"I spent over a $1,000,000" - Chad Reed & Ricky Carmichael explain the private jet era - Gypsy Tales

Ricky Carmichael and Chad Reed were at the head of the most expensive era in Motocross and Supercross history where the athletes at the top level looked to gain an advantage over their competitors in any way possible.
This means that they were prepared to spend millions on private jets to give them more time training and recovering.
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[@YZdude]

Ricky Carmichael and Rob Dyrdek look like they could be brothers 🤣

[@JuStInK84]

Underaged comment 😂 u deserve more thumbs up bro. Never noticed that before

[@dagodigs]

They might just be! ???? I wonder??

[@jpesicka999]

o.O no

[@konakev1203]

I could listen to these 2 legends for hours and hours

[@GYPSYTALES]

Same!

[@doobielawson702]

Love to hear em talk about money, athletes don't usually do that.

[@GYPSYTALES]

Cool to hear them so honest

[@endurotruckererniedesjardins]

Seems like most pro riders keep it all a secret.

[@coach7136]

Hope that’s sarcasm hahaha

[@ghav43]

Motocross magazines used to report what riders were making but got away from that over time. Fans used to know what each rider made but now, zilch. I couldn't tell you how much any rider makes (salaried) at any team.

[@Jake_Hamlin]

Ricky loves talking about money tho

[@mungusaurus]

I flew Ricky a couple times at CitationShares. Great guy.

[@jasonbecker4613]

It’s nice to hear these guys talk about normal shit, and old times! 👍🏻

[@Burnie66]

I'm 40 an I Love This !!!

[@esimler]

I’m glad Chad and Ricky and sit beside each-other today

[@MegaMr28]

lets see 22 and 7 doing the same chat

[@Mandymuffmower]

I could listen to those guys all day! So many great strories! Great work💯

[@EDCCrossFit]

Love that fact RC mentioned the luck of being born in a certain era. Very true but equally you have to have this amazing drive and passion to succeed. Great little pod cast keep up the good work!

[@jhonnyappleseed8802]

it also takes being born into a family with a big wallet, ive wanted to race since i was 5 and ive only just recently been able to afford a 250f which is already 6 years old and its BRAND NEW and im 25 and thats not counting gas, entry, food, runnin all across state and the country, its why everyone where i live races woods because theres not a snowball chance in hell your average joe can afford to participate in this awesome sport, so in conclusion the more money you have will = more practice time and getting better and when you work 6 days a week just keep you damn bike its pretty rough to even manage to find time to practice lol

[@jhonnyappleseed8802]

and just to back what i said up look at eli tomac, the dude never raced a dirtbike in his life untill he was 15 and only took him 3 years to become pro so yea practice makes perfect just like with anything else but if you dont have the funds to back it you will never practice/race anywhere but your local mx track fr

[@MiikeyLawless]

@@jhonnyappleseed8802 tomac raced before he was 15 lol. I was racing in that era and remember him. I will say there were a lot of people with deep pockets that were racing at that time, 99% of them never even made it pro and their families pushed themselves to bankruptcy. Whereas a lot of people like us rode pretty much stock bikes and relied on sponsors pretty heavily. Now a days, there's no way. Everything from bikes to gas is so damn expensive. The amateur scene is really dead.

[@HenryDarr]

These lads are the best but wish Bubba was here as well.

[@jhamelin119]

james is doing his own thing, happy in retirement.

[@stevesmith775]

Such a rad interview! Keep them coming Jase!

[@GYPSYTALES]

Will do mate thanks so much!

[@geneswiech4381]

Latrobe Airport in Pennsylvania is in my back yard... these two athletes are rock stars !!!! You only get to the top by working your ass off. Gene

[@jimccc9467]

Home of Rolling Rock(33) and Arnie Palmer.

[@geneswiech4381]

@@jimccc9467 Dino’s Wings too Lol

[@SM-vz5kt]

If your flyin into latrobe you know you have made it 😎

[@oldg7847]

Priceless... Nuff said..

[@tccraracer91]

I rarely comment on anything but gypsy tales... you sir are a legend for creating this podcast

[@GYPSYTALES]

Ha thanks so much bro... can’t lie it feels like a selfish endeavour but stoked you enjoy it too!

