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WorldSBK’s wild Hungarian Round breakdown + a look ahead at MotoGP France — all in S6 Ep 30 · B 4EVA Kool "Race A Motorcycle" Podcast

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What are we here for? What do you truly want when
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What are we here for? What do you truly want?
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Let's check in with the guys and see what they're doing.
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TJ, man, welcome to the show. How you doing tonight?
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I'm doing good, can't complain. No, all right, Celtics has come
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to an end. I know we always talk about
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sports leading up on my end, but now that's all over.
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So now I'm just diving to racing.
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I must say it is cool to watch a race weekend.
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It's all another race weekend so still a good that every weekend
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we can almost start watching racing so looking forward to it.
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You know, I normally would bring up the Celtics when they win or
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the Patriots or Boston team and I purposely didn't.
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And you know, since she brought it up.
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I have to say. I'm I'm I'm a little, I'm sure
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they're disappointed and I and I'm pretty sure no one is more
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disappointed than the players. Then the you know, fans can
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never be more disappointed than the players, right.
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But you know, your coach, just one coach of the year and you
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get you got the pretty much the best record in the East.
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If I don't know the stats, but either the best for one or two
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in the East and you get blown out in the first round, that's
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like let's say Glukovic losing the first round when he was
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young or Nadal or Alcarez. As far as tennis, you know, you
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know some of these boxes that you know, I can go on and name
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names I was. Going to say instead of being a
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Boston fan, you know, a lot of people hate us, but we got a lot
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of championships. And I mean, like we saw the
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Patriots go undefeated and losing the Super Bowl.
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So these these things do hurt. But you know, I know we'll be
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next year back next year. I know we didn't expect us to go
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this far because we didn't have Tatum to start the season and we
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started doing really well. So you know, that's what it is.
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I, I, I, I appreciate you talking about the rings and
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stuff that we have, but that's what Reese is going to say.
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You know, you're only as good as your last win.
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So I'm just saying. Hey, I have to say it all before
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he gets you pour each other so I know he's back there smiling.
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No doubt, no doubt. Reese, welcome to the show.
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It was good. It was good man.
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Yeah, you knew I was smiling. Hey Celtic loss Sixers had to
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take it. You know Philly at heart from
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Jersey so got to go with the home team.
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You know what the worst thing is?
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And I, I think you can appreciate this because you're a
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Philly fan, but you get, you get blown out by the Knicks, like 40
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something points. The Knicks.
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You know, that's I plead the 5th, I plead the 5th, but that
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one. You know, as, as a boss, I'm
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sitting here like and, and the Knicks, it's like, come on.
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And what, what what happened? You know, you know, it's, it's
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listen, you know, as you know, I don't have to tell you and, and
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I appreciate the humor at the highest level.
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All it takes is just, you know, 1 heartbeat off to change
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everything. So that's it.
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One heartbeat, 11, 10th of a second, anything is going to
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change. Everything, man.
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It's going to either you win or lose.
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That's it. Yeah, yeah.
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So you know, it is, it is, it is what it is.
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So what's good? You excited for all this racing
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that's happening and you heard DJ say it's nice to see this,
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you know, back-to-back weekend. I think last year we got spoiled
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with so much racing and you know, the having the guitar
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rounds can't can't reschedule really kind of show like man, we
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need lives because when it's still racing happening.
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We do. We need racing happening, man,
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because when it's nothing and boy, it's it's like winter.
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It's like stale. You're like, what the hell?
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Like it just feels like a decade of waiting and waiting and
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waiting and waiting. So it's nice to have racing back
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on, you know, from everybody, you know, it's ready to, it's
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kind of like almost ramping up season for everybody.
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It's kind of nice. No, definitely, definitely.
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I'm, I'm definitely excited about it.
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So let's jump into it. Bellerton Park, our second year
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in Hungary, the crowd looked a lot better.
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You know, they say it's the Bulaga show, but it it's I mean,
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it's it's his Toulouse. He's doing, he's doing really,
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doing really well. I mean, he's broken, you know,
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Top rocks record and everybody's record for most wins in a row.
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And he seems like he'll continue and stuff like that.
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But let's talk about just, you know, the, the weekend in
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general, because it is a tricky track.
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It's, it's one of the smaller tracks.
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I, I, you know, I don't know if you guys have been to Blackhawk
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or maybe even Jennings or, you know, a little Talladega.
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I think that's what they call it.
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You know, the, the Melaton Park is one of the smaller tracks.
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So we also saw some, you know, some mishaps.
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We'll talk about Oliveira. What were your thoughts, TJ
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overall on on the weekend? I mean, it was definitely a good
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show. I thought the the Super Bowl
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race was a dog fight. So I think that was a really
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good race. But overall, for the situation
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that happened, Buluga took advantage and now he's still
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killing it every round. Like as we said way back in
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time, that is going to be his show.
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But that is a very fast track. It is small, but it's a lot of
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heartbreaking as well. And yeah, there's there's a lot
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of fighting out there, even in the Super sport class, a lot of
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guys just bumping in, rubbing elbows and it's it was
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definitely a fight out there. But as far as the Super bikes,
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Buliga ran the show. Yeah, yeah, he he did.
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Man, for sure, Reese, man, what you thought of of of the weekend
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overall? And you know, it was a dog
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fight. I mean, I think even in the in
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the front race one too as well, you know, I think they're
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they're top, they're top the top, the bottom 2 to 810 riders
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are really, really trying to fight for that third place,
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right? I mean, there's, there's a good
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amount of riders as that that's seen that third place trying to
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fight for that third place. What are your thoughts man?
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I mean, overall it was a good race.
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I caught the replay or, you know, race 1:00 and 2:00.
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So I, I believe it was a hell of a race for everybody.
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I mean, of course, like you said, it is a, it is Bulligas,
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Toulouse. So I mean he has done very well,
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very exceptional. So I mean the Ducati's look
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very, very strong. I mean, I think they were like
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top four or top three. So they do look very, very
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strong. You know, come race 2, you know,
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I told him I would do this for him.
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And I give a shout out to my old guy Garrett for taking top five.
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But you know, he looked very strong.
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So I definitely give it, you know, him, his, his flowers and
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what to do. So congratulations to my man
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Garrett. I I agree with you on on
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Garrett, man, I'm trying to zoom in to get these the, the
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scoring. I we're super bike.
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You guys got to do something better than APDF.
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A little. Bit.
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More a little bit more than that, man.
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I mean, I'm like, where's the zoom button?
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That too. I don't want to I don't want to
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get the wrong places, But let's let's talk about Garrett for a
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little bit, guys, because it was really good.
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We, we've been giving him not a hard time, but I think we've
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been giving him a fear time on the show in the sense that we've
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been more giving Kawasaki a hard time because it's like, how do
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you have a factory manufacturer bike doing worse than someone
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that's taking your engine and putting it into their frame and
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chassis and so forth. So for him to see him riding the
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way he's riding and, and it's not to attrition of anyone else
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getting taken out or anything like that.
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I mean, if there was more time, he probably could even gotten
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further. I don't know who'd have caught
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the 1st 2 Ducatis, but it might have been the 1st place.
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What are your thoughts, TJ? How girl off did?
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I really like how he wrote this weekend and just like recess,
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give him Congrats. I know one thing is when I
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watched World Super Boy, it's not really just to watch Bulaga.
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It's kind of just to see, you know, someone from the US and
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Jared is the one of my favorite riders in the world, super bike.
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So it's good to see him improve, especially when he doesn't have
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like the support with the other teammates and stuff like that.
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So yeah, for him to especially race to the way he got a good
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start and was already like top five or top 8 and he was able to
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hold it the whole length of the race and finished fifth.
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So yeah, I gave him Congrats. Hopefully that helped him go
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into the next round. But yeah, I always root for
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Garrett. That's what's up, that's what's
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up. What do you want to add to that
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Reese, before we we kind of dive further into into the overall
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weekend? He's your guy.
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You got him on the phone so be shouting out now.
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What's your guy say? Got to say?
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I mean, I give Garrett every credit is due.
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I know it's tough over there. I know those guys ride hard.
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I know, you know, he's been in some tough situations, but I
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know, I know Garrett's mentality.
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Garrett's one to never back down.
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He's never to quit. You know, I've been watching
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Garrett since he came into the to the paddock, you know, back
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in with the Super Stock 600 days with Graves.
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I started with him in Graves. So, you know, I know Garrett's
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mentality. He's never going to quit.
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He's never going to back down. So the way he rode this weekend,
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you know, he he could have definitely got up there with
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those guys a little bit. And I hope he can build on his
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momentum to, you know, this past weekend for the next round and,
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you know, do something else with it.
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You know, it's nice to see an American up there.
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And we do have some American people over there overseas.
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But it's nice to get, you know, one of our guys up there.
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And, you know, it's definitely going to be nice the one day to
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get one of those guys on a podium to actually see that
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American flag draped behind them and maybe even get the win and
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hear the, you know, hear all national anthem play.
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Right I I agree, I hope he I hope Kawasaki renews and I hope
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he stays if he if he does. I know, I, I think I saw
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recently that he got, it looks like he got married and not to
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his bike. So it would have been, you know,
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for some of us might want to see him get married to the bike
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instead. But I, I, I, I do hope that he
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does get to stay because it is very important for us to see an,
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an American in, in world super bike, possibly Moto GP in the in
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the future. It's it's it's good for
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motorcycle race in America to see that.
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I mean, it's tough when you're the only one doing it though,
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you know what I mean? So, you know, maybe maybe Joe
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Roberts will come over at some point, you know, so maybe
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there'll be a couple other folks in there and and whatnot.
