Charley Boorman sits down with Jase to tell the real story behind Long Way Round, the trip with Ewan McGregor that changed the motorcycle adventure genre forever. From how the idea came together over dinner in London, to the Dakar Rally training that got him ready, to riding the Road of Bones across Siberia to Magadan, Charley walks through the trip that shaped his life.

They get into what four months on the road with Ewan actually taught him, how the Sky One deal came together, the Long Way Down and Long Way Up follow-ups, riding Australia end to end, 53 miles of hard enduro at the Isle of Man with David Knight, and what makes Jett Lawrence and Marc Marquez operate on a different level than the rest of us.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:54 Welcome Charley Boorman to Gypsy Tales
2:26 Jase on the Subscribe Discovery
4:57 Meeting Charley at the Isle of Man TT
10:16 The David Jeffries Story
14:40 Cardo Systems Ad
22:01 Riding Australia End to End
25:49 Living in Queensland with Jason Connery's Mother
34:57 Racing the Dakar Rally
37:07 The Race to Dakar Documentary
40:04 What It Takes to Make the Dakar
50:54 Coming Back to Dakar
52:13 Jumping Into Long Way Down
54:37 The Real Story Behind Long Way Round
1:03:47 Getting the Sky One Deal
1:07:06 Motosport Ad
1:13:54 Collecting Dream Motorcycles
1:24:05 Why Ewan Wanted to Do the Trip
1:30:04 Riding Into Russia
1:38:38 Jase's Scottish Roots
1:39:33 Through Mongolia
1:41:12 The Road of Bones to Magadan
1:45:51 Magadan to Anchorage
1:51:05 Long Way Round
1:58:19 How Long Way Round Inspired So Many
2:04:27 Fist Handwear Ad
2:07:51 The Making of Long Way Down
2:12:58 Africa in All Its Vibrance
2:19:04 The Dangers of Border Crossings
2:32:29 Charley's Dream Australian Ride
2:36:56 Ducati's Desert X
2:37:38 The Bike Charley Bought Himself
2:42:41 53 Miles of Hard Enduro at the Isle of Man with David Knight
2:47:04 What Makes Elite Riders Different
2:47:40 Sota Fuel Ad
2:48:28 Why Jett Lawrence Is So Good
2:51:43 How Soccer Players Handle Injuries vs MotoGP
3:00:58 Charley's Bucket List Rides
3:07:38 The European Bucket List Tour
3:14:02 Closing

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Boyzone’s Shane Lynch joins us for Chapter 416 of Gypsy Tales. One of the faces of one of the biggest boy bands of the ’90s, Shane is also a serious drift racer, car builder, and lifelong motorsport fanatic. In this chapter, he sits down with Jase to talk about growing up in Dublin, joining Boyzone and being launched into ’90s superstardom, the moment fame and ego took over, and how finding a deeper sense of purpose changed his perspective.

They also get into his first Porsche 911, the car shop he runs, why he fell in love with drift cars, the backyard supercross track a friend built for him, and what he sees in Jett Lawrence and the current state of supercross.

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0:00 Intro
3:27 Welcome Shane Lynch to Gypsy Tales
3:41 Shane Lynch Is Back on Tour with Boyzone
13:01 AG1 Ad
13:48 Kicked Out of School and Finding My Own Path
25:24 Shane's Passion for Motorsports
30:41 Looking Back with Gratitude
35:43 Leading by Example
38:31 Growing Up in Dublin
51:15 The Dublin Shane Grew Up In
54:27 Joining Boyzone Changed Everything
1:01:16 Shane's Role in Boyzone
1:05:01 When the Ego Took Over
1:12:03 Finding God
1:26:02 Greatness Comes with Fame
1:30:29 Shane's First Car
1:34:47 SOTA Fuel Ad
1:35:13 Selling My Porsche 911
1:41:16 Shane Lynch's Car Shop
1:51:00 My First Race
1:56:47 Every Man's Dream Truck
2:01:49 Shane's Biggest Racing Moments
2:09:35 Fist Handwear Ad
2:10:57 Falling in Love with Drift Cars
2:20:27 Building a Backyard Supercross Track
2:24:42 Jett Lawrence and the Current State of Supercross
2:35:02 Closing

