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Does the interview with Cooksey match with this one...you be the judge.
https://youtu.be/DoDsXtsnKxc
https://youtu.be/DoDsXtsnKxc
You’ll have to tell me if there are any inconsistencies.
Edit: From what I have been told about the whole situation, this is a credible telling from one side. He doesn't know a lot of the particulars, just the outcomes of the disputed events and cause/effect playing out in front of him and he reports it as such.
If a buddy told you "hey man, I'm going to go do this ballsy thing.....", wouldn't you want to jump on that golf cart and watch the fireworks?
I can appreciate his admittance early on that his version of things doesnt match Brennan’s. And that the truth in all this falls somewhere in the middle.
Where is your dog in this fight anyways? You seem heavily involved with every single thread about this whole deal?
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There’s no way he wasn’t going to dyno and open that engine up even if it were just out of curiosity
Best part of the interview was hearing the engine builder reflect on his interaction with Tim Cotter and admit how he views things in hindsight. He was very cool about conceding that everyone involved probably could’ve handled it better (especially himself) after time to reflect. Very mature outlook after the dust settled. His perspective & leniency towards Brian Deegan was extremely fair.
Which brings up the Matt Walker meeting. Once again we dont know what went on there once Derek Haris left. But considering how fair Derek was to everyone else it’s pretty telling that his opinion of Walker is pretty low.
Walker wanted to fight him - the reason unclear. Now Matt is essentially in a position where it is his turn to explain his version or the court of public opinion is gonna seal the deal on this.
Still no closer to the details on why the claim was dropped. But Im personally inclined to think this Derek Haris guy is pretty alright.
He also conceded why the whole ordeal was unfair to Haiden.
I think he was pretty understanding as to why people so adamantly were convinced on the Deegan side regarding his motives. I think in retrospect he can see why it looks like he had a vested interest in this so he’s being quite forgiving to his detractors.
It was 100% corroboration that the Yamaha dealer and Yamaha rep were the parties who leveraged stoppage of the claim.
Derek says the Yamaha guy didnt say much other than that the motor was essentially factory (confirmed by Weege/Star).
Cotter and Brian both come out of the Derek interview looking much better than the mob originally projected. I’d expect if we knew more of that Walker meeting then this story takes even more twists & turns.
Especially if Walker does an interview tomorrow and totally refutes a bunch of the current version of events.
That's fuckin' horrible for both. There's no twist or turns in Harris' statements. The line and direction it points keeps getting straighter
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One thing I can tell you for sure:
Derek Harris deserves HUGE props for standing up for this kid, trying to help him and trying to get the truth out there regarding what happened. What they did to this kid is completely unacceptable and is a huge black eye for amateur MX racing as a whole.
It's fucking disgusting.
If the rumour that Haiden made a conciliatory, explanatory or apologetic visit to the claimant's camp are correct that suggests he is aware that his famous father's influence is not always positive.
The Moto community, by and large, is a great thing full of great people with great values. I'd like to think most of us in the sport, in a real life setting, would happily stick our neck out or get involved if we saw some assholes pushing a kid around even if we didn't know them at all, why is that weird?
Besides corporate political bullshit sliming its way in, I'm usually pretty proud to be a tiny tiny part of this worldwide community. Same way you can immediately connect with someone you've never met before from the other side of the world because you both ride or love seeing Sexton and Tomac haul ass on a Saturday.
Plus anyone on a two stroke nowadays gets the benefit of the doubt from me haha 🤣
And both from south Florida.
Dave is retired, chemically unbalanced, suffers from Trump derangement syndrome and was posting at rapid fire rate before he was booted. So very good chance Sore Loser is Dave aka unhinged Winky guy.
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