Daniel Blair leaving KTM

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1/5/2025 11:26am
soggy wrote:

There’s like 20 extra people that know about it now.  The horror. 

I’m sure it’s also getting around in offline circles as well. Chill out man. 

SPYGUY wrote:
I don't care about the info getting out itself. Doesn't affect me one way or the other. I'm just amused at the attempted justification of douchebaggery and...

I don't care about the info getting out itself. Doesn't affect me one way or the other. 

I'm just amused at the attempted justification of douchebaggery and lack of respect given to a specific request.

You think I am douchebag because I posted something (and gave credit to where I heard it) that was announced on a public podcast 5 days...

You think I am douchebag because I posted something (and gave credit to where I heard it) that was announced on a public podcast 5 days ago. Cool story bro.  

And that guy politely asked those in that community to wait before sharing that information. I think spyguy was pretty spot on.

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1/5/2025 1:24pm Edited Date/Time 1/5/2025 1:24pm

Whew, lots of back and forth in this one. So Blair is gonna broadcast for the NFL?

Any real word where he might end up?

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1/5/2025 6:22pm

A1 can’t come soon enough.

Yeah but it won't be long when you'll be saying "I'm over it, bring on the outdoors"

You know it. I'm usually good for about 7-8 races before I'm ready for mx

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1/5/2025 6:52pm
SPYGUY wrote:
I don't care about the info getting out itself. Doesn't affect me one way or the other. I'm just amused at the attempted justification of douchebaggery and...

I don't care about the info getting out itself. Doesn't affect me one way or the other. 

I'm just amused at the attempted justification of douchebaggery and lack of respect given to a specific request.

You think I am douchebag because I posted something (and gave credit to where I heard it) that was announced on a public podcast 5 days...

You think I am douchebag because I posted something (and gave credit to where I heard it) that was announced on a public podcast 5 days ago. Cool story bro.  

MLewis72 wrote:

And that guy politely asked those in that community to wait before sharing that information. I think spyguy was pretty spot on.

I like Daniel but this whole announcement thing is just weird. Not Triumph weird but still weird.  Posted on the WWW but don’t tell anyone…weird!

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1/5/2025 6:54pm Edited Date/Time 1/5/2025 6:55pm

This has to be one of the most bi-polar threads I've read on this site in quite a while...it went from what's DB up to next, to RC is an asshole for running him out of the broadcast booth, to a guy answering what's next for DB, to that guy being called a douche for answering the original question...

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1/5/2025 7:10pm
Sully wrote:
This has to be one of the most bi-polar threads I've read on this site in quite a while...it went from what's DB up to next...

This has to be one of the most bi-polar threads I've read on this site in quite a while...it went from what's DB up to next, to RC is an asshole for running him out of the broadcast booth, to a guy answering what's next for DB, to that guy being called a douche for answering the original question...

This is the way. 

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Sully wrote:
This has to be one of the most bi-polar threads I've read on this site in quite a while...it went from what's DB up to next...

This has to be one of the most bi-polar threads I've read on this site in quite a while...it went from what's DB up to next, to RC is an asshole for running him out of the broadcast booth, to a guy answering what's next for DB, to that guy being called a douche for answering the original question...

 

This is.....

 

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You guys really think Blair is dumb enough to put it on his pod if he wasn't ready for it to go public? Or maybe he's just throwing a bone to his subscribers and making them feel special while knowing full well it'll get out to the masses? 

Facebook page was created in September. Guessing all the cool insiders have known about it long before it was on the cool insiders pod. 

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Well put. Ping put on a tinfoil hat a while back and has not taken if off since. 

Sweet Jesus that is rich coming from an Aussie.  You guys were the ones lining up for government control, encouraging (and building) concentration camps for people...

Sweet Jesus that is rich coming from an Aussie.  You guys were the ones lining up for government control, encouraging (and building) concentration camps for people resisting vaccinations and the sick, supporting ripping people out of their homes, you guys were literally the test-bed for a one world government, and you were all standing in line with a straw in your nose drooling and not taking an eye off of your televisions which if  you have not figured out by now, was lying to you.  Ping may be unhinged, but what he pushed back on during covid wearing his tinfoil hat, he was correct. 

Perhaps your brain is slipping due to lack of oxygen from your mask, but I would not take pot shots at someone for taking a stance on covid, when in the end he was right, and you guys all now look like a clown show for how you not only handled it, but how you all behaved during.  Obviously I have not forgotten, and won't.

When you started as a prison state and will end as one too...I thought the US was bad but I can't complain. The Aussies (and Canadians)...

