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bama205 11/30/2020 5:52pm
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blockhead17 wrote:
I think hunting is horrible, but love meat too.. sue me haha
Hunting is much more humane than Ranching.

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EngIceDave 11/30/2020 5:59pm
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MX114 wrote:
Ask Kyle Bentley how is dealings went with Pourcel. Christopher won two championships with Bentley but he never gave the dude a dollar in bonus money...
Ask Kyle Bentley how is dealings went with Pourcel. Christopher won two championships with Bentley but he never gave the dude a dollar in bonus money. Theres no rule saying you must bonus your mechanic in a winning season, but it’s the right thing to do. Even if it’s just a small percent, just enough to acknowledge there extra work and personal sacrifices that helped you claim those championships. Especially when you make a million or more in win bonuses alone in two seasons. That said, nobody I ever enjoyed watching ride a dirt bike more than the #377. Unreal talent
Dude, there are AMA pro's with huge contracts on factory bikes today who don't tip or bonus their mechanics for podiums
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str8line 11/30/2020 6:02pm
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Janko630 wrote:
Replace GL with Dungey.
Dungey speaks well, gives thoughtful insights, & last I heard he was looking for a gig.
life_of_jaze wrote:
Boring

I agree. Dungey would put me to sleep. Roczen on the other hand was fantastic when he was on the Florida National broadcast. Cianciarulo is great behind the mic too.
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Suicidal_Tendencies 11/30/2020 6:15pm
11/30/2020 6:15pm Edited Date/Time 11/30/2020 6:27pm
MX114 wrote:
Ask Kyle Bentley how is dealings went with Pourcel. Christopher won two championships with Bentley but he never gave the dude a dollar in bonus money...
Ask Kyle Bentley how is dealings went with Pourcel. Christopher won two championships with Bentley but he never gave the dude a dollar in bonus money. Theres no rule saying you must bonus your mechanic in a winning season, but it’s the right thing to do. Even if it’s just a small percent, just enough to acknowledge there extra work and personal sacrifices that helped you claim those championships. Especially when you make a million or more in win bonuses alone in two seasons. That said, nobody I ever enjoyed watching ride a dirt bike more than the #377. Unreal talent
EngIceDave wrote:
Dude, there are AMA pro's with huge contracts on factory bikes today who don't tip or bonus their mechanics for podiums
I think MX114s point is that that they should tip their mechanics.
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blockhead17 wrote:
I think hunting is horrible, but love meat too.. sue me haha
Hunting and eating your kill is far better than factory farming. Trophy hunting as mentioned earlier is fucked up but I don’t understand how you can say deer hunting is horrible if it’s turned into food but you will go buy a cheeseburger from the store.

Plus depending on the location, deer hunting acts as population control as they are pests and a lot of places require an “earn a buck” clause which means you need to kill a doe before you can shoot a buck.
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MX114 wrote:
Ask Kyle Bentley how is dealings went with Pourcel. Christopher won two championships with Bentley but he never gave the dude a dollar in bonus money...
Ask Kyle Bentley how is dealings went with Pourcel. Christopher won two championships with Bentley but he never gave the dude a dollar in bonus money. Theres no rule saying you must bonus your mechanic in a winning season, but it’s the right thing to do. Even if it’s just a small percent, just enough to acknowledge there extra work and personal sacrifices that helped you claim those championships. Especially when you make a million or more in win bonuses alone in two seasons. That said, nobody I ever enjoyed watching ride a dirt bike more than the #377. Unreal talent
EngIceDave wrote:
Dude, there are AMA pro's with huge contracts on factory bikes today who don't tip or bonus their mechanics for podiums
Suicidal_Tendencies wrote:
I think MX114s point is that that they should tip their mechanics.
His "opinion" may be that....

A quick googling shows Bentley talking pretty well about Pourcel, even mentioning that he rented a house to him not that long ago and certainly well after he was allegedly "stiffed".

