Over The Bars: Recent Episodes
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Over The Bars podcast is a loose group of motocross enthusiasts from the Kansas City metro area. We feature a handful of shows, from a standard podcast style talk show under the name OTB, live race coverage titled Race Companion, and our newest addition Winners Find Ways. OTB Network is not just another motocross podcast, as the last topic of our discussions is usually just that- and although motocross is a way of life it isn't the only thing worth talking about.
Kind of an introduction to the race team, but just as much about the inner workings of launching a team and some advice on understanding what to do when looking to start a relationship with a brand. You know me, I get to goin' and lose track.
We got together at The Fuel House in Bonner Springs, KS for this episode of OTB- and wow what an amazing joint it is. Banquet hall, coffee shop, bar, wedding venue, outdoor activity space, everything all in one for the motorsports enthusiast. Thanks to Wylie for letting us check the place out, and Bart for coming on and giving us the dish on how Benny's outdoor season has gone. Thanks to our sponsors, Donnell's, Bar2Bar, MOVMX, KF Realestate. Right before the podcast started, we learned about the passing of Alex Malott. Please go back and listen to episode number 63 to celebrate an awesome young man that loved motorcycles to the core.
Brent and I are staying at Ben's for the night and I brought my unit to record. We didn't start until 9 so it was hard to go for a long boy but otherwise it was a great chat with Ben and Brent. Thanks for listening, and thanks to our sponsors.
Jeff reports back after a night of racing at OMC, where he plans to take his roadshow, and some thoughts on ways motocross could stand to change some for the better.
Thanks to our sponsors- Donnell's Motorcycles, Lapking, Bar2BarMX, Fox, Keaton Fahnholz Real Estate, MOVMX Series, KMCS, Innovative MX, UFO, Rippinruts, Boom, and Gimmick - the official coffee of hard work.
Mike, Scott, Jeff get together for a few hours of tech talk and gas gossip.
Thanks to Donnells, Bar2Bar, Movmx, K.F. Real Estate, KMCS, Fox, Lapking, Rippinruts, Gimmick, BOOMrc, Innovative MX, Mega Camp, and listeners like YOU.
Scott talks about how important it is to be a coachable athlete. To find more information on Scott's MX schools visit Innovative MX
Thanks to our sponsors, and our listeners. Support those that support the sport.
Scott talks about bad days on the bike, and why they are not the end of times and can provide you with important lessons about riding. To find more information on Scott's MX schools visit Innovative MX
Thanks to our sponsors, and our listeners. Support those that support the sport.
PREPARE FOR BATTLE: Corona can't cancel us! Thanks to our sponsors and our listeners for letting OTB be OTB.
I give a summary about how my ride in Costa Rica went with my dad. Thanks to our sponsors new and old. Donnells Motorcycles, Bar2BarMX, MOVMX Championship, Keaton Fahnholz Real Estate, UFO, PJ1, Lapking, Fox, KMCS, Rippinruts, Boomrc, Innovative MX and of course to listeners like you. I think I said it a few times during the podcast how excited I am about the future of OTB and where I plan to take the show and network. Regular creation of good content will be at the forefront of the show's agenda, so you'll have more to listen to more often. It has been a weird time in recent months- but the future is bright for OTB. THANKS for listenting.
Cheyenne and his mechanic Hunter drop in for a chat.
Thanks for listening, and thanks to our sponsors.
Air Alex comes in hot with 5 championships between MoState and Best Of Midwest series and we catch up before he goes to California to add a 6th title! Thanks to Donnell's, KMCS, Bar2Bar, Fox, LapKing.
Have a listen Barsians. Then smash that LLS button like a train collision. Also- this episode was uploaded onto the OTB youtube- found by typing "over the bars podcast" into the youtube search bar. More will come from YT Live.
Thanks to LapKing for being supporters of mine, it's so great to align myself with people in a company so truly passionate about motocross riding and racing. I'm more than happy to have them on to talk about their latest update. Also, I am putting up a cash reward of $50 to beat a laptime of mine at Bar2Bar- listen to the entire episode on how to collect that money. P.s.- Have you tried Overcast? It's the preffered podcast playback app of OTB Network, and is available on all device platforms. -Jeff
I detail my weekend at Jbobs, a few thoughts on MXoN, and how I don't like racing dirt bikes on dirt.
