MotoGP RD 10 discussed in Vroom Vroom Wednesdays S5 Episode 11

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Episode Transcript

(00:00):
Welcome to the Be Perfect Cool podcast.
My name is Rex 45. We got Smitty in the building.
Reese, TJ. What's going on, fellas?
How's everyone doing? We start with our TJ man.
How you doing this weekend? I mean, it's day today.
We're doing good over here. You know, it's another week like
the weather's good up here in Northeast.
Finally back going too as alwaysright now and you know just

(00:24):
watching motorcycles everywhere getting knowledge and can't
complain right now feels good out here.
Yes. What's up?
That's what's up, Reese. What's going on, man?
You go, you're out in West Coastthis past weekend, man.
We'll catch up on all that. But how you doing today?
I can't complain man. Just living the dream and I
guess gearing up for Laguna, gearing up for another West

(00:45):
Coast round. I mean, do you, do you wake up
every morning and pinch yourselfor you pinch yourself before you
go to sleep because you are living the dream?
I think I, I think in the beginning of my, the beginning
of the crowd was pinching myselfand then realized after about
five years I'm like, oh wait, this isn't a dream no more.
It's just reality. It's that's pretty dope reality

(01:08):
man. For sure.
Smitty. What's good man?
How you doing man? Everything's going good man.
Just got back home from a club race at Barber this weekend, so
home chilling, you know? That's it really.
Aye, aye, that's what's happening.
We were talking about this before we started recording.
So let's talk about club racing lifestyle, you know, How was it
for you? How did you make out?

(01:28):
How many races did you do? So the plan was to do 3 races,
1/3 Saturday and three Sunday. Sunday got rained out, a lot of
lightning within 5 and things like and they kept pushing him
back and he just got rained out.But Saturday had two races.
First race my my results weren'twhere I would hope they would

(01:48):
be. But because the guys I was with
wore a similar pace, it was a lot of fun doing the back and
forth. But he passed me, I passed him
and vice versa, and that's always fun and you know, with
the racing the bottom, like the top five guys aren't racing the
five through 10 guys like their pockets of races within each

(02:09):
race. So my pocket, even though I was
in the back, was a fun pocket ofthe being, you know what I'm
saying? So and then I had a little crash
the second race, sling bad. I hit a false neutral and I lost
all my you know, break and goinggoing to a, you know, a corner.
We're going to be a little bit too hot ran off a little tip
over in the gravel. That's it.

(02:29):
Spikes those scratched up, but not bad.
Not bad so. A lesson learned, you know, let
let let's dive a little bit morewith and I'll bring TJ into this
as well. You know, when when we start,
when I started club racing, you know, I was struggling in the
beginning. It took me probably four to five
years, I would say, I think as well.

(02:50):
So it's different for up north because up north they got, you
know, in New England they have novice, amateur and expert, but
down by you guys, it's amateur and expert only.
So like as a novice, I did really well, but then when I
became an amateur, I struggled for a bit and stuff like that.
And it took me a little while to, to, to find my pace.

(03:13):
So like how how's it for you Smitty and and finding your pace
and, and what's that like? Frustrating because it seemed
like when I first started I was getting better slowly, but you
know, it's progress so and it's racing.
It's not open eye thing. We get better, you know, a 10th
of a second here, those things out of, you know, over time.

(03:34):
And I was doing that, but I plateaued and at some points
I've regressed and I can't figure out why.
So yes, it's very much frustrating actually.
And you know, I know that feeling.
How about yourself, TJ, Before we go back to Smitty, what's
what's it been like and what's your struggles in, in, in in
track racing? You know, like like you said

(03:58):
Rexy, I did really well for me. I did really well as a novice
and once I became an amateur, I actually progressed pretty well.
Every year or every rounds I increased my time or my time
went down. I got into the teens and then
the next following year there's a little set back.

(04:19):
I couldn't figure out why I didn't know if I was my body
position was off the bike neededwork or, or what is going on.
So I figured out it's really important to to take notes as
you get faster because things really start to matter at this
point. You know, like your tire
choices, the weather, you know, like you know your tire

(04:41):
pressure, certain things matter.So it's good to write them down
to keep the data. So I think that will help me
improve. I know a lot of people have
teams, you know, or at least like teammates that help them
with all this extra stuff. So I usually go out and watch

(05:01):
the experts of amateurs at each corner just to listen to the
bikes to see what together in when they're downshifting, when
they're upshifting. And I try to go out and imitate
as best I can. So that has helped me,
especially last year on the summer.
Yeah, I would, I would say that that's, that's, you know,
watching people and, you know, talking to people at the
racetrack, which I was fortunatebecause people brought me to the

(05:22):
racetrack. So, you know, I had people to
talk to. If I was on my own, I probably
wouldn't talk to anyone. But like, you know, it's, it's
good when people come up and talk to you.
So I know that you have people coming up to you Smitty and try
to give you pointers and stuff like that.
Or maybe just kind of figure outwhere you are racing and then
also like how, how much racing are you doing this year?
The thing with taking pointers from people, it's tough because

(05:48):
I don't know who this guy is. I don't know his intentions, I
don't know his experience level.And sometimes, like everybody
knows everything. So it's like he takes so much
with a grain of salt, you know what I'm saying?
And I don't want to blow anybodyoff because, you know, just
being open minded to all info. But if one guy says yeah, hey,
you know, start breaking at the three board, one guy.

(06:10):
Hey, now do it at the four board.
OK, well, now I'm getting info that's kind of conflicting.
So you get too much info from too many people and it's like,
yo, just sometimes you don't want that much.
Then now you're more confused almost.
And so you just kind of got to got to black it out, find what,
find what works, you know for you, right?

(06:30):
Right. I was going to say, did you, did
you try breaking at the four board or the three, three board?
No. I mean, I'll break where I feel
like candy. You know, obviously it's like
when that that thing goes off ofyour head and say it's now mofo
not and then. But then here's the weird thing
though. Like your brain is still
conditioned for survival. Like I tell myself, you know,

(06:52):
yes, I'm going to break at the three board.
I tell myself that, but my body does it at the four.
Oh yeah, Oh yeah. I'd come off at the gas on the
four and then hit the three. So I'm coasting 4 a little bit
before I I. Yeah, but your body just tells
you do it this way or else you're going to.
Die Reese, you got any advice for for this video myself or or

(07:16):
TJ to get faster other than ignore Any thoughts?
Give me that rich that that thatRichard Stamboli advice man,
they all his riders. You either on the gas or you're
off the gas. Which one you ain't no coasting
is either break or gas either goor not.
I mean, I was told that by, you know, a couple of races.

(07:39):
You know, it's either you want the brakes, you're off the
brakes, no in between. If you actually watch the guys,
you can see the data. There's there's very little,
there's very little. There's barely no coasting, just
getting comfortable on your bikeand see where you're at for
breaking. I mean, I, I was, I was actually

(07:59):
told by a couple of races, like even when I went out there for
schools and everything else. Let's try breaking at four.
OK, you're good at. We did like 4 laps on four and
then we went to try breaking at 3 and that's when they're behind
me and we'll try to break at 3:00 and then we'll break.
And then keep doing lap after lap after lap after lap.