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But you know, let let's talk about race one.
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We talked about Super Bowl a little bit.
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You know, I know it's easy to say it's a bull, a good show,
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but I mean, like looking at the time, Ika's close, right?
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I mean, he like, you know, per per fastest lap, he's not that
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far behind, You know, getting better qualifying time, more
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seat time on the bike, maybe a little fewer mistakes.
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I mean, this could turn into a real dogfight in a few rounds.
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What are your thoughts, TJ? Yeah.
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So the whole like all the rounds leading up to now, I mean, ECO
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has been like a one has been right there.
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I just don't know if he is ready to like he got the pace, but to
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the the bull Liga pace, I'm not sure.
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Like I feel like if he was able to jump in front of Bulliga, I
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think he would Bulliga would have an extra step to get by.
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So I don't know. I think he's right there, but I
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don't know he's got to do something else to to try to get
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past Bulliga. I don't know if his race starts
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not as good. I haven't really checked that
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out, but you know, going into turn one, I'm not I'm not sure
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like if he's like top five or not, but he's definitely pulling
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out the the pace with the times. We can definitely hang in the
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front and he's finishing second place in most of the races.
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So so I don't know if he can lead out in front for all those
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laps. I don't know if that's the set
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back. OK, what are your thoughts Reese
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on on on can can Ikaluka Ono catch him?
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I'm trying to pull up the times, but this system is very archaic
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with zoom in and zoom out. What what are your thoughts?
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Because I mean, looking at the times I, I, you know, the
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fastest lap 138 .569 for Bulaga, fastest lap for ECA 138.648.
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So we, we, we, he, you know what I'm saying?
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I mean, if he, if he, if he just eat a little bit less.
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What are your thoughts man? I want to have to quote, you
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know, our guy Lewis, you know, it's always not.
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It's it's easy to do 1 fast lap. It's easy.
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You got to be able to do that lap consistently, constantly.
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That's one. Number two, it's definitely
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easier to what we call chase the rabbit.
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When you have to chase that rabbit, it's a little easier.
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But when you out front and you are being chased, it's a little
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different story. You know, it's a little
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different story because you're you're not you're the one
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hitting the marks, the marks first versus I'm following your
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line and I know you're fast. So if I can follow your line or
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get into your draft or anything like that, it's a little bit
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easier. But actually being in the lead,
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it's a little different story. It's a little bit more pressure.
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It's a little bit different, you know, lines and then you know
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you're out there. You know, you're just solo Dolo.
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Can you keep that pace for every lap or push it?
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Can you manage your tires? Can you do certain thing?
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You know, there's a little different.
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But I mean, he does look good. We'll see what happens next.
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Coming here. Yeah, I mean, I hear you.
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You know, when you when you said rabbit, I just think of that
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scene in Snatch when down the country and Robert's proper.
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I mean that's that's the case. But yeah, yeah, I mean, you
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know, look, in race to Bulgar finished 2.5 seconds in front of
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him with a little bit of change. That's not bad.
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I mean that like, you know, this is 18 or the 18 laps, 2221 lap,
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21 lap. And and like the guy, you know,
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he's tenths of a second, tenths of a second quicker every lap
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and it's adding up. I mean, is, is this where it
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will start with Reese first? Is this where you're you're
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going to your guy and you and you just looking at data at this
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point? I mean, because it is it in the
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data or is it in the rider? Is it something the rider can do
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different to to to to? I mean, is it like, OK, but he
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messed up in this lap in this in these areas.
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So maybe if he fixed that, he he may only be two seconds behind.
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What what is the what when you're chasing?
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I don't take that much time, but you change changing 2 and
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chasing 2 1/2 seconds over the course of 21 laps, Like where?
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Where do you start to look? I mean, sometimes the most it
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could be the rider, it could be a change of this section here,
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change of this little bit here, you know, less brakes here,
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more, more gas here, you know, certain little things that could
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be, you know, that could play a factor.
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You could be, you know, there's certain certain sectors you
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could be, you know, not as good, you're not hitting the lines
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properly if you're coming through the s s or you're coming
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through this turn, you may not be as sharp as you are in sector
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2-3 or four. How many sectors there are or
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you know, wherever is that, you know, sometimes honestly, you
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know, hate to call it out, but sometimes you could just be a a
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bitch in that section. You know, you know, you could be
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and that's just what it is. I mean, it's just all come down
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to especially if the bike is dialed in properly to where you
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needed to be. And there's no more that you can
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do in that section. Because as everyone knows, if if
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I do certain if you do certain things in this on for the bike
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over here for this section, you may take away from this section.
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So you know, you got to be able to as a rider to learn how to
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adapt to almost sometimes try to ride around.
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If it's little little problems, you got to try to learn how to
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ride around it. OK.
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All right. I'm, I'm, I'm hearing that.
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I mean, you heard that as well, TJ.
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I mean, and I don't know if Reese has taken into
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consideration that. I mean, he has only had three
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rounds on his bike and he's 2 1/2 seconds.
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When you see something like that, like is it is it, is it
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just say give him more time. Just give him, just give him
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some more rounds and and he'll be there by the end of the
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season if he doesn't touch the bike.
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Or is it, you know, are we are, do we start looking where we
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can, you know, shave off the 2 or 2 1/2 seconds?
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Yeah, I think the best thing you can do is chase the rabbit right
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now, like we said, and hopefully can make Bullock a break.
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I mean, the best chance was in the Super Bowl, but of course,
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she was the red flag. But, you know, I think at this
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point he's, I don't know if he's looking at data, he's probably
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going to have to compare some way or another to see what he
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can do. But I didn't expect anyone to be
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this close to Bulgar, to be honest.
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So it's good to see that Eco is like right behind them because
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even in race one, Miguel finished 12 seconds behind
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Bulgar. So, you know, the gap was pretty
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large between 1:00 and 2:00, but I think if you just stay where
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it's continue what he's doing and just stay on his his ass
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basement and I feel like he'll be able to pull, pull a string.
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You know, right, right. So and and so let me ask this
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and I'm going to put this to both of you guys.
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If you're eco local owner, do you just say, look, my first
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year on the bike, let me just finish second place all year.
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Let me not mess up Bulaga's championship.
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Let me just give it to him. Icing on the cake, learn this
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bike, finish second place because I'm going to be the guy
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next year. He's going to be the man next
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year, right? He's going to be the man.
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I mean, who'd like we, we see Montela, we see Lowe's, I mean,
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I, we see what Baldessari he's doing, which is amazing.
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I'm I'm excited for that, but these guys are not as close as
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Eka is to Bulaga. What are your thoughts, TJ?
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And then we'll go back to Reese. Does Eka tell?
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I mean, I don't think any rider thinks that way.
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Obviously when things started to set in, it is what it is, but I
25:20
don't think he, I don't think he got it.
25:22
I don't think. I mean, I think he got it, but I
25:24
don't think that he has that little extra step to pass
25:29
Bulaga. I think he's just needs to
25:31
figure him out more. I would say.
25:35
I was just want to say like in a race when Bulaga fell back, it's
25:38
kind of like a Mark Marquez effect.
25:40
Basically. He found his way back to the
25:42
front. I just haven't seen that out of
25:45
Dico Le Cuona yet. So, you know, it's that little
25:48
extra out of the rider that he just needs to find.
25:53
So I don't think he needs to be content and just be like, all
25:57
right, let's just stay second all year and then it'll be my
26:00
year. But I just don't think, I think
26:03
it's the I think Bullock got it right now.
26:05
OK. All right, All right, Reese,
26:06
man, you're up next and you're in a similar situation, so be
26:11
careful what you say if you got. You're.
26:17
In a similar situation, you know, JD starts to shave some
26:21
time off. So what, what, what, what goes
26:25
on for that rider that's like close to the number one guy?
26:28
Do you chill and say, all right, my man's leaving, I'm good next
26:32
year he's he's, he's going to go to Moto GP some race somehow.
26:35
So. Or do you try to seize the bull
26:38
by the horn this season and just say, look, man, if I could steal
26:41
a couple of rounds, you never know.
26:43
I, you know, by the end of the season I might only be a couple
26:46
of races behind. As losers say, no, because, I
26:51
mean, we're all racing for money.
26:53
We're racing points here at this point in time of the season is
26:58
still early. So if I can't, if I can't make a
27:03
clean pass, yes, I'm going to settle for a second.
27:06
But if I can make a clean pass and I know I could get up ahead
27:09
of this guy, all the hell with that.
27:11
It's all bets are off, man. I'm going for the win because
27:15
you ain't paying my bills. I got to win.
27:18
Now if I if I can't make a clean pass and I know it's his, I'm
27:22
going to let him have it. Like at this point in time with
27:25
Eka, he knows he's not faster than Bulaga, but he's just as
27:31
quick. So the best thing for Eka is if
27:37
you have to stay behind Bulaga, stay behind them, learn, gain as
27:42
many points because it could be a time Bullocka could screw up
27:47
or a bike could, you know, have a mechanical failure or
27:50
something like that. And you're right there to seize
27:52
the seize the bull by the horn all.
27:55
Right, All right. I like that.
27:56
All right, we're going to let's we're going to see that.
27:58
And I said like that was kind of last year too when when also
28:03
Bobby came on. So you might two years in a row.
28:05
You're going to have to stay consistent now.
28:09
And you can lead a horse to water, but I can't make them
28:12
drink it. Hi.
28:14
Hi. I I Lewis.
28:15
I, I, I, I You probably knew we were going to be talking about
28:18
Vuliga and how close Ika is, or you just didn't want to just
28:21
subject your aids to that kind of violence.