Should Bentley have not accepted money for Pourcel using his property?
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Bring back Denny Stephenson.......
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MX114 11/30/2020 7:22pm
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MX114 wrote:
Ask Kyle Bentley how is dealings went with Pourcel. Christopher won two championships with Bentley but he never gave the dude a dollar in bonus money...
Ask Kyle Bentley how is dealings went with Pourcel. Christopher won two championships with Bentley but he never gave the dude a dollar in bonus money. Theres no rule saying you must bonus your mechanic in a winning season, but it’s the right thing to do. Even if it’s just a small percent, just enough to acknowledge there extra work and personal sacrifices that helped you claim those championships. Especially when you make a million or more in win bonuses alone in two seasons. That said, nobody I ever enjoyed watching ride a dirt bike more than the #377. Unreal talent
EngIceDave wrote:
Dude, there are AMA pro's with huge contracts on factory bikes today who don't tip or bonus their mechanics for podiums
If ever want to give a listen I believe it’s pulp episode 392 w/ Kyle Bentley and Kenny Watson in studio. They dive into this subject with the different guests. I think everyone agreed it was really lame of pourcel. Yes I’m sure there’s riders w/ big contracts right now who do not bonus for a podium finish... but most would for a championship winning season. That’s a different scenario. Let alone two championship winning seasons. A few bones tossed Kyles way would of been the right thing to do in my opinion
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andymoto 11/30/2020 7:22pm
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Maybe GL was going for this award?.... RD5 got it for good reason EID stated. Good for Langston and Tapia then. Also it's not like banging's anything new in any sport. Case closed.

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SPYGUY 11/30/2020 7:22pm
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MX114 wrote:
Ask Kyle Bentley how is dealings went with Pourcel. Christopher won two championships with Bentley but he never gave the dude a dollar in bonus money...
Ask Kyle Bentley how is dealings went with Pourcel. Christopher won two championships with Bentley but he never gave the dude a dollar in bonus money. Theres no rule saying you must bonus your mechanic in a winning season, but it’s the right thing to do. Even if it’s just a small percent, just enough to acknowledge there extra work and personal sacrifices that helped you claim those championships. Especially when you make a million or more in win bonuses alone in two seasons. That said, nobody I ever enjoyed watching ride a dirt bike more than the #377. Unreal talent
Just to play Devil's advocate, does a championship-winning mechanic do anything much different than a 7th place rider's mechanic?
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andymoto wrote:
Maybe GL was going for this award?.... RD5 got it for good reason EID stated. Good for Langston and Tapia then. Also it's not like banging's...
Maybe GL was going for this award?.... RD5 got it for good reason EID stated. Good for Langston and Tapia then. Also it's not like banging's anything new in any sport. Case closed.

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Too bad he’s wearing jeans. I’d rather go have a beer with GL any day of the week.
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BUTWHY? 11/30/2020 11:39pm
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Nobody is perfect and GL made some huge mistakes with what he posted last week. Does he deserve to loose his jobs over it, I personally don’t think so. But maybe explaining to him that he’s a public image in a sport with a wide variance of fans, absolutely. Again personal opinion, I think he does great with the podcast and announcing. Best to let things calm down, offer a public apology to those he offended, learn from it and move on.

But fuck some of you can drag shit out on here, almost like you all are Bobby Bonds and even he’s let that go...
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Sawfish 11/30/2020 11:42pm
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BUTWHY? wrote:
Nobody is perfect and GL made some huge mistakes with what he posted last week. Does he deserve to loose his jobs over it, I personally...
Nobody is perfect and GL made some huge mistakes with what he posted last week. Does he deserve to loose his jobs over it, I personally don’t think so. But maybe explaining to him that he’s a public image in a sport with a wide variance of fans, absolutely. Again personal opinion, I think he does great with the podcast and announcing. Best to let things calm down, offer a public apology to those he offended, learn from it and move on.

But fuck some of you can drag shit out on here, almost like you all are Bobby Bonds and even he’s let that go...
Drag shit out? Dude has been a loudmouth for years and years.
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Tim Whatley Dentistry 12/1/2020 4:06am
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IMO, RD5 has a very well crafted image. Wholesome milk drinking farm boy. He owns that. That's awesome. More power to him. But he's not going...
IMO, RD5 has a very well crafted image.

Wholesome milk drinking farm boy.

He owns that. That's awesome. More power to him.

But he's not going to wreck that for a podcast.
He's not going to open up or give out deep background stuff.
You'll get well crafted PC neutral responses.

Who honestly sees him saying "That guy sucks in corners, he can't turn right. He's like Zoolander"

He'd never give you that. He's a good guy and all, but he's not gonna give y'all what I think you're looking for.
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RACERX69 12/1/2020 4:55am
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GL's alright in my book. Great rider and great announcer and although I've never met him personally, he seems to be generally an overall good dude. Do I agree with everything he says? No! Does he say some stupid shiat occasionally? Yup, but don't we all? Some of you SJW's need to lighten up.

Oh and one more thing...he's a great addition to the WTS. I like the dynamic he adds and also appreciate the inside perspective he brings. Something 99.9% of the folks on this forum aren't qualified to do.
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WillyB 12/1/2020 6:43am
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I'll still be rocking the 111 on my bikes.
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UpTiTe 12/1/2020 7:07am
12/1/2020 7:07am
I’m not claiming to know Chris very well, but he knows my name and we have had a few good conversations over the years. He is truly a good guy who was misunderstood. If you initiate conversation with him, he will engage with you. He comes off as snobby because he is a shy and didn’t speak very good English.

