Levi Kitchen vague news during broadcast

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8/30/2026 10:10am

How the hell does the broadcast not fill us in on it

Trophy of nations team rider, championship contender misses the second moto the finale and crickets? All this while he is on Mitch Payton's Pro Circuit team, the owner who every moto media type, especially Matthes, name drops every other paragraph as a close personal friend and someone they talk to often. Unreal.

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How the hell does the broadcast not fill us in on it

Spoonguy wrote:
Trophy of nations team rider, championship contender misses the second moto the finale and crickets? All this while he is on Mitch Payton's Pro Circuit team...

Trophy of nations team rider, championship contender misses the second moto the finale and crickets? All this while he is on Mitch Payton's Pro Circuit team, the owner who every moto media type, especially Matthes, name drops every other paragraph as a close personal friend and someone they talk to often. Unreal.

I was yelling where the fuck is Levi!

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8/30/2026 11:10am

There is no moto media. There is a propaganda arm that Feld allows to exist. ML explained it without saying it when he made that thread about Feld "tightening up the credentials for media" back when SX started. It's probably searchable. 

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I'm thinking he's fine and just said fuck it regarding the 2nd moto...He's had a rough couple of weeks where he should have been the intimidator and not the one that was intimidated....

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That looks like a very low impact crash. I would be very surprised to learn that he had any type of injury from this, let alone...

That looks like a very low impact crash. I would be very surprised to learn that he had any type of injury from this, let alone one that would keep him out of the 2nd moto. 

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You never really know, the low speed stuff can be just as bad IE people hurting themselves on pitbikes all of the time 

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Deegans broken collarbone last year was about as low impact as it gets for example. 

Guys tear knees all the time just by dabbing a foot wrong. 

I tore my meniscus years ago in my early 20’s just by dabbing. Shit like that happens all the time, even to the young fellas. 

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DonM wrote:
I'm thinking he's fine and just said fuck it regarding the 2nd moto...He's had a rough couple of weeks where he should have been the intimidator...

I'm thinking he's fine and just said fuck it regarding the 2nd moto...He's had a rough couple of weeks where he should have been the intimidator and not the one that was intimidated....

And give up 2nd in the points for the series? Seems crazy, thats got to be a lot of money left on the table. Definitely weird.

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Moto media…

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If Levi picks his own starting gate, someone needs to tell him to move, he lost the championship due to 2 weeks of picking a shitty gate!

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Pretty poor - barely mentioning Kitchens absence. 
Considering he was a contender as of Moto 1. And his missing Moto 2 nearly dropped him from 2nd to 4th in the championship (3rd due count back if I have it right)


Even to say - “we have asked the team, and they declined to comment. Our roving reporters can’t find any info”.

Maybe they did, but I missed it. 

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skypig wrote:
Pretty poor - barely mentioning Kitchens absence. Considering he was a contender as of Moto 1. And his missing Moto 2 nearly dropped him from 2nd to...

Pretty poor - barely mentioning Kitchens absence. 
Considering he was a contender as of Moto 1. And his missing Moto 2 nearly dropped him from 2nd to 4th in the championship (3rd due count back if I have it right)


Even to say - “we have asked the team, and they declined to comment. Our roving reporters can’t find any info”.

Maybe they did, but I missed it. 

Absolutely, at least acknowledge something, or at least say you asked. Something, anything.

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It's been at least 24 hours and no press release from PC, Kawasaki, the riders or Monster? I don't have social media, but if they don't get on it soon, the conspiracy theories will start to fly...

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Mitch probably parked him, he just could handle anymore .  Think about it he hired Hondas chief engineer to get some power because the bike was slow. Pays the engineer a crap ton . Then his rider wants to race his  race & not max points .  Team has to be tired of his laying on the ground after races & running to pour the correct temperature water on him.  Reminded me of the Euro riders acting like there dying from the 80 degree heat. Lol While he paid a crap ton of money . 

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OldTech wrote:
It's been at least 24 hours and no press release from PC, Kawasaki, the riders or Monster? I don't have social media, but if they don't...

It's been at least 24 hours and no press release from PC, Kawasaki, the riders or Monster? I don't have social media, but if they don't get on it soon, the conspiracy theories will start to fly...