[@scumbag5448]

@@GYPSYTALES getting these types of exclusive conversations completely changes the sport by creating faster riders constantly. Times are changing that’s for sure

[@TeamGambleBMX]

Interviews/podcasts are totally on-point, this one was the stuff of dreams!! Also loved the recent Eddie Masters interview. More power to you man!

[@GYPSYTALES]

Thanks so much mate, putting in heaps of effort and loving delivering cool content to people!

[@ThePete2432]

Jeremy McGrath helped pave the way for these guys

[@VlogEpicness]

Maybe they should have shared a jet and saved half a million dollars 💵 💵 💵 😂

[@bingalz1]

But they didnt live in the same place, sooo

[@willyjameshuff]

@@bingalz1 never let the truth get in the way of a good KZbin comment

[@daveriley4553]

This was a great interview !!

[@GYPSYTALES]

Thanks man!

[@rogerhupp3115]

Latrobe is my favorite airport!

[@gregosullivan8091]

Could listen to these to Legends talk all day. What an era of three champs

[@joshuakazfields4374]

More talks like this please. Love the numbers.

[@bbqgigi5510]

two of the best blessed to hear them chat

[@SacredKaw]

Be cool about Latrobe airport (Arnold Palmer Airport)! That’s a great little GA airport.

[@ELECTRICMOTOCROSSMACHINE]

Good stuff. Love those stories.

[@rtimetoride7645]

Yep. The times were better and guys were tougher than now. I concur 😊

[@claytonandrews1907]

Got that shit Right. EVERY GENERATION GETS WEAKER. ESPECIALLY IN OUR COUNTRY. WHERE NOW A STRAIGHT WHITE DUDE IS THE MINORITY WITH LESS RIGHTS THAN ANYONE.

[@7viewerlogic670]

Great video!

[@GYPSYTALES]

Thanks!

[@petecastle5762]

Two legends 100%

[@andrewmendoza1578]

Really appreciate them talking about the financial aspect of it. So much of our sport is kept secret especially the financial side of it that I am glad they spoke about it

[@GYPSYTALES]

appreciate the comment!

[@andrewmendoza1578]

@@GYPSYTALES just earned yourself a subscriber bro! Keep up the great work!

[@GYPSYTALES]

Thanks mate will do 🤘🏼

[@LiverpoolFC658]

Its so cool listening to these guys , Mortal enemies on the track but chilled out now telling the stories we all want to here

[@markme4]

"You guys did this for like ten years" Reed "I'm still doing it" Carmichael "you're an idiot ! " lmao !

[@kellyc8473]

pretty sure Reed called himself a idiot

[@markme4]

@@kellyc8473 Pretty sure it was Carmichael

[@kellyc8473]

@@markme4 naw m8 his mouth doesn't move

[@markme4]

@@kellyc8473 Why would he call RC an idiot? He's the smart one 🤣

[@kellyc8473]

@@markme4 thats not what I said m8.

[@Mineratron]

Superb. 👏👏😁

[@burbmoto2857]

Shoutout to Latrobe Airport 💯

[@trophyburro]

where is the full ?

[@chasec9197]

I love that they're ok with discussing the numbers openly. I hate when rich people act like they can't disclose such information!

[@shaun7126]

That's why those guys are one of the best

[@davidcribbs367]

Thanks for the Latrobe shoutout Ricky.

[@christopherst.pierre3569]

From what I remember is when Ricky went to Suzuki his contract was 3 million.

[@smokemboe1876]

Shout out Latrobe Pa!

[@JS-nf1sn]

Anyone that hasn't spend a ton of time in airports for work doesn't understand how grueling it is. I've never flow on a private jet, but I get it. With the schedule they had to keep, it was buying time and sanity. Private jet or quit early was probably more like it.

[@GYPSYTALES]

Yeah that's a good point

[@steelcityspeedshopj.r6942]

2 GOATS right here kids. If you dont know. Go back and look at the dominance these two guys ruled with in their time

[@willyjameshuff]

Maybe you don’t know what GOAT stands for....

[@realmmfc]

This was so solid @gypsy!

