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B4evaKool "race a motorcycle" Podcast S2 Ep. 6 · B 4EVA Kool "Race A Motorcycle" Podcast

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  Let me tell you what story about something I learned.
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  Let me tell you what story about something I learned.
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  Going to hit you hard with the fast and the fury?
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  Well folks, Mark Marquez has moved on to Cresini Ducati.
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  I could probably say I saw it coming.
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  I wasn't quite sure. I wanted to believe that he
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  would have stayed with Honda and build a longterm relationship, a
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  longterm reputation. Especially when he leaves Moto
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  GP because you know they're going to be making Mark Marquez
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  replica Honda. I think he may lose that
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  depending on what happens at Ducati.
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  But you know, I think as a competitive person, you want the
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  tool to make you best. And you know, he's, you know,
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  he's 30 years old. So he's not like he's, he's not
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  over the hill, right, Because Rossi raced until 40 plus or 40.
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  So it's not one of those things where you know, he still has
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  some time, but I think he wants a couple more world titles
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  easily. I think he wants to at least
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  beat Rossi. I if I had to put my, my, my
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  opinion on it, he definitely wants to do that.
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  So I mean especially where the last few years he was closed and
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  then the injury, you know, really sidelined them.
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  And then, you know, and then the bike not being good at Honda
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  these last few years. So I definitely think that it's
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  a good move. Him and his brother getting
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  together more Badelli going on Pramac next year, those eight
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  riders on Ducati, man, it's going to be amazing to see.
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  I still feel like you know. Peco's the guy to to to win it
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  all. But you know Mark Marquez is is,
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  is is a talented, you know, one-of-a-kind rider.
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  So I suspect he's going to come up to speed.
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  I would suspect he's going to come up to speed pretty quick,
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  but he might not. He could struggle, you know.
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  You know, it took Lorenzo a little bit when he came over to
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  Ducati to get a feel for the bike.
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  So you know, it could that could happen to him.
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  Hopefully it won't take a year because.
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  And obviously you saw how it worked out for Lorenzo at the
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  end, even though he was winning in the second year.
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  Granted you know Ducati does a better job these days listening
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  to the riders then then then when Lorenzo was on Ducati.
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  So you know I I think you know if I you know my thought on it
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  is that he's going to get up to speed fairly quickly and you
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  know be very competitive and and I think more Bodelli is going to
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  do the same thing but they could struggle.
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  So I think you know with Mobodelli being on, you know,
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  Honda before then going to Yamaha, the different versions
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  of Yamaha, I think that and I think you know, Mobodelli has
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  that mindset to adapt where you know.
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  Mark Marquez has been on one manufacturer for 11 years,
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  right? And his stats are ridiculous.
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  So you know, it's it's, it's pretty amazing.
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  So it'll be interesting to see. I feel bad for the Gin Antonio
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  because he's probably going to have to get to go to World Super
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  Bike. And I mean even World Super Bike
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  is tight right now. So I don't know how many riders
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  you know you're going to want to get rid of for the gin Antonio,
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  although. With Marquez leaving, I think
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  Ika Luko Ono may come back into Moto GP for for Honda LCR team
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  and I think Guzako may get bumped up to the factory team.
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  So who knows what's going to happen with Honda right now.
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  And you know, the way things are with Pedro, he may may not make
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  it to Moto GP on a KTM, so you know at the moment, so he's
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  either going to have to stay in Moto 21 more year or you know.
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  KT M's going to have to allow him to get out of that contract
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  and maybe he, a Pedro, jumps to a Honda, but that's kind of
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  tricky. You know if you're a talented
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  rider like that and they're saying you're the next Mark
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  Marquez, you know, why would you go on the the the bike or or
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  essentially bike that he was on and he was unhappy with and and
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  struggled with, you know most of the season and and and and parts
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  of last year. So you know, I don't.
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  You know if I was Pedro, you know, I I yes, it would be nice
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  to get into Moto GP for sure. But if you're going to struggle
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  on a bad bike that makes it very difficult, you know versus
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  staying in in Moto 21 more year and be a double world.
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  You know champion like Zarco. Zarco stayed in in Moto GP to
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  Moto 2, did two years you know one championships back-to-back
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  before he went to to Moto GP. So.