(08:21):
You'll get comfortable and then try doing it at 2:00 and just
keep going. And like I know JP said, Jason
Pridmore, he was always like getyour downshifting done well
before you even start your breaking, get your downshifting
done. Get your select gear where you
need to be, then get in that corner.
Get in there like you want to get that braking done.

(08:42):
You know, set up all your stuff before you even start entering
that corner. So as you're entering the
corner, you already just break to the apex and gas out of
there. Got you.
Nice, nice. Yeah, man, it's a tricky thing.
But also, you know, we find thatthe more you can be on the bike
helps you know more, the more track days you can do.

(09:03):
I found, you know, late in 2021 when I did a lot of racing, it
was my fastest year just becauseI was just on the bike almost
every other weekend where, you know, if you're doing, you know,
5 rounds a year or seven rounds a year.
And if you only get in like a couple of races in a weekend,
it's not really enough to get you.
I mean, some guys can come and do that for sure, But I find

(09:25):
when I'm, when I'm, when I'm riding the most is, is what I'm
doing the best, Then everything is natural, everything feels
natural. Moving the bike around, all that
feels natural. And, and you know, the last
thing I'll say before we move onto Moto GP and stuff like that,
ergonomics, you know, making sure your bars are comfortable
for you, your pegs are comfortable for you.
It sounds silly, but those simple things alone can make a

(09:47):
huge difference, right? Makes a big difference.
How can you tell like someones like where their peg should be?
Like what, what would be? Is it like your comfort level or
it's like, alright, this is likethe height of your bike or
something like that, you know? I think Reese probably has

(10:08):
people that can tell on a professional level, but I, I,
from what I was told, if you have adjustable rear sets, just
change the positions and go do acouple of laps.
Your suspension, just, you know,do a couple of clicks, One
Direction, go do some laps, go 2clicks ahead, another direction
all the way just to learn your bike.
And then you'll start to figure out what your, what you like and

(10:29):
what you don't like. Because at the end of the day, I
think it's all between our ears anyway.
Like. I'm.
Tall and mine is all the way back.
Mine is back, yeah. Because mine feels comfortable,
but like, you know, I have neveradjusted it to all right, let's
try a little further back. You know, I haven't, you know,

(10:51):
it feels really comfortable where it is.
So I've never really messed withit.
But you know, who knows, Like I,I should try that.
Maybe that can just change just a little bit like my teeth
position, stuff like that. So just a question on that.
Yeah, try. Try moving it back, do a couple
laps, see how you feel and then go from there.

(11:14):
Any thoughts Smitty, if we move on, no.
No, no, I mean like the bike feels.
It feels comfy enough, you know what I'm saying?
It feels good enough. It just, I'm not using what I
have it's potential that's all or close to it so.
I know that. You know, one thing that I don't
do is blame the bike. Oh, my bike's not good.
Nah. Oh yeah, yeah, you're not the

(11:36):
the typical rider. Nah.
But sometimes I want to blame the bike.
Sometimes it is the bike. You know, I had a situation like
that where, you know, I, I thinkI went to almost the whole
season and, and, you know, beating myself up like why, why
can't I do this? What's going on?
And I had the bike checked out and it did the settings was off

(11:56):
a little bit on the bike on the front end.
And, you know, so sometimes it is the bike.
And when you're a new rider, youdon't know if it's you or the
bike. You know, I'm saying you're
always going to think it's you as a new rider, maybe, you know,
you know, you're, you know, these professional riders may
think it's the bike all the time.
But like us, you know, we're always sitting here saying it's
us, it's us, it's us. But sometimes it is the bike and

(12:18):
you don't, you know, I was too busy blaming myself so much that
I didn't even think about that. And then I just finally like
after so you know, like 2 1/2 years, like I said, I was, I
was, it was like a struggle from2017 to 20 to 2019-2020, you
know, for me. So it was like I had a few years
where it was just like just the back of the pack again, back of
the pack again. I wasn't always like this.

(12:40):
I did AI did a, you know, I did a 22 and 2017 and then was stuck
at the back. So it's got it checked out and
that that made a difference. So sometimes it is the bike, but
you know big when you run out ofideas to try, you have to you
know, as you know, and we'll talk about this.
I think Peko maybe at that pointrunning out of ideas, but you

(13:01):
know, it is but you. Know I plead the fifth.
I plead the 5th. Oh man, so you know, racing in
Aston, it was on it was very first track.
I, I went to go watch live Astonracetrack.
I went in 2017 and I was the Valentino won that won that

(13:23):
race. I think it was the last race he
won. So it was it was pretty dope.
It's a, you know, from video games.
It's a pretty dope track. You guys thoughts on qualifying
that Yamaha, you know, 444 pole positions in 5-6 races.
It's pretty impressive there. No, they're like a civil.

(13:43):
It's not a fluke. You know, eventually they found
a groove, but race pace, he justkind of not pace, but he had a
little mishap, got caught up with some shit and fell back.
So, but they're making progress.Pardon me.
And now I'm liking it. I'm liking it.

(14:05):
I mean, it's saying something and stepping in the right
direction. I mean, they really just got to
figure out the race pace. I mean, every try play out is
different. So you're going to have a
different set up. But Fabio's just running really
hard. Also he's he's really trying to
show them like, hey, we we need this to compete and I'm putting

(14:28):
this in, you know, a position tobe successful and we can't even
pull out 10 laps, you know, keeping up in the front.
So no, it's good to see y'all are back qualifying, but
unfortunately we all know Ducatiis the head of everybody right
now. Yeah, Yeah, I would say that.

(14:49):
I mean, I, you know, we were talking, I don't think we were
talking about Fabio getting pole.
We were looking at the European brands and stuff like that.
So that that definitely was a surprise.
How about yourself Reese, with your thoughts?
I mean, it, it goes back to again to, you know, what Lewis
even said. I mean, it's it's nice to see

(15:10):
it. It's nice to see, you know, the
boys in blue back up there. But at the same time, I mean, we
can always you can always throw down that one hot flyer, that
one flying lap. I mean, but to keep that same
lap going pace after pace after pace after pace, it takes it
takes a doing lane, you know, and they just haven't figured it

(15:30):
out. We can't they can't get it down
to a science yet. You know, they're still behind
the 8 ball. I mean, you can actually, you
can actually watch the front straightaway and you can see the
pull from the Ducati. You know that the bike gets up,
they Marquez gets it up and he'sgone so.
Nice. Nice, Bobby Shakes.

(15:51):
What's going on? I see you need some money to be
on this show. Yeah, the check must have
played. I, I mean, I'm just keeping with
the, just keeping with the consistency with your boy Jorge
Martinez. So I, I, I took, I stole the
shoe of a young woman like 10 years ago.

(16:13):
Oh, careful, man. And I know that this is free
ditty, but this screw right hereis the same exact size as Jorge
Martinez, the Princess. So.
I would like to send this to Aprilia.
OK. All right.
Really, you might want to send that to Honda.