28:23
So that's good, man. How you doing?
28:27
Good, good man out here in in Cali work and that's why I'm a
28:31
little late because the time difference from the East Coast
28:34
to the West Coast had to be messed up a little bit.
28:38
But this past weekend, you know, Ika, Ika did show like, you
28:41
know, he's he's there, but he's not 100% there, but he's there.
28:47
Like if Buliga makes a mistake, he's going to pick up the
28:50
pieces. The question is when is Buliga
28:54
going to make a mistake? Because right now, I mean,
28:56
outside of one or two, maybe three times that he's had issues
29:00
this year. I mean, he seemed untouchable.
29:02
He seemed like he's racing in one race and everybody else is
29:06
racing in a different series. Is it safe to say that Ika kind
29:11
of showed him that he he has to be flawless?
29:14
You got to be MJ. Yeah, yeah.
29:18
But. And and by the way.
29:22
Ika as far as. I'm only three.
29:25
I'm only three rounds on the bike that you've been on for
29:27
three years too, by the way. That has to be Yeah, but he's on
29:32
the best bike. Let's be honest, man.
29:34
By by far, by far, it's the best bike.
29:37
You know, when he was on Honda, he wasn't doing this and he was
29:40
not on the best bike. He was doing well, but he wasn't
29:43
doing this. So being on the best bike does
29:46
help you quite a bit to stay up there, but you still have to,
29:52
you know, be consistent. You know, let's see how, how,
29:55
let's see if Ika has the same kind of consistency that Buliga
29:59
has. Cause Buliga shows up every
30:00
weekend with that swagger where it's like, I'm winning this
30:04
weekend. Ika shows every weekend like
30:07
that swagger that I hope Buliga lets me pass him or I hope
30:11
Buliga makes a mistake. That's not the swagger you want
30:14
you got to show up with. I can win this weekend too.
30:18
And, and I think he's showing up like that.
30:20
I, I mean, I think that, you know, we, we, you know, there's
30:24
enough riders that we can talk about that haven't gotten year 2
30:28
on a bike to really show their potential on a bike.
30:31
And, and I, and I think that Faika, you know, he, he has to
30:35
understand like I, I only have a few months on this bike.
30:38
So I, I think, you know, I don't know if he has enough to, to, I
30:43
think he has enough to beat him by the end of the season.
30:45
Is it going to be a little bit too late to win a championship?
30:50
No, I, I it's not. It's going to be, yeah, it's
30:52
already too late to win a championship like that, this
30:55
championship, unless, knock on wood, unless something dramatic
30:59
happens where Bulgoga had a major injury.
31:02
Because remember, there's not as many rounds in World Super Bike
31:05
as there is in Moto GP. Right.
31:08
There's a lot less rounds to make points.
31:09
I mean right now the way is looking Bulaga might win the
31:13
championship with four races left in the season.
31:16
Not not 4 races sorry. 4 weekends left in the season
31:19
right? So that's how many?
31:20
That's 12 races between the race one the Super the the Super Bowl
31:25
race and the race right? Like he might actually win with
31:29
still 12 actual races left in the season, which is insane man.
31:34
No, it is. It is.
31:35
You know, we'll see. So I'll OK, we'll we'll go back
31:37
around a horn. So we, we, we, we discussed
31:39
Bulaga and and Ika, but let's talk about the other.
31:44
Well, we'll go back to other Ducatis because you, you brought
31:47
up a good point about 12 rounds, you know, last before that
31:52
before the round, last round I said Petrucci, Petrucci had to
31:56
do something. He had the potential in race one
31:58
to do something. Unfortunately didn't work out
32:01
well for him and, and, and, and got penalized by and stuff like
32:05
that. We see that Oliveira was taken
32:08
out. No fault like, you know, how
32:11
much bad luck can aloe Vera have?
32:14
And we'll start with with TJ and then at the same time looking at
32:18
where BMW was before that accident.
32:21
You know, they were they was on the kind of store a little bit
32:24
of good stuff. What are you?
32:25
What are you? What are your?
32:28
Thoughts. Yeah, BMW was definitely
32:30
starting to show something and just kind of looking forward to
32:33
seeing what they can do this round with the momentum they
32:35
had. I think, yeah, race, Ron
32:38
Petrucci got hit or something like that, and I believe it
32:43
should happen. But the Super Bowl, yeah, just
32:47
no fault of his own. Just just being being there,
32:50
just getting hit by another bike.
32:52
And it's crazy that, you know, he was the only one that really
32:55
injured out of that situation where there was like a two or
32:58
three bike accident. But yeah, it's just the luck
33:02
that the luck that he has. Like I thought that it would
33:05
stay with Moto GP and hopefully when Terry over into the world
33:09
Super bike. But hopefully this is just a
33:12
fluke. Hopefully it gets well soon.
33:14
I know he's going to miss the next round and check, but yeah.
33:19
Yeah, he might. He might.
33:21
It's unfortunate. It is, it is completely
33:24
unfortunate. What are your thoughts, Reese
33:27
man on BMW, the accident, Just the, you know, the ups and downs
33:32
I guess. I mean I've always said this and
33:36
I've had an argument with people online and everything else about
33:40
BMWBMW is a great bike. It is fast, but sitting outside
33:45
of top rack. When has BMW been up there?
33:49
You know they've had their problems.
33:51
I've heard from Cam last year that bike wanted to kill him.
33:57
Yes, it's a good bike, but it still has an issue that has
34:01
problems, has certain things they got to fix with Oliveira,
34:08
you know Oliveira, you know that's Oliveira.
34:10
It's just the name has a target on his back with Oliveira.
34:13
Either he's going to take somebody out or somebody's going
34:15
to take him out. It's the way his luck is drawn,
34:19
you know, It is what it is. And it's sad, but, you know,
34:22
glad he's old, you know, hope he gets well and, you know, can
34:25
return here shortly. So that's it, Lewis Mann, what
34:32
are your thoughts on BMW Aloe Vera's bad luck continues.
34:38
I mean, you know, him and Alex Renz need to be lifeguards and.
34:49
You know I said that. Go ahead.
34:55
Hello. No, I I can hear you.
34:58
Hello. I can hear you.
35:00
Can you hear? Us.
35:02
Yeah, man, I think those deep guys.
35:04
Yeah, I can hear you. I think he needs a spiritual
35:09
cleansing or some sort of like ritual sacrifices of a chicken
35:14
or something man. Because this dude, no matter
35:17
what series he comes with, he got this black cloud of the
35:20
people wanting to hit his ass like.
35:23
And realistically like I said at the beginning of the year, he is
35:26
the better rider of the two riders on the BMW.
35:29
At the end of the year, barring injury, I do expect him to
35:33
finish much higher in the points than Bertucci.
35:35
Like Petrucci is a rider that's well past his expiration date.
35:39
In my in my view, he's still fast, but he's not at the pointy
35:43
tip of the sword anymore. He's like that guy between 6th
35:47
and 12th place. He's not a perennial.
35:51
He's not a perennial guy racing for, you know, the podium.
35:55
And I don't see that changing and especially don't see that
35:57
changing on the BMW because like re said, you know, it's kind of
36:01
a known thing that the BMW is a fast bike.
36:03
It works great in certain aspects, but it still has a lot
36:07
of rough edges. And if you don't know how to
36:10
smooth those rough edges, if your natural talent, if your
36:13
abilities can't smooth those rough edges, BMW has not been
36:16
able to shave those rough edges. You know, I, I don't know what
36:19
exactly what it is. I'm not an engineer from BMW,
36:22
but if you look at that, the the killer's row of names that have
36:26
been on that bike and not been able to win consistently going
36:30
all the way to Marco Melandry, back to way back, Leon Haslam,
36:34
Marco Melandry, Scott Redding, the names go on and on and on
36:38
and on. And nobody's been able to win a
36:40
championship on that bike outside of Top Rack because Top
36:44
Rack is that special guy. And do I think Oliveira or
36:48
Petrucci are either one of my special guy?
36:50
Petrucci definitely is not that special guy dude.
36:53
And Oliveira, he can be a really good rider, but he's not going
36:57
to develop that bike into a better bike either.
37:00
Like they need to find, they need to find that next upcoming
37:04
amazing talent or or BMW needs to find out how to make that
37:08
bike a little bit more rideable in all situations, not just in
37:11
one or two situations. OK, All right.
37:16
You missed that. We were talking about girl off a
37:17
little bit. He he did really well overall
37:20
for the weekend. Any thoughts on on your guy all?
37:24
Right, dude, I'm, I'm always happy to see girl off being
37:27
competitive, man. You know, I'm always going to
37:29
wave the, the, the, the red, white and Blue Flag.
37:32
You know, I, there's nothing more that I, I mean, I really
37:34
want to see him back on the podium at least once this year,
37:37
even if it's a third place. Like he's our only hope.
37:41
And I know that dude is super talented.
37:44
I know he's had a, you know, his fair share of issues and
37:47
injuries and he's not on the most competitive Kawasaki
37:51
package compared to like what BIA Mota put out there with
37:54
their Kawasaki engine on the BIA Mota setup.
37:57
But for him to still be doing what he's doing and he had some
38:00
he had some moments, man, if you watch the race, he had a couple
38:03
of fucker up moments and he rode through them and he was able to
38:06
like, you know, still get up there in the top 10.
38:08
So I'm super happy for him and I hope, I hope Kawasaki does
38:14
something, man. I'd, you know, we've been saying
38:16
it the wrong time and I don't want to see Kawasaki disappear
38:19
from World Super Bike because they've been the perennial super
38:23
bike, kind of like role model bike for so long.