When you started as a prison state and will end as one too...

I thought the US was bad but I can't complain. The Aussies (and Canadians) have it worse in almost every metric especially cost of housing. 

Australia - or what became Australia - began being used as a site for convicts from the UK because the American Revolutionary War and American independence made it no longer possible for the UK to send its convicts there.  FFS. 

 

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SPYGUY wrote:
What part of this are you not understanding? He requested that listeners to his paid podcast don't spread the word about this quite yet. No one...

What part of this are you not understanding? He requested that listeners to his paid podcast don't spread the word about this quite yet. No one thinks that they're BFF's with anyone, it's just the right thing to do.

Granted, it was almost certain that some douchebag was going to post the info anyway, it was just a question of who the douchebag was. Now we know.

soggy wrote:

There’s like 20 extra people that know about it now.  The horror. 

I’m sure it’s also getting around in offline circles as well. Chill out man. 

The US State Department is about to put out an announcement about it and the UN will also be discussing it during its next Security Council sitting. 

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Sweet Jesus that is rich coming from an Aussie.  You guys were the ones lining up for government control, encouraging (and building) concentration camps for people...

Sweet Jesus that is rich coming from an Aussie.  You guys were the ones lining up for government control, encouraging (and building) concentration camps for people resisting vaccinations and the sick, supporting ripping people out of their homes, you guys were literally the test-bed for a one world government, and you were all standing in line with a straw in your nose drooling and not taking an eye off of your televisions which if  you have not figured out by now, was lying to you.  Ping may be unhinged, but what he pushed back on during covid wearing his tinfoil hat, he was correct. 

Perhaps your brain is slipping due to lack of oxygen from your mask, but I would not take pot shots at someone for taking a stance on covid, when in the end he was right, and you guys all now look like a clown show for how you not only handled it, but how you all behaved during.  Obviously I have not forgotten, and won't.

When you started as a prison state and will end as one too...I thought the US was bad but I can't complain. The Aussies (and Canadians)...

When you started as a prison state and will end as one too...

I thought the US was bad but I can't complain. The Aussies (and Canadians) have it worse in almost every metric especially cost of housing. 

Herr Lich wrote:
Australia - or what became Australia - began being used as a site for convicts from the UK because the American Revolutionary War and American independence...

Australia - or what became Australia - began being used as a site for convicts from the UK because the American Revolutionary War and American independence made it no longer possible for the UK to send its convicts there.  FFS. 

 

Ha vital morans never fail to deliver. Give them enough rope and they eventually do it themselves.

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1/5/2025 9:32pm
Sweet Jesus that is rich coming from an Aussie.  You guys were the ones lining up for government control, encouraging (and building) concentration camps for people...

Sweet Jesus that is rich coming from an Aussie.  You guys were the ones lining up for government control, encouraging (and building) concentration camps for people resisting vaccinations and the sick, supporting ripping people out of their homes, you guys were literally the test-bed for a one world government, and you were all standing in line with a straw in your nose drooling and not taking an eye off of your televisions which if  you have not figured out by now, was lying to you.  Ping may be unhinged, but what he pushed back on during covid wearing his tinfoil hat, he was correct. 

Perhaps your brain is slipping due to lack of oxygen from your mask, but I would not take pot shots at someone for taking a stance on covid, when in the end he was right, and you guys all now look like a clown show for how you not only handled it, but how you all behaved during.  Obviously I have not forgotten, and won't.

When you started as a prison state and will end as one too...I thought the US was bad but I can't complain. The Aussies (and Canadians)...

When you started as a prison state and will end as one too...

I thought the US was bad but I can't complain. The Aussies (and Canadians) have it worse in almost every metric especially cost of housing. 

Herr Lich wrote:
Australia - or what became Australia - began being used as a site for convicts from the UK because the American Revolutionary War and American independence...

Australia - or what became Australia - began being used as a site for convicts from the UK because the American Revolutionary War and American independence made it no longer possible for the UK to send its convicts there.  FFS. 

 

That's right. And the British Empire lost to a bunch of Patriot farmers. 

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1/5/2025 9:42pm

The only fitting ending would be for him to go to star

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1/5/2025 9:43pm

9 pgs of nonsense. You are getting played.

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1/6/2025 4:18am

Now all we need to complete this thread is news of DB becoming a Stark Varg brand ambassador.

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With the pending doom and gloom of the KTM debacle it’s easy to see why someone would voluntarily look for a better alternative than the unemployment...

