Author Archives: Solomon N-S

It has been a long Summer break, longer than we were originally expecting to have. The exit of the Finnish grand prix from this year’s calendar bumped the waiting period for this season up to five weeks, which has been glorious for some and terrible for others. Riders who were nursing injuries sustained in theContinue reading “2022 Silverstone Preview: Britain Welcomes Back the Paddock”

It’s finally time to get racing again! This week, Solomon and Charlie are here to break down everything you need to know ahead of the British MotoGP round. Who has won here previously, who do we think will perform come Sunday, and who is running out of time to fix their championship? Also, some goodContinue reading “Returning at Silverstone! – the SolomonTalksBikes Podcast”

When looking at the start of the 2022 championship, one things stuck out to everyone immediately: the opening rounds were going to be nothing short of manic. The season started in Qatar, a track famous for being completely different to every other track on the calendar, and followed that up with two races in countriesContinue reading “The 2022 Flyaway Races Could End Up Defining the Championship”

What should have been a very calm contract season has boiled over into one of the most unpredictable and unusual silly seasons in recent memory. At the start of this season we were anticipating many squads to remain the same for the next season thanks to the level of competition across the class, but someContinue reading “Predicting the Last of the 2023 MotoGP Silly Season”

Continuing with our theme of reviewing the season so far, it’s time to focus on the junior and intermediate classes. Hosts Solomon and Charlie take a dive into the results we’ve seen in Moto2 and Moto3 this year, discussing who the top riders have been and what the overarching stories are. Plus, Solomon puts hisContinue reading “Moto2 & Moto3 Mid-Season Review! – the SolomonTalksBikes Podcast”

This time last year, Moto2 was heating up into one of the best championship showdowns we’ve been treated to in quite some time. A monstrous battle between two teammates had formed, two men who had proved themselves to be stronger than their opponents time and time again. One was in his sixth season in theContinue reading “Moto2 Mid-Season Highlight: A championship without a leader”

The silly season has been particularly silly this season. Two major factors have heavily shaken up what should have been a fairly easy set of contract talks: Suzuki leaving the premier class, and the state of the Moto2 championship. The announcement that Suzuki intended to leave the MotoGP class at the end of the seasonContinue reading “Nakagami vs Ogura: The final missing piece for 2023”

In our first Summer break special, it’s back to school for MotoGP as hosts Solomon and Charlie hand out our grades for the first half of the season! Which riders have impressed us the most so far in 2022, who has defied expectations, and who has some serious studying to do before the second halfContinue reading “Mid-Season MotoGP Report Cards! – the SolomonTalksBikes podcast”

MotoGP finds itself on a longer Summer sabbatical than was originally intended. Thanks to the cancellation of the Finnish grand prix – which, by the sounds of things, may struggle to even make it onto future calendars – the paddock is now enjoying a five-week holiday from the sport, giving riders time to relax andContinue reading “Lessons learned from the first half of the 2022 MotoGP championship”

What a way to end the first section of the MotoGP season! Having caught our breaths after the drama of the Dutch TT in Assen, hosts Solomon and Charlie dissect the key moments of the weekend, including our winners and losers, and talk about how the championship has been affected. Also, there was plenty ofContinue reading “Wrapping up at the Cathedral – the SolomonTalksBikes Podcast”