Swapmoto Live Podcast

Presented by Pro Taper Sorry for the late installment of the Pro Taper Kickstart Podcast, but our Monday was a hectic one filled with SML Show tapings, photoshoots, doctor's visits and more. We recap the wild and crazy Indy 3 SX, discuss the unfortunate Barcia/Friese incident, provide some insight about the upcoming West Coast 250 opener, and more. A 450 main event racer has also been struck down...

Presented by Pro Taper The 2021 Monster Energy Supercross Championship Series rolled into Indianapolis, Indiana, last weekend for the first of three rounds inside Lucas Oil Stadium, and the racing was just as amazing as it was in Houston. Our very own Alex Ray had the most spectacular crash of the night, and it wasn't even his fault! Hear about that, plus about all of the behind-the-scenes happeni...

Presented by OGIO Powersports and FMF Racing This is an audio track from this week's SML Show, starring Shane McElrath. You can find the video version on swapmotolive.com

Presented by Pro Taper The Houston leg of the Monster Energy Supercross Series is finally behind us, and before we look to Indy this weekend, we got together to recap the wild happenings of H3. Co-host Alex Ray had some great insight about the Wilson/Roczen incident, and we go over that and much, much more!

Presented by Fox Racing Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Jordon Smith will be kicking off his Western Regional 250 Supercross campaign on February 20 in Orlando, Florida, and that should give the three-time 250 Supercross winner more than enough time to get up to speed following a broken thumb suffered last month in a practice crash. We got together with Smith on the phone today to bench race...

Presented by OGIO Powersports and FMF Racing We've been asked by multiple fans to upload the audio tracks from the SML Show (video property) to our podcast server, as many people have time to listen, but not watch. This is the Justin Brayton show that aired yesterday, Sunday, January 17.

Presented by Pro Taper What a time to be alive! The Houston One Supercross went off last weekend and we were treated to some great racing action, emotional victories, and result sheet surprises! We're still in H-Town so we gathered at a distance to do this morning's show, and also called in SmarTop/Bullfrog Spas/Honda's Broc Tickle to join in on the fun. We recap the race and also get great insigh...

Jeremy Coker is the Team Manager of the new Monster Energy/Star Racing/Yamaha 450 squad, but it's not a role he is unfamiliar with. Technically, Coker has been the Engine Technician for the team for a few years now, but in reality, he has been assisting Brad Hoffman and Wil Hahn for quite some time. Coker's experience in racing is extensive and dates all the way back to the Troy Lee Designs Honda...

Presented by Pro Taper We're less than a week away from the kickoff of the 2021 Monster Energy Supercross Series and man, we are amped! We go over the past week, talk about the things we saw at the Gas Gas factory launch, the Muc-Off Honda photo shoot, and more. ARay has been training with some fast company and he says he's ready to go, and Anton and swap are chomping at the bit to get to Houston...

Presented by Pro Taper Happy New Year, everyone! We've barely dipped our toes into 2021 and we are all already so slammed, that we are bringing you a Wednesday edition of the Kickstart Podcast! The four of us spent the holiday in separate locations across the country but one thing is for sure...we are all ridiculously excited for the start of the 2021 Monster Energy Supercross Championship Series...

Michael Lindsay On The Swapmoto Podcast FXR/Chaparral/Honda made it through 2020 intact. Despite a mid-season lineup change and ongoing pandemic, Michael Lindsay's independently-funded effort fulfilled the year one obligations of putting more red bikes on the track and scoring points in both AMA championships. Recent changes to Honda's 250 Class efforts earned the FXR/Chaparral/Honda team increase...

Presented by Pro Taper Can you believe that Christmas has already come and gone? It seems like just the other day that we were answering the door for our neighborhood trick or treaters, and here we are already only a few days away from the New Year. Today's Kickstart Podcast covers a variety of subjects, including Alex Ray's recovery from last week's concussion scare. ARay actually called in today...

Presented by FLY Racing Mitchell Oldenburg has been off the radar this offseason. That's what happens when you leave the SoCal SX hotbed for Texas and its far-removed race tracks. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, because it's allowed Oldenburg to quietly recover from a knee injury and get back on his Penrite Honda CRF250R in preparation for the 2021 Monster Energy Supercross Series. With th...