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  You know, there's nothing wrong with with with Pedro staying
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  another year in Moto 2. Granted, you know everybody
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  wants to get to the big stage, so you know that's going to be a
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  decision, you know, well if there's no seats available, the
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  decision is already made for Pedro.
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  But I think there's there's still going to be, you know,
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  obviously the Honda seats available that Mark just gave
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  up. So therefore you know.
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  There, there's an opportunity there.
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  I don't know if they would bring the Jan Antonio to Moto to Honda
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  LCR. You know where he's kind of not
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  struggling with with the Ducati but not up to speed, right?
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  He it's taken him the longest to get up to speed out of all out
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  of all the riders on Ducati at the moment.
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  So you know, there's a possibility there.
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  But if Icola Cuono does come to Moto GP and there's a seat
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  available, maybe the Jan Antonio might make it.
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  To the World Super Bike. But then there's a lot of Super
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  sport riders that could go up to the World Super Bike as well.
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  So you know it's a tricky spot. There are a lot of talented
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  riders you know in in in world Super Bike and you know Moto GP,
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  Motor America, you know all the all the classes around the
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  world. You know the talented rider so
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  you know there's far few opportunities where I think you
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  know Once Upon a time you know the best rider was you know to
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  the worst rider was it was a bigger gap.
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  Now the gap is is is is is really coming down to you know,
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  your team, your your bike, you know it really comes down to
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  that. Not necessarily the skill sets
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  up the rider themselves because all these guys and and gals are
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  are ridiculously skillful and fast.
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  Don't forget to. Hit the like button.
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  Tell me what you think about that it crazy shake up you know
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  Marquez's let's get on to some other things so you know the in
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  a couple of weeks I'll be at Daytona looking forward to race
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  the KTM. Very excited about that.
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  It's the race of Champions. We're in the CCS ASRA series if
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  if you've never been to Daytona. Yeah, you got to go.
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  If you're a rider and you've never been on the track, you
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  have to go. There's no other way to say it
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  because it's, you know what you see on television or online or
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  anywhere that you see it. It doesn't do it justice, like
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  you know, going on out of bank yourself on a on on a bike.
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  So I'm looking forward to that. It it's my, I think my 4th or
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  5th time going, you know, it's crazy here because I, you know,
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  with the move and everything like that.
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  I didn't, I wasn't fighting for any like you know regional
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  titles or anything like that. But you know the other day I
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  checked the the stand ins in in in a few the regions and you
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  know I'm I'm in the top five you know.
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  So that's not too bad. I'm excited about that, even
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  though I didn't, you know, there's a bunch of races I
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  didn't do. So I'm hoping next, well, I
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  don't even know what I'm going to do next season.
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  So you can stay tuned for that. So I'm excited to do that.
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  I got some, you know, change some oil on the bikes, get some
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  things ready, you know book my place, do all these things to
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  get ready. I've already booked my races.
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  So I'm looking forward to that. And and then after that is the
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  it's kind of offseason which. You know, depending on where you
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  are, well, for us the offseason you know is, is is going to be a
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  short one I think this year because with CCS and ASRA the
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  new season start in December. So which is great because it's
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  at Homestead and it's down the road for me.
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  So I'm excited about that. I don't have to you know drive
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  28 to 30 hours to to get my bike down and myself down to ride.
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  So I'm looking forward to the three hour drive to Homestead.
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  So it's going to be, you know, a short.
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  Short season so you know I'm going to you know still working
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  out try to do much working out as possible.
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  The crazy thing is after December you know you have
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  probably a few months before you ride again.
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  So it really is you know Homestead and then you know
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  stuff start to shake up in like January, February.
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  But the schedules for a for a lot of clubs that that I'm part
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  of are not out yet for next season.
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  So you know, I'm waiting to see what happens there and.
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  Kind of you know work myself around that that schedule.
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  So I you know I so I record the show in my in my trailer that I
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  used to tow the bikes and stuff around and you know want to just
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  talk a little bit about like you know your your your camping
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  situations when you're at the track and stuff like that could
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  for for a lot of people is it's different some people are
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  intense you know some people are in you know campus and and stuff
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  like that. I chose to convert. 18 by 8 1/2
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  trailer. So you know, I got a shower in
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  here. I got a refrigerator.
