Sheene

* Listener E-Mail
* Save Mark Bracks!
* Call with David Podolsky of Chicken Hawk Racing
* Lame military jokes and an update on my son in boot camp

Fantastic call with David Podolsky of Chicken Hawk Racing about what exactly is going on with those round black things and why you might want to warm them up before a track day or race. Lots of interesting info in this call. Before we get to that, we have several great e-mails to talk about, ranging from corrections from the last show to suspension advice to more about the Barry Sheene video and bad bad news about Mark Bracks and what you can do about it. Lots of good stuff today and we even finish up with a little bit of Marine Corps chitchat about my son, who is currently in Marine Corps boot camp. There might even be an Air Force joke in here, if you listen carefully. Good stuff, download the show and listen!

Links this episode:
Save Bracksy Petition at http://savebracksy-petition.clubezy.com
Barry Sheene video in NTSC at http://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Personal-History-Barry-Sheene/dp/B000MKYJMS...
Traxxion Dynamics suspension (Max MacAllister) at http://www.traxxion.com
Catalyst Reaction suspension (Dave Moss) at http://www.feelthetrack.com
Chicken Hawk Racing at http://chickenhawkracing.com
United States Marine Corps oohrah site at http://www.marines.com

* Listener E-mail and some comments about Barry Sheene DVD
* A Plug For Charity
* Testing Kicks Off in Malaysia
* Call with Darren Carpenter About Track Days

The MotoGP circus is back in town after the winter break, with testing in Malaysia! Before we get to that, we have some reader e-mail about various things and a few comments, and then after the testing news we have a great chat with Darren Carpenter, talking more details on the ins and outs of track days! Good stuff, download the show and check it out!

Links this episode:
Crash.Net MotoGP News at http://www.crash.net/home~cid~6.htm
Barry Sheene DVD at http://www.dukevideo.com/Bikes/DVD/Champions/Legacy%20-%20A%20Personal%2...
Cycle To Cannes 2008 at http://www.cycle2cannes.org
Racing-Underground at https://www.racing-underground.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!

Links this episode:
A California Yankee In Ducati's Court (Mark Elder story by Dean Adams) at http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2008/Jan/080102-elder.htm
Liam's Wild Ride at http://www.motoliam.com
Biography Channel at http://www.biography.com (ask them to broadcast the Barry Sheene show!)
"The CatHouse" club at The Luxor at http://www.luxor.com/nightlife/ (can we get any less focused on MotoGP?)

(2008-02-27: edited MP3 filename and the feed to fix bad date in name. Hopefully this didn't break everyone's podcatcher!)

* Still More About Track Bikes, But Brief
* Chat with Jules Cisek About Possible Control ECU
* Toseland Going On A Diet!
* Rossi Gonna Stick Around For Five More Years

Fairly quick show this week with some reader e-mail, talking a little bit about track bikes and how great they are plus a really cool Barry Sheene bio that's going to be shown on the UK Biography Channel and maybe with some luck, we'll see it in the US. We also chat with Jules about some news that popped up in the last week or so where Carmelo Ezpeleta has said in the press that he thinks a control ECU would be a good thing for MotoGP (Carmelo needs to put down the crack pipe) and some other odds and ends of newsy type things. We're not going to have a show on January 4th, so make this one last until the 11th!

Links this episode:
Barry Sheene biography on the UK Biography Channel at http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_video_highlights/521/Barr... (Please let them show this in the US...)
Standard ECUs Could Come To MotoGP post on Kropotkin Thinks at http://blogger.xs4all.nl/daisy/archive/2007/12/20/335339.aspx (main site is http://www.motogpmatters.com)