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Interview: Brutally honest Justin Bogle’s thoughts on WSX and more

Bogle’s WSX insights

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Justin Bogle cut a content figure when speaking to Lewis Phillips after the opening round of the FIM WSX Championship in Cardiff even though things didn’t go entirely to plan for him, with his refreshing honesty coming to the fore as usual in The MX Vice post-race podcast presented by Fly Racing.

MX Vice: Not the night you would’ve wanted, results sucked. But you rode good all day. Maybe you were the fastest 250 rider here I think. You were definitely in the mix for that. So it should’ve been better but you can be happy that the riding was on point all of that, but still results sucked.

Justin Bogle: Results sucked but I mean it is what it is. I can’t control everything. We were picking up a lot of nails on the track, so I got two flats today. So obviously that ruined my overall score either way. But I did win my heat race. That was nice. Right out of the gate I had some fun. I mean, I wasn’t sure what to expect coming in and I had like four days on the bike. So like four days on a 250 in supercross in like seven years. So it’s still an adjustment, timing was a little bit tricky here and there but I really enjoy the 250 in supercross. So I’m having fun, I felt really good honestly all things considered. 

First main got a flat – DNF. Second main – first turn crash, only made it up to like seventh or eighth. Third main, not the best start, worked up to third and then washed the front with two corners to go. You know, what are you going to do? When it’s not rolling your way, it’s just not rolling your way. Not the best night, but we’ll take it.

I’m honestly surprised you can even remember what happened in each main event because this is something different, cool. But this format, I don’t know if it’s going to stick around. The whole night was a blur. You guys had no rest. Like I say, all the main events merged into one. I don’t really know what happened still. It’s something different is all I’ve got to say.

It was different. I don’t know if I liked it, I mean honestly there wasn’t even enough time between the mains to change my gloves. I mean luckily when I got my flat, it was on like lap two so there was enough time to swap the wheel, cause our spare bike is not set up for either of us. So I would have been riding like a random bike with the wrong suspension and bars and stuff, which would not have been sweet. But yeah I don’t know about the format man. Maybe going back and forth between SX2 and SX maybe (could work) but I don’t know, it was hectic man. I was a lot, a lot of riding this weekend, two practices yesterday, two today, a heat race and three mains so a little different from what we’re used to. 

I mean you see I told McElrath, you’re welcome, because he won the overall because I fell. I was like I got you that extra point you needed. There we go. I don’t get a bonus for that but I got a high five so whatever. I’ll take it.

The track was simple, the layout was simple. But there were some things you 250 guys could do. The section before the finish you could triple, over the table quad. I thought it looked faster when some guys did these in practice, but it didn’t turn into a race line. Another one out of the second corner, quad over the table, I think only Anstie might have done it on a 250. Thoughts on either of those lines?

I didn’t do either of them, not once. Honestly, like I said, I had four days on the bike and I had the wrong suspension on one day as that’s all I had.

Did your normal suspension not turn up?

Yeah, at home everything was so last minute and I had a stock engine and had my own mechanic at home so things were dicey. I had a crash, there was a rumour that I was hurt I kept hearing, but I just sprained my ankle pretty good. I just wasn’t really down to try any big rhythms, I figured it’d just do the normal stuff and it’ll be fine. I just kept it casual this weekend. We survived it barely, but we survived it. I don’t know if those lines might have been better. But I didn’t feel like I needed to do them. 

Equally, this is a championship, a two round championship, so I felt more like we were at Paris, Geneva, something like that than like oh my god this is round one championship, your title is doomed, this is super serious.

I mean honestly I don’t know If I really give a shit this year. I mean pardon my French, but you know what I’m saying. I mean, if I had done this at A1, I would have been ripping my helmet in half. But, it’s a pilot series, it’s two rounds. It feels like we’re at Paris, it feels like we’re at these races, which is awesome because those races are the best. So I love that it feels like that and there’s not a lot of stress. I got enough grey hairs man. I don’t need to be stressing out. My barber got in my head this week, and told me I got more greys than he’s ever seen. Kind of stressed me out even more. 

This is nice having just a mellow vibe man, it’s cool. But yes no stress about the championship. It is a world title, be nice to win that technically speaking, But I don’t know if a lot of us are too stressed this year, maybe next year it’s more legit, more serious. But this year we are all chilling man. It’s all good, we’re having fun.

Last thing, loaded question, what are we doing next year? Are you talking to people? Are you going to be at A1, is the goal to be at A1? Where’s your head at? Obviously this deal came together late so right now where is your head at?

I have no idea. I really don’t. I haven’t even tried to get anything sorted for US supercross. To put it as diplomatically as I can, I’m done racing for very little money on not a factory team. I’ve been competitive my whole life and last year was tough cause I wasn’t even close to being competitive. I really struggled with that. So getting in some different environments, different bikes whatever, I felt very competitive. And I felt actually really good even coming here with no prep. 

If something came up maybe if not I maybe be at A1 to help out my little brother Colt Nichols with some things. So even though he was going to be the main competition for this, when we were riding together a few weeks back, I’d finish my stuff and I’d go out and help him with like whoop technique and stuff, cause I’ve been helping him out a bit. I’m just like helping my main competition be more able to kick my ass but it’s all good, I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m doing this (WSX) next year.

So that’s done with MDK? I think you might be the first guy to have a two-year deal?

That’s done, same team. I think so (being the only guy with a two-year deal). I got no idea man (about US SX). I’m doing some other stuff here and there, we’ll see.

You know, I’ll break it (the news) here, I think I might go host a podcast next week with James so we’ll see what’s going on. Just going to explore some other things. I wasn’t ready to fully retire yet so my life wasn’t really set up yet so I was kind of a mess this summer. I was doing some coaching with my little brother-in-law. Was helping him out. I went to Loretta’s, then this came up and I got excited again. So we’ll see man. I’m fluid, you know. I’m a work in progress. God’s working on all of us, you know what I’m saying. Nobody’s perfect, we’ll see what happens. 

Best way to sum it up is mentally you still want to race. But in the right situation, where you know you can go to the line and finish top 5, podium or win today?

I love this stuff. I’m obsessed with it honestly. Racing, riding, technique, all of that. The mental side. I love it. Even (told) the guys I didn’t qualify the best but I’m like it’s alright once the lights come on I’ll be fine. And then I go out and holeshot and win my heat. This is what I do. I love racing. I’m still nuts in the head like all of us are though. I need to be able to be competitive. I go all in when I do it and I get serious. As much as I look like a jackass and I mess around a lot. I take this stuff very serious man. I want to be competitive and that’s what this is giving me –  the opportunity to be competitive. 

It’s fun, it’s a fun challenge. I need that to go and do it. Right circumstances (for US SX), I’m not saying no, I’ll show up. I’ll still ride and be ready, train and all that so I don’t know man, we’ll see.

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