38:26
I mean, you know, Jonathan Ray won so many championships on
38:30
Kawasaki and Kawasaki's been there for so long that the last
38:34
thing you want to see is like one of those legacy brands
38:36
disappearing. You know, we already don't have
38:39
Suzuki and World Super Bike Honda's there, but you know,
38:45
they're not doing much. Yamaha's there.
38:47
You know they're back there, but they're there.
38:50
But it's just back there. What Yamaha, Cuz you know,
38:55
Lakatelli look, look, look pretty good.
38:58
So I mean, you know, I think Chavi, I guess he finished 10th.
39:04
But they had some runs. They're running, they've running
39:05
some issues, but they seem to be a couple of riders seem to be
39:08
doing a little bit better in, in the struggles of between Honda.
39:12
I mean, I between Honda and Yamaha right now as far as world
39:15
super bike. So there was a, there was a
39:17
couple of moments, you know, I looked up, it's like, oh, OK.
39:20
I mean, you know, I think they got the first half of the race
39:22
figured out. I think that's the second-half
39:24
of the race is where they start to struggle.
39:26
Yeah, at that big drop. You know what I'm saying?
39:28
So what are your thoughts to TJ? You're a Yamaha guy.
39:31
Like, I mean, we all own Yamahas.
39:32
I mean, you know. Yeah, no, I, I especially if
39:38
expecting them to do a little better, but well, I could tell
39:42
you for sure didn't have the best weekend.
39:44
I think he, I mean, obviously in the the Super Bowl he went down
39:49
and then race 2, it's mainly like the second-half of the
39:53
race, as you said, is just, I don't know if they just lose a
39:57
lot of grip or just something just not setting well, but it's
40:03
just the pace that doesn't keep up.
40:06
But hoping for a little improvement, see what happens in
40:11
check. But I don't know.
40:13
I mean, I just see a locker telly and other other guys, you
40:18
know, still a little further back.
40:22
Yeah, I'm I'm surprised by Gardner.
40:24
I'm surprised by not not I think Javier is doing well because I
40:31
mean, he for a first year guy again, three third round on a
40:35
bike, he he who he has been competitive at times, but again
40:39
can't sustain it. Reese, man, I mean, you're
40:42
seeing you guys are seeing this. You know, how do you guys feel
40:46
about you know how the the struggles of the Yamaha world
40:49
super bike. Struggle is real, man.
40:54
I mean, it hurts. I mean, you know, to see Yamaha
40:58
back there, like like Lewis said, it's like that
41:00
second-half, they just seem to kind of fall off and can't
41:05
sustain the the pace. And I haven't heard anything.
41:10
I don't know what's going on over there.
41:13
You know, sometimes we will here we'll catch, you know, glimpse
41:16
of it. So it does hurt.
41:18
I mean, I wish they could could they seem to get a good start
41:21
and get a good jump. I wish they can maintain it for
41:23
the rest of the, you know, race, you know, and I would love to
41:27
see at least one or two of them up there.
41:29
You know, at least in the battle, you don't have to.
41:34
You don't have to win. But like Richard used to say,
41:36
you know, Richard says at least show yourself in the battle of
41:39
the race, not just back in the race, you know, So to see them
41:45
actually in the race will be something at least promising,
41:49
you know, for for the future. So hopefully, you know, they can
41:53
get it together and turn it around.
41:55
I mean, we still got, you know, some races ago, we still got the
41:59
whole second-half after the summer break.
42:01
So hopefully they can turn around and we're not the only
42:06
ones waving the flag. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
42:09
And no, I, I, I, I agree. I hope it does turn around.
42:12
What are your thoughts, Lewis? Man with Yamaha where they're
42:14
at? I mean I think they're going to
42:22
they're good. They're going to have flashes of
42:23
brilliance at a couple of tracks where you know the benefits and
42:26
the strengths of the Yamaha shine best.
42:29
I mean overall, I you know, they're not going to be
42:30
competing for wins anytime soon there.
42:33
They might compete for some podiums.
42:35
You know, there's always an off chance, you know, crashes, rain
42:39
events, things like that like anybody in any given Sunday,
42:41
anybody can win, but the betting odds against them winning a race
42:47
this year are not going to be too high.
42:48
I mean, if we go online and and go on cash Kashi, I doubt
42:54
they're going to be too high an odds that they're going to get
42:57
AW this year. But I hope, I hope Yamaha keeps
43:01
the head down, keeps moving forward.
43:03
And you know, I know that there's some rumors of
43:06
development of a new bike and so forth and so on.
43:08
But we need, we need this Japanese manufacturers to go
43:12
from rumors to reality because we've been hearing rumors for
43:14
way, way too long. You know, I've been, I've been
43:17
hearing rumors since the 1998 at this point, I feel.
43:26
Let's talk about Ducati. And we were talking about Bulaga
43:29
and ICA, but it seems like Ducati is by far the best bike
43:35
on the grid. It seems like all of their even
43:38
the satellite guys, they all can pull out fast laps and can at
43:44
times be you know the top 8 bikes in 128 this pass around.
43:51
What are your thoughts, TJ? I just feel like, you know, when
43:57
you prove you got the best bike and one of the best riders on
43:59
the bike, kind of just use that in kind of imitators in a way
44:05
and just make sure your riders can ride around the problems
44:10
that they can have with that great bike.
44:12
So I think it's just a change of facts.
44:14
I think it just goes in line that that they're doing well.
44:19
Right, and I mean, you know, who knew having, you know, a a
44:23
double sided swing on would make things better?
44:25
Because you look at by Batista who struggled last year, He's
44:28
he's he's like, I mean, I didn't realize he was 41 when they said
44:33
his age. I was just kind of like, oh man,
44:35
he's old man doing this stuff. So it's, it's, it's, you know, a
44:40
lot of the riders are being successful.
44:43
Yeah, he he is struggling by the way.
44:45
I mean, he is 41. But overall, the Ducatis, you
44:49
know, you know they're, they're always in the front of the pack
44:53
for the most of the time, so. You just say all hail to Ducati.
44:57
I know you can say, come on, say it with me.
44:59
What are your thoughts, Reese, on Ducati?
45:03
You heard the harsh comments from TJ about what is the
45:05
saying, how old he is. But 41, you know, still getting
45:08
the top five, top six, it's not bad.
45:12
Yeah, it's not bad. I mean, you know, for an old
45:14
man, I mean, he's still fast as heck, you know what I mean?
45:17
So I can definitely give him his flowers and give him his credit,
45:20
you know, but not for certain. I mean didn't isn't Ducati right
45:25
now on a recall even the race teams for that swing arm?
45:31
Why? Why are you trying to bring me
45:32
down all? Right man, listen, I'm calling
45:34
facts. They just called a major recall
45:36
and them double swing arms and the single sided swing arm for
45:39
cracking too much flexing. You sure about that?
45:44
I'm 100% sure. I'm have to double check with.
45:48
I mean I didn't. I didn't get my notice.
45:51
Yeah, I'm sure they said they're starting to crack, so you might
45:53
want to be aware of that. I figure I'd let you know since
45:55
you do own a Ducati, you know? Yeah.
45:57
I I appreciate that, but until they until until it goes Chuck
46:02
and Chuck down the road, they seem to be the best bike on the
46:06
grid by. They are, they are.
46:08
You're on the best bike. You're on the fastest bike out
46:10
there. I mean, hands down, you know, we
46:13
give you, it's, it's as we call it, the change of the gods.
46:17
You know, everybody gets their time up top.
46:21
It's Ducati's time. It is, it is their time.
46:25
It's their time. I I can, you know, I, I, if I
46:28
can see, I mean from what the single sided swing on the girth
46:33
of that thing to what the double sided, yeah, I can, I can see
46:36
they can add a little, a little bit more aluminum or whatever it
46:39
is that they add. What are your thoughts, Lewis
46:45
Mann on Ducati? You know, it seems like hands
46:48
down by now it's, it's, it's their championship to lose.
46:53
It's, it's actually, this is funny because I was having a
46:56
conversation with some people from Italy that have been to
47:01
like VR46 training Academy events at race tracks where like
47:06
the guys on Ducatis are racing V twos and the guys on other
47:10
manufacturers are racing the bikes that their particular
47:13
manufacturer gave them. So whether there are ones that
47:16
they're racing or RSV fours or whatever, that manufacturer they
47:20
race forgives them and the guys in the Ducatis smoke everybody.
47:28
So like these are Moto GP riders on pretty much stock bikes minus
47:32
maybe old and suspension, a little bit of suspension setup,
47:35
but stock bikes. And then the the another Moto GP
47:39
racer on an RSV 4 can't keep up with the Moto GP races on the
47:43
Ducati V twos. And you know, another Moto GP
47:49
race on an R1 can't keep up with the Moto GP races again on the
47:52
Ducati V twos or the V4 s s. And like this just goes to show
47:58
how great a stock bike these guys are making that the best
48:02
riders in the world that can get the most out of a bike are
48:06
smoking other guys that are actually better than them when
48:09
they're on a better bike. So all things being considered,
48:12
like you got to tip your hat to Ducati, which I hate to do.
48:16
You know that, you know, I hate to do it, but you got to tip
48:20
your hat to them. These, they have invested the
48:22
money, they've invested the time.
48:24
They keep developing the bike, even though they keep devaluing
48:27
their bikes every two years because every two years a better
48:30
version of the bike you have comes out.
48:32
So four years from now, your bike is worth half what it's
48:34
worth because there's a brand new one that's way better than
48:36
one you have. But at the same time, that's
48:40
good because they're pushing the envelope.
