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Jim and Rich have a brief catch up to talk cancelled MotoGP rounds and the continued absence of Marc Marquez. There’s a round up of last weeks World Superbike action at Assen courtesy of Eurosport’s Greg Haines and Scott Bolton brings us a couple of quick chats with Cameron Beaubier and Rossi Moor from last weekends epic Moto-America round at Road Atlanta. In amongst that lot there’s a quick previ...

Jim is back from his recent sojourn at round 3 of the MotoGP championship in Austin, so he and Rich get back together to discuss all the goings on in what proved to be a very eventful and entertaining weekend. There’s much talk of the return to winning ways for HRC, where they go from here and also the recent test undertaken by Toprak Razgatlıoğlu for the Monster Energy Yamaha Team; Good or bad id...

Scott Bolton joins Jim to talk about the Daytona 200. The action was intense and had plenty of draft passes. Controversy erupted late in the race when Herrin and Escalante collided at T1. A few quick laps later and a red flag created even more chaos! Extra laps were added to the race making it the longest 200 ever at 217 miles! Lapped riders were given laps back causing everyone including Greg Whi...

Jim returns from holiday and joins Rich to discuss the racing from Argentina. Penalties for irresponsible riding we the main topic of discussion as the consistency of the stewarding was again called into question. As far as the racing goes we learned that Brad Binder is also a "Saturday Man" following his Sprint victory on Saturday on a damp but drying racetrack. Sunday's wet race action in Moto3...

Bit of a change of line up for this week’s show as Jim takes a well earned holiday Stateside. So, this week we enjoy talking with a voice from the recent past to go through the excitement and goings on from the first round of the MotoGP championship in Portimão. So, strap in for M3, M2 and of course crazy goings on in the MGP class. Zoom Zoom…….

Jim and Rich catch up for a quick chat before the 2023 MotoGP season gets underway in Portimão. There’s a quick round up of the recent MotoGP, Moto2 & Moto3 tests and a few predictions as to which riders and teams are likely to be at the forefront as the season gets underway. As ever, please subscribe to the show and donate if you can. And do please send us your comments and questions for disc...

Rich is joined on the show this week by Greg Haines from Eurosport to discuss all things World Superbike. The 2023 season is only 2 rounds old but already the competitive order is becoming clear so Rich & Greg chat in detail about each of the manufacturers, their form and prospects. Its an in-depth discussion and will hopefully generate some feedback and questions from the listeners. More inte...

Rich & Jim catch up to discuss the recent 3 day MotoGP test in Sepang, who’s looking strong and which teams may find the early rounds tough going. Although the WSBK season is now well underway there’s also a quick chat about the Philip Island test which took place before the first round, as well a brief conflab on the merits and pitfalls of our increasing social media activities! Rich then tal...

In this episode Rich and Jim had the pleasure of talking to Maddie Patterson (nee Scordia) about MotoGP. Maddi is a journalist working in the MotoGP paddock and gave us some incredible insight into the inner workings of the sport we love. We talk about the product, the riders personalities, sprint races, and many other topics. Maddi was gracious enough to give us over 90 minutes of her time and we...

Rich & Jim are back together to catch up on recent news and to run through their respective top 10 rider lists for the 2022 Moto3 season. Continuing the Moto3 theme, Rich catches up with Scott Ogden from Michael Laverty’s Visiontrack Racing Team to discuss his first year in the world Championship and to look ahead to 2023. A fascinating chat with one of Britain’s fast rising stars. Please send...

This week Rich is joined on the pod by James Haydon, former GP500, BSB and WSBK rider and more recently a member of the Eurosport commentary team. James enjoyed a long career across multiple classes and has many a story to tell, from the evil 500cc 2 strokes, to fire emitting triples, 4 stroke superbikes and even a brief stint on the V5 Roberts MotoGP bike. Along the way, James won lots of races,...

Skyler stops by and chats with Jim about all kinds of things. We talk about work, family, mountain biking, IMSA, sim racing, MotoAmerica, and MotoGP. It was a fun chat! So settle in and we hope you enjoy it. Please send us any feedback or questions and remember to give the show a rating on your podcast provider of choice.

