Five Minutes with Fletch

Five Minutes With Fletch - Mike Brown

Did Mike Brown Survive Five Minutes With Fletch?
Mike Brown won his first professional race in 1994. In 1999, he finished third in the F.I.M. 125cc world championship. He followed that performance with another third place in the 2000 125cc world championship. He has had an incredible motocross career in the States and in Europe.
After his motocross career, Downtown Mike Brown began competing in Endurocross events.[2] He won the inaugural 2009 World Off Road Championship Series (WORCS), becoming the first AMA rider since Mike Kiedrowski to win an AMA National Motocross Championship and a World Off-Road Championship Series title.
Since then, he has competed across the world in vets events winning on many occasions including VMXdN and Loretta Lynns to name but a few!
I caught up with Mike Brown for a chat at the 2023 VMXdN Foxhill event only to be videobombed by another legend!
I hope you enjoy the interview.
Thanks for all the support for the channel. Make sure you like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! I have plenty of interviews coming up, including Southwick legend Keith Johnson, Scottish legend Billy MacKenzie and Doctor Doug Dubach!
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Special thanks to Mike Brown for doing the Interview.

Five Minutes with Fletch - Steve Matthes

Five Minutes with Fletch catches up with Pulp MX and former factory motocross mechanic Steve Matthes.
Is this the best episode yet?
I’ll let you decide, but I sure had fun interviewing Steve Matthes.
Before he started the Pulp MX Show, Steve was a mechanic of the likes of Shaun Kalos, Nick Wey and Tim Ferry so has plenty of back-in-the-day stories as well as a vast knowledge of the current affairs in MX.
Find out which is Matthes favourite Pulp MX Show ever, why he owes the rental car company a lot of money and who the favourite American is at VMXdN Foxhill?
There is plenty of laughter, a couple of differing opinions and a little swearing – sorry!  
I hope you enjoy the interview.
Thanks for all the support for the channel. Make sure you like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! I have plenty of interviews coming up, including Southwick legend Keith Johnson, 3x World Campion Dave Thorpe and the one and only Billy MacKenzie
You can also follow me on Instagram at @fiveminuteswithfletch
Special thanks to Steve Matthes for doing the Interview.

Five Minutes With Fletch - Mel Pocock talks VMXdN Foxhill 23, Team Pick for 2024 and his Racing Career

Following on from the victorious win at VMXdN Foxhill 23 and riding with a broken ankle I caught up with Team GB’s lionheart Mel Pocock.
Former European Champion secured his place on the 2023 team after his first-class performance in 2022 where he stood in for Tommy Searle at the last minute.
Mel is a truly nice guy and a definite favourite with the fans, we talked about Team GB’s performance, who will be on the team in 2024 and how he grips the bars following the brutal injury to his right hand at Hilton Park in 2015.
I hope you enjoy the interview.
Thanks for all the support for the channel. Make sure you like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! I have plenty of interviews coming up, including Southwick legend Keith Johnson, 3x World Campion Dave Thorpe and Doctor Doug Dubach to name a few!
You can also follow me on Instagram at @fiveminuteswithfletch
Special thanks to Mel Pocock for doing the Interview.
 

Five Minutes With Fletch - Tyler Bowers talks Two Strokes, VMXdN and MX Racing

That weekend in August was the best weekend of 2023 by far, and I got to spend my VMXdN Foxhill experience with Team USA.
In this week's Five Minutes With Fletch, we return to that epic weekend. I caught up with Tyler Bowers after the first day of racing action onboard the DocWob KX 500. Tyler is a hugely accomplished racer in the States, full of grit, passion, and determination. Having ridden for the legendary Pro Circuit factory squad in his time, he has won Supercross and Arenacross races and was a regular on the podium.
Tyler and I talk about the difference between modern four-strokes and 20-year-old two-strokes, His VMXdN Foxhill Experience and his thoughts on the Foxhill track. We had plenty to discuss, so this one will also have a part two.
I hope you enjoy the interview.
Thanks for all the support for the channel. Make sure you like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! I have plenty of interviews coming up, including Southwick legend Keith Johnson, British Lionheart Mel Pocock and Doctor Doug Dubach!
You can also follow me on Instagram at @fiveminuteswithfletch
Special thanks to Tyler Bowers for doing the Interview.

