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Steve Matthes and Kevin Husted were out in Florida this week to meet up with Chad Reed and Jason Thomas as they get ready for Daytona.
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REED IS THE MAN
Reed. Bad ass MOFO! Always believed in you man. Time to start laying wood to these skin flute playin' riders. Privateer CR22 Spankin the best racers in the world! Looks like im buying a Honda!
Hey Steve, your such a tool. Cant even conduct a respectful good interview unless it was Stewie. Here is a gig for ya, how about you become a contestant for the biggest loser
There isnt a picture. All i see is a black screen. This happens to me once in awhile for the supercross interviews, 1 out of 3 interviews on raceday have picture for me. There is sound but no picture. Im dieing to watch this, so please fix this asap.
I cant wait to see " chad "get what he has coming to him ha ha ha.... hopefully a good dirt nap!
@metropolitan: Try using a different Internet browser or hitting the refresh button.
Cool track!!
EVERYONE is fast at their practice track!!
Reed alyays does good at Daytona while Stewart at best has been sketchy there - Villo you need to HOLESHOT - Dungey you need to ask the man upstairs for a bigger set - and Trey..hang on Bro...this race could put your lights out..
I feel Reed can do this! And i am not a fan of Reed the man but Reed the rider.
Matthes - you are one fine piece of man meat, if i do say so myself. NO HOMO
This has the be the worst RACER X FILM I have ever seen. Im a big Reed fan, but this was all bad. I was expecting something like Reed's last Racer X film, when he was practicing on the Kawi, now THAT was SICK!
Surely Reed sold some SX tickets. Matthes wasn't too good w/ his interview. Good riding footage, but why not more shots of Reed Boosting that Huge Jump. Bike sound was too low, Matthes is too loud. Liked last years kawi vid a lot! Reed looks fast tho, he could take it at Daytona
There's some big gaps on that track! Faaark!
"The whoops we saw you riding earlier, they looked pretty big"........and Matthes looks even BIGGER.....geesh!! "Privateer Hero?" Man im just not buying it......Reed has more cash at his disposal than ANY "privateer" has ever had, plus help from Honda........lets just bag all the CR is a "privateer" crap!!! I wonder how the true privateers feel about that!!
Huge REED fan always have been.Selling the Kawi and goin Honda.Hope it handles like or better than my old '93cr250.Buying some bel-ray instead of motul and trading the DC's for Etnies.Keeping my oakleys.I know who cares.Signed ,was fast vet rider.
He has personality,lap band Steve?
Steve Matthes, your interviewing skills really, really need some work. Idk if you were just trying to be funny with JT or what, but if you were that was a lame ass attempt to be funny. Secondly, Racer X get that lame ass music off your videos!! We don't want to hear that. We want to hear the bikes, not some loud garbage music. Let us hear the pros' perfectly running bikes!
Seriously Steve, a nutless monkey could do your job better. And he wouldn't be so fat.
I'm waiting on the newpaper article about the poor little Homeless Gophers that were displaced by the new track.. ha ha
what a great video! a black screen and a lousy annoying soundtrack blasting in your face.
Cool track, looks fun....Funny, Reed even laughed when he said " Privateer Hero" almost like he thinks its a joke like a lot of us do...
Reed didnt sell his Kawasaki, he had to give them back.....
I like ya Steve! What a track.WOW
CUDBY TAKE NOTE this is how videos SHOULD BE..hardly any music, engine sounds, little music and HARDLY ANY SLOW MO! we want to see how fast theyre going not youre movie making skills!...no offense
Matthes, don't listen to all the haters. People hate on everything. You are one of the best looking dudes in the pits.
Bet his track is better than this weekends one!
does this mean that reed will be recognized as the 'top privateer" for the season, and get the bonus check???
that just doesn't sound right, considering he has 39 wins already, and more money than all the privateers put together.
The line between factory and privateer has been blurred...
The best part about this video is that I can see that there really is some warm weather and green grass someplace in the U.S.A.!! There hasn't been any of that around here since last September!!
i used to get all the videos to work on here. then they would work initially, but not later on. now not at all. i dont think its my computer, since other people are having the same problem.
is it me or does the camera add......... A COUPLE HUNDRED POUNDS!!!!!!
