JKMoto Podcast

Join us this week for a special episode of your favorite weekly motorcycle podcast filmed at none other than The Compound itself!! We found ourselves together this week (and the next few to come) and decided it best to head out to where the magic happens and talk a little bit about that magic. Or maybe just the Mayhem Recovery. That's right this week's episode theme is Mayhem Recovery while Racing...

This week we decided, rather than just covering some more motorcycle racing with your two favorite hosts, we'd bring on a special guest to give us the run down on suspension. John Hutchinson from P1 Racing is an expert bike builder and complete with a mechanical engineering degree and many years of experience we'd definitely call him a suspension guru as well. Beyond suspension and bike building J...

Another week down, and another amazing episode of your favorite weekly motorcycle podcast. Of course we're going to bring you amazing coverage of this weeks MotoGP round at the Sachsenring!! Or at least our thoughts and opinions on the happenings of the weekend, and what a weekend that was!! From two brothers on the podium, to a change in the championship lead and some big wrecks and surprising re...

This week we bring you coverage of the latest race in Assen with MotoGP!! But not only race coverage, between races the riders, crews, and manufacturers have all been working hard to ensure that every MotoGP fan is thoroughly confused on what to expect in 2025. This years silly season has definitely been one for the books, and some large changes have been made all throughout the paddock!! Beyond t...

From Arizona this week we bring you a special guest Wyatt Ferguson from FergFactoryRacing!! As an original road rider/canyon chaser Wyatt has been riding bikes for quite a while, but a couple incidents in the HOV lane led to him eventually ditching the road and chasing a racing dream! From ZX10 to R1 and finally landing on an R6 Wyatt has had quite a successful racing career and has now qualified...

From Italy to North Carolina, we bring you the tales of another weekend with many red flags. Not to say it wasn't a successful weekend on all accounts, the first ever WCR race round took place on the world stage in Italy with none other than Mallory Dobbs representing the USA and securing a successful weekend. The King of Brakes Toprak himself demonstrated a perfect weekend proving that he is in f...

In certain regions of the US the weather likes to be wet, but you can't let that stop you from riding/racing motorcycles, the show must go on!! However if you find yourself feeling off or you're bike just isn't operating as normal maybe take a pause and get the issue figured out. That being said riding in the rain gives you amazing bike control and can make you that much better/faster on the dry a...

This week we decided to bring in the owner/operators of one of our personal favorite trackday orgs in the USA!! Tracktime is a relatively new motorcycle track day organization that has operated solely at The Ridge Motorsports Park for several years now, but are actually expanding their operation to northern California adding Thunderhill Raceway to their calenday for 2024!! With both Alan and Jen h...

Episode 60 kicks off with a surprise co-host Anthony (Lugnut) Norton!! USBA Round 2 is now complete with quite amazing results from the entire privateer industries team!! To tell you all about it we decided to get Lugnut on and host with us! Insane ever changing weather struck Utah once again this weekend leaving several races in the rain, and a few with a drying track. Drying tracks and rain race...

On this week's episode of your favorite motorcycle podcast, we're posted up at Barber Motorsports Park following an amazing round 2 of Moto America!! But lucky for you, this week we won't be covering the race because we had an amazing opportunity to chat with 2 racers from the Privateer Industries Racing Team! Wyatt Ferguson and Anthony (Lugnut) Norton are here to tell us all about what it's like...

Join us this week as we unwrap another great week of racing from Moto GP in France! A record breaking crowd just shy of 300,000 fans all packed in to watch a legendary race between 3 hungry Ducatis!! From one of the greatest comebacks of the season, to an ever increasing point lead this weekend delivered it all. Martin continues to prove he has the skill and maturity to take this season all the wa...

Snow, ice, wind, and freezing temperatures strike Utah and UMC as USBA kicks off the 2024 season with round 1 on the East Course!! Good weather Saturday, made for some amazing, but sadly the fun didn't last as the dreaded Utah spring weather effect took over slammed the track with freezing conditions. The question is whether or not the racers there this past weekend were happy about the decision t...

