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Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Hello everyone and welcome once again to Ultimate Motorcycling’s weekly podcast—Motos and Friends. My name is Arthur Coldwells.
In the first segment this week, Nic de Sena rides the new 2024 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R. This is the 636cc four-cylinder supersport screamer that has proven so popular for the last couple of decades. Nic rides the Ninja at Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, Washington and reminds us of why supersport machines are so much fun to ride.
In our second segment Teejay Adams chats with Associate Editor Freeman Wood, who rode to Sturgis and back with one of his buddies. Riding an Indian Springfield Dark Horse, Freeman makes it sound like it was an interesting—and sometimes arduous—trip from Southern California, but ultimately a good time was had by all.
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Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Hello everyone and welcome once again to Motos and Friends, brought to you by the editors at Ultimate Motorcycling.
The Suzuki SV650 has been around for several decades now, and is largely unchanged. Yet the middleweight Suzuki continues to be incredibly popular. Associate Editor Kelly Callan tells us why she continues to rate it as one of her favorite bikes.
Our second segment features another of my really good friends, Joel Larson. Joel has been a hardcore motorcycle rider for most of his life and has owned everything from Suzuki Gixxers to several Ducati Multistradas. Joel’s extraordinary life started in earnest as a teenage drummer, when he founded the iconic 60s band “the Grass Roots”. They sold some 36 Million records during its heyday. Along his 30 year touring career it can be said that Joel fully embraced the rock n’ roll lifestyle, and even these tales told here hint at the sheer joy of living large. One of the nicest people I’ve ever known, Joel’s effervescent, positive appreciation of life is definitely catching.
WARNING: As you might imagine, this segment contains adult themed content and is NOT suitable for children or those of a sensitive nature. Please exercise discretion.
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Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
The Yamaha name stands for a heritage of motorcycle performance and classic styling. Visit your local dealer to find the 2023 Yamaha sport heritage bike for you or go to YamahaMotorsports.com to find out more.
This week, Associate Editor Kelly Callan rides the new Honda SCL500. This neo-scrambler is essentially a freshly styled model using Honda’s tried n’ true 471cc parallel twin motor. This is inexpensive motorcycling on a cool-looking bike, and Kelly tells us whether the scrambler is actually worthy of the Honda brand name.
In our second segment, Arthur gets to chat with one of his buddies—“Fast” Frankie Garcia. Riding for the highly professional Saddlemen Bagger racing team, Frankie got his first motorcycle—literally—since before he could walk. Now he’s racing in the sensational Moto America, Mission King of the Baggers series, and in the first race he finished on the podium. Frankie’s story with its ups and downs, tells the story of what it’s like to try and earn a living from motorcycle racing. If you’re curious as to what it takes to get a racing Bagger on to the grid, what helps make them so fast, and what it’s like to actually ride one, then you’re going to enjoy hearing what Frankie has to say.
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Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Welcome once again to Motos and Friends, brought to you by the spectacular Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine.
Nic de Sena recently spent the day near Boise, Idaho riding the all new Yamaha Tracer 9 GT+. The Tracer has made a name for itself in the last few years as a typically sporting Yamaha—with a really good touring side to it as well. With the addition of a host of new additions to the model, Nic gives us his thoughts on the new Tracer, and where the model fits in the market.
Our second feature segment is about the Royal Enfield sponsored Build. Train. Race. program for 12 lady racers. Teejay Adams and myself, Arthur Coldwells join the program at the Brainerd, Minnesota round of the Moto America racing series, where we chat with several of the players involved in this uniquely fascinating program. The individual stories of these ladies is all about the challenges they face and the grit they need to bring out the best in themselves. There can only be one winner on track, but off-track every one of these ladies seems to be a winner in her own right.
So, from all of us here at Ultimate Motorcycling—we hope you enjoy this episode!
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Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
The Yamaha name stands for a heritage of motorcycle performance and classic styling. Visit your local dealer to find the 2023 Yamaha sport heritage bike for you or go to YamahaMotorsports.com to find out more.
This week, Editor Don Williams brings you the all-new Harley-Davidson Breakout. This uber-cool and fearsomely powerful motorcycle is not just a head-turner in the looks department. Don explores what he loves about the bike and points out its possible shortcoming as well.
In our second segment, Teejay Adams chats with MotoGP commentator and technical guru, Simon Crafar. Many of you know that he was a successful top-level racer and an ex-Ohlins suspension tech, but it’s less likely you know that he and his wife are also passionate dog lovers and rescuers too. Simon realized that many of his colleagues in the Paddock shared their desire. So they started Riders For Dogs—a non profit organisation that raises money to support dog rescue charities and they have had a hugely positive reaction from both the MotoGP Paddock as well as all you motorcyclists around the world. Check out their social media to see auctions of awesome rider gear, or of course you can just donate to this incredibly worthy cause. The big news is that an incredibly generous German couple recently donated a spectacular Honda RC45 in Castrol colors, similar to the one that Simon raced in the ‘90s. After Simon has finished with some necessary TLC, the bike will be auctioned and every penny raised will go to Riders For Dogs.
As well as his charity work for dogs, Simon also gives us some opinions and insight into some of the current MotoGP happenings.
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Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Hello everyone and welcome once again to Motos and Friends, brought to you by the spectacular Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine.
Nic de Sena recently spent the day in Malibu with the 2023 MV Agusta Dragster RR SCS America. This is the limited edition model with the lovely red white and blue livery. Nic takes us through his thoughts on the Dragster’s specs and ride, and also includes his thoughts on how the proprietary SCS automatic clutch works and fits into the Dragster persona.