Thanks to Bar2Bar, KMCS, Donnell's, and KF Real Estate/Keller Williams Key Partners
At the beginning of OTB, we tried to do segments. It did not really work, except hot topics which we still do intermitently. One of the original segments was the Innovative MX riding tip. I made a fun intro song, which you will hear at the beginning of this and think "Scott rode Suzuki?" and Scott recorded himself into his phone- I think two times. In due time, because of Scott's shoulder injury at Muddy Creek in 18- he wanted to keep his hat in the ring, so Mike and I put him in as an interim third host while he recovered.
Behind the scenes at OTB, we aways struggle to keep a schedule. I work a full time and a half job for a major corporation, race regularly, ride often, and operate my side business with Rippinruts. Mike is the founder and Chief Officer at Boom RC, and has recently come back into stickers with great vigor as he really pushes his award/plaque operation. Scott is a major part of his heavy industrial company's daily operations, has a business with Innovative, and is now back to riding at full scale.
I suggested to Scott, who always was trying to organize Mike and I for a more regular schedule, to buy a microphone and begin recording his own show. Now, you can listen here- as we expand from a single show, to a network with plans to continue including more podcasts and hosts.
I, Jeff, and Mike are very happy and pleased to introduce you to episode 1 of Scott's solo show.
Winners Find Ways.
We got together on a Sunday before the Chiefs game and had a nice 1:45 chat. Enjoy!
Thanks to Donnells, Bar2Bar, Fox, KMCS, and Keaton Fahnholz Realty
No socks on the microphones this time! Josh isnt making soap or selling cars anymore, the labcaot has been shed and he dawns the Fox logo at all time.
Thanks to Bar2Bar MX Donnell's Motorcycles KMCS Keaton Fahnholz Realty
This episode is about my KTM 125sx bike setup going into the nationals that I am racing. It's easier to explain some things in audio than it is writing them out.
Thanks to KMCS, BAR2BAR, and Donnell's for their unwaivering support.
Thank you for listening to the Over The Bars podcast. Tell someone you know about this episode if you think they could benefit from it.
Listen up and listen twice- you're better than you think you are and it's time to ride like it.
Thanks to KMCS, Bar2Bar, and Donnell's.
Young Scott and Young Jeff worshipped the man known as Hollywood. Scott brought his kneepads.
OTB is sponsored by Donnell's, Bar2Bar, and KMCS.
Mike, Scott, and Jeff shoot the breeze and talk shop for a while.
OTB is sponsored by Donnell's, Bar2Bar, and KMCS.
Went arenacross racing, had a little occurence, but overall the racing was fun. How about Preston Taylor nabbing the extra 1000?
OTB is sponsored by Donnell's, Bar2Bar, and KMCS.
This episode of OTB is a live recording from the A1 watch party at Extreme Grand Prix in Raytown, hosted by Donnell's Suzuki. Most important part of this podcast is who Jeff calls to win A1, let the record books forever show that prediction.
Kevin is home with a hurt leg after a supercross training getoff, Nick is fresh off some R&R after getting married, Scott had MRI numero dos, Mike is now an announcer for KFKF Country 94.1 FM, and Jeff is post-RFGP. It's great to get five guys together and sit around without distraction to talk about dirt bikes for three hours, and you get to hear us do it.
Thanks to our sponsors, Donnell's Motorcycles, KMCS Kansasmx.com, Bar2BarMX in Wichita, and shoutout to Sicwicks.com candles- a great stocking stuffer for the whole family.
Thanks to our sponsors- Donnell's Motorcycles, KMCS, Bar2Bar MX.
Mike Lorenz is the promoter of the RFGP, and has been for 23 years. Hear from Mike about the history and current info of the Grand Prix.
Brent Rouse is an AMA Pro Motocross racer from Torrance, California who took me in to their team operation at the Millville National. He randomly called seconds before I got off the phone with Mike, so why not just get him in on the action?