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Chapter 415 of the Gypsy Tales Podcast features British speedway rider Dan Bewley sitting down with Jase to explain what it actually feels like to race a bike with no brakes, four laps at a time, at 70 mph, inches away from three other riders. Dan breaks down the crash that shattered his femur, his dream of becoming a professional motocross racer before switching to speedway, and what it took to build a career in a sport most Americans have never seen.

They also get into the new Kawasaki two-stroke concept everyone's talking about, life racing in Poland where speedway is massive, Russian riders being banned from top-level competition, Ken Roczen finally becoming a Supercross champion, and whether Haiden Deegan really has what it takes to beat Jett Lawrence.

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Greg Minnaar is one of the greatest downhill mountain bikers of all time. From winning his first UCI World Cup at 19 to becoming World Champion just weeks before his 40th birthday, he spent more than two decades at the top of the sport. In this episode, Greg looks back on the defining moments of his career, from growing up racing motocross in South Africa to helping build Honda's iconic downhill MTB program.

We dive into the Sam Hill era, how Aaron Gwin changed downhill racing, the development of Honda's legendary bike, and what it really took to stay at the top for over 20 years. Greg also opens up about nearly quitting at 20, living with ADHD as a professional athlete, the sacrifices required to keep winning, and the pressure of racing in front of a home crowd.

If you're a fan of downhill mountain biking, motocross, or high-performance athletes, this is an inside look at the mindset, rivalries, and legacy of one of the sport's true GOATs.

CHAPTERS:

0:00 Intro

4:23 Welcome Greg Minnaar

11:54 Greg's Motocross Background

18:46 From Motocross to Downhill MTB

21:11 Jack Miller Has No Fear

26:31 Competing Against Sam Hill

35:17 How Aaron Gwin Changed Downhill MTB

43:52 The Loic Bruni Era

47:57 Greg's First World Cup Win

51:44 AG1 Ad

52:47 The Path to the World Cup

58:51 Greg Minnaar Almost Quit

1:09:54 Team Orange Circa

1:18:04 Living With ADHD

1:33:51 Dislocated Shoulder

1:40:21 When Honda Took Over Downhill

1:45:22 How Good Was the Honda MTB?

1:47:07 The 2027 Honda CRF 450R

1:50:06 Riding for Syndicate

1:56:00 Being Teammates with Steve Peat

1:58:27 Running the Norco Adidas MTB Team

2:05:45 Destination Yamaha Ad

2:07:03 The Selfishness of Winning

2:10:10 Managing Your Ego

2:13:11 How to Enjoy the Wins

2:21:13 Greg Minnaar's Greatest Career Wins

2:26:03 The Pressure of Racing at Home

2:33:50 Closing

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Luke Tarrant left a great job in finance and walked away from the corporate world, knowing he didn't want to spend his life stuck in an office. He sold everything he owned and spent years riding his motorcycle across the world, chasing the kind of adventure few people ever experience.

On a ride through Colombia, everything came to a screeching halt when he was involved in a motorcycle accident that left him fighting for his life. After weeks in a Colombian hospital, Luke ultimately had his leg amputated.

Since then, he's grown a massive global social media following by sharing his journey, inspiring millions with his adventures, resilience, and outlook on life.

In Chapter 413, Jase and Luke dive into the motorcycle crash that changed everything, the incredible strangers who came together to help save his life, crossing the Darien Gap by boat, ending up at a cartel party in Mexico, learning to walk and ride again with a prosthetic leg, and why he refuses to move on until he returns to Colombia to finish the ride.

CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:45 A week together at the Isle of Man TT

00:12:41 Cardo Ad

00:16:30 The start line, the goodbyes and the cemetery

00:20:15 Racing a car at the TT with half a leg

00:22:30 Two crashes in one day on the mountain road

00:27:27 Back to the start

00:29:19 The London School of Economics and the Wolf of Wall Street

00:32:02 Walking into his boss's office and quitting

00:33:45 Landing in the US with no plan and a Suzuki DR650

00:36:00 Buying a house versus buying freedom

00:40:30 Ten days in the dirt and how little you need

00:44:15 The present self and the remembering self

00:48:00 The post that blew up by accident

00:52:08 AG1 Ad

00:53:06 How he got into motorcycles

00:55:30 His dad gets a bike licence and a tattoo

01:01:25 The Vietnam tour company that changed both their dads' lives

01:04:30 The Ho Chi Minh trail and the bomb craters

01:07:48 Venezuela, the caravans and the Darien Gap

01:12:49 Selling the American dream

01:17:15 Why he would choose Mexico over the US

01:20:15 Why it has to be a motorcycle

01:25:49 The crash

01:29:28 No memory and no vision attached to it

01:31:30 Waking up in a different part of Colombia

01:33:33 The leg comes off or you die

01:34:29 The Instagram story that got him out

01:36:00 Sepsis

01:41:15 A month of deciding how much more to cut off

01:45:05 The air ambulance and the prince's plane

01:48:45 Going back to find out what actually happened

01:57:48 Motosport Ad

01:58:30 Coming home in a wheelchair

02:02:59 The night he realised he had become disabled

02:07:30 The beach in Mexico

02:10:41 The prosthetic, and what is actually left

02:14:56 Kurdistan and back in a wheelchair

02:18:45 Disabled, and who actually is

02:22:30 Jase on the bike he could never have as a kid

02:29:15 Half a million followers and the dopamine

02:36:45 Losing the warehouse in the fire

02:42:04 FIST Ad

02:45:00 Why he turns down most brands

02:50:56 Mexico, and why he keeps going back

02:53:15 The night he followed a stranger to a cartel party

03:03:00 Corrupt police and the fake driving licences

03:10:25 Devil's breath and getting roofied

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Randy Mamola won 13 Grand Prix races and finished runner-up in the 500cc World Championship four times. He joins Jase to look back on racing Eddie Lawson as a kid, Kenny Roberts changing the sport, the Honda NSR500, Mick Doohan's career, and the story behind the Ferrari Cagiva insisted he take despite never winning a race for them, the one he tried to turn down.

They also break down whether MotoGP has reached its ceiling before the 850cc era, which manufacturer is best positioned for the future, who would really be fastest on equal machinery without electronics, Randy's 20 years on the two-seat Grand Prix bike, and the work behind Riders for Health, the charity he co-founded.

CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:33 Welcome Randy Mamola to Gypsy Tales

00:04:31 Spain's Influence on Motorcycle Culture

00:10:25 Motosport Ad

00:11:19 How Randy's Life became Motorcycles

00:17:56 The Impact of On Any Sunday

00:25:21 Kenny Robert's Legacy

00:39:35 Did Randy Ever Have a Plan B?

00:44:43 AG1 Ad

00:45:45 First World Championship Effort

01:06:42 Honda's Iconic NSR500

01:16:57 Randy's Favourite Grand Prix Bike

01:21:14 The First GoPro?

01:25:56 Mick Doohan's Legendary Career

01:30:18 "If you win, well give you a Ferrari"

01:34:43 Mars Men Ad

01:36:22 Cagiva's GP500

01:52:00 Has MotoGP hit its limit?

02:09:07 The Next MotoGP Dynasty

02:27:21 FIST Handwear Ad

02:28:48 Who's Truly the Best MotoGP Racer?