When was the last time you saw a press release on a Sunday…..🤷🏼‍♂️ Come on man it’s a travel day for most of the industry….

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It's Tuesday and I still haven't seen anything.  What's the difference in bonus between a 2nd and 3rd or 4th in the championship?  Seems wild to just sit it out.  I've raced with broken ribs, fractured knee cap and all manner of things just to get a bit of shiny plastic in amateur events.  

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9/1/2026 2:23pm Edited Date/Time 9/1/2026 2:31pm

JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1. Make of that what you will…

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aeffertz wrote:
JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1...

JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1. Make of that what you will…

So like I said above he just said fuck it…

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aeffertz wrote:
JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1...

JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1. Make of that what you will…

It’s almost comical this topic has gone completely under the radar in comparison to the reactions about the 450 class moto 1.

 

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aeffertz wrote:
JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1...

JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1. Make of that what you will…

How anyone considers him for a big dollar contract in the future when he’s just “over it” is unbelievable. Personally would only offer him incentive based contract if I was a team manager, if I would miss out on his services because of that, oh well…

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aeffertz wrote:
JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1...

JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1. Make of that what you will…

I was more worried about my Fantasy team.  🤦‍♂️

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Mitch should just figure out what he used to pay Martin Davalos and pay him that with championship bonus being most of his comp.

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aeffertz wrote:
JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1...

JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1. Make of that what you will…

So, the bike was fine, Levi was fine, and Mitch Payton was cool with him saying fuck it? Are you sure we're talking about the same guy?

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OldTech wrote:
So, the bike was fine, Levi was fine, and Mitch Payton was cool with him saying fuck it? Are you sure we're talking about the same...

So, the bike was fine, Levi was fine, and Mitch Payton was cool with him saying fuck it? Are you sure we're talking about the same guy?

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OldTech wrote:
So, the bike was fine, Levi was fine, and Mitch Payton was cool with him saying fuck it? Are you sure we're talking about the same...

So, the bike was fine, Levi was fine, and Mitch Payton was cool with him saying fuck it? Are you sure we're talking about the same guy?

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ehh, I still would prefer to see JuJu take his place. 

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9/1/2026 8:12pm
aeffertz wrote:
JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1...

JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1. Make of that what you will…

yak651 wrote:
How anyone considers him for a big dollar contract in the future when he’s just “over it” is unbelievable. Personally would only offer him incentive based...

How anyone considers him for a big dollar contract in the future when he’s just “over it” is unbelievable. Personally would only offer him incentive based contract if I was a team manager, if I would miss out on his services because of that, oh well…

They say he’s a good 450 rider , so I don’t think it makes a difference.  He’ll still get a 450 rider. You hv to be pretty burnt out to do what he did.  I can see the media draining you after time with all the stupid questions & comments . But the racing I don’t know how you can be tired of that . 

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I just want to see Levi crush it in SMX, get that confidence back, and ride his butt off in France.  He has a ton of speed, if he can just get a halfway decent start, I think he can ride with the top 250 Euro guys on a hard pack track like Ernee. 

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aeffertz wrote:
JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1...

JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1. Make of that what you will…

Hopefully Levi won’t have that attitude if he has a bad moto at the nations. 

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aeffertz wrote:
JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1...

JT said on his podcast that Kitchen is fine and all in on SMX and MXoN. Said he was just mentally over it after moto 1. Make of that what you will…

Just so I understand, that is JT's speculation or facts he found out? What did you hear? If true, that is too bad, Kitchen is paid to race. Marchbanks wants to race of Nations desperately, maybe the only chance he might get in his career, and Kawasaki says no. Meanwhile Kawasaki pays Kitchen to complete this finale and he won't race? Unreal.

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Come on Levi, champions (or potential champions) don't quit. 

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Come on Levi, champions (or potential champions) don't quit. 

As I've said in other threads...Levi doesn't have the mental strength of a champion....maybe this will help get him there...

Allowing all your championship competitors line up inside and run you wide....Unadilla and Ironman

Allowing Connolly to pass you back in the last turn because of your lack of awareness...also Unadilla

Making the decision to go to the grass outside of the markers and getting docked for it....Budds

Total mental meltdown at Ironman....

Hopefully he learns from all those recent mental breakdowns to end the season and comes back stronger. 

 

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