You can find all information about the Riverfront Grand Prix at RFGP.com
This podcast and all OTB podcasts include adult language. Don't be surprised.
Stephen was votedd by the KMCS community as the most improved rider of the year.
Hear his story and many many other things in this episode. This was recorded directly after the KMCS awards banquet in Wichita, KS. Series Director Jon-Paul Powell drops into our room for a bit.
Thanks to our sponsors- Donnell's Motorcycles, KMCS, Bar2Bar MX.
Mike Garrison is the man with the diamond voice known for centuries throughout the multiverse as "he whomst speaketh gold".
Jeff Crutcher is an advocate of premix, battery packs, carboard boxes, and tiggo bitties.
If this is your first time listening to Over The Bars Podcast, I'm sorry.
Thanks to our sponsors- Donnell's Motorcycles, KMCS, Bar2Bar MX.
What a great episode! It was like having a small party up in here, up in here cues DMX
Thanks to
Kasnasmx.com Donnell's Motorcycles Bar2Barmx.com Corey Hipp
This is a readthrough of an article I wrote on Facebook. Hear the story from planning on doing my first natty since 2009 to a couple days before race 1.
Thanks for listening to OTB. Buy stickers at rippinruts.com/store
OTB is one year old, and the conversation gets to flowing so well in this episode that we entirely forgot to mention it until the end of the show.
Thanks to everyone thats been with us A1 since Day 1.
Thanks to our sponsors Donnell's Suzuki Nick Peterson's Bike-Works Bar2Barmx KansasMX.com - KMCS Corey HIpp's next business
Much like the races, a lot went wrong with our broadcast. There's something about Facebook live and garageband running at the same time that makes the soundboard glitch out. So a small part of a story and a touch of the 250 Main arent recorded- but you still get the meat of everything.
Thanks for listening to OTB
Thanks to Donnell's Bike Works KMCS Bar2Bar MX Dart Town Arena (or whatever Corey Hipp is doing next)
JPP is the newly appointed director of the Kansas Motocross Championship Series, which is looking to make big strides in 2018 with rekindling the flames of local motocross racing.
Bruce Richardson is owner of Bar2Bar MX and butts in to talk about his thoughts on JPP and the new KMCS, and also hes REALLY excited for his LLAQ happening this weekend.
Tony Wenck- Wiseo rider rep, track owner, and pitpass radio host comes on to talk about DIRT BIKES!!!!! Tony's track Riverside Raceway in Winterset, Iowa is hosting a HELLUVA race on March 24th-25th. Highly suggest you go to this race.
Kevin Moranz comes back to give an update on his travels toward becoming a fan favorite pro racer.
80cc 9-11 original gangster Vince Monteleone was a usual suspect at the top of the rankings every time I raced anywhere South Central. Now he done growed up on me and teamed up with fellow Texan JC Chappell to develop a GROUNDBREAKING racing app called LapKing.
This episode is dedicated to them to find out what the heck this thing is all about. Prepare yourself to be on the cutting edge of motocross. LapKing is the moto equivelant to Bitcoin.
Thank you to our show sponsors- Donnell's, Bike-Works, Dart Town Arena, and Bar2Bar MX.
Over The Bars Race Companion is a live show aired silmutaneously with the Monster Energy Supercross TV airings, it can be streamed on FB each Saturday night. The show begins 10 minutes before the first gate drop of the night.
This is the recorded audio from the FB Live show.
Thank you to our sponsors- Donnell's Motorcycles, Bar2Bar MX, Bike-Works LLC, and Dart Town Arena.
The Over The Bars podcast is brought to you by charitable individuals who pledge monthly to the show on Patreon, we thank our patrons, and listeners like you.
Over The Bars Race Companion is a live show aired silmutaneously with the Monster Energy Supercross TV airings, it can be streamed on FB each Saturday night. The show begins 10 minutes before the first gate drop of the night.
This is the recorded audio from the FB Live show.
Thank you to our sponsors- Donnell's Motorcycles, Bar2Bar MX, Bike-Works LLC, and Dart Town Arena.