(16:34):
That's where he's going. Can you fit in this?
Nah, though, I'm sorry. Listen, he's no longer.
He's no longer a previous problem.
He's on this problem. Wait that.
That happened. I thought that's that sound was

(16:56):
that, you know, they had to cometo an agreement or.
They can they going to court? Yeah.
They going to court. It's getting worse.
Yeah. See.
Yeah, it sounds like the, the big dog might step in and and
say I, I and I don't know how true it is.
The CEO, what's his name? Carmen.

(17:18):
God, I can't remember his name now.
He, he, it's, I saw something where he said that, you know,
Martine has to figure this thingout or he might not be in GP at
all. Right.
Yeah, they had a donor and this can't be good.
I mean, maybe maybe it's good for Liberty Media Group.
I don't know, because a lot of people are talking about it.
So but new owners can't be happywith negative publicity.

(17:42):
But if it's if they got more eyes on it might be a good
thing. But let's let's move on to we,
we talked about qualifying. Bagnia was the fastest Ducati is
is this a sign that he's coming around?
No, he's he's a absolutely not absolutely not give it up.

(18:03):
The man is listen you put it hasfinally come to terms that Jorge
Martin and especially Pekka Vagnaya.
Now you have somebody that's a top tier rider on the same
quality bike. You just not as good as you
thought you was. Simple.
That's it, huh? That's it.

(18:26):
You're not as good as you thought you were.
He's not as good as he thinks itwas.
Looking at the time, man, I mean, it's a good time, you
know, And he's in front of the brothers.
It's a start. Reese, as he said, I'm not

(18:46):
racing for 3rd or 4th and every time I turn around he's in 3rd
or 4th. No, I mean that was a bad move
of him. He probably shouldn't have said
anything for that. But nobody's racing for 3rd or
4th, right? He's not saying anything any
other writer is not saying. We just heard Smitty and myself
saying none of us wants to be 3rd, 4th or anything below.
If it's not first place, none ofus are really happy, right?
No. I mean no.

(19:07):
We're racing for I know my. Lips, I know what I'm racing
for, but I guarantee you if I'm on that back pace, on that on
the back markers, I'm trying to race for 3rd or 4th, at least
get up on the podium. But Dang, I mean like he starts
strong and then disappears. Gotcha.
Right. I'm trying to I'm trying to

(19:27):
change the channel from Becco from becco.
I'm trying but. We got to talk about this, man.
I mean. 45 every week for the last 100 weeks.
Yep, Heckles come up. This is his best season ever.
This is the best he's been. He he he's he's subpar.
I want to change the channel butit's not changing.

(19:52):
No, it's not. You know it will be televised
Shakes. It will be televised.
Because further was his tank wasshaped funny he couldn't ride.
Remember that shit? It's still a problem for the
spring. Then yeah, hold on.
Then he had one good race. Then was the break his his break
too small. His break rose too small.

(20:13):
Right, but you know, in all fairness, in in all fairness, he
he's not getting beat at the same amount of times he was in
the beginning of the season. So he's getting quicker.
I think he's getting. Beat every time.
He ain't been a race yet, right I.
Understand that, but there's a lot of other guys.
So I mean, I'm not, he's not, it's not like.
Hold on, hold on. You supposed to be the most

(20:36):
caliber rider, right? Is he supposed to be a top
caliber rider? Right?
He is a top caliber and I, I think they all are as, as Mark
Marquez said in the press conference, like he's so how are
you guys are saying what I'm saying?
OK. And I give him that.
He's a good caliber rider. So if you're a great caliber
rider and a two time champion, how are you getting beat by a

(20:57):
subpar person, which is Alex Mark?
And Bazecki. Right.
I wouldn't, I mean Bazecki and and I mean Bazecki's out of the
camp. So I mean, you know what I mean.
I, I think Alex Marquez is only not an anomaly, but no one
really saw that coming, right? So I, I, I get, I can get Alex
Marquez, but obviously Marquez is a time champion.

(21:17):
So to be getting a time championis not unheard of, especially on
the same machines but at the same time.
When he's on the 24. All right, let's let's, let's
lose Yamaha as an example. In Motor America, you're looking
at the times every week, OK, So if your time's getting closer,
isn't that progress as overall on the team that like, OK,

(21:40):
they're getting closer. I mean, obviously you want to
win, but at the same time Marquez is not beating them by 5
seconds anymore. Listen close counting
horseshoes, hand grenades, not racing.
Yeah, yeah. Thank you.
OK. Post on Madden Racing.
All right. close to what? Well, close to 3rd.
Close to what? No, what I'm saying is like

(22:01):
it's. Still a position.
It, it is still a position and they're working on making the
bikes better every weekend and making the bike as best as
possible for that rider, right. And and as we know, sometimes
last year it took them might be 7 rounds to figure out the 24
bike. But and my only point in this
because I don't want to reliterate litigate all that.

(22:22):
My only point is saying that like his times are getting
closer. So and he's and he's he is, you
know, on the grid, he's getting in front of him.
So if this continues, I mean, I'm not saying he's going to win
the championship, but he is getting close to to be more
competitive at the front as far as to be able to fight for a win
against, you know, a non crashing mark and a non crashing

(22:45):
Alex right all. Right.
Beat Alex straight up and then come back and talk to us.
Oh, he was going to beat Alex straight up.
If Alex didn't crash out, that was.
That was like, like Alex was getting beaten.
That was that was happening. OK.
Because the one time he had a bad race, 5th place when he
crashed out Alex, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I mean, you know, you know, yeah, that's all I'm just saying

(23:06):
he was, I mean, yeah, Pekko finished fifth on on Saturday.
I mean, it's you know what I mean?
But he was going to get beat. Not Mark, but Pekko.
I mean, what? But Alex was going to get
beaten. But you know, let's talk about
Bazecki, you know, 5th in in in the grid, more Badeli, 6 out the
gear. These guys are all, you know,
getting closer to the to the front of the grid.

(23:28):
So let's talk about the Sprint race and and what are your
thoughts on the Sprint race? Can I go?
First status to Rex. I love your faith, you know
that? Seriously, I love your faith in
Petco. It's amazing, man.
From the beginning of the show, Morbid Deli has been my dark

(23:52):
horse. You could go back, watch the
episode It's been My Dark Horse,that's Our course, has fallen
off the track, sprained its ankle, and now we got to put it
to sleep. I don't think Morbideli is even
in contention anymore. He's had his chances earlier on
the season. I get it, we're not a halfway

(24:15):
break yet. There's still a lot of racing
left to go. But Morbideli has not quantum
leaped where I want him to be. And I'm going to say this and,
and it's not a hot take because I I want to be consistent this
season is for Marquez to lose because I think Alex, if Marquez

(24:38):
loses it, I think Alex will get it.
I disagree with Reese. I think Alex has been the best
rider all season. He shakes, shakes, shakes.
Not to. I, I mean to cut you off.
Alex has a broken bone in his right hand.
I believe so. If what is that?
We don't know. He's coming back, yeah, but
continue. But Martine had a broken, broken

(24:59):
and he came back. I know he's out.
And that's why he's broke now, yeah.
Yeah, he came back and and and he broke something.
So that's. What I'm just saying like at the
moment. I understand that, but but we're
a little physical therapy, little injection, we're back on
it again. This is professional racing here
guys. This is professional racing, but
the next round that we're there coming into the dominant left

(25:22):
side track and his left hand is hurting.
So that's going to take a big effect.
Yes, Alex is one of the top writers.
I don't know where he came from.I mean, he's been out there
training with his brother, so I can't say where the heck he
showed up from and where he camefrom.
So, but it's great to see him upthere riding and then being in

(25:42):
contention, though. I think he's going to win the
championship or even have a remote chance if his hand wasn't
even broken. No, this is this championship is
Marquez's championship. I said it before Marquez even
stepped his foot on a Ducati. I said if he sits foot on a
factory bike, you are now racingfor second and third.