48:43
If they stay stagnant and other manufacturers start to catch up,
48:46
then they're going to lose their competitive edge.
48:48
And they don't want to lose their edge.
48:49
They keep investing. They're doing what all the
48:52
Japanese bikes you to do from 2000 or from 1995 to 2010, every
48:58
two years there's a, a mid season or mid model upgrade.
49:01
Then there's a full upgrade every four years.
49:03
And then there's this and there's that.
49:05
Like they're doing the business model that all the Japanese
49:08
manufacturers used to do through the 90s and, and the early
49:11
2000s. And, and, and it's, it's, it's
49:14
helping them because guess what? They're selling a, a ton of
49:18
bikes. They don't have, you know, side
49:20
by side. They don't have personal
49:21
watercraft, They don't have anything else.
49:23
They've got what, 5 models of motorcycles and all five models
49:26
are selling. Yeah, yeah.
49:30
I mean, is that, is it just because they just still, I
49:35
wouldn't say still, but they love motorcycle racing, they
49:39
love racing. Is that what it comes down to?
49:41
When you, when, when you know, you look at coaches, you look at
49:44
players, when they're pushing the envelope to just be better.
49:49
They're not worrying about anything else.
49:50
There's no bottom line. They, you know, a good example
49:54
is Guy Martin, right? He's a good example of somebody
49:56
who just loves this. He don't, he don't care about
49:59
none of the like the stuff that that that Casey Stoner hated.
50:04
You know, all, all the, all the fluffy, the lights, the glitz,
50:07
the none of that. Just want to go out there, give
50:09
me a fast bike and let me see what I can do is is that what
50:12
that what it comes down to at this point?
50:14
Is it just too many suits in between the guys making the
50:18
bikes and the guys riding the bikes?
50:21
I mean, the too many suits is one thing, because there are a
50:24
lot of suits, you know, you want to make a profit, you want to be
50:27
profitable. You look at different markets,
50:30
you try to make motorcycles to meet the demeans of different
50:32
markets. Ducati has a completely
50:34
different like they have a obviously they have a
50:38
competitive streak to them. They want to be the best, they
50:41
want to know people, but they've also built a culture around
50:46
their bikes that support the product.
50:49
You know, you got these Ducati riders clubs that are like 30-50
50:53
a 150 people deep in cities all over the US.
50:57
You've got these dealerships that are putting on track days
51:01
for just people that are on Ducatis.
51:03
You've got this whole like they've created like their own
51:06
little Echosphere of racing racing dynamics of pride in the
51:11
brand. And it's, it's showing, you
51:13
know, we're going to keep making better bikes and our customers
51:17
are going to keep buying them because they know that these are
51:19
the best of the best and even the.
51:23
They got tired of here being compared to guys going to coffee
51:26
shop on their Ducatis. I mean, let's be honest with
51:29
you, 99% of V4 s s don't see a lean angle further than that.
51:35
You know that. That's it.
51:36
You know, I'm out here in California.
51:38
I can't tell you how many square tire Ducatis I see out here.
51:42
The center's flat as shit and the sides are brand new.
51:46
I mean, I can get that, I can, I can agree to that, I can agree
51:50
to that. But.
51:52
But you go to a coffee shop and there's 15 Ducatis.
51:56
Even if the center of the tires are all flat, they still bought
51:59
15 Ducatis. They still bought 15-V4V4 s s.
52:03
They spent, you know, 20, five, $30,000 on each of these bikes.
52:07
But then I see a shit box, you know, 10 year old Kawasaki.
52:13
And it's like that's one shit box. 10 year old Kawasaki that's
52:17
probably been sold three times since it was originally sold as
52:20
new. And all these other Ducatis,
52:22
they're all within the last 2-3 years.
52:24
They're all brand new. Bro I, I don't, I don't know how
52:28
like I see these people riding these Lamborghinis and V4 Rs.
52:33
They're buying them like they are threes.
52:35
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I, I mean, I, you know what, if
52:40
one, if you can afford them, great.
52:42
If you can't afford them and you're willing to go into defer
52:45
them, great. Also, you know, your life, life
52:48
decisions. We all learn from our mistakes.
52:51
But again, at the end of the day, Ducati is still selling a
52:55
lot of bikes. They're still doing their thing,
52:57
whether it's here in the US or worldwide.
52:59
They've set themselves as a prestige brand, like an
53:02
aspirational brand. It's a brand that like people
53:05
that have other bikes, even if they hate the bike, they're
53:09
like, oh man, someday I would like to buy a Ducati.
53:11
I'll just wait until it's like used, but at someday, like it's
53:15
aspiration, I want to have a Ducati.
53:19
Ducati is the 80s cocaine, yeah. You get Ducati does buy from
53:25
working at the dealer and used to work at the dealer.
53:27
Ducati does buy deep too. They do buy deep.
53:31
Like you can have a kind of a little weird credit score and
53:34
they'll still approve you. And if you get a lot of guys
53:38
that will, when I used to work there, the there was the the
53:42
same saying I used to go, why should I buy this bike at 20
53:47
grand when I can go four more grand?
53:49
I can go buy that V4 and be part of a an elite group.
53:54
Very elite. That was it.
53:57
And then you got right. And then Ducati brings, they're
54:02
bringing what, like 5000 bikes in to the States, like 5-6, you
54:09
know what I mean? Yamaha, you know what I mean?
54:10
Yamaha R1 they brought in, yeah, they're bringing more than that.
54:13
But I'm just giving an example. You know what I mean?
54:14
Yamaha brought in two, yeah, 2 grand.
54:19
That's it. And then how many R sixes 20?
54:23
Yeah, they're not like a lot of number.
54:26
They're all sold out already. And literally from talking to
54:30
the my the DMS of Yamaha, they're like the demand is so
54:33
high but we only normally we used to get 10,000 now we're
54:37
getting 2000. Right, right.
54:40
Yeah, it sucks. And, and it goes to what Lewis
54:45
was saying, what Ducati does to, to continue to grow the brand.
54:48
I mean, I mean, like, you know, Yamaha needs to do that.
54:52
Honda needs to do that, you know, more to, to, to grow the
54:56
culture because they're like everyone loves Honda and Yamaha
55:00
and Suzuki. And, and if, if they, if they, I
55:04
don't, I'm not sitting here saying to do what Ducati is
55:07
doing as far as riders, clubs and track day stuff.
55:10
I mean, Aprilia is doing it and Aprilia is growing.
55:12
So there's something to be said. To that, you're 100% right.
55:16
I mean, I've had this argument with the guys over there inside
55:19
the corporate office and it's it's goes up a little bit
55:22
higher. And if they're talking about
55:23
it's from the Japan area, I'm like, when you go by Ducati, you
55:26
feel part of a group. Lewis knows about this.
55:29
Like you buy Ducati, there's a riders club, there's certain
55:32
things you can do. You go to, you know, to Moto GP.
55:35
You got your own little hole section.
55:38
Yamaha used to do that. Used to buy Yamaha and
55:41
automatically you get a free membership to Nesba.
55:44
You would just automatically get a free membership to NESBA.
55:47
They would take care of you. They would do certain things.
55:49
Now it's like, Oh yeah, here's your bike, get the hell out my
55:52
face. That's pretty much what they do.
55:54
It's like they don't buy into, like you said, they don't buy
55:56
into the culture right now and that's what they need to do.
56:00
I mean, Yamaha doesn't even sell like branded apparel anymore.
56:04
They used to sell jackets. They used to sell gloves like
56:07
they used to really, you know, similar in a similar way, in a
56:10
smaller way. Yamaha had the same thing.
56:13
And this is this comes from the Harley-Davidson mentality.
56:16
Harley-Davidson is all about getting you in a Harley, getting
56:18
you into into the Harley Riders Club or the Hogs, the right of
56:22
the Harley's owner groups, getting into like getting you
56:26
into that atmosphere where you're around like minded people
56:29
that are on the same bikes, we're in the same stuff.
56:32
Their dealerships were, you know, 80% of the dealership with
56:35
T-shirts, hats and other things to brand yourself a
56:38
Harley-Davidson rider as well as the bikes as well as this and
56:41
that. And right now Ducati is just
56:44
doing it better than everybody else.
56:45
They're just, you know, really selling the bikes, but selling
56:48
the culture around the bikes. I'll tell you what, man,
56:51
Harley-Davidson, I think used to be like the number one tattoo of
56:54
a brand on most people's body, Like the most tattooed brand in
56:59
the world was Harley-Davidson. And now like, you know, Desmo or
57:04
Ducati. Oh, it's, it's probably like the
57:08
up there in the top 10 most requested tattoos.
57:13
And that, that goes a lot, man, when you're willing to put the
57:15
ink of another company's brand on your body.
57:18
Yeah, bro. That's different.
57:21
I, I, I, I need, I need to get training from them sales people,
57:24
'cause I don't want to sell like that.
57:30
Come on you, come on, you can do it.
57:31
Just put Rexy 45 right. There rexy 45 right there.
57:35
What's the what's the second most tattoo?
57:37
Is it Suzuki? I've always seen that.
57:40
Nah Nah Nah. Suzuki is this is it's the
57:44
second, it's the the most requested tattoo after you're
57:49
shit faced drunk. Suzuki's like Suzuki's like
57:56
Father's Day. The worst holiday, that's what
58:02
that is. Speaking of, let's talk about
58:04
let's talk about super sport a little bit because I I feel bad
58:07
for is it Cannon 2? Cannon 2 is in super sport and I
58:15
feel bad if I can because he's talk about a killer and fighting
58:19
this, this, this, this. I've never I don't know him, but
58:24
I've never seen another ride or another person this unhappy
58:27
about second place. It's, it's, it's, it's, it's
58:31
literally he, he, it's like he must go away.