With the pending doom and gloom of the KTM debacle it’s easy to see why someone would voluntarily look for a better alternative than the unemployment line. When KTM employees didn’t get paid this month and the pending cuts it’s not rocket science to find another landing spot before the axe falls on half of the workforce. Daniel has succeeded in all of his endeavors and I’m sure his new venture will ensure his family is taken care of financially. After all he relocated from Nor Cal to the Carolinas to better his family. Hope his gig lands him a visible role. 

He didn't leave KTM because of their financial situation. It was already underway before anything was announced from KTM.

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1/6/2025 5:46am

Now all we need to complete this thread is news of DB becoming a Stark Varg brand ambassador.

Sorry.  Theycallmebryan already got that gig #shill

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With the pending doom and gloom of the KTM debacle it’s easy to see why someone would voluntarily look for a better alternative than the unemployment...

With the pending doom and gloom of the KTM debacle it’s easy to see why someone would voluntarily look for a better alternative than the unemployment line. When KTM employees didn’t get paid this month and the pending cuts it’s not rocket science to find another landing spot before the axe falls on half of the workforce. Daniel has succeeded in all of his endeavors and I’m sure his new venture will ensure his family is taken care of financially. After all he relocated from Nor Cal to the Carolinas to better his family. Hope his gig lands him a visible role. 

Crossup wrote:

He didn't leave KTM because of their financial situation. It was already underway before anything was announced from KTM.

You don’t really believe that, do you?

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I would have never thought this would reach 9 pages..

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Doesn't he have some interest or involvement with some facility? Or maybe just at them and lot with KTM gig? Seems like the natural next step...

Doesn't he have some interest or involvement with some facility? Or maybe just at them and lot with KTM gig? Seems like the natural next step with all of this. He's a popular enough guy that there will be no shortage of cobra owners signing up for this. 

I hear that there's a facility in Georgia that another buyer backed out of.  Maybe he can set up shop there?

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1/8/2025 11:08am Edited Date/Time 1/8/2025 11:09am

Apparently he shares the reasons behind all the changes. I haven't had a chance to listen yet so I'm just sharing the link. 

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1/8/2025 2:14pm

"The main dude at NBC sucks, he disrespected me".     

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So sounds like ktm dropped the ball with the 2 amateur kids and not having a spot for them to go pro. Seems about right from them dropping the ball 

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"The main dude at NBC sucks, he disrespected me".     

At what point do the RC haters come back....or will they just slide in their holes quietly....

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Now all we need to complete this thread is news of DB becoming a Stark Varg brand ambassador.

Sorry.  Theycallmebryan already got that gig #shill

I hope that was a joke. Sharing and contributing to the moto community shouldn't be punished by branding as a shill. 

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RC wasn't the reason he left the broadcast but it sounds like it played a role.

"There was some fracturing that last year" (regarding his relationship with RC).  Daniel tries to put a positive spin on most everything he says and didn't want to trash RC but left the door open that there was a problem there as well as the one with the head NBC guy.

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Now all we need to complete this thread is news of DB becoming a Stark Varg brand ambassador.

Sorry.  Theycallmebryan already got that gig #shill

KurtJ99 wrote:

I hope that was a joke. Sharing and contributing to the moto community shouldn't be punished by branding as a shill. 

Meh... I gave that guy the benefit of the doubt for a long time, then the bike came, he did the media tour, and then totally disappeared. If you're just doing it for the love of the sport you don't just vanish like that. Not difficult to figure out what it all was. Good for him for getting paid, but fool me once..... 

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1/8/2025 3:33pm

"main guy" wouldnt be bondo would it? genuinely asking

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Sorry.  Theycallmebryan already got that gig #shill

KurtJ99 wrote:

I hope that was a joke. Sharing and contributing to the moto community shouldn't be punished by branding as a shill. 

truck wrote:
Meh... I gave that guy the benefit of the doubt for a long time, then the bike came, he did the media tour, and then totally...

Meh... I gave that guy the benefit of the doubt for a long time, then the bike came, he did the media tour, and then totally disappeared. If you're just doing it for the love of the sport you don't just vanish like that. Not difficult to figure out what it all was. Good for him for getting paid, but fool me once..... 

He was practically ran off this site because people were saying he was a shill and would generally just throw hate his way every time he posted about the Stark even though he was a pretty regular poster before ever getting the thing. Hell, he created his account 15 years ago. He also had an Alta before the Stark that he posted a lot about. 

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"main guy" wouldnt be bondo would it? genuinely asking

No. Bondo is not an employee of NBC/Peacock. He works as the lead producer for Feld. 

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