Presented by Pro Taper Last week, the biggest news among our staff was Alex Ray taking a trip to Endonesia and sleeping in the middle of the track for a few minutes at the State Fair SX track. We hear all about our poor little buddy's misadventures, plus cover a lot of other fun stuff and eve some legitimate news on today's show.

Presented by Pro Taper Is it just us, or is the Pro Taper Kickstart Podcast getting more and more fun with no pro racing to talk about? We're deep into the off-season and the SML crew covers a ton of things in today's show. swap and Chase spent Monday and Tuesday at the Baker's Factory in Florida, so that's why this week's pod is a Wednesday edition. We talk about what we saw there, plus cover the...

Presented by FLY Racing It's been a minute since we caught up with our friend Zach Osborne. We phoned him up early this Saturday morning to recap the emotions of wrapping up his first 450 championship and talk about the upcoming 2021 Supercross season. As always, Zacho was a great conversationalist and he even hinted at something new in his program, come January. We tried to pry it out of him but...

Presented by Pro Taper This week's edition of the Kickstart Podcast is a doozie! In addition to the usual bench racing, we delved into what is inadvertently a hot topic on the Vital message board and amongst Pulp Nation soldiers...the Ride-Gate drill scandal! But really, beyond that nonsense, we cover a lot of the happenings in the sport and have a ton of laughs!

Presented by FLY Racing Carson Mumford made his professional debut this summer in the 250 MX Nationals and finished a respectable 12th overall aboard his GEICO Honda CRF250R. A long-time member of the GEICO Honda squad, Mumford made his mark in the mini classes aboard a very special CRF150R, winning several Amateur National Championships along the way. When the team announced that it was closing i...

Presented by FLY Racing There's been a lot of fuss made over Jett Lawrence in recent days, but we wanted to chat with older brother Hunter Lawrence to get his take on all of the changes for 2021 and beyond. HLaw has always been one of the coolest racers to chat with, and today's episode of the FLY Racing Swapmoto Podcast is excellent! We talk with Hunter about everything: the new HRC Honda deal, A...

Presented by Pro Taper The 23rd running of the A Day in the Dirt Motocross Grand Prix went off last weekend and what a great time we had! There were thrills, spills, and of course - with co-host Alex Ray involved - blown up dirt bikes involved. In today's episode of the Pro Taper Kickstart Podcast, we recap the ADITD shenanigans and more!

Presented by Pro Taper Thanksgiving is almost upon us and here in SoCal, that means one thing to dirt bikers: A Day in the Dirt Grand Prix! In addition to going over the latest happenings, rumors, and so on and so forth in Supercross, we chat about the ADITD race; something we looks forward to every winter. Our regular co-host Alex Ray ditched swap for the Moto A Go Go team race in favor of his hu...

Presented by FLY Racing We're caught the opening rounds of the Hoosier Tires Arenacross Series a few weeks ago in Oklahoma and were introduced to Jay Reynolds, the organizer and the promoter of the 15-round race series. It's cool to see hundreds of amateur riders and a few Nationally-ranked pros on the starting line in the same night, and Reynolds has big plans to make the series even more appeali...

Presented by Pro Taper SoCal is abuzz with activity at the public and private Supercross tracks as racers are starting to prepare for the upcoming 2021 Monster Energy Supercross Championship. We spent the morning at Lake Elsinore's recently opened Supercross track, and the course was as packed as the 91 freeway at 4:00 p.m. Our co-host Alex Ray was among the riders circulating the track, but he wa...

Presented by FLY Racing Our 2021 250 Motocross Shootout comparison has come to a close, and after our final day of comparison testing at Cahuilla Creek MX Park, our testing staff gathered at Blackmore Ranch in Murietta, California, to relax and do some bench racing about all five of the machines we spent the day riding. While the official shootout results are yet to be determined (lots and lots of...

Presented by Pro Taper This week's Pro Taper Kickstart Podcast comes a couple of days late as our staff was all traveling back home from Reynolds, Georgia, on Monday, following the inaugural Seven MX Mini Major East race at Silver Dollar Motorsports Park. The event was amazing and it was great to meet so many new min riders from the other side of the country, and we certainly look forward to growi...