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  One day I'll do a tour. You know I got, I got a mini
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  split, so I got heat in A/C. I got 200 hours of of of
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  battery, 200 hour 2100 hour batteries and I got solo on the
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  roof. So you know I'm I'm pretty set
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  up in the last couple of years which is which is nice because
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  it's nice to be able to you know just go to the track and and and
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  just hook up and and you know, and I'm I'm set for the week and
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  most I got to do is leave and get gas or something like that.
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  So if you have questions about you know setting up a trailer
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  and stuff like that give me a shout.
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  I got outside shower. I got to sink.
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  All the stuff I've done I've just learned on YouTube so it's
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  pretty, I think it's pretty easy these days to to to get it
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  together. So I still have some finishing
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  touches to do on the trailer. So I'm going to try to do that
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  on my offseason as well And you know, stay tuned I will.
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  Trailer is a little bit messy right now cuz I just came back
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  from Roblin so. I'm not going to do a tour until
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  I clean it up, but we'll clean it up and do a tour for you guys
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  and gals can can see what's going on out there, so stay
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  tuned for that. My name is Rex 45.
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  It's to be forever. Cool podcast.
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  What's going on everybody? Well, there you have it.
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  Pedro Acosta is going to Moto GP.
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  This is Part 2 of this week because it's been crazy between
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  Mark Marquez and now Pedro. I'm acting like I'm D Jing
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  right. You know and and and Pedro cost
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  to go into to Moto GP him and Augusta Fernandez is going to be
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  on a Tech 3 KTM. I I don't know.
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  Obviously none of us know the ins and outs of what's going on
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  there, but I kind of you know. I already talked about it.
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  So check out the other episodes of how I felt about, you know,
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  that process going on now that it's happened.
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  You know, I I feel bad for Paula Spaagro because it seems like, I
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  mean he's probably going to get his paycheck anyway.
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  But it sounds like, you know he's he's the odd man out.
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  He may be probably doing some wild cards and and such and and
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  and you know, getting paid to be on the sideline.
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  And I believe they asked Jack Miller 1st.
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  And you know, I think Jack, you know, Jack probably said, you
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  know, I'm all set because you know.
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  Without what I contributed, you guys wouldn't be in the, you
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  know, top five in my opinion, in the top five.
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  Stats may not, you know, championships may not show that.
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  But KTM is running a lot better after Jack Miller, more
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  consistent after Jack Miller got there than before.
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  All right, Fair to say, right. So you know, I do feel bad for
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  Paula Spargo. He's he, you know.
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  It, you know, it's unfortunate. Maybe next year they may be you
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  know able to add that fifth bike that they were trying to do.
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  But I figured KTM did not want to get rid of let Pedro go to
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  Honda on these other brands. But also I don't think Pedro
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  would have wanted to go to Honda at this point because he
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  probably got more money but definitely not the best
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  competitive bike at the moment. So you know that that part is
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  crazy and. You know we will see what
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  happens. Obviously no one know what's
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  going to happen in the future. So that part you know it we
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  would just got to wait and see but definitely comment and and
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  you know let me know what you think about that.
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  Is that is that the right move now?
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  Since Pedro is with Tech Three, who do you guys think is going
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  to fill that Rep So seat is it going to, is Zako going to move
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  up and maybe somebody else come in?
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  But they talked about Ika Luko Ono coming to LCR and and Zarco
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  moving up. I don't know how true that is.
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  That kind of makes sense because I think that, you know, Ika Luko
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  Ono did in, you know, I think he got Automotive GP too soon and
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  he's a really good writer. I think he's probably a better
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  writer than. Some of the riders in Moto GP
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  based on if you look at you know their motor Moto 2 riding and
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  stuff like that and yes they're different bikes and and and and
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  so forth and all that. But you know I just don't think
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  he had the the same amount of time.
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  I think it was only one year. I don't even think he got two
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  years on that bike. So it's really hard to to to,
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  you know, to show. I mean the same thing with with
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  you know Gardner, right? Remy Gardner, you know those
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  guys. I think I I don't.
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  You know hold me to Ecoloqua 10 for the one year but I believe
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  it was one year for him in one year for definitely one year for
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  Gardner right. And and that's unfortunate and
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  and and and it's KTM that did that.
