Sometimes you’re happy to be in that little tightknit group, and then other times people might look at you a certain way for it. We were kind of our own team also, and even at TLD it happened at times. You could even go back to the year prior in ’19 when I worked with Seely. I think you kind of find that everywhere. They have the wife or the girlfriend, the agent, the practice bike guy, the trainer, all these different people involved, and you’re a little bit removed from, ‘Hey, man, let’s watch some video, or let’s do this.’ It was kind of like we’re friends, we’re good, we’ve got a good working relationship, but it’s a little bit of a team within a team. Even toward the end of my mechanic career, these riders, are like their own team within a team. I love the path that you’ve taken to Factory Honda, and I do think there’s a story there, and also a lesson for a lot of people. I noticed this late in my mechanic career and I didn’t like it as much. If anything, I maybe worked more hours with Colt. So, hour-wise as far as physical work, it didn’t really change. But he was also in Florida during the off-season too, so I had some time to relax where Colt was here every day, so I ran the practice program. It took a lot of thinking and forward thinking. Sure, Kenny came with his own list of things that I had to really focus on, but I call Ken mental work. So, that doesn’t change, regardless of who is on the motorcycle. There’s a certain standard, maybe not created by Honda, but more just for myself of an expectation of what I expect from myself and the product that I want to present to my rider and the team every week. Was it quite a difference than working from the pressure of Ken Roczen and all that? I imagine compared to Kenny it was a little bit of a vacation for you. You worked for Colt Nichols this past year, obviously. I’d love to get my own one day, but it just hasn’t been in the cards. Unfortunately you can’t always choose your success or whatever. I guess you could say I was trying to be a part of it as well and help everybody along the way. Super happy for everyone else on the team.
Just hit it hard right off the bat, right? For sure, definitely kind of a bittersweet thing. Racer X: I just want to point out that everybody has won but you over there (at Honda), so I’m just going to point that out right away.
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