58:36
All his 2nd place trophies, 3rd place trophies.
58:38
If it's not a first place trophy, he doesn't allow himself
58:41
to smile. And there's so many riders
58:44
around him that's just give him a hard time, you know, And it
58:47
seems like it's just him against those riders.
58:51
What are your thoughts on, on, on super sport class and, and
58:55
you know where that is? Because really it, it should
58:58
have been after Manzi left. It should have been his
59:00
championship to lose, but it kind of seemed like he he he
59:04
just never grabbed a baton. I felt like that that that race
59:11
was good. I mean, I know race one wants
59:15
you doing really well. And then just to sum it up
59:18
coming, I think like the second or third last corner, he just
59:22
got basically mugged in two riders past him.
59:27
You know, you see, if you know, one rider comes through and then
59:30
you know, someone's right behind him right after that.
59:32
So you go from first and then to 3rd.
59:35
So he almost got fourth very close.
59:38
But I can just see his mentality just being upset about that.
59:42
And then obviously the second race, not able to get first
59:47
again. But yeah, man, it's tough.
59:50
It's tough, man, especially the, you know, it was getting drafted
59:53
and stuff like that. But right, you know, I would say
59:57
Reese, he's similar to connect, but connect, you know, at least
1:00:00
a little bit more consistent, little less injuries and stuff
1:00:03
like that. I mean, you know, you know, what
1:00:06
do you, what do you tell a writer when they come back in as
1:00:09
a pep talk? When you, when you see a guy
1:00:10
like that who you know in, in his mind.
1:00:15
You know, in his mind he thinks he's Anthony Edwards, right?
1:00:18
He he like, but he's not getting the results.
1:00:21
He's struggling a little bit. What are your thoughts on that?
1:00:25
I mean, it's kind of hard to talk to him about that.
1:00:27
I mean, if you if he thinks that he's like an Anthony Edwards or
1:00:30
he thinks he's the top guy, you kind of kind of just got to let
1:00:35
him stay there. Just, you know, you don't want
1:00:38
to bring him down, but you also don't want to, you know,
1:00:42
oversell them, you know what I mean?
1:00:43
Like, I don't want to sit and say, yeah, you know, you can do
1:00:46
this, but you still try to give him a pep talk and say, you
1:00:49
know, next time, you know, we got this.
1:00:50
I mean, you're right there. We'll keep going.
1:00:53
We'll keep fighting. And, you know, you just kind of
1:00:55
let them know we're here with you.
1:00:56
We're here to fight. But it's it's, it's definitely
1:00:59
hard being second. It's but do you do you, do you,
1:01:04
do you tell you know, we, we, you know, I don't know if you
1:01:06
saw the F1 movie, You know, we only drink beer and and you
1:01:09
know, we want to eat. We drink beer unless we went in
1:01:12
when we we won, right? That's sometimes we drink
1:01:14
champagne. We we drank champagne.
1:01:16
But do you tell him to just appreciate the moment,
1:01:19
appreciate where you're at, appreciate like the level of
1:01:22
which you're competing. You know, you know, there's
1:01:25
there's not a lot of guys that are that are fast than you in
1:01:28
the world at at at this level. Yeah, you want to make him
1:01:32
appreciate where he's at because I mean, you could be worse.
1:01:35
You could be in the back, you could be mid pack, you could be
1:01:37
somewhere you could be hurt. So you definitely want him to
1:01:40
appreciate it, but also you still want him to keep that
1:01:43
fire, that hunger to actually stand on that top podium.
1:01:47
You want him to be able to taste that, that, that victory, you
1:01:50
know, So it's, it's, it's kind of tough.
1:01:52
Like it's, it's almost like shit.
1:01:56
Like, you know, it's like you, it's, it's, it's that hard
1:01:59
level. It's that second.
1:02:00
And it's like, sometimes it's like, I'd rather be back and
1:02:05
forth, you know, at least I wasn't that close enough.
1:02:08
But it's that when you're that close and you can almost reach
1:02:11
out and grab it, it's that hard, hard level, man.
1:02:16
It's just tough. Second is tough.
1:02:18
Yeah, I don't know how that's true, True.
1:02:19
This is. But I heard Andy Raddick threw
1:02:21
away pretty much all his trophies because all the fight
1:02:24
he had against Rafa and Roddick and then Djokovic, like he was
1:02:29
always like runner up, runner up, you know, that kind of
1:02:32
thing. And and I mean, he got the one
1:02:34
U.S. Open with everything else was
1:02:35
like a dogfight. It, it, it's tough to swallow,
1:02:38
you know, the, the, the Reggie Millers of the world and, and
1:02:41
and stuff like that, that like it, it, it, you know, you're so
1:02:46
close, right? Right, you do you want to be
1:02:48
second best all your life? Do you want to know that you
1:02:50
were second best? Like you were never just that
1:02:52
good enough to to hit the top. Right, they still don't be so
1:02:56
hard on yourself. That's why, that's why you got
1:02:58
to love Jordan. He's one of the cool people that
1:03:00
know that you, you, you hear all this.
1:03:04
Who, who, Who you firing in the building you're firing?
1:03:06
The guy that tells your rider to appreciate second place?
1:03:13
I mean, I would, I would talk to my rioter, not necessarily to
1:03:16
appreciate second place, but it's also important to not
1:03:24
outsmart yourself. You know, if you're so negative
1:03:27
about second and you think that that negativity is what's going
1:03:31
to push you over to the top to 1st, it's not, you know,
1:03:35
negativity has never pushed you into first place.
1:03:38
It might motivate you for a short time, but at the end of
1:03:42
the day, you know what? You got a second.
1:03:43
It is what it is. Let's prepare for the next race.
1:03:46
This race is over. There's nothing we can do.
1:03:49
You know when. If you carry that from race to
1:03:51
race as a motivation, it's not necessarily going to make you
1:03:54
faster. It might actually make you do
1:03:57
some stupid things. It might make you push when you
1:04:00
don't need to push. It might make you try to do a
1:04:03
lunge that you don't need to do early in the race.
1:04:06
Like every race is its own is its own lifespan.
1:04:10
And once the race is over, that lifespan is done.
1:04:13
You got to look toward the next race.
1:04:14
You got to start from a clean slate, take the information you
1:04:17
learn from that race and adopt it to the next race.
1:04:20
But don't carry, you know, a lot of guys do carry certain things
1:04:24
over from race to race because it motivates them.
1:04:28
It might help them push a little bit further.
1:04:30
They get into one-on-one battle. That last time that person got
1:04:33
the better of them. This time they want to get the
1:04:35
better of them. And they kind of go back and
1:04:36
forth. But at the the the greatest
1:04:39
races in the world are the ones with the shortest memory, the
1:04:43
goldfish, the guys that forget everything negative about the
1:04:47
last race and just move on to the next race like a goldfish.
1:04:50
This is a brand new race starting from this point here.
1:04:52
This is what I need to do. These are my markers is what I'm
1:04:55
working with. This is what my tires can do
1:04:57
from this point to this point in the race is what my tires can do
1:04:59
from this point. Like you have to reset after
1:05:02
every race and take each race as an individual event that you got
1:05:06
to be the best at that event. Don't worry about the previous
1:05:09
event because if you start getting into your mind, ah, this
1:05:12
is the corner. This dude got me.
1:05:13
This is the corner. All you're going to end up doing
1:05:15
is you're going to end up crashing, messing up your race
1:05:17
or even get more pissed the next race that you got another
1:05:20
second. If you want to keep the
1:05:22
trophies, don't keep the trophies.
1:05:23
Throw them away. Throw them in the garbage, wipe
1:05:25
your ass with them. Do whatever.
1:05:26
But when you come into the next race, if you're sitting on my
1:05:29
bike, I want you to have a clean slate.
1:05:30
Worry about the race today, the race yesterday, we can't do
1:05:33
anything about it's over. That's what I tell my riders,
1:05:37
that's what I would tell a professional and that's what a
1:05:40
professional rider that how they should approach every single
1:05:42
race. Every single race is a new
1:05:44
opportunity to do better, right? Right now we let we'll we'll go
1:05:49
around the horn on a couple of things.
1:05:50
Is ZX Moto. Are they there at the turtle in
1:05:55
the story? Because I know he had a
1:05:58
mechanical on Sunday. But man, they, they they, they
1:06:02
looking good. What's going on with you?
1:06:04
We talked about the V2. As far as the Moto GP riders
1:06:08
riding a bike. What's going on with Ducati in
1:06:10
in Super Sport? Because it seems like
1:06:12
everybody's smacking up the Ducati.
1:06:14
Yeah, I mean, Macy is trying, but you know, the factory guy.
1:06:19
Is there a factory bike in in in the Super Sport?
1:06:22
I don't even see the factory guy.
1:06:23
Is it no factory? Nope.
1:06:27
That, that makes sense. Then what are your thoughts,
1:06:30
man? On, on, on, on, on.
1:06:31
What's going on, TJ? I just don't think it's trick.
1:06:36
I just don't think the trick of down to the Dukakis yet in Super
1:06:40
Sport with all the data. But yeah, it's very impressive
1:06:44
to see that Xenix Moto 800 just be on top.
1:06:49
I mean, we've been seeing the ZX Moto kind of often and Jim being
1:06:54
a newer manufacturer out there in this racing movie, it's just
1:06:58
it's crazy to see that they're out there.
1:07:01
Our knives look good. I'm not sure why the V twos are
1:07:04
not doing that well, but you know sure they got the help
1:07:10
behind him with Ducati and and the money.