Josh Gilbert on MXON 2023, his 2023 seasons and why he loves Tech 10’s

Episode Four is pure MXON vibes!
I caught up with Team GB’s Josh Gilbert ahead of this year's MXON at Ernee.
Josh talked about his thoughts on MXON and riding to represent his country, his move to a 250f cc for the event and racing in France. We recapped his season with the Crendon Fastrack Team and discovered what he would have changed. I tried my best to find out his plans for 2024, but he would not give anything anyway just yet – you can't blame a kid for trying!
I hope you enjoy the interview.
Thanks for all the support for the channel. Make sure you like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! I have plenty of interviews coming up, including 3 x world champion Dave Thorpe, the podcast legend Steve Matthes/PulpMX and the awesome Downtown Mike Brown.
You can also follow me on Instagram at @fiveminuteswithfletch
Special thanks to Josh Gilbert for doing the Interview and Danny @EKVisual for the intro

Five Minutes With Fletch - Kris Keefer talks working in MX, Loretta Lynns and VMXdN Foxhill - Part 1

Let’s get into this!
Episode Three and I talk to Kris Keefer from Keefer Inc Testing. I caught up with Kris at VMXdN Foxhill 2023 – what an epic weekend that was.
Kris was super cool and gave me lots of hints and tips about forging a career in MX, what it is like to wear multiple hats in the industry, being a presenter of Pulp MX, writing for RacerX, being a test rider, running Keefer Inc Testing.
We recap his first day at VMXdN Foxhill and discuss the ‘problems’, coming second at Loretta Lynns and battling on the track with Lil Keefer and what it's like to do a five-hour Pulp MX Show – maybe one day it will be Five Hours with Fletch one day not Five Minutes?
We had plenty to talk about – so much so that part two will be coming soon! Make sure you like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode!
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Five Minutes With Fletch - Conrad Mewse on a winning season, MXON and his plans for 2024!

Fresh off his victorious 2023 season, winning the Revo British Championship and the MX Nationals championship, I dive into the world of motocross with Conrad Mewse, as he prepares to represent Team GB for MXON 2023 in the latest episode of Five Minutes with Fletch!
I caught up with Conrad at Hawstone Park for the last round of the MX Nationals, where we took a trip down memory lane. It's hard to believe that it has been ten years since Conrad was crowned the MX85 World Champion and EMX85 European champion - where he beat the likes of Chase Sexton, Hunter Lawrence and Jorge Prado - I was only 1 when that happened! We'll explore how things have evolved for him since then and his thoughts on MXON as he gets ready for his second time representing Team GB.

Five Minutes with Fletch featuring Ryan Villopoto

Hey!
Welcome to the first episode of Five Minutes with Fletch! It’s not my YouTube debut as that happened a few weeks ago on @PulpMX show. However, this is the first on my own channel and to kick us off we start with my interview with Ryan Villopoto.
I first interviewed the nine-time AMA champion and multi-time Team USA MXdN team rider, back in 2022 but lost my phone the day after – whoops! But got to interview RV2 again at VMXdN Foxhill 2023.
Ryan is a cool guy and I chat with him about kit development over the decades, what SMX is all about including prize money and bragging rights and we take a trip back to his racing days and his win at the 2008 MXoN at Budscreek – love watching this race on YouTube.
He is an epic motocross/supercross racer, and we had plenty to talk about – stay tuned for part two of this interview coming soon.
But hey, I only have five minutes with these guys so let’s crack on.
Don’t forget to like and subscribe as I have plenty more interviews to come including Team GB MXoN pick Conrad Mewse, the legendary Doug Dubach and my buddy Keith Johnson.
You can also follow me on Instagram at @fiveminuteswithfletch
 

Five Minute With Fletch Intro

Just a kid who is fanatical about Motocross and Supercross and gets to hang with some people cool people! A chatterbox always asking questions and putting MX and SX stars, past and present, under pressure to survive Five Minutes With Fletch!