MotoPod, The Motorcycle Roadracing Podcast, is an internet radio show dedicated to MotoGP and motorcycle racing news, interviews, commentary, opinion and rumor! MotoPod's primary focus is MotoGP, the premier class of the FIM World Championship Motorcycle Grand Prix Road Racing Series, but we’ll have occasional sidetrips into the world of FIM SBK World Superbike, Supersport and many other forms of two wheeled motorsport. Find out what’s going on in the sport that is the pinnacle of motorsports, Grand Prix Motorcycle Road Racing! New episodes every week.
* Interview with 2011 Dakar finisher Simon Pavey
* Ramblings about the pre-season testing
Jules Cisek and Jim Race chat about the pre-season testing in progress now in Sepang. Extremely cool interview with Simon Pavey who has just completed his sixth Dakar in truly audacious style! Various other ramblings - something about the racing season only a few weeks away?
* Interview with Toby Moody
* Interview with Simon Pavey
* Interview with Azhar Hussain
Jim Race and Jules Cisek discuss the final tally in the Riders of the Decade survey we've been running. Then we've got Toby Moody who talks to Jules about hill climbs, the Dakar, and the upcoming MotoGP season (and btw, Eurosport is back with Toby, Julian, and Neil!!!). Fascinating chat with 7 time Dakar rider Simon Pavey. Finally Azhar Hussain explains his amazing out of box plan for the TTXGP Wiki.
* Interview with Eugene Laverty
* Interview with Jason DiSalvo
* Dakar outrage by request
* Rossi appendix not as important as F1 ride
Jules Cisek and Jim Race talk a little more about Dakar, a bit about Valentino Rossi's appendix and suiting up in Marlboro red. This is followed by awesome interviews with Eugene Laverty and Jason DiSalvo and a little bit of news. Final
week to send in your top 10 riders of the decade to decade@motogpod.com.
Jim Race and Jules Cisek co-host this shortish episode. We talk about Dakar, the Ducati Wroom event, the big bang GP10, Rossi's Rally plans, Nicky Hayden getting fired, Casey Stoner's gas issue, plus some WSBK/WSS news. Remember, please send in your top 10 riders for 2000-2009 to decade@motogpod.com.
* News (sort of), e-mail, and odds n ends
* Laguna Seca Travel Notes Redux
* Call with Liam Shubert!
The show is a little bit all over the map today, but we have some really good stuff. We talk about several newsy sort of items and some great listener e-mail and then we have a call with Liam Shubert of the D'Antin Ducati Team. It's been a while since we talked with Liam and we've got some catching up to do!
* Free E-mail Accounts with Cool Domains
* Free Kentucky Kid vid on iTunes!
* Track Bikes Revisited (not free, unfortunately)
* Indy MotoGP Travel Tips (also not free)
* Toby Moody Chats About Dakar
A giant e-mail grab bag this past week, so we share some of the best talking about track bikes and Indy travel tips along with a few other tidbits. After that, we've got Eurosport commentator Toby Moody on the show to talk about his experiences doing the commentary for the awesome Dakar Rally! Good stuff, I think you'll enjoy it.