Unadilla insight, rumors tackled

I've just uploaded my press day interviews and there's a lot there!

Ken Roczen talks about his 2026 offer, Jorge Prado acknowledges rumors, Eli Tomac tackles happiness and Justin Barcia talks about missing out on 'luxuries' as his GASGAS times winds down.

Also, because of popular demand, these interviews are on podcast platforms as well!

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8/15/2025 12:54pm

Oh, I’ll have to watch this when I get home.  

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8/15/2025 1:14pm

Right on, this will be good!

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8/15/2025 1:21pm

Can’t wait to hear barcia bash the new bike next year. He always blames suspension never him self 

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8/15/2025 1:34pm

Lewis may be the only real media guy in motocross.

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8/15/2025 1:35pm
Money wrote:

Can’t wait to hear barcia bash the new bike next year. He always blames suspension never him self 

What KTM group rider hasn't complained about the suspension this year? Maybe if barcia, rj, and chase are all having issues there's something to it? 

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8/15/2025 2:04pm Edited Date/Time 8/15/2025 2:07pm
truck wrote:

What KTM group rider hasn't complained about the suspension this year? Maybe if barcia, rj, and chase are all having issues there's something to it? 

I don't recall RJ complaining about the bike / suspension on the Husky. To me, he always comes across as being thankful for the 450 ride.  Also, there's been a number of races where Bubba has said how good Chase's bike looks on the track and that the setup looks great. 

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8/15/2025 2:57pm Edited Date/Time 8/15/2025 6:57pm
truck wrote:

What KTM group rider hasn't complained about the suspension this year? Maybe if barcia, rj, and chase are all having issues there's something to it? 

mooch wrote:
I don't recall RJ complaining about the bike / suspension on the Husky. To me, he always comes across as being thankful for the 450 ride...

I don't recall RJ complaining about the bike / suspension on the Husky. To me, he always comes across as being thankful for the 450 ride.  Also, there's been a number of races where Bubba has said how good Chase's bike looks on the track and that the setup looks great. 

He's talked about it within the last few weeks. Got better with some new mxgp spec parts. Barcia and Lewis reference it in the interview. Maybe not openly complaining but made some pretty big changes. 

Edit: discussed on moto 60 show this week as well. RJ was having forks fade so got the mxgp fork and made that better but now having shock issues. ZachO said the bike needed to be considerably better. 

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8/15/2025 3:30pm

Great interviews as usual. More and more I find myself watching Lewis’s stuff and not bothering much with other media outlets. Starting to leave them in the dust imo.

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8/15/2025 3:50pm Edited Date/Time 8/15/2025 3:51pm

It’s funny hearing Roczen say he’s a little worried about his ankle, knowing he was trowing some X Games gold medal whips earlier. 

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8/15/2025 4:44pm
30minmotos wrote:

Lewis may be the only real media guy in motocross.

This must be the most ridiculous thing I've read in ages.

Kudos!

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8/15/2025 5:03pm

Lewis is totally uncut….and to the point 

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8/15/2025 5:18pm

Nice interviews but I have no idea how you can say Prado acknowledged the rumors from his interview...

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8/15/2025 5:31pm
30minmotos wrote:

Lewis may be the only real media guy in motocross.

RACING wrote:

This must be the most ridiculous thing I've read in ages.

Kudos!

Who else gets actual details drawn out from these guys. Everyone else just dances around the hot topics and asks softball questions…

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8/15/2025 5:31pm
30minmotos wrote:

Lewis may be the only real media guy in motocross.

RACING wrote:

This must be the most ridiculous thing I've read in ages.

Kudos!

why? he's not wrong. Who else is actually asking these guys REAL questions? Kudos to Lewis. Sure as hell ain't the rest of the "moto mafia media".

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8/15/2025 6:24pm

Big Lew is raising the level for sure!

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8/15/2025 6:30pm

It’s so nice to hear the old guys be honest. 

Minor complaint - great content but as an old deaf guy (wear hearing protection please!!!!!) the high level on the background noise really was a challenge. Thank god screech wasn’t doing it! 

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8/15/2025 6:38pm
It’s so nice to hear the old guys be honest. Minor complaint - great content but as an old deaf guy (wear hearing protection please!!!!!) the high...

It’s so nice to hear the old guys be honest. 

Minor complaint - great content but as an old deaf guy (wear hearing protection please!!!!!) the high level on the background noise really was a challenge. Thank god screech wasn’t doing it! 

Honestly, that tent is so busy when those interviews are happening. I couldn't even hear Jorge in that interview!

I'll see what I can do to 'help' the audio but we may just be victim to the surroundings...

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8/15/2025 6:39pm

Lewis is totally uncut….and to the point 

I can't figure out if this is positive or negative, haha. I guess it can be both in different scenarios.

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8/15/2025 6:47pm
It’s so nice to hear the old guys be honest. Minor complaint - great content but as an old deaf guy (wear hearing protection please!!!!!) the high...

It’s so nice to hear the old guys be honest. 

Minor complaint - great content but as an old deaf guy (wear hearing protection please!!!!!) the high level on the background noise really was a challenge. Thank god screech wasn’t doing it! 

Honestly, that tent is so busy when those interviews are happening. I couldn't even hear Jorge in that interview!I'll see what I can do to 'help'...

Honestly, that tent is so busy when those interviews are happening. I couldn't even hear Jorge in that interview!

I'll see what I can do to 'help' the audio but we may just be victim to the surroundings...

Hard surfaces behind the riders doesn’t help. Every room is different and I’m sure many never think about acoustics. Nice job given the conditions. Ryder D was easy to hear with that baritone. Smile

8/15/2025 7:09pm

Lvk maybe time to add in daaaaaark. LvD?

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8/15/2025 7:13pm

It’s becoming more apparent why Lewis is at Vital. He consistently churns out content. The questions are always solid and the interviews are pretty informative. It had to be a no brainer for ML to hire Lewis. 

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8/16/2025 1:20am

Nice interviews but I have no idea how you can say Prado acknowledged the rumors from his interview...

You can see it on his nose.it gets longer every time...... when he lies.....just like pinokkio

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8/16/2025 2:53am

I love big Lew. 

Be careful, Lewis. It didn’t work out so well for the last person who was “the fan’s shiny new toy”. 😃

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CPR wrote:
Great interviews as usual. More and more I find myself watching Lewis’s stuff and not bothering much with other media outlets. Starting to leave them in...

Great interviews as usual. More and more I find myself watching Lewis’s stuff and not bothering much with other media outlets. Starting to leave them in the dust imo.

Lewis for the interviews.

AC and JB Show, LVK, and Pulp MX Fly Racing Show for post shows. AC is on a whole other level. 

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8/16/2025 4:03am

Nice interviews but I have no idea how you can say Prado acknowledged the rumors from his interview...

Prado had a beautifully put together PR response.

By the way why is the site so glitchy? Boomslang said it's happening to foreign users. 

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30minmotos wrote:

Lewis may be the only real media guy in motocross.

RACING wrote:

This must be the most ridiculous thing I've read in ages.

Kudos!

30minmotos wrote:

Who else gets actual details drawn out from these guys. Everyone else just dances around the hot topics and asks softball questions…

Everyone else deepthroats the riders. 

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8/16/2025 4:07am

Lewis is totally uncut….and to the point 

I can't figure out if this is positive or negative, haha. I guess it can be both in different scenarios.

Ask the Suzuki rider about 'uncut'...not that there's anything wrong with that...

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8/16/2025 5:49am

Excellent big Lew! 

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8/16/2025 6:57am

Barcia contradicted himself multiple times, hilarious!

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