1:07:13
Yeah, yeah. And I'm excited for arenas.
1:07:15
I'm excited because he struggled in Moto 2 for a while after
1:07:18
doing well in Moto 3 as as well. So I'm happy that he decided
1:07:22
that that figured out how to run off the front.
1:07:25
What are your thoughts For a reason.
1:07:26
You're going to order your VX Moto.
1:07:27
You're going to be starting the franchise in Orlando.
1:07:31
Nah, but like Lewis said, man, the Chinese are coming, you know
1:07:34
what I mean? They are definitely coming.
1:07:38
But I mean, they look good for what they are.
1:07:40
They definitely look good. They I mean they're it impressed
1:07:44
the hell out of me. You know, it's still it's still
1:07:50
yet to be determined like fully fully, but I don't know what's
1:07:55
going on in the V twos. I mean, they're they're like
1:07:57
they just having air issues up and down and struggling.
1:08:01
I know with the R nines over there, they they opted for, you
1:08:06
know, to keep the swing arm and less than the RPMS. So we'll see
1:08:11
what they do all. Right.
1:08:13
Hey Lewis, what are your thoughts?
1:08:15
Man isn't. I thought Philip Ernald was on a
1:08:17
a factory but the Aruba factory pulled out in super sports for
1:08:20
for this year. I believe so.
1:08:24
OK. Yeah, they did.
1:08:25
I believe there's no but I also. So here's the and again, maybe I
1:08:29
misheard something during the broadcast this past weekend
1:08:33
because I I watch it on the I watch the Spanish broadcast
1:08:37
because the Spanish broadcast tends a lot to drop a lot more
1:08:39
Dimes in the English broadcast. The English broadcast is a
1:08:42
little too sanitized for my liking.
1:08:47
I got. To change up my my my.
1:08:48
You got to get the translation at the bottom.
1:08:50
So during the Spanish broadcast, what I heard was that the ZX
1:08:56
Moto is supported supported by Evans Brothers Racing.
1:09:01
Evans Brothers Racing, if I remember correctly, used to be
1:09:05
the manufacturer the the bike builder for a small team called
1:09:10
Tenkate who used to crush in Super Sport.
1:09:16
So if ZX Moto is actually using Evans Brothers Racing as their
1:09:20
motor builder and their support team now, it kind of like, all
1:09:24
right, I can see why these guys are super fast 'cause these
1:09:28
dudes at Evans Brothers Racing make some of the fastest super
1:09:31
sports that have ever existed. OK, Yeah.
1:09:34
Like they were. That bike looks bad man.
1:09:37
Yeah, they were building the R6 motors that were killing that
1:09:40
class when the R6 were the top of that class.
1:09:44
So whatever, you know, they're great at building motors.
1:09:47
And if it is true, if if they're getting support from Evans
1:09:49
Brothers, then now I understand why does the X motorbike is
1:09:54
doing as good as it's doing because those guys can build a
1:09:56
hell of a motor. They can build a hell of a bike.
1:10:01
What? Say less?
1:10:02
Yeah, Speaking of, we got Moto GP this round in France and we
1:10:08
thought you might have got a DNFII would change the rule
1:10:12
rules at the beginning of the show to say you have to be on
1:10:15
air and I got to change it. You have to be on air 5 minutes
1:10:18
before the show starts recording.
1:10:22
I, I didn't want him to show up, you know, I mean, I needed, I
1:10:24
needed to jump over Lewis to get back out of last place.
1:10:27
I don't know how I end up there because the market.
1:10:30
Even with my DNFS I'm still towards the top.
1:10:34
Now the Marquezes are killing me.
1:10:35
The Marquezes are killing me. Let's let's, let's talk guys.
1:10:40
I mean, what are we in round four Moto GP?
1:10:44
Will you expect to see this, this, this, this barring
1:10:47
weather, Will you expect to see who, who needs to show up?
1:10:52
Who, who, who you think is not going to show up and, and all
1:10:57
that fun stuff? We'll start with TJ.
1:11:02
Who needs to show up? Fabio needs to show up because
1:11:07
this whole round, Zarko needs to show up again, you know, just
1:11:11
for the fans. But yeah, I'll say Mark Marquez
1:11:16
needs to show back up to get back to to where he wants to be.
1:11:21
And I'm sure like this is not the how he planned on this
1:11:23
season going. I mean, I know he's still close
1:11:27
to the top up, but yeah, I'd say they need to show up.
1:11:32
I'll say also Pekko. But yeah, as this season is
1:11:36
going, it's kind of like predictable but kind of
1:11:39
unpredictable. So kind of don't really know
1:11:42
who's going to come out on top race.
1:11:44
So as far as race by race. I I agree with you that when you
1:11:48
guys need to show up and, you know, one of the few records,
1:11:51
records in the last five years that Pekko is holding, he's he's
1:11:54
was the only person I was able to defend his number one plate.
1:11:59
And so, yeah. So what are your thoughts,
1:12:02
Reese, man? What are you looking to see you
1:12:05
agreeing? What what TJ saying that these
1:12:07
guys need to show up or maybe some of the guys towards the the
1:12:10
bottom 10 that needs to kind of, you know, get a little bit more?
1:12:14
I'm agreeing with TJA 100%, man, the Marquez need to definitely
1:12:18
show up because he's damn near killing me right now.
1:12:22
But you know, there's you know, it'd be it's it would like like
1:12:27
he said, you know, for Zarko to show up, you know, for the fans,
1:12:31
you know, the Frenchman and definitely be nice for him to
1:12:33
show up there. That would be nice for one of
1:12:35
the French guys. They even lead, you know, either
1:12:38
a podium or, you know, put it on, you know, the start, you
1:12:43
know, and grid one. But there's a couple of guys
1:12:49
that definitely need to show up. You know, Digi definitely need
1:12:53
to keep showing up more. He definitely needs to come up.
1:12:59
Martine's there, you know, the, the Zeki's there.
1:13:04
You know, Mark definitely need to show up.
1:13:11
Pekko definitely need to show up.
1:13:12
I mean, he's already don't even know where he's at.
1:13:18
You know, those guys definitely need to show up.
1:13:21
Those those top guys definitely need to maybe Alex may show up
1:13:25
back up again and not have a one hit wonder, you know, So we'll
1:13:31
see as this is this season is kind of like weird is up in the
1:13:36
air. Right.
1:13:38
The other interesting thing, I realize that in Le Mans the last
1:13:42
8-3 years, it's been a different right every year.
1:13:44
That's one. So no one has done back-to-back
1:13:47
as as in the last eight years as well, which is pretty, which is
1:13:50
a weird stat because you know, for some of these writers that
1:13:54
dominate you, you would think it you would think they'll at least
1:13:57
get a couple of back-to-back at Lamont's.
1:13:59
What do you what do you expect to see?
1:14:00
Lewis, man? I expect to see the wet weather
1:14:04
specialists coming to the top, so I expect to see a Mark
1:14:08
Marquez up at the front. I expect to see I haven't seen a
1:14:14
ton out of out of Bizaki in the rain.
1:14:20
That gives me a lot of like confidence in his abilities in
1:14:24
the rain, to be honest with you. So we'll see.
1:14:27
But I think it's, you know, if the weather stays were the way
1:14:31
it looks like it's going to stay.
1:14:32
Marquez is a wet weather specialist.
1:14:34
He's a guy that always times his bike changes just to the right
1:14:38
time. He's, you know, he's, he's
1:14:41
probably the in the wet weather, he's probably the most
1:14:45
calculated rider out there. I know that, you know, fans are
1:14:49
going to think that Zarko has a chance because he won last year
1:14:52
because it rained and because of the mixed editions.
1:14:55
Honestly, I think Zarko is going to have a giant taste of gravel.
1:15:00
Like for some reason, I just have a feeling that he's going
1:15:03
to, he's going to collect a lot of gravel this weekend just
1:15:06
because last weekend, last time this year, he, you know, he had
1:15:09
a great event and he's just had this thing where he kind of
1:15:13
overextends himself. So I think this weekend we'll
1:15:16
see Mark doing well. We might see Acosta doing well.
1:15:22
And if I had to pick a Black Horse, actually, somebody has
1:15:26
done to lose. You know, it might be the time
1:15:29
for Johann Zarko to show through.
1:15:30
Man, if it rains, if it rains, that Yamaha has the ability to,
1:15:35
you know, get up there and Zarko knows how to ride this track.
1:15:39
You mean you mean you mean I mean Quadraro?
1:15:42
Quadraro. Just checking.
1:15:46
So I would say Marquez, Acosta, Quadraro, OK.
1:15:50
All right, you know, it'll it'll be it's going to be interesting.
1:15:54
I'm I'm I'm looking for digesting what you said, Louis,
1:15:58
but it's going to be interesting to see what happened this
1:16:03
weekend. Let's I so I was talking about
1:16:08
this with some of the other guys on on one of the shows and I
1:16:13
wanted to one of the guys brought up something I even
1:16:15
think about. But you know, we, we talked
1:16:18
about Agura going to Yamaha, going to Yamaha and, and, and
1:16:25
so, you know, I'd pose the question like what, what
1:16:28
happened? What could have happened for I
1:16:30
agree with not to stay with go to Honda in the 1st place.
1:16:34
And I forgot the year he he was the year before he won a
1:16:37
championship in Moto 2. He was on the same team but
1:16:42
Justin Moto 2 and didn't win it. So do you guys think that there
1:16:45
was like a spat because he I mean, he he didn't re sign them
1:16:49
or he left or something right. So something happened that they
1:16:52
didn't stay on. So is this more of a personal
1:16:55
thing? Why I agree was not signed
1:16:58
signed with Honda in in the Michigan oil company.