Come on Racer X... why are you using Jabba the hut to interview elite Supercross/Motocross racers? If he had a personality that would be one thing but, Matthes unfortunately doesn't have that going for him either.
I love the sport and Racerxonline.com but, you guys need to do better than that.
Hope Reed rides clean this weekend, no need for any of that bull-s*** again like last weekend. Just cuz you cant win doesnt mean you have to keep other people from doin so
WOW look at all the Matthes haters...... I'm not saying hes a little dude, but what does his weight have to do w/ this interview? For everyone that has to come on here and complain about EVERYTHING keep in mind..... this is FREE! If you don't like it kick rocks and don't come back. No one is making you watch this.
yzf125 comment, HAHAHAHA! The disrespect by Matthes of JT should've been cut. I guess it makes sense that Matthes would be that rude, look how he treats himself.
CR22 isnt a privateer, Honda and Pro Circuit hook 'em with a lot. I doubt any privateer in years past with PC tuned suspension or engine had Mitch Payton stop by their "van" for consulting. Either way, Reed is smash'n!
wow. i havent even watched the vid yet but i can say that a lot of you guys are assholes. stop tearing apart someone you have probably never met. if you dont like the interview..then ok, move on. If you dont like the way he looks, then take your ignorant-probably not a 10-over analyzing-self, and gain some respect for other people.
Ryan 93 dont hate on reed hes better then youll ever be
Cool video, and another track making me real jealous. Reed is a helluva rider. Awesome.
man i'm ready for daytona!!
Awesome video. Can't ask for anything better.
1. Reed is not a privateer in ANY way, shape or form. Privateers don't have millions of dollars, they dont have big rigs, they don't have their own practice track(s), and they DON'T HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
2. Matthes I second what Mark said, you are one fine piece of man meat. No homo.
3. The interview was fine, I laughed my ass off when you were talking shit to Thomas. AWESOME.
Haters gon' hate
Stewart is going to make this fool look stupid this weekend
Great Video and Good Interview ! F all the Haters !
can we get a red arrow hot lap
hey mathes .... your looking pretty buff dude....you been workin out with Aldon? Your humor is at the same level as your ripped abs.... I need to get my resume into racerx right away....they have to be the only employer on the planet that will hire anybody in todays economy
Go REED ! I hope he shows everyone whats up! Poto got lucky last week, stewie left the door open and got slammed, dungey is just off the pace, and Reed put himself on the line by bankrolling his own team.. CR has the most motivation and when he is confident he wins !
@ Melonhead I meant my Kawi
@DMC REED has millions earned.Many privateers DADDYS have millions.
Wow, what has happened to racer x or just the motocross community in general??!! The comments on here are some of the most ignorant, hateful things I've ever heard one person say to another. I guess thats how the internet works though, people have the guts to say whatever they want when they dont have to be confronted by the person. What a sad disconnect from reality these comment boards are.
I thought the video was cool. No slo mo crap, funny interview with JT, and getting some good shots.
For all you guys that dont think Reed is a privateer, think about this. Why was Kyle Chisholm considered Top Privateer while riding FOR both L&M Yamaha, as well as Moto Concepts Yamaha? How could a TEAM MATE of JAMES STEWART, be considered a privateer? Reed is way more privateer than either of these efforts. Bottom line is Chad makes it to the races by paying bill. Yes he may a good sized bank account, but he IS still PAYING to race.
How does a guy like Matthes get an industry job where he gets to hang with Chad and other racers throughout the week????
Horrible interviewer... ridiculous!
Why does everyone feel the need to hate on people? The Thomas interview - It probably wasn't to serious to begin with, just because most rider interviews are serious doesn't mean one with your friend needs to be. And his weight, he is in prime fighting condition.