The Over The Bars podcast is brought to you by charitable individuals who pledge monthly to the show on Patreon, we thank our patrons, and listeners like you.
Over The Bars Race Companion is a live show aired silmutaneously with the Monster Energy Supercross TV airings, it can be streamed on FB each Saturday night. The show begins 10 minutes before the first gate drop of the night.
This is the recorded audio from the FB Live show.
Thank you to our sponsors- Donnell's Motorcycles, Bar2Bar MX, Bike-Works LLC, and Dart Town Arena.
The Over The Bars podcast is brought to you by charitable individuals who pledge monthly to the show on Patreon, we thank our patrons, and listeners like you.
Over The Bars Race Companion is a live show aired silmutaneously with the Monster Energy Supercross TV airings, it can be streamed on FB each Saturday night. The show begins 10 minutes before the first gate drop of the night.
This is the recorded audio from the FB Live show.
Thank you to our sponsors- Donnell's Motorcycles, Bar2Bar MX, Bike-Works LLC, and Dart Town Arena.
The Over The Bars podcast is brought to you by charitable individuals who pledge monthly to the show on Patreon, we thank our patrons, and listeners like you.
The 27th installment of OTB. I really need to start counting the episodes before I begin talking. My cohost Mike G is under the weather and called in sick for this week's OTB- so I phoned in Michael Antonovich, local legend from the lustrious District18.info AMA racing series, now online editor of the most read motocross magazine in the world Transworld Motocross. Anton is an all around fantastic dude, and has a very cultured outlook on life and the motorcycling industry in general. Thanks for calling in bud.
Thank you to our patreon pledges, and our show sponsors: Donnell's Motorcycles Bar2Bar MX Nick Peterson's Bike Works Dart Town Arena
Pat calls in from Huntington Beach to talk about Day In The Dirt, where he took home the gold medal in AAA/Pro expert division 1 elite mens. In all reality though, Pat is just a hardcore moto dude from the west coast, and my big mouth one way or another got me in contact with him.
Thank you to our patreon pledges, and our show sponsors: Donnell's Motorcycles Bar2Bar MX Nick Peterson's Bike Works Dart Town Arena
HI! Let's chat about bar2bar, the rfgp, the differences between am, pro, and local moto, and so much more. Sorry if you experienced a hiccup while playing, I had to reupload this because the Savage song volume was turned down.
Another great moto banter podcast, yet not a mention of pro racers or silly season. Why? Becasue we have bigger fish to fry- and you can go to pulpmx.com to hear that kind of talk.
The Riverfront GP is one of the better motorcycle races in the central states area, and given that I'm an avid fan of issuing credit where it's due- I wanted to build some more hype around the race.
You can go to RFGP.com and read up on all information, see results, and pre-enter for the race.
It's a harescramble 2 hour style event on some of the best sandy soil known to man. Great crossover event for all moto riders.
Hot and heavy with R/C content, OTB calls up Jared Tebo and Joe Bornhorst. We also get into some R/C hot topics, and some miscellanious discussion about whatever we wish to talk about cus THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
Thanks to our listeners world wide.
Visit patreon.com/overthebars, bar2barmx.com, and donnellsmotorcycles.com.
Tonight, OTB features Bart Shiflett of Donnell's Motorcycles and Josh Hudson of Fox Racing. Shout out to our listeners who take this Red Pill of an episode in one dose, for it is indeed our longest yet- which is why it was uploaded in 64kbps (a higher compression rate).
Thanks to our listeners world wide.
Visit patreon.com/overthebars, bar2barmx.com, and donnellsmotorcycles.com.
Scott Gebken is a Missouri A class racer, and owner/coach of Innovative MX Kevin Moranz rides for KTM/Letko Cycles, and plans to contest in AMA Outdoor Nationals in 2018 Bruce Richardson is the AMA District 21 Congressman and owns Bar2Bar MX in Wichita, KS.
Visit patreon.com/overthebars, bar2barmx.com, and donnellsmotorcycles.com.