(26:03):
There is no first. It is him.
He felt comfortable in it. He's smiling, he's laughing.
That is the most dangerous man in the paddock right now.
That is your most dangerous man.As far as Morbid Deli, Morbid
Deli is like a Venialis. He's here today, gone tomorrow.
Like I give there's no Morbidelli, there is no vanilla,

(26:25):
there is no Acosta. The race right now and Martine
is somewhere playing prima Donna, crying about I want this
and I want that. So the race right now is between
three people, which is Mark, Alex and Pekka.
That's it. Pekka is going to finish in 3rd,

(26:45):
Alex is going to finish in second and more, and Marquez is
going to finish in first. That's where your order is going
to finish out for the rest of the season, guarantee you.
I agree unless Alex don't come back before I.
See that? Happens.
I mean, that's why we show up every round to as spectators to

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watch and they show up to race to prove people like Reese
differently. They do.
They show up to prove me differently, but that ain't
going to happen. So with that said, we still got
to talk about the race. Let's always talk about 2nd
through 18th and 18th then, right?

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Exactly looks really. Good out there guys.
I think he has a shot of of continuing.
I'll still say like, you know, these guys are getting quicker.
I think he had a he, he rode oneof the best races.
I think he was the first guy that really gave Mark a
challenge as far as keeping Markon his toes because everybody
else Mark eventually pulled awayfrom in previous rounds.

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You guys thoughts about Bez and and his weekend?
But now he had a solid weekend. I mean whether he gave Mark his
all and he stuck with him for the entire shit the entire race.
He was there, he was the entire race.
He's a half second behind so it's just impressive.
So I mean credit, but like you said, he'll be back this weekend

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and he'll be in six next week. You know, he's just hit or miss.
Tell you what, but even though Igive Petco a hard time because
you were ex, Peko is a consistent 3rd place guy.
Yeah, and that's, but that's. I will give you that.
I mean, you know, that's, that'sa good thing.

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I mean, listen, if there's, if there's, listen, I'll say this,
right. And we were talking about this
early on. I, I struggled in the back of
the grid for four years and it was no fun When I'm, when I'm,
when I'm like the last 21 to, tothe last few years fighting for
3rd, 4th or 1st or whatever you think I'm not.
If I got a fourth place, I'm disappointed and, and there's
guys that's and, and women behind.

(28:53):
No, I'm not going to be, I'm going to be disappointed.
I didn't get the 1st place, but you know, you know, back now
you're in 3rd place. So any of these guys in in in
521, it's the last way better than six through 18.
It depends. If you're a two time champ, it's
not fun. It's it's never fun for anyone
because everybody wants to win. But at the same time, you know

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what I'm saying? Like like anything else, you
know, Marquez is, is one of the few guys to have what, 5-6
titles in a row? You know, Rossi, most people are
getting one or two or maybe noneat all.
So at the end of the day, like let let let let you know, let's
be real, like you know, the, themost riders are not winning a

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championship much, just a lot ofraces in Moto GP.
So I mean. OK, Reese question.
So based on the tack Yamaha, right for the past, I don't
know, let's say 3-4 years, Jake Gonyea, he ran motor American.
That was his series, right? But right now he's, I mean, no,
no, no shade on Jake at all, buthe's a third place writer right

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now. You think Jake likes that shit?
No. I agree with that.
I'm saying no, no writer likes it.
But at the same time, when you compare all the writers, no.
But at the same time, no guys would.
No one, no one wants to be in that place.
They just accept your faith. You know what, Maverick would
love that shit. No, he wouldn't.
No right. Again, Mark Marquez said it.
You got to respect these other writers.

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Everyone wants to win. Everybody's showing up to win.
Let's let let's not pretend likeI'm I don't want to throw shade
on the NBA or anything like that, who just want to collect
the paycheck, but these guys want to win.
And let's not let's let I get Marquez.
This is running out front and all that, But let's not like I
play basketball, pick up. I, I if I'm throwing dots at my
daughter, I want to win. I don't even care if it's if
it's a foot race, I want to win.It's like, I mean, if you're a

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competitive person, there's not a chance that you want to sit
here and say you want to lose. Look, I mean, I get it that he
wants to win, but it's like we all show up to win.
There's nobody that doesn't showup to win.
But at the end of the day, is hereally going to win?
That's a whole different story, but we're showing up to be
competitive and that's what I'm just saying.
He's not showing up not to be competitive.

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He's not showing up saying let me just not do my best and
finish third today. Well, no, I'm not.
I mean, the best thing for him to do in Pecker's case, if you
know you're not competitive, getthe maximum points you can.
And that's what he's trying to do, gain the maximum points.
Because at the end of the day, if the if it comes down to

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Marquez crashing or something happens, he gets hurt, you're
right there to take over the points lead if you can, if
something happens with that, youknow, but then it comes down to,
hey, you have the same bike as Marquez, OK?
There's nothing really differentcompared to just a little bit of
setup, the way you ride comparedto way he rides.

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And every time I hear, I can keep saying I have no front end
feel. I have no front end feel.
It's like how much of that is true and how much is it not
because you were competitive in the in the beginning of the race
and then you disappeared. Are you setting your bike up to
have feel in the beginning or are you setting your bike up to

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have the feel at the end when the tires drop off?
And that's where it comes down to Marquez being the smartest
rider because it didn't, you know, it comes down to any real
champion or you want to call it a goat or somebody.
That's as we call it back in theday, an alien.
Can I, if the bike drops off, can I ride around that problem?

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He can't. He cannot ride around any
problem he has. It's like another, as I used to
say back in the day, another Lorenzo.
The bike has to be 100% perfect throughout the race for me to
ride it. It's not.
It's not. The tires are going to drop and
you have to be able to ride it. And it's not just Lorenzo, it's
it's Acosta, it's Vinyalis, it'sBazeki, it was Alicia Spa girl.

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It's a lot of riders that can't ride around their bikes when
it's giving them problems. They can't.
And we're seeing that now. So that's, that's not an
anomaly. But you know, I mean, it's
unfortunate. I mean that that Pekko's getting
the brunt of the, the, the you know, he's he, he, he's getting
negativity for finishing third and 4th and guys finishing 10th,
11th and 12th just not being talked about and full time.

(33:15):
Champion, that's why. It's not enough of a reason.
And he's all great. Reason, man.
Yeah, but Mayor Mayor's a champion.
So is Quatarara. Like 5 years ago man and and
remembers that shit. Man, you know what I mean?
And so I don't know. I mean, you know.
It's not hold on if I do his bikers subpar, that's why.