Buckle up this week as we unwrap possible the most exciting Moto GP weekend of this decade and maybe even of the century so far. From perfect track conditions for a Friday, moving into rain Saturday morning, into dry again for the Sprint? That question is still unanswered as of yet, but then followed up with an absolutely perfect Sunday racing weather day, Jerez did not disappoint from any angle!!...

Moto America 2024 season has officially kicked off, and what an exciting season it is going to be!! Official round one found us in Georgia at the world famous Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. With a privateer qualifying 1st, and the rest of the front row filled in with a brand new superbike rider, and our favorite Josh Herrin, our two past Moto America Champions found themselves starting from behind...

Round 3 of MotoGP 2024 is officially complete, and quite honestly left us and many other speechless!! What an amazing weekend of world-class motorcycle racing here in America! Mulitple new world records hit, not just lap records either, although those were definitely included! Batman, Top Gun, Maverick, whatever he is calling himself these days, together with the Factory Aprilia team delivered an...

Tune in this week as we bring on Rob and Tosha from Bison Leathers, and learn a little more about this not so small motorcycle leathers and gear company. Looking at the market and seeing the options Rob decided custom was too expensive, and cheap wasn't high enough quality. So why not combine the two? Listen along as we learn all about Bison's back story, how and where they started, and what their...

MotoGP hit the Roller Coaster and boy did they hit it hard, with some large incidents from top riders we have a lot to discuss on that front. Not to mention the issue-having manufacturer continuing with their weekly issues possibly robbing their top rider of his first win. Can Ducati pull through their season with so many top riders on their bikes? Can Aprilia mantain a working bike and prove that...

With most of the country (sorry Utah and Colorado) wrapping up winter and moving into spring, that means motorcycle season is finally back in the US. With the change in weather come our favorite activities, not only riding, but racing, track days, and watching professional racing. We hope you enjoy this week's episode as we share some tips for you and your motorcycle adventures as we transition in...

MotoGP 2024 has officially begun and we're here to tell you all about the first weekend in Qatar. There are many big names with high hope this year, and the first sprint and race of the year were a testament to that!! The reigning world champion managed to end the weekend at the top of the points list, but not without a fight first. With many other big names coming out and proving that they'll be...

On this week's episode of your favorite motorcycle podcast, we brought over a leather repair specialist Greg Sermabeikian from Anthony's Leatherworks in Southern California. Many of us have bought, used, wrecked, thrown out, and rebought suits with no idea what steps we could take in between to prevent that long and expensive cycle. A properly cared for suit can last a rider a very long time and w...

Join us this week on JKMoto as we have a great chat with Lauren Prince, a Moto America Racer, CVMA Racer, Veterinarian and overall motorcycle enthusiast. With a shorter career on 2 wheels than others Lauren received an extremely unique opportunity to race with the Build Train Race (BTR) program sponsored by Royal Enfield. But before we dove super deep into the BTR program and her future with that...

On this week's episode as we near ever closer to a full year with JKMoto and closer and closer to the riding season which means racing season also, we decided it was time to catch up with Lugnut and see what he's been up to. From CVMA to CRA to dirt bikes and more Lugnut has been busy!! But not only riding and racing takes up his time, with the Moto America season just around the corner the privat...

If the temperatures outside are getting near the freezing level or well below zero and you're looking to store some tires, you better have them tucked into a bed with a heated blanket over the winter to prevent damage. In all seriousness this week we had the awesome opportunity to talk with Chris Hamlett the South Central US Pirelli dealer and get some great new info about tires from him. From dis...

Road racing in the dirt? That was our first question and if definitely got answered this week by the man himself Aaron Stevenson or Coach A. Joining us from Cornerspin in North Carolina Coach A answered all of our questions and hopefully some of yours too! From everyday adventure riders here in the States to racers and road riders in Europe, and an impressive lineup of current racers that have tra...

Dirt bikes, mini bikes, virtual reality, riding simulations, rider training, what don't we have in episode 44? Sit back and strap in for a great chat with Josh Bittinger rider coach for Ridesmart Motorcycle Training and owner of Bittinger Motorsports! We've met with Josh before and we decided it was about time that we got him back on the podcast to see what all he has been up to down in Texas, fro...