John Ulrich and his son Chris started the Roadracing World Action Fund non-profit in 2001, with the goal of buying air-fence rider protection for use around American racetracks. They have been spectacularly successful. One of their main ways to raise money is by having ex-Superbike Pro racer Chris, take guests on fun, two-up rides around the track at each round of the Moto America series in exchange for a donation—he’s raised over $60,000 so far. Teejay Adams got to experience this thrill ride of a lifetime at Brainerd Raceway, and she gives us her impressions of what it’s like to cling on for dear life at 160 miles per hour. Spoiler alert: She absolutely loved it. You can check out her on-board video on our YouTube Channel.
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In our second feature segment, Cat McLeod of Leod Escapes comes back to chat with Teejay about traveling in Europe including some handy gear and packing tips. The always-lively and very entertaining Cat gives us the dos and don’ts of how to travel and hopefully avoid making a fool of yourself when you’re embedded in a foreign-language (to us!) country.
So from all of us here at Ultimate Motorcycling—we hope you enjoy this episode!
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Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Hello everyone and welcome once again to Motos and Friends, brought to you by the spectacular Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine.
Associate Editor Will Embree recently went to the world launch in Italy of the GasGas range of Motocross and Enduro off-road machines. The model variation is very extensive, and American buyers have a choice between several four-strokes as well as two-strokes to choose from. Will explains the differences between all of them and for those of you undecided where GasGas fits into the market with its sibling brands, and which GasGas model might interest you, he will help you make up your mind.
This week’s snippet is brought to you from the Saddlemen racing pit at Brainerd International Raceway in Minnesota. Teejay Adams caught up with Lady Racer Patricia Fernandez [@lady_racer926] who tells us a little bit about the Saddlemen racing program in the Moto America King of the Baggers series, and why Saddlemen products are of real world benefit to her.
In our second feature segment, Neale Bayly once again catches up with world-traveler Allen Karl who continues to talk about his journey around the globe on his BMW F 650 GS Dakar.
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Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Welcome once again to Motos and Friends, brought to you by the spectacular Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine.
Harley-Davidson has just announced the latest CVO versions of its Street- and RoadGlide models. To say there have been major changes to these classic machines would be an understatement. Nic de Sena recently rode both motorcycles in Milwaukee and he gives us a run down on what has changed with each one, and his thoughts on whether you need to find around 45 grand to put one of these puppies in your garage.
This week’s snippet features the Alpinestars Tech Air 5 vest. Teejay Adams bumped into Aryan Fakoor at Southern California’s Rock Store who spent his own hard-earned money on the cutting edge technology of this safety under-garment.
In our second feature segment, Teejay Adams talks with Steve Piehl. Steve has had a long and interesting career marketing in the motorcycle industry, and currently works for the Tucker range of brands.
So from all of us here at Ultimate Motorcycling—we hope you enjoy this episode!
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Welcome to Motos and Friends, Ultimate Motorcycling’s weekly Podcast brought to you by the spectacular Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine.
MV Agusta is one of the truly storied names in motorcycling, and the heritage of the Italian brand is evident in every one of its spectacular machines. Recently I had the opportunity to ride the Brutale 1000RR in Italy, and I was able to chat with Teejay Adams about the machine. As it happens, she is the owner of an MV Agusta herself. Her ride is a 2019 Brutale 800 RC. That’s the Limited Edition super-sporting version of the Brutale 800 that comes with an SC Project full titanium pipe and separate ECU. These incredible machines are billed by MV Agusta as ‘Motorcycle Art”. Teejay and I pass our thoughts on and whether we agree with that sentiment.
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Associate Editor Neil Wyenn brings us our Snippet this week. Lately he’s been trying out the Sena Impulse modular helmet with the built-in comms system, and he gives us his thoughts on that.
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In our second feature segment, Editor-at-Large Neale Bayly chats with legendary moto-journalist Mat Oxley. Mat’s incredible MotoGP reporting resume is made even more credible by own seriously accomplished racing pedigree. He’s won at the Club and Endurance levels, and he’s competed and won at the Isle of Man TT as well. During his long journalism career, he’s got to know the legends incredibly well. Guys like Mick Doohan, Kenny Roberts, Valentino Rossi, and even older riders like Gary Nixon, have all been written about by Mat. So if you’re interested in what it’s like to be a moto-journalist and a career MotoGP guy, the Mat will fill in the blanks. For those of you with a sensitive disposition, I should warn you that there’s some salty language in this chat.
So from all of us here at Ultimate Motorcycling—we hope you enjoy this episode!
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Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Welcome to Motos and Friends, Ultimate Motorcycling’s weekly Podcast brought to you by the spectacular Yamaha R7 – a new generation of supersport machine.
The much hyped Kawasaki Ninja ZX-4RR is a small bike that is claimed to punch well above its weight. Senior Editor Nic de Sena rode the punchy little Ninja around Thunderhill and gives us his impressions of whether this new lightweight will gain any traction in the market.
Associate Editor Jonathan Handler brings us our Snippet this week, and he talks about his new BMW Motorrad denim jacket. This jacket is listed at an eye-watering $559, so I was curious to hear Jonathan’s take on the jacket’s quality and design.
In our second feature segment, Editor-at-Large Neale Bayly chats with Wes Robinson. Wes has spent a lifetime buying, riding, restoring, and racing mainly American V-Twin motorcycles. His career includes time spent as an AMA racing Tech.
So from all of us here at Ultimate Motorcycling—we hope you enjoy this episode!
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