JKMoto Podcast

Round 14 of MotoGP 2025 finds us in Hungary for the first time since 1992!! What a track, and what a drama filled weekend! The Balaton Circuit left us satisfied with the talent of our current MotoGP grid for sure, as they proved once again why they race at the top of the world, with every rider setting a faster lap time than the top lap time from the previous WSBK round in Hungary!! With that being said, we were far from satisfied with our anxious outlook for the upcoming rounds of MotoGP! Jorge Martin seems to be figuring out his Aprilia...

After a long and sad summer break MotoGP 2025 is back!!! Back in Austria for the infamous Red Bull Ring that has seen many intense battles over the years!! This year is a little different where as the main contender this year is also on the red bike that seems to do so well here year after year. Can the baby alien pull Pecco Bagnaia from his Red Bull Ring throne and claim a victory he's never seen before? Beyond the obvious fight between the two men in red, we can't forget our orange bikes that are at their manufacturers...

With a KTM 1,2 in the sprint held by Acosta and Bastianini, it was starting to feel as if KTM had in fact "figure it out" but sadly on Sunday we did not get to see a repeat as the tire whisperer himself slid out of the standings and into the gravel!! From the Czech Republic we bring you Round 12 of MotoGP, the last round before our long 5 week summer break sadly!! Ducati seems to still have things on lock, at least their top rider does, the team seems to still struggle a little with tire pressure management, but lucky...

We come to you for Episode 110 from Germany!! Well MotoGP was in Germany, we're still hanging out in the famous Stable "B" but we are here to cover an extremely exciting and drama filled weekend of racing at the Sachsenring!! From the king regaining his title, to Turn 1 biting half the field, this weekend seemed to have it all!!! We entered the weekend with several riders out with injuries, and an anxious Marc Marquez waiting to see if he can once again conquer this iconic racing track! Throughout the sprint on Saturday, we found a very wet racetrack which...

From the iconic racing track in the Netherlands we see an epic weekend of racing with "surprises" all around!! Marc Marquez, who said himself he wasn't planning on doing well, despite qualifying on the 2nd row managed to once again prove why he deserves to remain in MotoGP!! MotoGP standings for the 2025 championship seem to be almost completely decided as a big wreck from Alex Marquez left him with a DNF and some surgeries to clear up his injuries! From 5th on the grid we saw the rising Aprilia star Marco Bezzecchi pull a 3rd place and 2nd place...

MotoGP Round 9 brings us to the ever famous Mugello circuit, the question is, will the record breaking Italian crowd get their dream win from an Italian racer on an Italian bike? Sadly on this exciting weekend it was not to be. With a relatively heavy Spanish domination the Italian crowd booed at the end as the "wrong" rider crossed the finish line in 1st place!! Don't be fooled by the crowd though, the Italian star Pecco Bagnaia did not go down without a fight, but in the end he couldn't surpass the two Spanish brothers that have seemed to...

Round Eight of MotoGP brings us to Aragon Spain, home for two very famous racers on our grid, conveniently the same two that have been absolutely dominating the 2025 season so far. This weekend was no different as after a 10 year hiatus Marc Marquez once again produced an absolutely perfect weekend finishing 1st in every session and race possible throughout the weekend!! Behind him, we did see the same familiar blue colors of his brother Alex Marquez, but after that we actually saw a bit of a mix up on the grid for once! The Austrian manufacturer that has been...

Round seven of MotoGP hits us from the UK and instead of the usual rainy and unpredictable weather, Britain brought us some different drama this year!! We bring you Episode 106 of your favorite motorcycle podcast, this week with an interesting guest, that is actually an F1 fan!! Will we be able to convert him to the wonderful world of racing on 2 wheels by the end? As we dive into our shot at conversion, luckily MotoGP did not disappoint as we saw one of the Marquez brothers wreck out in the very first corner!!! Followed not much longer after by...

Round 1 of UtahSBA kicked off with an exciting new format and the long awaited Endurance Racing!!! Here to tell us all about the adventures of the weekend are veteran and rookie expert racers Lugnut and Kohl!! If you know anything about USBA you'll recognize these names, Lugnut per tradition laid down another perfect weekend to kick off the 2025 racing season!! Kohl had a very respectable 1st expert race weekend and is itching to get back out there for round 2 and continue his progression in the new class!! But maybe the most unexpected event of the weekend was the pair...