02:38:01 Doubling Up on A MotoGP Bike

02:53:15 The Legacy Randy wants to leave

03:00:54 Closing

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Billy Bolt is one of the most recognisable personalities in motorsport, and not just because he's one of the fastest, most technically gifted off-road riders on the planet. The 6-time SuperEnduro World Champion and 2021 Hard Enduro World Champion has built a fanbase that's just as loyal to his personality as his results, and in this episode he brings all of it.

Jase and Billy get into why he thinks motocross riders are scared to show their personalities, why hard enduro still isn't as big as supercross (and what enduro has that moto doesn't), the hand injury that turned into a nightmare, becoming a father, the insanity of Erzberg and the Isle of Man TT, modern traction control on dirt bikes, why he started vlogging, and his unfiltered takes on the biggest names in moto, including why Haiden Deegan just doesn't care and his Chase Sexton conspiracy theory.

CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:03 Welcome Billy Bolt to the podcast

00:06:58 This Hand Injury Turned into a Nightmare

00:13:40 Becoming a Father

00:19:03 AG1 Ad

00:20:04 MOTO IQ

00:23:21 The Insanity of the Isle of Man TT

00:27:45 The King of EnduroCross

00:40:56 The Challenge of Coaching Others

00:50:47 Modern Dirt Bike Traction Control

00:56:43 The Erzberg Enduro

01:03:00 Armor Vision Ad

01:04:10 Craziest Motorsport fans in the World

01:16:28 Why isn't Hard Enduro Bigger than Supercross

01:28:46 Cardo is a GAME CHANGER!

01:32:38 What Enduro has that Moto Doesn't...

01:40:29 The Crazy MotoGP Fans

01:46:09 Why Billy Bolt Started Vlogging

01:57:48 Why Billy Bolt Has Such a Big Personality

02:10:52 Fist Handwear Ad

02:12:16 Haiden Deegan Just Doesn't Care

02:32:05 Chase Sexton Conspiracy Theory

02:46:40 Dirt Bike Therapy

02:52:39 Closing

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Four years ago, the idea of an electric dirt bike changing motocross sounded impossible. Today, the Stark VARG is competing against the best riders and manufacturers in the world, and Stark Future founder Anton Wass returns to Gypsy Tales to explain how it happened. From the latest VARG developments and battery technology to hard enduro dominance, AMA Supercross ambitions, and why he believes combustion bikes could become purely nostalgic within the next decade, Anton shares the vision driving one of the most disruptive companies in motorsports.

Beyond motorcycles, Anton and Jase dive into artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, the future of work, universal basic income, and what it takes to lead a company that's challenging an entire industry. Whether you're passionate about motocross, technology, or the future of innovation, this is a conversation you won't want to miss.

00:00:00 Intro
00:04:43 Welcome Back Anton Wass to Gypsy Tales
00:06:43 What's New at Stark Varg
00:15:25 The Low Moments at Stark
00:19:28 Sota Fuel Ad
00:20:09 There's No Electric Bike Like Stark
00:29:33 How Stark Uses 3D Printing
00:41:19 Artificial Intelligence: Opportunity or Threat?
00:50:40 Would Universal Basic Income Work?
00:58:32 Motosport Ad
01:00:20 How Long Until Ai Changes Everything?
01:09:19 Anton Speaks on the Growth of Stark
01:13:45 Stark's Hard Enduro Takeover
01:32:11 Fist Handwear Ad
01:33:36 Stark Racing AMA Still Possible?
01:40:10 How Much Better are Factory Race Bikes!?
01:46:07 Who Is Stark's Core Customer?
01:51:51 The Future of Traction Control
01:58:55 Starks Battery Technology
02:09:40 New Innovations for Stark?
02:18:52 Easiest Bike to Wheelie
02:26:01 Mystery Rider
02:27:48 Anton's Proudest Moments
02:34:42 How Anton Wass Has Changed
02:37:17 AG1 Ad
02:38:19 The Responsibility of Representing Stark
02:48:17 The Growth of the Motorcycle Industry
03:06:02 Sota Fuel Testl
03:09:39 Why Jase Rides the Stark Better
03:12:47 Closing

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