Whiskey Throttle Show: ERNESTO FONSECA !

Big Ernie fan

That dude could rip a YOT 125... one of the best ever in 125sx....!

Great podcast, haven’t heard much from him since the injury.

Yea I just listened to it, love the shows

If there’s a legend who has been there and done that, it’s Ernie! I remember how the world we lived in stopped those few weeks after San Diego, then his injury. The track it happened at we road the day after and being told our bike brand wasn’t allowed on the track, so we rode the side track. It was a state we all wanted him and the entire industry to get threw with good news. Every kid of that era looked up and wanted to be who Ernie was, he was the kid who made it from some country people didn’t even think of and it fueled a lot of careers, he was a legend on the Yamaha of Troy team and made them into bits and pieces of every team today. He really was that guy. I could go on and on about the stuff me and mike screamed at as kids watching him, winning titles and racing kids from here we thought were the next big thing. That guys a big legend to anyone who knows what he did in our world.

The Fonz. Big fan. Great rider.

Soooo looking forward to this one

Was a great listen Erny that podcast. Loved the bit about him and that chick when he turned 18. That Troy Lee gear he wore back in the day still looks so great to this day.

Leyenda. That was a great episode of Between Two Ferns.

Just a good dude.

Probably still my favorite riding style of all time. Always loved to watch him ride

It was a bummer to hear that he wasn’t enjoying things towards the end of his career. Sounds like he wasn’t too fond of that 06 CRF450, which is weird because that was an amazing bike. I could see it being a handful on supercross though. Wish things could have ended better for him but it sounds like he has moved on and is doing well. Great show Ping!

Man, he lived up to the fonz name.
Dude always looked super cool both in his YoT years with some cool Fox gear, I remember the gear with the orange and thought it was so badass and then his Troy Lee Honda years

He always came across as a really nice guy too.

In high school Spanish class my name was Ernesto, after the great dirt bike rider from Costa Rica. That was in 2000-01.

Amazing style, and what a come from behind ride!

Glad he finished the story about his 18th birthday 🤣

I saw him race his kodac yz125 at amateur day at 97 gainsville. The last factory cr125 and cr250 rider . I was bummed when he got on the 450. He looked great on the cr250.

Hey Ping that was a great pod, I feel like you are better without a co host. Really enjoyed that one, thanks

That was a tease. I want to hear the WHOLE story of what happened.

I took Gilberto, in memory of local pro Chris Gilbert

Thank you David Pingree for this one. Ernie oozes an amazing combo of coolness and tranquility. I could listen to him talk all day long. I really enjoyed your talk with him and the love you both shared with the late great Nicky Hayden 69.