(33:36):
We just talked about riding around stuff, right?
So that's what I'm saying, like we're making.
You can't run around a bad engine.
You know all all I'm just sayingis, you know, the dude's getting
the brunt of the the negative press and there's a lot of other
riders. But let's move on and talk about
something besides that because there's a lot else that
happening. But I've been trying to move on,

(33:58):
but the Smitty keeps bringing itback here.
So. So if you got a list of things
you want to talk about Smitty, let's go but talk about it.
I'm a hard Lube. I want to.
I want to go back. Listen, no, for real.
But you can't disrespect me. I mean, I look, it is what it

(34:20):
is. He won the championship, so did
Katarara. I mean, we might not like it.
I mean, OKC just won the championship.
Who? Who watched that game?
Come on. No, but but they were the best
team all year. I'll stop it now.
All right, let's go. Now they were they were they
have the best record and and theMVP.

(34:41):
So come on, they. Had the best record, they had
the MVP and they had the best point margin.
I mean points for against all your long.
You can't score the best. You watch the playoffs?
Yeah, all of them. All the games you watched not.
Almost OK. I watched them all and that's
false. What's?
False. They weren't the best team.

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They're not the best team. They're not.
You got a face, yeah, but you got a person that they want to
be the face of the NBA all. Right, Shakes, What are your
thoughts about the Sprint race and TJ man, I mean.

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I agree with Smitty. I mean, it's TJ say something
because because we've been. I haven't heard you.
I know. You just said one.
What do you do? I've been trying, you know, I've
been, you know, you know, we've been skipping, skipping topics.
You know, I wanted to say something about Petco a while
ago, but we don't we know we're trying to get off of that.

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I want to say something, I want to say something about Bezaki as
well. So T.
JTJI gave you my minutes, like at a Senate hearing, I gave you
my minutes and the first word you brought up was Petco.
Hey, man. Retake no no, you got to.
No, you got to. I want to hear it.

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I got to hear it. All I want to say is the I agree
with Reese when he's complainingabout his running field, but
like every rider deals with an issue during the race, they they
hit a corner on and deal with some type of issue.
I think it's all excuses. I think he just can't handle the
pressure. There's too much pressure for
him right now and Mark is just too intimidating, so all the

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pressure is on him. There's the only excuse to come
up with is probably I had. I can't have front field no.
Pressure, man. You know, Rossi's his, his, his
mentor. There's no pressure.
Hey, man, I, I you can. He's not, he's not the same.
Yeah, he's improving in points from last year, but you got to
keep up with whoever is doing the best.
And he's down 100 points. So I mean, yeah, I mean, I feel

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like he's not sending it like heused to.
He probably just doesn't want tocrash playing the more the
safety route, hoping that something would happen, like
instead of Mark or Allen's get into an accident, that he will
be safe enough to take over the points.
But yeah, I mean, I'm not mad athim.
I mean, it's a lot of pressure, but I already think it's over.

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So it doesn't matter what he does at this point, really, I
think he just needs to send it and and no excuses because look
at Fabio, look at look at Brad, Brad Bender, although and Jack
Miller. They start strong and then drop
off, fade away. So like, right, you know, it's
more of a. He's third in the championship
and they're all below him. No, I understand that.

(37:34):
I'm just saying it's like the effort in the beginning of the
race opposed to the fight to theend.
I mean like he's on a factory fight, so I can't be that bad
with the setup, you know? I think we have to be
consistent. We can, hey, listen, you have to
ride around the issue. This is a no excuse show.

(37:59):
You show up, you send it, you get it done.
You're not showing it up if you're not, if you don't, if
you, if you're showing up and not getting it done.
I don't care if, if, if, if, if every valve in that bike is
blown, you get off that bike andyou run it down the track.
No excuses. We are all professionals here.
Yeah, yeah. And and and we have to be

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consistent. You're either going to ride the
damn thing or let me ride it. I'm looking for a part time job.
But he had two DNFS in 10 rounds.
I mean, I think, I think that's,you know, that's sensible.
I mean, I think that, you know, the team is happy that he's not,
He's not, you know, mere puttingthe bike back every weekend, you
know what I'm saying? And still in 3rd place in the

(38:42):
championship. I mean, we were saying like, you
know, when he won the championship or when he lost the
Martine, he DNF like almost 10 times, something like that.
It's like it's like, hey, if youslim that down, you could
probably do better. And you can see he's trying
that, but it's not working. I don't know what's going on.
He needs to. He needs to go back to seven.

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At this point, it's kind of too late.
Let's talk about Bez as well because you know the season,
they know it's still 12 rounds left.
I'm happy about that. You know, like, obviously he's
had bad luck a lot and I think this is probably one of his best
rounds. If you look at practice
qualifying, he was top five all the way through and he actually

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was on the podium for the Sprintand GP.
So it's pretty impressive, especially, you know, what a
Prairie has been doing going through.
Yeah, it's it's pretty good to see that that he had a really
good weekend. That really does, I'm sure
builds a lot of confidence goingforward.
So hopefully you can finish strong at saturating.

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I think that's before they go ontheir summer break, but that'll
be really good to see if Curry can pull some off.
I'm happy for fans right now. Yeah, I mean, yeah, nice.
You you mentioned pressure. Let me ask Shakes, I mean, is
that a lot of pressure for Bazecki?
I mean, he was expecting Martineto be the number one rider and
and to learn from him. And now he seems to be the
number one rider and you know, the whole team, I mean the whole

(40:12):
half of Martine side of the team, right.
They got the the test rider. So I I can't believe their their
energies as high. So you know, these two, these
two podiums this weekend and therace win.
A few rounds ago has to be good for the team.
What are your thoughts, Shakes? He's playing with house money,
right? He knows he's not the number one
guy. He knows that the number one guy

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is a Cinderella. Everybody knows he has no
expectations. Like, who would have thought
that he would have been the guy that's going to carry the
Aprilia flag? No one thought that.
So there's absolutely no pressure.
Hey, go out there, do your race,prove to Martine that this
bike's a winner, which he's doing.
And it's he's riding with no pressure.

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He only he, he, he has nothing to lose and he has nothing to
gain. All he's got to be be himself
and be consistent. And the chips are going to fall
where they're going to fall because the person that's under
pressure is Martine. He's just playing with house
money. Playing with house money.

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He's, he's the only guy on the grid that I, that I would
exchange places with. There's no expectation.
Go out there, ride the bike, bro.
Bring it back in one piece. You're good.
And all of all of the pressure and all of the talking and all

(41:40):
of the gossip and all of the rules and, and, and, and, and,
and everything else that's goingon is in the locker room down,
down the hallway. It's not in my locker room.
So what pressure do I really have?
All the talk, all the gossip is happening down the hallway in
that locker room where I'm at. It's Harmony.