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  So, you know, it's one of those things where and it's also, you
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  know, KTM that it's, I believe it's KTM is the brand that
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  didn't want to sign Aaron Connect because he had too many
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  tattoos because obviously Yamaha riders got tattoos, Honda riders
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  got tattoos, Ducati riders got tattoos.
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  You know KTM is the is the New York Yankees Moto GP right?
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  Clean cut type of thing. So you know that's that's a
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  whole different thing. That's unfortunate for Aaron
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  Connect cuz maybe you know, Who knows, maybe Connect can can go
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  up to. Tomoto GP on these other riders
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  that you know Jake Dixon maybe Jake Dixon doesn't want to run
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  on the on the Honda right now but you know they're they're
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  still you know I I would suspect Jake Dixon maybe you know again
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  Aaron Connect would be would would be someone that you can
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  consider coming up to Honda if they were to snatch up one of
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  the motor two guys. I don't think Paul Aspargo wants
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  to go back to Honda, so you know there's no chance of him going
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  back the Jean Antonio. He's out of of of Moto GP at the
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  moment and I assume he's going to go to try to get into World
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  Super Sport or World Super Bike. Maybe the Janatonio might move
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  her to the factory Ducati in in in in World Super Sport or or
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  maybe one of those other Ducati teams, you know what I mean?
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  Because he he was he was trying at the at these last two races
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  and stuff like that. You could definitely see, see,
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  see him trying a lot more, but that's unfortunate for him
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  because again, two years. You know, if Mark Marquez wasn't
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  trying to leave, he probably would have a job, right?
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  I think he, I think he, they would have kept him for one more
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  year. But as a, you know, Ducati, you
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  know, the top dogs that Ducati already said, hey, if if Mark
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  Marquez wants to come, we're not going to tell him no, because
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  you date at the end of the day, you know, I think Ducati wants
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  that dominance. That that Honda had, that Yamaha
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  had. I think, you know Ducati never
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  really had that. So even though it seems like in
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  the last couple of years it's been ridiculous, it was a long
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  time. It was just crickets, you know
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  what I mean? So I, you know, I can, I can see
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  that happening. So definitely feel bad for the
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  Gen. Antonio because you know he's
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  he's out of Moto GP and and he's a young he's a young writer.
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  I mean, maybe he go back to Moto 2, like like, you know, Lowe's
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  did you know? So who who who I don't know if
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  there's any seats even available right now in in in Moto 2 so but
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  I think you know he's he's definitely he was definitely a
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  good writer in in in in Moto Two.
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  I think when did Dan Antonio came up from Moto 2 to Moto 3,
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  when I watched him, I thought he probably should have stayed
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  another year because you know, but you know, you look at Fabio,
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  Fabio didn't really didn't shine as bright as, as as he did in
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  Moto GP as he as he did in in in Moto 22, right?
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  Because Moto two he, you know. It was just he had, he had, he
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  had he had won. He had a good race and and the
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  powers to be you know some and and and and and and that was a
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  decision so you know he didn't. He has the Jen Antonio hasn't
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  had you know the same luck as as some of these other writers that
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  that's that's come up. That didn't necessarily win
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  world titles, right? So you know that's unfortunate
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  but we will see what happens like like I said earlier in the
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  other episodes that you know next year is going to be very
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  interesting if everyone is healthy by the season start.
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  And you know, you know I think the the the, you know, like
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  Marquez and and and Mobadelli definitely may struggle a little
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  bit, but then you know then it's going to be Anaya Bastionini,
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  right. I mean, these are the three,
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  probably the three weakest guys. That's going to be on Ducati for
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  next season and and more you know obviously and that is
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  because of his injury and stuff like that obviously he's you
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  know the you know 2022 you know he was he was ridiculous right
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  So it's it's definitely it'll be interesting to see what happens
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  with Ducati for next season also what happens with Pedro you know
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  because. You know it.
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  They going to have two young riders, right?
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  You know in in, in this, in this thing.
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  So I'm talking about KTM going to have two young riders with
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  Pedro and Augusta. So it's going to be interesting.
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  Obviously they got rid and they got Miller on the other side.
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  So you know it's going to it's going to be fun times.
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  We'll see what happened. You know what I mean?
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  So there you have it. My name is Rex 45 is to be
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