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A rider who is now at his peak, honestly I thought he would have more difficulty with the Honda but he's proved me wrong good and proper. Olli would be proud!

I'm in no way a TB fan at all, BUT whether you like him or not you can't help but respect the man. Good bad or indifferent he tell's it like it is.

Brilliant, I love the way that after the tragedy with Ollie & his incredibly difficult early career in the aftermath of that he has found the strength to turn everything around & show hie undoubted talent, a great rider, proper bloke and I’m sure he has much more ability that we have not yet seen, rock on Tommy go get em

Brilliant that one, enjoy Tommy's passion in all things in general.

Came for the swearing, stayed for the boxing kangaroos.... 😂😂😂

Can’t not love him on and off track! Guys a legend 🙏🏽

Really enjoyed the interview, great video. thanks

Great podcast. I respect Tommy and his no bullshit attitude. I hope he wins the title again this season. He's been around a long time and put the hard work in. He's reaping the rewards now.

Brilliant podcast Dave, Tommy being Tommy and good on him…..cheers to Ben for his input, asking questions that only a racer can, he’ll be missed. Wish them both well for the season 🥃

Comedy Central as expected. Can see that’s a man out there to prove the doubters wrong 🙌🏻🐺🖤

Proper. Just RACE. Thank you 😎🏍🏁⚡️

Great stuff Dave & Ben. Really insightful Tommy, thank you. 👍

Rock on Tommy your the best lad. I'm from Northern Ireland and I'm rooting for you mate. 😅 🚜 🚜 🚜

Great conversation well steered by Dave. Love Tommy's open and honest personality.

Guy's !!! what a bloody awesome interview been glued luv Tommy to bits what a star and worthy Champion , gotta see him in worlds one of these days and I reckon it will be on a Honda .What a shame Ben can't do anymore on the pod but with his other commitments it's completely understandable wish both ben and Tommy the absolute best for the rest of the season .Dave a stonking interview and I guess now it's go it alone time on the pod or is it Jen ?😉either or it's gonna be mega anyway cheers 👌👍More more !!

Best British rider out there at the moment ❤

Another great chat with a larger than life character. You are the new Chris Carter at Redgate Lodge chat night, Dave. Keep up the great work.

At 7:50 sounds like Tommy just been on the helium!!!🤣🤣

First met Tommy when he was riding the Vivaldi Supersport Suzuki, followed him ever since, always great value when interviewed, No different this time, great podcast Dave, Jennifer and Ben

Relatively new to your podcast Dave they are top drawer keep them coming👍

Tommy is a PR nightmare/dream... he is Tommy and will never change, which for Joe public is fantastic, on a PR perpective absolutely frightening... I think Honda have had Joey and John both being the same and have learned that thats how us Brits are... Fantastic to see Tommy pushing the team and driving them forward. I believe that the team will be in for a shout at the title this year, fingers crossed Tommy will do the double...

Very good show again ❤

Tommy is just being real. Who really wants boring buggers.

Looking clean and mean, the self belief is absolute, and no one would doubt he can take the championship again, more determined than ever.

Absolutely brilliant again 👍

I would love to see Tommy in MotoGP.......his hilarious personality would send the Grand Prix paddock into turmoil😂😂

Great interview

Great podcast with Tommy , we need a P2 to it , Tommy seems like a great guy and personality , I’d love to spend a few days with him , I bet it would be a great Crack

I really don't know how I feel about him. He is an interesting guy, and I wish him the best...Great podcast.

Another great one!

Another great podcast mate

What a legend. 👍

Great podcast 😊 as always ❤

So nice to see Tommy doing so well. Such a character and i'm sure the Honda team will have a good time this year "off track" at least. Pun intended. I think they might struggle to get that last 5% over the whole season. Would love to be wrong though. That would be some achievement. Like Rossi doing his Honda➡️Yamaha miracle. In fact going from the Ducati to a Honda might be even more impressive. Such vastly different engines. Wishing everyone all the best.👍

Great pod Tommys a nutter 😂😂😂

Thanks

Great interview Dave, as you know I've been waiting for this one for a while since you told me on FB it was coming. I love this guy so much, racing would be so dull without him on the grid, racing needs personalities, Tommy has that in abundance along with the incredible talent of racing motorbikes. What you see is what you get with him. Fingers cross for the championship this year. Hopefully see you at Snett on Sunday Dave

I'm not that surprised, though I thought may take slightly longer get use to a inline four after four years on a vtwin ducati. The Honda in bsb spec has been a pretty good bike since 2020, Glen should of won title with it but him and Andy battle a bit too much and he made some costly errors. The Japanese lads that Glen looked after just never really gelled with the bsb circuits etc in my opinion. Andy was injured most of last year and just proves some times the only issue is not having the right rider on it. Tommy been doing bsb for so long now, he knows it and the people inside out. He's in his prime, maybe someone will give him a shot in worldsbk before it's to late, as we can see in wsbk older riders are still competitive so his older age should not work against him. He'd just need time to learn the circuits and the slight differences in wsbk spec bikes.

Brilliant

Was this before or after bens fight with a caravan step?

If it hadn't been for the way Tommy made up a complete story about Glen, which was then called out by Glen when you interviewed him, I probably would have listened to this pod in a different way. But given what has gone on I now tend to turn on my bullshitometer when Tommy starts explaining things, and the needle flicked right into the red during this one. Let's break down some of the Honda-story-according-to-Tommy. So Paul Bird dies beginning of September 2023. Quite naturally his family are devastated and not only do they have to deal with this unexpected event emotionally but they also suddenly have a major family business and BSB team to take over. Paul was very much at the forefont of the BSB team. Tommy, being the considerate guy he is, gives them about 4 weeks before deciding bugger this, everything is a bit disorganised here, I'm going to go behind their backs and sign a deal for next year with Honda. Now I'm not blaming a professional rider for wanting to secure his future income but FFS give these people a little time to get to grips with the storm of shit suddenly enveloping them before deciding there's no future with the team and things aren't being run well. Sorry but on a personal level this does not reflect at all well on him. Unless the timescale is more BS and he had actually concluded a deal before Paul Bird died and this story is a smokescreen. Either way I think I'm beyond caring. Great rider but he's got some questionable behavioural issues being excused as 'honesty'. I still don't think we're getting the whole story and he's still digging.

Hes so funny

What happened at 20 mins Dave?! 😜

Great interview. Not sure of the need for f*** in every other sentence though. Not sure Honda would condone it.

A rider with morals....would have stayed with PBM After PB's passing because of he's commitment to you....but no you went chasing Honda....I've always followed you, but you've gone down in my estimations now!!!

Tommy rules, but how about MARK CAVENDISH 🎉, age is just a number. Yahoo

Tommy and michael both members of a club neither want to be part of. Losing a sibling 💔