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In case you’ve missed it

Injured MotoGP champion Jorge Martin will miss this week’s season-opening Thai GP but it's not over yet - 'King' Kenny Roberts was the last champ to miss the start of his title defence, after breaking his back, and yet the American retained his crown πŸ‘‘πŸ˜Ž www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

Today is a big day for MotoGP: KTM creditors are voting on KTM's restructuring plan, which will determine the brand's future & its presence on the MotoGP grid. The best hope for its MotoGP project is that a consortium of investors will buy the entire project & racing will go on

Martin having a horrible time at the moment πŸ˜–πŸ˜–

Hello Dutchies! πŸ‡³πŸ‡±πŸ‡³πŸ‡± Got a load of my stories in the new Kicxstart GP Special 2025 -interviews, tech stuff and classic racing stories 😎😎✊✊

Ready to run away with the circus again 😎😎πŸŽͺπŸŽͺ

New Oxley Bom MotoGP podcast πŸ”₯Thai GP this week πŸ”₯πŸ”₯Talking about MM93, Martin, Bezzecchi, why we should love Bagnaia more, why MotoGP bikes accelerate better while leaned over, how frame flex works, will MotoGP 2-strokes return. Apple, Spotify etc or oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...

Mental www.youtube.com/shorts/_Mn1P...

ICYMI - digging into this year's three corporate megadeals that could affect YOUR enjoyment of MotoGP, WSBK & BSB: Liberty Media, TNT Sports & troubled KTM, which now has an American distressed-debt hedge fund circling like a vulture www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

This Sunday's Oxley Bom MotoGP podcast is a pre-Thai GP Q&A. (Yes, we're going racing again!) You need to be one our esteemed Patreon supporters to grill Peter & me. To become esteemed go here... oxleybom.com To ask questions go here... www.patreon.com/posts/questi...

Digging into this year's three corporate megadeals that could affect YOUR enjoyment of MotoGP, WSBK & BSB: Liberty Media, TNT Sports & troubled KTM, which now has an American distressed-debt hedge fund circling like a vulture www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

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Got a 6-page story about MotoGP logistics in the new Bike Magazine 200 juggernauts at European GPs, 5 tonnes of freight per MotoGP rider flying 80,000 kms to flyaways. It's like a military operation for Dorna & IRTA. And if it goes badly wrong - no racing! πŸ’¨βœˆοΈπŸšš

Every 17th February, Team Bike gathers to remember the late, great Dave Chisman & other Team Bike riders we lost: team founder Howard Lees, Kenny Irons, Phil Mellor, Mark Farmer & Rob Holden. Golden days of great racing & causing mayhem wherever we went πŸ™πŸ˜Ž

Got a 6-page interview with Marc Marquez in the new Bike Magazine: How he was planning his 2025 Ducati factory ride in 2023, why Dall'Igna chose him, how his four years of injury hell have changed his attitude, how he changed his riding technique to master the Ducati & more 😎😎✊✊

Happy 64th birthday to Kenny Irons 😒 He was a wonderfully mad fucker πŸ˜… πŸ˜… Pro-Am 1983 Donington front row: Cannell, Mackenzie, Kenny, Tinker & me. Happy daze 😎😎✊✊ πŸ“Έ Ronnie Weir

New Oxley Bom MotoGP pod! 12 days before the first FP1 of 2025 we tell you what's going to happen (Probably) Ducati is standing still technically, the Aprilia is super-fast, Yamaha doesn't seem to have made a step forward after all, Honda may have and... oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...

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ICYMI 2025 MotoGP preseason testing is over, now it's time to go racing! Why are Marquez & Bagnaia racing Desmosedici GP24.9s this year? Why did Bagnaia lie about the GP25 engine? And how is anyone going to keep up with the best rider on the best bike? www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

My Valentine’s card from Debs πŸ˜…

2025 MotoGP preseason testing is over, now it's time to go racing! Why are Marquez & Bagnaia racing Desmosedici GP24.9s this year? Why did Bagnaia lie about the GP25 engine? And how is anyone going to keep up with the best rider on the best bike? www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/mot...

Factory Ducati team trying new seat wings at Buriram today to clean up airflow. Photo by Gareth Harford Pirro tried a proto version at Sepang which was DMLS 3D printed, which uses lasers to fuse powdered metal into solid objects. I'm guessing the final version was sprayed up in Asia. Photo me

And that's a wrap. Pre-season is done. Bezzecchi is today's standout, considering he's only had 5 days on the Aprilia. In fact I'm wrong, MM93 is the standout. He did a jaw-dropping fast race simulation, with GP24 engine/chassis. But it all means nothing till March 1/2

Happiest man in the world πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†

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Amazing number for the off-season - shows that you're getting excited for the start of 2025. Thanks for listening. Tell you're friends. And help us keep doing what we do by supporting us via Patreon oxleybom.com

Awesome video from awesome Bathurst in the 1960s Thanks @MichaelG0061 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZK7...

New Oxley Bom MotoGP pod: What really happened in the Sepang tests? Ducati made everyone else looking slow, apart from Quartararo, but did his speed flatter to deceive? And how come you can actually see daylight through Ducati's GP25 frame?! And much more! oxleybom.buzzsprout.com/2181509/epis...

Latest from Aprilia: Jorge Martin will NOT ride in next week's Buriram tests, so he can focus on being fully fit for the first GP on 1/2 March. In other words, he'll be going into a new season with a new bike with pretty much zero testing. A real shame for the championship

If I was KTM's MotoGP marketing person I'd be having @Deliveroo and @UberEats bidding to splash their logos across the RC16's top box unit. I'm a marketing genius and claim my million pounds! πŸ€‘πŸ€‘πŸ˜…πŸ˜