We are testing out the call in function of the OTB podcast! Save this number: 816-408-0123 to call into the OTB show when we go live, make sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and Stitcher, and follow us on instagram and FB to know exactly when we go live. We are working on a more set schedule.
Basically what I'm saying is- massive work in progress. But still the good ole OTB show as always.
KP Badwrench - practice mechanic of Zach Osbourne and formerly of Kenny Roczen, RJ Hampshire, Eric Grondahl, and Eric Goodson, joins us in the OTB studio as he hangs north post Hurricane Irma.
If you'd like to watch the episode, you can find it on the Over The Bars OTB podcast Facebook page.
OTB shirts are now in stock for $10 plus shipping. Message us on FB or insta, or email us as info@boomrc.net to order.
Mike and Jeff return again again to chat it up. Thanks for listening. Like us on facebook @overthebarspodcast and on insta @over.the.bars
World champion R/C racer Jared Tebo returns to OTB and we go heavily into the R/C world.
Tye Angle debuts his new single "Braap" here on OTB. We hit a speed bump, no more like we hit a Brick Wall... but really it was a Car Bomb.
Thanks for listening to OTB. Glad we could make THIS the 15th installment.
We love talking about motocross. Did you know that? Did you??? Well if you love hearing about motocross then simply click the play button.
Review our podcast on iTunes, PLEASE!
The feature song in this episode was Motorycle by Colter Wall.
Dan Hirner has been printed motocross graphics since 2001.
Dan is of Bike Grpahix Mike is of BoomRC Jeff is of Rippinruts.
The holy trinity of decals has arrived.
We get together finally after being seperated by drasticly different work schedules and vacationing.
Keaton Fahnholz is an undergraduate of business marketing at University of Kansas, he returns from an intership role as facilitator for The Privateer Journey.
Bart Shiflett is a former professional motocross/supercross racer, road racer, and current owner of Donnell's Motorcycles- a Suzuki, Honda, Husqvarna, Beta, and CF Moto dealership.
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Scott Gebken of Innovative MX joins us for a mega episode covering everything under the sun. Motocross is a damn fine sport and we are glad to be here taking about it.
Scott used to go by Im8ontheCR on the original MoStateMX forum. His instagram is @innovativemx.
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Race reports from the Hangtown National from Mike, and what's happening in the local scene with Jeff. OTB
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I recorded this episode last week before Nick Peterson could make it in.
KP Badwrench and I talk about the good ole times.
Mike and I will return for episode 7 next week and recap his visit to Hangtown for found one of the outdoor nationals.
-Jeff
NOTE: I misspoke Keith's first rider mechanic job- he was with Eric Goodson, not Eric Grondahl.
Nick Peterson is a pro supercross and motocross privateer. We talk about the supercross finale, Missouri State MX, Von Zipper, and a bunch of other neat topics.
Thank you to our patreites Corey Hipp, Matt Maier, Josh Hudson, Ethan Sloniker, and Hunter Clements.
Courtney Staton joins us in studio, she is editor in chief at Journal: A BMX Narrative, has a photography comany by the moniker Stag And Bird, and a few other projects.
Scott Gebken closes out the show with the IMX riding tip of the week.
Multi R/C World Champion driver Jared Tebo joins us in studio after returning from NEO championship in England. We chat a solid mix between moto and R/C and further debate on whether it's a radio, controller, transmitter, or stick.
Jeff - @rippinruts Mike - @mikegarrison247 Jared - @jared_tebo
Jeff and Mike are joined by Zack Archer to discuss the off weekend from pro racing, old memories on local racing and what's happening in Missouri.
Josh Hudson of Fox Racing joins us in studio. We talk about weekend recaps, reasons to move up to the A class, what it's like to be a Fox rep, and a solid cookie duster.
Follow Josh at @jhmx719 Follow Jeff at @rippinruts Follow Mike at @mikegarrison247
Mike Garrison is a feature commentator at amateur and pro R/C Car races across the country. Mike currently writes and contributes for LiveRC.com.
Jeff Crutcher is a former pro motocross racer and current package delivery driver. Jeff still races and travels regionally with his KTM 250 sx.