all your tools and just like you're going
43:22
away on vacation, just be ready to just go when it's the first
43:25
time and maybe should be in routine.
43:29
Right. And the last thing is that
43:30
fitness, right, man, How's that coming along?
43:34
Indoor, indoor fitness. Right now I like to do fitness
43:37
outdoor so I'm gonna try to get more bike riding in like actual
43:42
bike riding at stationary once this cold freeze goes away.
43:48
Hopefully like middle February, so.
43:51
I'm. Going to try to get outside more
43:54
but try to do more fitness for sure leading up to race season
44:01
and all the way through. So because you we all know like
44:07
towards the end of the year you start to burn out a little bit.
44:10
Yeah, definitely. You burn out, you don't have
44:12
enough time to work out all that stuff.
44:14
So you've lost some muscle mass, you've lost some energy, and you
44:18
have to adjust to that. You know what I mean?
44:20
As the season progresses, so you really, whatever your offseason
44:23
is, you know, that's your time to bulk up and to be as strong,
44:26
as agile or whatever as you can be.
44:28
Because once the season happens, it starts up.
44:31
You know, it's in fact, if you're driving back and forth,
44:34
you're not going to be coming home working out.
44:36
You're going to need, you're going to need a day or two to
44:38
recover and all that stuff. A couple of days.
44:40
You get older, you get, you might need a few more days than
44:42
that. So you know what I mean.
44:45
And as you know when the season starts the like we were just
44:47
talking about the next round's a couple weeks after that.
44:50
So if you have a few days of recover you just like work out
44:56
so. No doubt.
44:57
Good to start early no doubt. So you know, I think, I think
45:03
that's about it. TJ, man, you want to shout out
45:06
your sponsors. I will say one thing before you
45:08
shout out your sponsors. We do have some news to be
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forever cool and and Motor America, we're we're going to be
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talking about that in a few weeks.
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So keep it locked for that. Also, the trivias continue to
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answer those trivia questions. Shout out to the winners.
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You know it is, it is pretty cool and the merch is pretty
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cool. So as you can see, that's
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definitely cool. So you know, definitely, you
45:35
know, keep it locked. For sure.
45:38
I mean I just like to shout out to Boy Nick Trophy where he's
45:43
going to put on some track days at New York Safety track.
45:47
I can post the dates and have more information about that on
45:52
another video, but I'm trying to get that message out there.
45:56
If you anyone wants to do some track days, about four track
46:00
days coming up, I think it's April, you know, every month
46:06
pretty much all the way up until August, so.
46:09
So how so? How can people find out about
46:11
that? They reach out to you on your
46:13
social How? How?
46:15
Can I? Yeah, you can reach out to to me
46:17
on Two Wheels and Coffee or TJ Bike Life on Instagram or if you
46:22
have my Facebook and again I'll I will make sure I have
46:27
information about that for future videos to come and I'll
46:34
tag Nick also in that video. Just trying to get everyone out
46:38
there to have some fun at a track day that we're trying to
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47:04
this year so far, TJ. I have to get my applications
47:10
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47:13
Everything counts and you know, I I figured that all my friends
47:18
and family are sponsors too. So I I get a lot of, a lot of
47:22
support from everybody. So if I don't get any other
47:27
sponsors, I'm not counting on anyone, but I know the support's
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there, so. There you have it, man.
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My name is Rex 45. My name is TJ with two wheels
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and coffee. Peace.