Two French racers, one French race, who will take home the glory? We find ourselves racing the wonderful track of Le Mans this week as the MotoGP standings finally get a little stretched out due to an extremely wild ride in the rain!!! In qualifying on Saturday Fabio Quartararo did find himself an all time lap record, letting him take of from Pole for the first time in years!! Following the take off, he quickly found him self being gobbled up by Ducati's and finished the sprint 4th overall. Surprisingly enough, the 3rd Ducati to overtake him wasn't Pecco...

Round 5 (although we definitely thought it was 4) takes us to Europe to start our summer stint of great European tracks!! Jerez Spain houses one of the most legendary tracks on the MotoGP circuit and a personal favorite in the JKMotoEntertainment world!! Of course with a track so close to home for many riders on our grid we saw quite the fight from some players we weren't necessarily expecting. One of those, although he's not from Spain at all, was Fabio Quartararo!! Surprising the world with a Yamaha on pole for the first time in years, Fabio had a weekend...

After a long winter that still involved plenty of motorcycle action, just a little bit different surface under the rubber, we meet up at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, once again with our favorite guest Lugnut!! As we've come to know and love Lugnut has plenty to tell us about what he's been up to on two wheels!!! Not only did he spend plenty of time out on the dirt on his 2-stroke Gas Gas machine, he also competed in a different style of racing to him, desert racing!!! With plenty of dirt experience under his belt, and a 2025 Moto...

Round 4 of MotoGP 2025 found us in the desert of Doha under the lights with the only night race for MotoGP!! Beyond the normal excitement we always get when the sun goes down and the impressive stadium lights click on blasting the atmosphere to the next level, round 4 left us on the edge of our seats the entire way!!! From the 1st free practice, to the end of the race drama was everywhere!! The Marquez brothers will for sure have some chatting to do after this round, as we saw Alex attempt to to take Marc out in the first...

This week we decided to learn a little bit more about club racing and track days across the pond!! What better way to learn, than from someone that has and is actually experiencing it! Steve from @FootageFactory offered to join us on the podcast so we jumped at the opportunity!! From original "how it all started" stories that we like to ask all our guests, to what the European scene is like, and how it differs from the US track day and club racing market, this episode just about covers it all!! Enjoy a couple of motorcycle junkies chatting...

As MotoGP came north from Argentina and found themselves on American soil once again, they found themselves in several interesting predicaments on multiple occasions!! Friday beckoned with dangerous weather as rain fell and temperatures stayed relatively low, throwing some riders off such as Ai Ogura and Marc Marquez a like!! Saturday proved to be a beautiful day with perfect weather, but with all the rain the day before we saw less than optimal track grip as the rubber was washed off by heavy waterfall. Despite this and some fights from the Ducati's in yellow, we still saw our standard...

If you're a veteran in this wonderful sport of motorcycle track days you might be familiar with the Facebook page Trackday Addicts, if you're not familiar, it's about time you took a round turn on that!! Rather than sit down and try to explain the page and it's innerworkings on my own, we decided it would be easier to bring in an expert on the matter!! To give us a great run down of the details we brought on a guest that is also an admin for Trackday Addicts!! Makayla offered to join us and explain just what the...

At this rate, it feels like we might be saying the same red and blue up on the podium every weekend this season!! From Thailand to Argentina the Marquez pair have put on quite an impressive show and proven that they are the mark to beat in 2025! Moving forward in the season what will the future bring? Will Marc bring home a championship to round off number 9, will we see Alex finally secure his first MotoGP win? Only time will tell!! Beyond the amazing duo up front, the grid has brought some interesting surprises so far this season! Honda...

From testing to Thailand straight to racing, both the Marquez brothers proved they are not to be trifled with this year!! We kind of saw it coming based off the test results, but on race day they absolutely showed up! Many people, including myself, are already predicting an absolutely brutal season for anyone that tries to compete with Marc, he is and was at the top of his game!! Beyond Marc, we had some interesting finishing stats with an impressive strong finish from our rookie Ai Ogura on the Trackhouse Aprilia!! With Jorge Martin out for the first two...

Practice, livery announcements, season launch, and testing are all wrapped up which means we are ready to kick off MotoGP 2025!! To help kick off what seems like a promising season we bring on guest/co-host Kelly to discuss the new liveries and our predictions for this upcoming season! Jorge Martin took the stroll over to Aprilia and decided he might as well bring the number one plate with him!!! Is that because we'll see him defend it well this season? Or is Jorge out of luck after stepping away from Ducati? Marc shows some promising strides on the Desmosedici 25...

We are back!! After a quick break we have returned for Season 3 and are as excited as ever! To kick off the season we brought on an amazing guest Antlee Terry!!! From track days, quickly to club racing, and finishing off with a couple championship wins Antlee has tons of experience and knowledge to share!! From crashing, or not crashing, to helping new riders out and racing with the CRA we discuss almost everything!!! Antlee has proved it's never too late to get started in club racing, and is still proving that you can improve in this sport without...