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We're playing with health money.Shakes, I got to say I got the
foot big man, because the thingsin my team, we are a size 10 or
9. Fisheye lens, it's the fisheye
lens make you look that big that's.
Why doesn't look like A7 Cinderella shoe was the slipper

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was a small man. What are your thoughts, Reese on
on what Bazecki's doing? And you know what?
What do you what do you think the team culture is like at
Aprilia right now, especially with them getting on the podium
these last few rounds? I mean, I agree with shakes.
I mean, you know, he has zero pressure on him.
He can just ride at free will. But it also shows with the bike
is, you know, the potential thatthe bike has and that the bike

(42:46):
can actually do. So that shows, you know, that
Hohe Martin, you know, pretty much look like an idiot right
now because he didn't even get the bike a chance.
You know, he just crashed twice and then saying the bike is not
worthy. And like, how is, you know,
Bazecki, that was supposed to bethe number 2 rider is now the
number one rider and putting this thing on a podium and, you

(43:09):
know, kept up with, you know, the eight time champion.
You know, that was right there. I mean, yeah, we're going into
another, you know, we're going into saturating, which is a a
stop and go track. You know, where is the Aprilia,
the better bike for, you know, more of the sweeping corners and
certain things. So we'll see where it goes.

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But it, like I said, it shows that this guy, that he is, has a
lot of potential and it showed that the bike has a lot of
potential. So I'm actually proud of Bazecki
and what he's doing. And he's not letting all the
media and all the hoopla that's on the other side of the garage
affect his writing style. He's actually stepped up.
You know, the same thing goes inany sport and basketball, which

(43:52):
I always had next man up. And he's actually taking that to
heat and like, hey, I'm going torun with it, It's my time.
Pretty impressive. Let's go with you Smitty.
What are your thoughts on what VR46 Academy is doing and the
Grassini team is doing? And this goes for all the other
guys as well. What do you think is going to be

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the the top team at the end of the season?
Because I mean, you know, Mobodeli and, and did you know
Antonio's pretty competitive. Well, Racini, you know, this
past weekend in the main race was was a bad weekend because
both riders crashed out, right? So but I kind of I kind of want

(44:36):
to touch on my team like a little bit, you know, back in to
say middle school, let's say like you and your best friend,
you're going to do the homework,but then you hold the teacher,
you know, forgot to ask for it. But then one kid teacher left
homework. Right now that's Bez.
Bez is making him look bad, man.You know, by doing the bike that
well that it shouldn't be doing that well.

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But I don't know, I think Martine Summer said it before,
he's superstitious. He sat on the bike twice and
both times crash. He's probably not scared, but
he's like, yeah, this bike ain'tbiking for me.
We don't gel. Me and the bike don't don't gel
well. And I think that's why he wants
to leave prop because to be honest, it makes zero sense why.

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So I don't know, man. But it turns out the VR46 guys,
I mean, I don't know. We'll see how the air pans out.
I got you. Got you.
Yeah. I don't know.
I mean superstition, you know, falls and motorcycle racing and
car racing and some parts of life's all around the world.
So. But the contract is a contract

(45:38):
and on the courts don't deal with superstition when it comes
to that. So, you know, and you know,
there's some people saying Alicia's, you know, maybe too
close to him and, and giving himthe wrong information or
whatever the case may be, who not wrong information, but just,
you know, trying to bring them over to Honda or whatever the
case may be. But you know, your, your word is

(45:59):
born, as they say. And you know, it's, it's still a
good way to live in my eyes. What are your?
Son. Yeah.
What are your thoughts Shakes onVR46 Academy or Grassini?
VR46 Academy. Race team, I should say.
VR6 race team Academy, huh? I could.

(46:24):
All I could do is laugh. Do tell.
Where do I start? When, When you're a little boy
in Brisbane, Birmingham. Which?
Which? Which one?
Bristol. Bristol.
It's one of those bees. Bristol, TN.
England. You know, I, I I'm here.

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I'm waiting. I I, I'm, I'm, I'm the fat
sister waiting for the Prince tocome with the shoe all season
long and even talks of after this season VR6 Academy or race
team or whatever the hell they call themselves is supposed to
be the Marquez killer, no? OK, I see what you're saying.

(47:09):
I could. I'm picking up what you're
putting down. They they can't even catch Alex,
the, the, the David, the David that's supposed to come and slay
Goliath, the head by the, the you know, Yama, Mr. Yamaha Lube
himself can't do nothing. Now there's now there's talks

(47:36):
that are going to find another writer from another team to
bring him in, because that's theMarques Slayer VR VIX Academy.
Forget about it. OK.
They don't scare me. I'm not scared of them.
This is what VR6 needs to do. They need to.
They need to catch Alex and thenonce they catch Alex, then we'll

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let you in the room to play withMarquez.
OK. Sorry, Yamaha Lube.
I mean, you know, all right, I've already stated it for the
record, so I will continue, TJ. I mean, they are 46.
They, they, they're doing prettywell in my eyes.

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You know, I feel like if Alex didn't get off to the start that
he did, they'll probably be morecompetitive as far as like, you
know, team, team points, you know, But to be in 3rd place
right now, I mean, it's really not bad, you know, to this state
that they fall behind Ducatis, you know, so they got to the

(48:45):
factory Ducati and then Garcini.So the separation between
Garcinia and VR46 is is lonely. Is is about 50.
Points almost, so still obtainable.
Like Smitty said, Garcini did have two DNFS, so that hurt them

(49:06):
a little bit, but I think that was going to spread.
But you know, as long as Rossi'saround, especially at the races,
I'm sure that he can pull some strings.
I think VR46 can possibly pass the scene maybe, but we'll see.
Yeah. All right, go ahead.
I. Want to ask a question when we
talk about bikes VR46 and Marquez.

(49:29):
I know Marquez got the factory seat, but when we talk about
bikes, aren't those bikes comparable?
No. The only one that's comparable
from VR46 is Fabio. He had the, that's the secondary
bike. The Yeah, he's the only one with
the 25. So.
So what's going on? Fabio's doing all right, I mean,

(49:55):
I think. They're supposed to be the
Marquez killer. I don't want to hear.
I wouldn't. I wouldn't.
I wouldn't go that far. That's what they thought the 46
was, right? No, let's.
Let's let's Rossi built the the Academy to have more Italians in

(50:19):
Moto GP because the Spanish weretaking over, not just Marquez.
It's like everybody was was Spanish and Moto GP for a little
bit besides Ross and Simicelli in in divisioso, but it was
mostly Spanish and and so that'skind of how the Academy came
about. And so I wouldn't say it's the
Marquez killer per SE, but I could see how you know, this
full guys VR46 Academy that's inMoto GP and Marquez is a top

(50:43):
guy. So I can see where you're coming
from with that. But I don't think that was it
was designed like that. But it wouldn't hurt if they did
beat them, no? No, no, no, no.
You can't throw shade like that.What do you want me to say?
Throw shade, he slips, slips it in at the last minute.

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And and and I want to know from you because I know you're a
Yamaha guy. You're a Yamaha guy.
I mean, and you and you know the, the rivalry between those
two. Can we on?
Can we be real and just say that46 is the Marquez killer and
it's not? So now all those that are

(51:26):
listening to the show, I just want to give you a little
background on Rex. He's a Marquez hater, so just
want to get that out there. Not true.
Is it or is it not a 46 killer Reese?
Is it not a Marquez killer? I mean, you said it best though.
46, not anyone else. 46 himself can go do it, not anyone else.