1:17:06
It's that's interesting. I know.
1:17:07
One thing is I regard doesn't say much and it's kind of
1:17:11
working to his advantage right now.
1:17:13
So I don't know if he's holding a grudge or not.
1:17:18
But as Lewis was saying, I'll show you, you have an
1:17:22
opportunity to get a factory seat and that's where the
1:17:24
money's at. Try to go take it and just adapt
1:17:28
to the show around it from there.
1:17:30
So, so yeah, I don't, I, I, I have no idea.
1:17:34
I don't know if that's has something to do with it or not.
1:17:38
Lately not to read. I mean, it's, it's kind of
1:17:42
weird. I don't like you.
1:17:43
Like TJ said, I don't know if there's a a grudge there.
1:17:46
You know, we'll never know what's inside.
1:17:49
But he said like Al Gore doesn't speak much.
1:17:52
He kind of keeps himself. He keeps quiet, which is good in
1:17:54
a sense, you know that you keep out of the media, keep a lot of
1:17:57
things you know in house, which needs to be in house.
1:18:01
AKA Spanish. Right.
1:18:04
He's not that. So he does speak to himself, you
1:18:08
know, and then then again, you know it, it's that factory seat,
1:18:12
that factory seat everybody wants.
1:18:15
Everybody wants that factory seat no matter what it is, no
1:18:17
matter how it is. That factory seat does play a
1:18:20
big part in everybody's, you know, picking if you can get it,
1:18:23
they going to take it. All right, Raul Quattara is
1:18:26
leaving it. What are your thoughts, Louis,
1:18:28
man, I mean, this is is is this some, you know, some conspiracy
1:18:34
or there's some validity towards what?
1:18:36
What? You know why I gurus didn't go
1:18:38
with Honda? I well, I think one of the
1:18:41
reasons he didn't go to Honda is because if, if the rumors hold
1:18:44
true and Jorge Martinez going to be on the factory Honda and then
1:18:50
his teammate, let's say you end up being his teammate.
1:18:53
Whoever Jorge Martinez room teammate is is a placeholder for
1:19:00
Diego Moreira because Honda didn't pay all that money to
1:19:03
bring Diego Moreira into a satellite bike and leave him
1:19:06
there forever like they're hope. I yeah, but I think my team's
1:19:12
going to supposed to be going to Yamaha next.
1:19:16
Year Yamaha. Cuatro, I'm sorry.
1:19:19
Yeah. Cuatro is going to Honda, yeah.
1:19:21
So whoever is going to be his teammate is going to be a short
1:19:25
term solution because I don't think Honda paid all the money
1:19:28
to get Diego Marrero onto a Honda to keep him on a satellite
1:19:31
bike forever. Right.
1:19:33
You know, so if I have the opportunity to go to Honda or
1:19:37
Yamaha, Honda is the better package right now.
1:19:41
Hopefully Yamaha comes along. If I go to Honda, my teammate is
1:19:45
going to be Quadraro, but I might be just be a placeholder
1:19:49
because there's this young kid, Diego Mara that they really want
1:19:52
to put on the factory bike, right?
1:19:55
Like they didn't, you know, so, so, so now you're expecting, now
1:20:00
your expectations at Honda are going to be very, very high
1:20:03
because if you don't meet those expectations, you got this young
1:20:05
kid that's ready to take your spot.
1:20:07
Whereas if you go to Yamaha, let's be honest, expectations
1:20:10
are high, but they're not that high because they know that
1:20:13
their bike is behind the 8 ball. And you know, no, no disrespect
1:20:18
to Diego Marira, but like Igur won a world title to Moto 2, you
1:20:23
know what I'm saying? He's he's has a better record as
1:20:26
a Rook coming out than than than than Diego.
1:20:30
On a significantly better bike come.
1:20:32
On Come on. Here we go again.
1:20:33
Listen man, just because my blood.
1:20:37
Think about it. No, but seriously think about
1:20:39
think about how a premier riders have done in general over the
1:20:43
past two years and how Honda riders in general have done over
1:20:46
the past two years. We've only had one or two
1:20:49
flashes of brilliance for Honda. 1 was a rain race that was won
1:20:53
by Johann Zarko and then a couple of top 10 finishes.
1:20:57
But the Hondas haven't been doing that great, whereas the
1:21:01
Aprilia's every single guy in Aprilia has won a race except
1:21:07
for Agoura. Even Fernandez, What's his name?
1:21:12
Fernandez, you're right. Fernandez, He won a race.
1:21:17
Yeah, finally what he did. But still, he would have never
1:21:20
won that on any other bike. He's he's on the best bike on
1:21:23
the grid. So let's see what happens when
1:21:25
he's not on the best bike on the grid.
1:21:28
You know, you're taking, you're taking, you're taking a big
1:21:30
gamble taking him because right now he looks great because he's
1:21:33
on a great bike. What happens when he has to work
1:21:36
around the struggles of a bike? Is he going to be able to do?
1:21:39
Is he going to end up like Diego Marrero where he's struggling on
1:21:42
a bike that's not a great bike? Now you put him on a Yamaha,
1:21:45
it's not a great bike. He's not going to be doing the
1:21:47
same thing he's doing on Aprilia.
1:21:49
So for for Agora, I don't think it has anything to do with like
1:21:52
pass anything. It's hey, I got AI got a
1:21:55
contract in my hand for a factory ride with Yamaha.
1:22:01
Even if I finish in 10th place every race, I still get factory
1:22:04
money. I still get all the no variety.
1:22:07
Everything gets paid. I'm making a lot of money and I
1:22:09
got a great opportunity. You know, what is it, one in the
1:22:13
hand versus 6 in the Bush? I got one in the hand right
1:22:15
here, man. I'm signing this contract.
1:22:17
It depends on the Bush. Man.
1:22:24
Who knows what's in the Bush? With that guys, we won't get out
1:22:31
of here, but let's I, I let's I I think we all know the scores
1:22:35
from last time, but let let's let's go around the horn and
1:22:38
and, you know, call out who is your your your picks for the
1:22:42
Sprint and for the main race. And TJ, do you?
1:22:49
Need to wait? Do we know the weather this
1:22:52
weekend? What?
1:22:54
Rain. Don't lie to me.
1:22:57
Rain Possibility of rain all weekend.
1:23:01
All right, right, right, right. I think it was still going.
1:23:05
Mark Marquez, I'm going to go with.
1:23:12
I still think that Zeki's going to find his way, you know, And
1:23:16
then I think Pedro Constant is going to be up there.
1:23:19
I've seen his results from the past couple years.
1:23:21
So I think Pedro will be up there.
1:23:24
I think that'll be for the GP race.
1:23:26
For the Sprint, I want to say Mark, Jorge, Martine and let's
1:23:36
say Zarko. OK, I don't pick Zarko for the
1:23:41
long race, but all right, what do you, what do you got?
1:23:46
I got Mark in the Sprint I got. I'm going to go with Martine and
1:24:00
I'm going to go with Zarko. OK, that's that's not bad.
1:24:07
The GP I'm definitely still going to go with Mark because he
1:24:10
he know that I'm going to go to Bez doesn't show nothing on
1:24:17
Saturdays, but maybe he could sell something on Sunday.
1:24:19
So I'm going to have to get Bez in there and I'm going to have
1:24:23
to go with damn with maybe Agora.
1:24:38
Let's go, Agora. All right, All right.
1:24:40
I like that. All right, Louis.
1:24:43
I mean, you, you, you. I think you got some decisions
1:24:46
to make. Yep.
1:24:49
So for the Sprint, I'm going to go, I'm going to go Mark Bezeki
1:24:53
Acosta for the Sprint and for the race I'm going to go Mark
1:25:02
Acosta and Quadraro. OK, OK, whoa.
1:25:07
That's what's up. I, I think, I think, I think
1:25:12
Saturday is going to be a shit show with the rain.
1:25:15
And if it stays that way, like I really think this is, you know,
1:25:19
cuatro is, is dying to win that that hometown half a second is a
1:25:23
real thing. And in the rain, all things
1:25:26
being equal, I think he's going to make up that gap that he has
1:25:30
to the other bikes that he can't make up in the dry.
1:25:32
He can make it up in the rain. I like the sound of that.
1:25:37
Because you picked Quatararo in the Sprint, I'm going to pick
1:25:41
Zarko in the Sprint. I wasn't going to pick him, but
1:25:43
I'll pick Zarko in the Sprint. I'm going to pick Mark in the
1:25:45
Sprint and I'll pick Martine in the Sprint.
1:25:50
In the main race, I'm all Aprilia Bez Martine Agura man.
1:25:58
Lock out. There's going to be a lot of
1:26:02
crying on Sunday, a lot of rain. They ain't let me down last
1:26:09
night. Gods are going to be crying on
1:26:12
Sunday, man. Yeah, that track is going to
1:26:17
look like an ice skating ring. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:26:21
Well, you know, we'll see. That's what makes it fun.
1:26:23
We got to, we got to show up and well, we don't have to show up.
1:26:26
We just got to watch. Exactly.
1:26:29
I just got to watch, then I got a, then I got a flight.
1:26:32
That's it. Right and make it happen.
1:26:35
Looking forward to it. It's nice to have motorcycle
1:26:37
racing back. I want to thank you guys for
1:26:39
coming on TJ two wheels and coffee Reese from attack Yamaha,
1:26:43
the real Lewis Ortega, the numbers guy.
1:26:46
My name is Rex 45. Peace.
1:26:48
Peace, Peace.