Episode 93 brings you a large drama about the changes in the world, specifically the changes surrounding internal combustion vs electric motors! From kids bikes, all the way up to a 450 class style CFMoto concept, "motor" cycles are truly taking over. Questions are asked like, are they actually better for the environment? Will internal combustion actually get taken over? Is it okay to ride a dirt bike or motorcycle that doesn't make the wonderful music we all love? Big questions with unknown answers!! Beyond the electric vs gasoline world, we have some news to bring from JKMoto Podcast. Your favorite...

As we welcome 2025 both year and race season, we over at JKMoto Podcast enjoy looking back and reflecting on the past year and all the motorcycle adventures we enjoyed!! Join us this week as we cover the amazing year 2024 was, not just news in house but big world news hit us on all fronts and it's insane to look back and realize what a year it was! From new tracks to new licenses, and tons of races won, topped off with multiple championships 2024 was definitely a year to remember and close the book on. We look forward to another...

As the year come to an end, and the seasons change, snow begins to fall! For those of us that love life on two wheels, what better way to enjoy the snow, then to figure out how to still ride bikes in it!!! Insert half snowmobile half dirtbike, and 100% insanity here! Kohl decided with all this motorcycling he's doing in life, maybe it's time to give the snow bike thing a shot, so we're looking forward to hearing all about his adventures out in the cold!! Back in the real world, we see some interesting moves being made by...

2024 Track season for JKMoto is essentially over and as we prepare for next season and what the future will bring, we also often look back and reflect on what we've done!! To make that a little easier we decided to bring on a guest that joined us for many of the motorcycle adventures of 2025!! If there were such thing as a track son, Kelly would fit that bill for the JKMoto Team, but he also has an interesting back story that led him to eventually riding motorcycles and doing track days. From a Toyota Corolla, to 2 different sport bikes...

With the holiday season upon us many are out Christmas shopping and spending their money on cheer!! Don't forget that the 2025 race season is right around the corner, we don't know about you but for us just send tires was our letter to Santa this year! While most of the world is enjoying left over turkey and beginning the decorating for the season, KTM is inching dangerously close to a bankruptcy that could leave them out of MotoGP next year. While that's happening inside the Austrian company, CFMoto a relatively new Chinese motorcycle manufacturer surprises us with a new...

It was about time we finally made a trip to the campus to visit Josh, the man behind the weekly riding tips!! From private coaching, to flat tracking, mini motos, and just an all around fun filled weekend on two wheels, this trip truly had it all! We decided it would be best to bring on Josh himself to help tell the stories about the trip down to Motor Speedway Resort Houston!! As track day junkies we have made some pretty insane trips to see race tracks all over the US, but this trip will definitely go down in...

MotoGP 2024 season is officially over and we have a new champion, ringing out the points until the absolute end, Pecco Bagnaia did his best to hold off the relentless fight of Jorge Martin, but in the end Martin took it home. The biggest question now as we move forward to 2025 is what the season will look like for some top names on new bikes. Martin coming to the forefront of that list as he takes his world title over to the factory Aprilia garage for next season. Vinales and Bastianini will find themselves both on KTM machinery, (non factory...

This week, on your favorite weekly motorcycle podcast, we decided it was about time we talked to unique guest and certified fast guy Kreece Elliott!! From a first track day at 11 years old on a not so small Ducati, to racing Moto America, and racing locally on an R1 Kreece seems like he's already done it all!! Luckily he isn't anywhere near done yet and still has plans for a future in motorcycle racing as he makes his way up in bike sizes and up the ranks in the United States. Colorado has a limited riding season with all...

BMW saw all of the concepts of the 2025 M1000RR with much larger wings, and well, they made them true. Not only did the M1000RR get bigger wings and more HP but the S1000RR also got a few upgrades, that also include bigger wings and more HP. But besides BMW and their new bike upgrades for the coming year, MotoGP continues to give us amazing battles and an almost never ending title fight. Martin and Bagnaia gave us some of the best battling MotoGP has seen in a long time, although only for the first 5 laps it...

This week we decided to bring you a couple very special guests to hopefully help shed some light on the life as a track wife, or woman motorcyclist. Brittani and Michelle have been on all types of sides of motorcycle track days and racing and have tons of good information, thoughts and opinions on this sport!! Michelle, who helps with Bittinger Motorsports and races herself, also has some experience as a Moto Mom, and shares a lot of insight and feelings on raising kids in motorsports!! Brittani has spent countless hours at track days and club races alike and...