(51:55):
You know, Marquez is the last person that is out there that is
considered an alien. He is the last of the dying
breed. There is no one on that grid
that is smarter and can beat Marquez.
But Marquez, there's no one. So to say 46 is a killer.

(52:22):
Yeah, Rossi was out there and then we got another plant.
If Rossi's in his prime at A at a young age and whatever, yeah,
maybe we can have another chance.
But at this day and age and where we sit at the beat,
Marquez, now, the only person that's going to beat him is
Marquez crashes or dies out. That's it all.

(52:43):
Right, there you go. So let's talk about Honda and
KTM this weekend. Seemed like the Hondas.
They struggled a little bit morethan we thought they would this
weekend. KTM.
Maybe they put the KTM stickers on Honda bike because those KTMS
look really fast this weekend. But your thoughts, TJ on on

(53:06):
what? You know, they had three KTMS in
the top ten in, in, in, in, on the grid, right?
Yeah. I mean, even in the Sprint, I
think they had close to having all four.
Wait, 2, they have all four. But yeah, to have three KTMS in
top three, I mean, for what they've been going through, as

(53:28):
we've been saying, it's good to see.
But you know, I don't see like the true consistency, you know,
that it's kind of all over the place.
One day is Maverick, one day is Pedro.
I've already heard it much from Brad Binding or in a Vaseline
until like the fight that he hadin the GP for like 1 of the last

(53:49):
like 10th place or something like that.
I think they could be doing better.
I mean, I don't know what's what's why they're so low in in
constructive, but it it is always good to finish top ten,
especially all your all your manufacturers.
I mean all your, all your teams,teammates.

(54:10):
No, I misspoke. It was it was in the Sprint.
They were in the top 10. Yeah.
I mean, I from what I understand, and I oppose this to
Smitty, KTM went with Vialis setup on Acosta's bike and
Acosta seems to be doing better.So I kind of it seems like why
Acosta and and Vialis is kind ofaround the same pace.

(54:32):
What are your thoughts Smitty onwhere Honda is and and and KTM?
You know, Honda, they started off kind of bad, they warmed up
a little bit and they're starting to fall back again.
So it's not much, it's not much to say about Honda.
But As for KTM just having a what?
Acosta in fourth, you know, America in 5th, that's not bad

(54:54):
at all actually. And but it's Acosta, you know,
since he's been in Immortal 2, I've been a fan of his and
hoping to see the guy do well next year, you know, so get up
on the podium and win a race here and there, but it's little
progress from what I expect fromhim.
So just want to see the the upward progress and hope it
keeps keeps going. And Maverick, he's due to get

(55:16):
one win sometime this year. You know, he has to be showing
the pace and he's getting bettereach race and it's being more
consistent now. Also before before he put in one
good lap, OK to fall behind, buthe's putting, you know, a very
good effort to be in 5th place. So.
Got you, got you, He's doing. So.
Nice. And with your thoughts, Reese on

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KTM and Honda. But you know, we thought that as
Smitty just mentioned Acosta, wethought Acosta was going to be
an alien because he was sort of an alien in Moto 3 and Moto 2
and even the first year in firsthalf of the first year in Moto
GP. And then, you know, he got, he
got struck with KT Ms. issues, Iguess.

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How? About, yeah.
I mean, what they showing this weekend, I mean, it was great.
I mean, they did show some progress and then again, and you
know, it, it, it sound like a bad way to say it.
But if you actually look at a lot of the the KTMS, when they
did the progress and they were in the top 10 or Vanyala's up

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there in the top 10, all the tracks were more of a flowing
track. So it's when they come to the
stop and go tracks, that's wherethey seem to struggle at.
So we'll see how they compare inthe satching to see if they're
in the top 10 or in the top fivelike they were this past coming
the past round. And that the tracks do have a

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lot of play in a lot of things because this bike may work one
way better than this and it's soit can be a track way.
So I mean, I would like to see them more consistently up there
in the top five and we'll see when it comes to saturating.
And I I do got to disagree with Smitty over there.

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I highly doubt that Devin Yala'skid is going to win a race.
I I think the day he, the day hewins the race, I win the Lotto.
Now, Grant, listen, I ain't saying it's going to be that
he's going to beat Marquez, but let's say Marquez crashes, It's
a rain race, he's due one and and only the reason why I say

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that he's won on every bike he'sbeen on so far at least once or
twice. Get it?
But then you still got to beat the But then you still got to
beat the other rain specialist, which is Azarko, a Miller.
You know, all the other guys that's out there.
And Miller's a hell of a rain race.
And so was Zarko. Zarko loved the ring.
Look, I'm just saying for him, all the stars need to align, and

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they may align because they have.
All the stars that you need. You need every star to align for
him to win the race. You need every plane, every star
in the line. He was closer.
I forget what Tracy was, but he had that tire pressure issue,
right? I don't remember what place he
came in, but he was up there. But you know, I feel like, I

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feel like that is probably a goal of his to at least win AGP
race every year, especially he has won on most of all the
manufacturers he's been on. So I feel like that is his goal.
He's not far fetched for what he's saying that, but I don't
know if it'll happen. I mean, I guarantee he wants to
win because he wants to prove that issue that he had over in

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Yamaha and he's still a writer. But just seeing him win, I, I,
I, I doubt it. So with TJ.
You don't think he's proved thathe's not the same rider?
I mean, between the prior year and what he's been able to do at
KTM this year and, and being oneof the top KTM guys for the

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first, you know, 8 races at least.
I'm not saying he's not a good caliber rider.
He's a good caliber rider, but the problem is he's not a
consistent good caliber rider. One day he's here, one day he's
gone and next day he's back and he's here.
It's like he's to wish you a he's like you'll get hopes up
and he just crushed you. It's.

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All about the feelings man. Got to feel good on that bike.
Yeah, I got a feeling he going to he's not going to win.
That's my feeling. Oh.
Man shakes. What are your thoughts, man?
You know, I know you, I know youdidn't buy any socks in Paytm.
I think you told Lewis Hamilton to and that saved them or

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something. Safe Paytm or something like
that. First I'd like to start off by
saying only Yamaha guy will say this guy will win if we get a
rain or somebody crashes out. And that's what that's the only
way Honda has won the season. KTMKTM has had the power all

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season. KTM has had a very good bike.
I think KTM is the second bike on the grid.
No disrespect to Yamaha. I think KTM has shown that they
could win. I know the beginning of the
season, maybe the rumor, the rumors that were going on, maybe
that affect the rider, but it shouldn't because like we said,

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this is a no non excuse podcast.You're paid a lot of money,
you're paid to win, but they've had the power.
I I still don't count them out. I like the bike they seem to be
gaining. How many?
I mean how many bikes you got onthe grid though?

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6 right? 4. 4.
Yeah, that, that's that's, that's too much.
But I I Kate Timms had the powerall season and so.
What about? What about a brilliant?
What about a brilliant? April is at the that is Aprilia
and KTM. That's a good question and and

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obviously the winnings proved that a Prius had more power than
KTM, but I just have faith in that KTM bike for some reason.
There's one thing I didn't hear you say, though.
Go ahead. You can have all the power, but
can you put it down to the ground?
That is true. He stumped me.