Martin returns to MotoPod to talk with Rich about MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3, focussing on the 2022 championships but also looking forward to some of the mouth watering prospects that await once the 2023 seasons get underway. Martin pays his own tribute to Andrew Wheeler and gives some insights into life in Qatar when a major show is in town. The lads also get into some fantasy track discussions, wit...

Scott chats with Jim about Moto America. They review the past season. Decide if the presence of Petrucci was good or bad for the series. Then they take a look into the future. Is Moto America getting better year over year? How can it be improved? What can be done to help our young talent get to the world stage. Will the racing be better with the return of Cam? It's a great conversation that has ma...

For the first show of 2023, Jim and Rich look back at the Moto2 season and give their top ten rider rankings, as well as handing out some wooden spoons. There’s also a little bit of MotoGP news and intrigue as 2024 silly season ideas start to emerge. The next show will feature Jim and Rich’s top 10 riders in Moto3 to conclude the look back on 2022 before attention starts to shift towards the upcom...

Jim and Rich discuss a bit of WSBK news and side track themselves on why the Honda MotoGP bike isn't very good. Then they discuss their top ten riders in MotoGP and next it's on to New Year resolutions for each of the MotoGP teams. Jim has a bonus resolution for the FIM and Rich offers up a list of the worse riders as well. The guys get side tracked on sponsorship money, sprint races, aerodynamics...

After a short break, Jim & Rich get together to look back on the concluding round of the MotoGP season at Valancia, as well as the post race test and how this starts to shape the 2023 season (which will obviously be the best season ever!) There’s also a quick round up on some BSB and WSBK news. The next show will feature Jim and Rich’s top 10 riders in each class so please send us your own lis...

Jim & Rich catch up to discuss the Sepang MotoGP round in Malaysia and then look ahead with predictions going into the final round of the season at Valencia. With 2 championships to be decided and a fair weather forecast, it promises to be a nail biting climax to the season. Please send us your comments and questions and, if you can, send your contributions to Gino Rea's neuro-rehabilitation t...

Jim & Rich belatedly catch up on the awesome racing at Philip Island in Australia, with the MotoGP race in particular serving up a modern classic which will live long in the memory. MotoPod will return shortly with a review of the round just held at Sepang, where the championships continued to deliver up their usual mix of drama and intrigue. Please send us your comments and questions and, if...

Jim & Rich catch up on the latest news from BSB and WSBK and look ahead to this weekends MotoGP round at Phillip Island in Australia. Inevitably, talk turns to recent tragic events with the loss of both Chrissy Rouse and Victor Steeman; The entire MotoPod community extends its deepest condolences to the family, friends, teams and fans of both Chrissy and Victor. Ride eternal brothers. Please s...

The title raes have hotted up after the Thailand round of the championship. The weather played a huge part in Moto2 and MotoGP. Jim and Rich talk about the shortening of races and long lap penalties versus drop one place. Iditoms drive Rich crazy, and Jim rides the roller coaster of emotions regarding the Americans in Moto2. The guys even talk about team orders. This show is as crazy as the weathe...

Jim & Rich are back for a belated catch up on the recent MotoGP races in Spain & Japan. There’s also a quick catch up from Jim following his visit to Barber Motorsports Park for the concluding round of Moto America and Rich debates an action packed and highly contentious first showdown round at Oulton Park in BSB. Another show will follow this week to review the weekends goings on in Thail...

Not a regular show but rather a special call out to the MotoPod fraternity as we aim to raise £1,000 to go into the Gino Rea neuro-rehabilitation Treatment Fund. Dig deep if you can listeners; every Pound is going to be crucial in Gino's road back to recovery. See more at Gino's GoFundMe appeal page. Many thanks. https://www.gofundme.com/f/gino-rea-rehabilitation

Lots of news in recent days so Jim & Rich are together for a brief round up of the goings on and a quick look forward to this weekends MotoGP action in Aragon. There was some spectacular superbike racing in France, Britain and the U.S. over the past weekend so the guys talk over the main action and controversies. Do please subscribe’ send in your feedback, leave a review via your podcast provi...

Jim and Rich return once again to cover the racing action from Misano. They cover the news, tackle the silly season, the results of the Fan Survey and something about some guy named Marc Marquez testing a Honda? So much, so little time! Listen now!