From down under we bring the recap of an amazing and exciting weekend of motorcycle racing!! This week's MotoGP "daredevils" took on one of the top favorite tracks of motorsport enthusiasts world wide, and delivered an epic battle for victory at Phillip Island! From qualifying 2nd to losing it quickly in both and sprint and the race, then regaining places to fight at the top, Marc Marquez definitely left it all on the table to prove he still belongs and deserves his ride next year!! Jorge Martin did not disappoint either, with a lap fast enough to put him...

While we'll always still cover MotoGP, this week Japan had some "normal" racing that didn't bring too much excitement. Marc Marquez did not set a lap record so we'll definitely touch on that, but besides that and both he and Martin moving toward the front from way back there wasn't a ton going on. In other news and in a different part of the world World SuperBike remains "superior" racing with excitement for the full length, all the way up to a .003 second win!! To wrap things up this week, Yamaha announced a new motorcycle the R9, and we've...

This week we decided to bring in some special guests and talk about their experiences as amateur racers with USBA!! With all three, Kohl, Rick, and Dan moving from yellow numbers this season, to rocking a white background in the upcoming 2025, we'll talk through what got them there, and the hiccups they encountered along the way! Club racing is definitely not an easy endeavor, or a cheap one. From injuries, to bike problems, and even how mindset and goals change throughout a season, we'll cover just about everything. If you're thinking of club racing, or maybe you did your...

Moto America has officially come to an end for 2024 so it's time for a little season recap! From the start of the season it appeared that we would have a repeat of the previous years, but the Red Mist rose to the fight and secured himself another championship win after 11 years without! Beyond Josh ending an 11 year drought for himself he also secured Ducati their first in 16 years!! Outside of Moto America we travel across the pond to cover the weekend with WSBK where Toprak continues to gain the points he needs to also secure a championship. Most would...

Motorcycle racing in Utah is officially over for 2024 and with the end of the season came a perfect streak for our favorite guest host Anthony "Lugnut" Norton!! So we decided to get him on the show and talk about what an amazing season it was and how he did it!! From breaking into the 1:29's on the west, to backwards wheels, and some secrets into a new tire on the Dunlop lineup we definitely talked about it all!! Don't be fooled though, we also covered plenty of other racing all over the world taking us from Italy with MotoGP...

This week we bring you a very special episode as we partner with Joe Adams from Slick Talk Podcast (Powered by Blackstone Laboratories)!!! Located in Indiana USA, Blackstone Labs analyses all sorts of oil and honestly just fluids in general, but one of those items specifically is motorcycle oil!! Here at JKMoto Podcast we've always been curious how often you actually need to change the oil on a race/track bike as opposed to a "street" motorcycle. Often when searching the marketplace or talking to club racers and junkies alike, you'll see that oil is changed after every day...

Last week we missed Kohl as he was off on grand adventures racing motorcycles in the High Plains of Colorado!! Legion Superbike, a brand new traveling race series based in Colorado held their "last" round at High Plains Raceway and Kohl was out there to check it out. So if you're looking to hear all about his experience and being High in the Plains while racing motorcycles this is the episode for you!!! Beyond just Kohls' awesome weekend we did have another week in a row of Moto GP racing, and since we didn't cover MotoGP last week, we...

As we approach the fall/winter season of 2024 we thought it would be time to check in with Josh Bittinger down and Texas and see what he's been up to. If you thought he was just hanging out down there not doing much, think again!! From moving his head quarters to track side, working with MSRH to build a better facility, all the way to kicking off a new youth training program for America this man has been busy!! Among these awesome updates we'll also get some updates from the Ridesmart side of the house as they make some...

This week we decided it was about time we walked you through the ins and outs of your first season of club racing!! Maybe you've been thinking about it for a while, or maybe you just started track days but gained some speed quick and know that's the next step. Whatever the case, we're here to give you a quick rundown on how that process looks, and what steps you will need to take for you and your bike! Not only is there the physical side of building a race bike and acquiring your race license, racing entails quite...

JKMoto: a weekly motorcycle podcast for the everyday rider, covering current bike and racing news, specializing in Track Days, Club racing, and great entertainment. We Truly do it all! Another week down and another great week of motorcycle racing all over the world!!! MotoGP continues another great season of two very talented riders trading who holds the top place week after week, but another rider is slowly emerging from behind. Does Bastianini have enough time left in the season or is it too late? Does he even have the talent to give it a fighting shot? Another big question...