Get off my boy Steve! This is good stuff. Chad is for real and tells it like it is. If you cannot appreciate this go somewhere else for your moto fix. Oh yeah, there is no better place. You haters piss me off. Shut up!
man reading these comments and i had to make my first post! what is with all the negative/haters, i mean ralph shaheen irritates me but i know i couldnt do a better job, but Steve obviously loves the sport/industry and he brings alot of entertainment we wouldnt otherwise have, like this vid and all the podcasts. In NZ we get the supercross 1week late and thats only on skysports which i dont have so i get all my info off this site and others! Thanks for the vid
Steve Matthes sucks at doing interviews He should really stop or atleast have someone good interview the top guys. I always been a big Reed fan an always will be. But this video was weak, the only thing steve ever did half ass good was the How to videos. an even some of those sucked
do ya feel good? does it make you smile to poke the fat man? buncha punkass kids talkin tough....
loved the video steve, huge reedy fan and love the daytona tracks. and dont let these internet haters get to yea, theyll all talk shit till they meet you in person.
Really, Do we need to pick on steve? They guy is killing it with the MOTO info. Steve your doing an awesome job. You too Swisscore. Great work and thank you for all that you do.
To all those on here defending and crying about the matthes haters need to watch the video again! He was a complete dick to JT. Calling Jason Thomas "slow" during the interview noticably didn't go over well. A lot of people on here are ripping matthes because of the way he dissed JT on the video.
If Matthes was a cool guy and respected the riders people probably wouldn't be hatin' the big guy nearly as much.
Maybe it was a lame attempt at humor but, guarantee Jason didn't appreciate it!
there is one track were i really miss pourcel! he have been awsome on daytona.
Damn, that JT-situation was really awkward. Cool to get some press-time, and all you get is being called "slow". I would love to see Steve racing at Daytona. Hopefully Stewart would land on him.
The practise-track looks amazing, thanks for showing us. But what was up with that last interview? That was really boring... :(
Come on, people has gone to out of hand with this hating-thing. We are not gonna stop it anyway, so I say go ahead and hate all u like. I never see anyone hating when the videos are cool. (Ping!!)
Please excuse my english, Im from Denmark.
Matthes, is that a dunlop or a bridgestone under your shirt? Must be a dunlop, cause that belly dun lopped over your belt!
go get em reedy u legend cleen bubba right out this time go auzzi
A comfortable Reed is as big threat to the others as.. as.. RC4 anyday!
I can se from the ridingstyle that there is a smile under that helmet.
Talk about difference from that bulky Kawi, he was clearly not happy with it.
Stop naggin about Matthes weight or fat belly, rather have a reporter with genuine love and knowledge of the sport, than some good looking dude (that goes for guys only, no old ladys with mics on TV please, knowledge or not).
Steal Lisa Leyland from the GP circus, she knows stuff and is hot!
Oh, and maybe he has got rather big now, do something Steve while You can still walk....
A privateer doesnt have millions of dollars?? Why not?? If a kids parent are rich but he doesnt get any factory help he isnt a privateer. Money that the rider has has nothing to do with being classified a privateer. Its a matter of sponserships and backing.
the saddest part is, the Mathes JT interview was probably supposed to be a joke.....Mathes thinks he is a comedian and alot of his interviews are like watching a movie with horrible actors....if he cut the act, his interviews wouldnt be too bad...
Let me get this straight.... we get riding video posted during the week as one of the contenders preps for Daytona and you guys are b!tching about it? Come on.... really?
RacerX owes Jason Thomas a decent interview.
That was degrading, I'm starting to believe all the bad press I read about Mathes.
Whatta JACKASS
I think Steve's interview style is more interesting and fun to listen to. 22>7
Disrespecting JT or any other rider of pro caliber even in the name of comedy just isn't funny unless you have equal ability....Ping could have pulled it off....not matthes....it was like a pig farmer telling a fighter pilot he didn't land well based on his experience with a tractor
Racer X has some of the best journalistic skills in the industry, but this video was horrid. The interviewer was lame and footage was equally lame, Kids who get F's in my J school classes could make a better vid with prolly less time. But all in all I must say this season is awesome.
p.s. dont let Mathes talk anymore; no disrespect just not his cup o tea.
Vid was f###ing epic. mathes is one s##t hot dude. loved the interview, it put a smile on my face.
Reed is going to absolutely mob it this weekend. bubba aint got nuthn.
That guy ruined the video it would have been alot better if he was there and it was just reedy riding
not the other rider the fat guy that was doing the interviews
reeds interview was alittle flat. thought the interview with jt was funny but short and unfinished. the creative line at the end reed did was sick. sweet jump.