Mitch will tell you how good of a guy he is if you ask him about him.

Now let’s talk about guys who don’t “tip” their mechanic. The guys at Yamaha would argue about who was going to be Reeds mechanic because they got treated like crap and nothing was shared with them. There are currently at least three guys who get on the podium regularly that don’t give their mechanic a dime.
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MX114 12/1/2020 8:42am
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UpTiTe wrote:
I’m not claiming to know Chris very well, but he knows my name and we have had a few good conversations over the years. He is...
I’m not claiming to know Chris very well, but he knows my name and we have had a few good conversations over the years. He is truly a good guy who was misunderstood. If you initiate conversation with him, he will engage with you. He comes off as snobby because he is a shy and didn’t speak very good English.

Mitch will tell you how good of a guy he is if you ask him about him.

Now let’s talk about guys who don’t “tip” their mechanic. The guys at Yamaha would argue about who was going to be Reeds mechanic because they got treated like crap and nothing was shared with them. There are currently at least three guys who get on the podium regularly that don’t give their mechanic a dime.
Matthes has gone on record saying that Reed bonused out the entire Yamaha team one year, except him. Was it wrong...no but it might of been a low ball move I’d say. And I believe you know your stuff Uptite I value your input on anything moto, so if you say there’s top guys today who don’t bonus out then I’m sure it’s true and that’s just the way it is. I mean rumor had it that Tomac never even gave savatgy anything for that Vegas debacle at the monster cup. I’ve met Kyle Bentley a couple times back in the day when he was at PC thru a mutual friend who was a top level pro at the time. Really hard worker and nice guy was how I knew Kyle as from all accounts. That’s why I chimed in cause it must of been a bummer for Kyle to not get treated like he thought he maybe should have after how much he put into it. If care to listen episode 392 pulp mx Kyle gets into the Pourcel bonus subject less than 10 minuites into the podcast and it goes on throughout the show. It’s an interesting off season topic to discuss on vital I guess
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I send my CSR a Christmas card with a check or gift card in it every yr. she doesn’t sell a single $1 for me but I couldn’t do my job without her and she is worth every cent of that check/card.

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ayearinmx 12/1/2020 9:17am
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tipping (included in contracts) mechanics is very much an American thing (much like waiters/waitresses)..... i know that 10% used to be a standard figure mentioned, but in the MXGPs i think it's pretty rare to find any riders doing that. I feel like Pourcel is probably used to NOT tipping and as such, probably didn't realise he should... and if it's not in his contract, why should he?

Often case, it is the teams who pick which mechanic should work with which rider and so it's pretty unfair on Mechanic B to get zero bonuses from Rider B, when he does exactly the same job within the team as Mechanic A who gets a shitload because Rider A is better....

Bonuses should be exactly that, a bonus.... not expected, unless it is in a contract, which obviously it wasn't in Bentleys/Pourcel's case
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Langston_fan 12/1/2020 10:52am
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Oh for goodness sake. I went through the whole damn thread and i still don’t know what Grant did.... can anyone shed some light?
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DK23 12/1/2020 11:19am
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Seems to me that if a mechanic wants a goal oriented bonus, they should negotiate that into their contract, just like the riders do.

However, personally if I made $1M in bonuses with support from another person, their Christmas stocking would be a bit heavier that year.
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bh84 12/1/2020 12:14pm
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Langston_fan wrote:
Oh for goodness sake. I went through the whole damn thread and i still don’t know what Grant did.... can anyone shed some light?
He called out Matthes and Pulp for having some political talk on his show, Matthes being Canadian is more liberal than most in the MX industry, GL is a hardcore Trumper. Matthes fired back, and they went back and forth for a bit. Then GL tried to cite youtube views to say the Whiskey Throttle Podcast has more listeners than Pulp. Tevin Tapia spoke up saying Matthes is a good guy who helped him when he was injured. GL called him an idiot for allegedly not having insurance. People started piling on GL and he started arguing with the commenters. It was a whole shitshow on Twitter dot com.

I think thats the whole story, did I miss anything?
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G-man 12/1/2020 12:28pm
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Ok Thanks for the Cliff notes! Smile

Now can someone let me know the podcast # he was on Pulp drinking?
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tobz 12/1/2020 12:49pm
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G-man wrote:
Ok Thanks for the Cliff notes! Smile

Now can someone let me know the podcast # he was on Pulp drinking?



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Cale_Barr 12/1/2020 2:35pm
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kpersonius264 wrote:
I don’t do Twitter. What did he say?

I took a screen shot because I had a feeling his tweet would get deleted.


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