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Simon Crafar interviews

Cool.

When he first started he was rough... I kind of thought what the hell? Now... I love to hear him and respect his opinion greatly.

Thanks Peter.
 
Yeah, Dylan Gray was great, then Simon came on and..it was awful.

I knew who he was and was looking forward to hearing his insights, but it was just terrible, which he freely admits. I knew he'd had some serious injury after he was done racing, and at first I thought, poor guy, must have suffered a traumatic brain injury! But it wasn't that (he actually suffered a spinal cord injury with temporary paraplegia and was very lucky to recover), it was just deer in the headlights stage fright. Tossed in the deep end with no training.

But luckily his racer mentality kicked in and he said, it would be easy to just quit but I've just got to get on with it and fight through this and get on top of it.

He's great now, and I also enjoy his tech talk videos. I'm so glad he's been able to ride some of the current motogp bikes, and that he finally got to ride one with the real tires on it, which is normally not allowed.
 
I too like him

peterhively said:
Yeah, Dylan Gray was great, then Simon came on and..it was awful. ... He's great now, and I also enjoy his tech talk videos. I'm so glad he's been able to ride some of the current motogp bikes, and that he finally got to ride one with the real tires on it, which is normally not allowed.
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:thumbup I remember when I was living in Sacramento and bought the Cycle News with him on the cover winning a wet race. Seems like a genuinely nice guy too.
 
That was brilliant..! Loved it. :thumbup
 
My wife and I really enjoyed the lap he would do with live commentary at the start of each race weekend. It was always fun to hear him freely admit when he was off line or did anything wrong as the lap was being ridden. We had hoped to see him back now that covid isn't the all-consuming issue it was in 2020-2021. Oh well.
 
Thanks for sharing the enjoyable interviews. I actually enjoyed his roughness in the beginning. I recall him mouthing WTF in front of the camera and also having trouble pronouncing Di Giantonnio which I have difficulty spelling. Showed me how much of a regular guy he was.
 
Thanks for the interview links. I've always like Simon and his interview was ace.

Mark
 
His passion and respect for the sport and people involved is truly amazing. His video riding aboard a Ducati GP22 is truly a joy.

Thank you for posting this interview link!!
 
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Agree, he started out rough but now his input is something I look forward to at each race weekend. Also, talk about a discerning eye! The level of scrutiny and observation regarding the teams making small tweaks from race to race and session to session on the bikes is astounding. Maybe even seems more so now that I take pictures of the writing on bottles of medicine and then blow up the pic bigger so I can read it…
 
Thanks. Simon is good people. I sent a "Well Done" to him on Twitter©®™ and he responded. Made me feel swell. Whatever Mr. Crafar puts his listeners through by his pedestrian WPM, he makes for in genuine love of the sport and its sportspersons.
 
I agree with all of you. When Simon first started doing the pit lane stuff, he was awful. Also could barely hear him. Now I think he's doing brilliantly. Always enjoy his insights

Mad
 
He'll walk through the pits and then casually observe that Team X has pulled their headstock in 1/2 a degree and Team Y has backed the rear wheel up an inch. Impressive.
 
Agreed. His technical insight is super cool.
 
Finally got through that interview.

Another awesome listen. And those podcasters are nuts :laughing

Thank you.

Mark
 
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