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Can you put it down to the ground?
He stumped me. He stumped me.
That's where they're having issues.
Yeah, that, yeah, that's, I still believe in K Tim.
I still believe in K Tim. I, I really don't have any faith
in Yamaha this season. I don't have any faith in in

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Honda. I think Honda is either a crash
out or or a typhoon and they'll win, which probably makes sense
because if you understand our the degenerate painter with the
tidal wave in Japan, that great painting that we've all seen

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that represents Honda, the only way they can win is when there's
a tidal wave. But you guys know what painting
I'm talking about. You've seen it a million times.
I don't know reason. Mark, Mark Mark was the tidal
wave when they were winning. Yeah, it's just, it's just a
tidal wave. The only way they can win the
tidal wave. I have faith in the QTMI.
Don't know why. As a dark horse, I just have

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faith in it. I think obviously it clearly has
had the power because they've won that podium a lot.
I don't know, I may have to. I don't know.
Reese kind of fucked me up on that one.
Sleeping. I'm trying to talk out of it and
I've been talking for 5 minutes and I said absolutely nothing.

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Let's just say it's a close callbetween KTM and Aprilia.
KTM overall has been more consistent the whole season, but
as far as top of it, closer to 1st than Aprilia, but Aprilia
had two great rounds. I mean, can we honestly say then
that the second best bike on thegreatest Aprilia, would that be

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it? Can we honestly say that the
second best bike on the greatestAprilia?
Can we say? That it's one through 6 the best
bikes on the greater Ducati. Well, there's six parties
exactly. And I, I, and I've been a Ducati
guy. I know it should have been one
through 6. All three.
So the 7th best bike on the gridis in Aprilia.

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Best bike, right. The 7th best bike you got to
give to Aprilia? No.
Yes. Come on.
I'll give it to KTM because of what a costume Vinales is doing
and Bazecki's by himself. And if I, if I agree or didn't
get hurt, I would give it to I would give it to Aprilia.
But I think I I agree with you at the beginning of the season
and what Bazecki's doing now would have put them up higher on

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the on the food chain if he didn't crash out.
I agree with that. I think KTM also has more
experienced rabbits, so I think they should be doing a little
better. But you know, you know, being
down one man or a Martine, that would help a period much more.

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But I think the way they're fighting is pretty impressive
opposed to what KTM is doing over and off.
But I feel like like Shake saying that KTMI feel like has a
lot of potential. That's what's up, That's what's
up. Before we get out of here, I saw
a thing on, I forget the, the principle of, of Honda saying if

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Martine is available, you know, they'll, they, they would look
at him or, or or be interested or something like that.
Do you think that Honda should at least wait until they figure
out what's going to happen with with Martine before they start
talking about things? Because they do have 4 writers
that they're paying and has to show up every day for work.

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What are your thoughts on that chit Honda just kind of stay out
of it until they know that he's actually available.
I. Mean now you you could talk
about the same basketball we can't talk about a player like
it's tampering you could talk about.
It any big deal Daniella's left for Prelia because they didn't
talk to him about this before they signed Martine.
True. So there's four riders, I mean,

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and you know, there's somebody sitting here.
I mean, it's the same thing withTop Rock, right?
You know you got 2 riders that are sitting here saying one of
us is not going to be here next year.
I, I think, I think Honda's problem is trying to get that
platform better. If listen, we've seen it now,

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Aprilia could win. Honda can't win unless it's a
crash or tidal wave. What the hell is Martinez going
to do for for for Honda? What is he going to do?
Because Honda doesn't have the power like Aprilia?
I mean, Martinez is on his way out the door.

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If you can't win on Aprilia, what the hell are you going to
do with Honda? Get that bag.
I'm so sick of getting the bag. Here's a bag bag.
I think Honda needs to wait, wait a little bit.

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I think Honda needs to wait a little bit.
It's just I know their policies.You know, we was talking about
policies a while ago. Like I think Ducati has the most
freedom for their riders. So like, you know, you know, I
don't know Honda and their policy is a little different.

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Do they want to inherit this type of behavior or they just
looking to try to win? But I, I don't know, I think
they. Yeah, but he's already burned
all those bridges. Right.
Yeah, yeah, he burned every bridge too, so.
KTM, Ducati and freaking Napoleon now.
I, I think winning and, and, andReese could probably back me up

(01:07:26):
on this. Winning just starts by a good
team. If if, if everybody's on page,
everybody's going to give that little extra effort and then
you're going to start seeing thewins come right when we're
seeing I. Can agree.
Yeah, when when we're seeing Alex and Marquez winning,

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hugging safe place, that just helps all of Ducati win, right?
There's there's I mean, Pekko may be saying a little crazy
things, but he's still all in with Ducati.
Martinez is a virus that will just infect the paddock and and,

(01:08:06):
and it's he's got to go. I think it's enough's enough,
enough's enough. I.
Can agree, I can agree with Smitty on that on and, you know,
even in our, in our group, I mean all of the crew, you know,
we work together, we hang together, we know what the rider
wants, we know what he's going to do.
And we it's like it's like a whole gel and it just works and

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it makes the team and the moralethat much better.
And you can see like in our guys, Jake's coming back, his
hand is getting stronger. You know, we all still believe
in all riders and we believe, you know, we're still we're
still the number one team out there, you know, so, but long as
you have that morale as a team and everybody in that group can

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pull their weight and get along,you have the strongest team.
Like I can rely on my guy to do something and he can rely on me.
You know all riders, they can sit back like now they got it
and everything done, bye and go ride and put it to the full test
and send it and won't have a thing to worry about and that's

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when you know that you are in that level.
Anyone else want to add anythingabout that?
No. Sounds good.
Sounds good. Hey, listen man, let's go find
out. Team Smitty.
What's that? There's no I in team.

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But it sure isn't me me. That means me.
All right, guys, until next week.
I didn't get a chance to talk move to America, but it sounds
like it was a good time out there, guys.
It was, it was a good time, it was fun.
Looking for next week, see what we do.

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Laguna Seca. Laguna, here we come.
Oh man, it's one of the nicest tracks around.
I. I got a question for you
recently. What's up?
Sorry, sorry, sorry. I got a question.
OK, So I know Josh Herring is killing it right now, right?
So going into your weekend, do y'all just stick to your game
plan or you do you try to figureout how to stop him or like slow

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him down because you know you play as a team?
No, you stick to your game plan.You stick to your game plan and
you know, we go out there and send it.
You know we don't. We don't worry about the other
guy. You know, if if you could get in
their head and you can get in front, you already know where
you're at. You know, he's on a high and

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he's on at that pace. You know he's going to he's in
he's in that in that zone right now.
And the way you saw him now you stick to your game plan, you
stick to what we know best and we know that.
I mean, you can see it to where,you know, Ganye's, you know,
he's he took podium, he took pole, you know, so we're right

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there, we're right where we wantto be.
We're coming. We know it and they know it.
It it's coming. Sounds like Pekko Bagnaya on
that note. I'm going to leave with that
note on PEKKA. We have a chance.
I don't know about PEKKA. I had to get in there, man.

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Hey guys. I want.
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