[@GYPSYTALES]

Thanks legend 🤘🏼

[@meetURfate2012]

curious to know when this was recorded for track work being done in the background

[@GYPSYTALES]

Aus X in Melbourne 12 months ago

[@yeahok115sure]

Good job getting these boys together!!! What out Steve Mathis

[@GYPSYTALES]

Who?

[@colemanmohler1196]

Insane!

[@GYPSYTALES]

Right!

[@motomedia]

Yoooo Latrobe airport...if you know you know

[@Bmanggggg]

yessssiiirrr!!!

[@kevinmoore4887]

I read that Bob Hannah started the higher salaries. Demanding more money from Yamaha. He is someone you should interview.

[@GYPSYTALES]

Would love to!

[@graysinclair6572]

Make it happen PLEASE!

[@dennisborg688]

Most kids wouldn't do today what Hannah did back then. Hannah took big money but only for first place. And only four championships. His base salary was tiny. If he took fifth place he got zip. Where many of the top Riders are getting paid all the way down to 10th Place.

[@spooge33]

Hannah made more with Honda.

[@ribbledean4111]

Latrobe pa hell yeah RC, that’s not far from me!!

[@Bmanggggg]

S/o Pittsburgh bro same here hahahaha

[@ribbledean4111]

@@Bmanggggg born an raised in the burgh bro!! Best city around

[@steve099XLT]

🤘 Greensburg here. Cool stuff

[@burrido111]

Flying in the Latrobe to race at steel city Labor Day weekend !!

[@dominicfrankini8023]

Where do you find the full length interview?

[@brokenlegz]

In the description

[@slagletoby]

When you’re earning as much money as they were as the greatest riders on this planet business efficiency and tax deductions only makes savvy business sense. You guys have been great ambassadors to the sport.

[@jimmydean4444]

Dude that was way cool!

[@brenyz5013]

I sold Ricky his first big boat. He is A very humble and frugal guy . I think he just bought the boat so his friends could all have fun .

[@ozeeto]

Shout out Arnold Palmer airport Latrobe pa haha

[@jonjackson6245]

FMX really boosted sales during the era they are talking about and racers were the beneficiaries. Which Factory Suzuki racer has sold more Suzuki product? Carmichael, Reed, Stewart, Dungey, Roczen? Nope add them all together and it doesn't even compare to what Travis Pastrana sold by doing FMX.

[@jhamelin119]

your kinda correct, but probably not entirely. I remember specifically people buying RMZ 450s because "Carmichael" rode one"

[@lifeisgood3589]

Yea you kinda just made that up.

[@todddooley793]

Legends!!!

[@116fletch]

LEGENDS 🤙🏼

[@scottchelmford7136]

what they're discussing in terms of pay is true in the private sector as well. lots of people who worked in tech & finance in the 90s and early to mid 00's made a KILLING. those days are pretty much over with...atleast in finance

[@GYPSYTALES]

Yeah that makes sense. Kinda like that bubble popped everywhere, not just racing.

[@scottchelmford7136]

​ @GYPSY TALES yup. in 5 years MX racing will be on par with ATV & road racing (atleast in the USA anyway) if the factorys are pulling support and they cannot attract outside sponsorship its over with. i went to a motoamerica race over the summer (its the succesor to ama road racing) and its pretty much dead.

[@jbird1173]

@@scottchelmford7136 from 2000 to 2008 we had like 1000 entries every sat night for local mx races. The c class had 4 qualifiers. Haven't been to a track since 2010 but even then it was nothing compared to the pre bubble days

[@meme-hz8hu]

2 legends

[@GYPSYTALES]

Big time!

[@df9834]

Legends 🤙

[@gmac9841]

That gamble sure paid off

[@jaredcrawford8703]

YOOO latrobe airport!! Thats the place to fly from!

[@paulf144]

Keep talking dem numbers. The people want to know!! 😀🙂

[@yeahok115sure]

Someday it would be amazing if you or someone could get James Stewart, Chad, and Ricky

[@ADUB0017]

That's not Dyrdek in the thumbnail??

[@jkdunk20001988]

Bruh thanks for this is eye opening to actually hear the truth about money. Win payouts bonuses it would be crazy if you could get all guests to be open like this if I was into Moto cross this would give me drive grind hard ride hard get paid hard big checks 💪💯

[@lithium25693]

If you want moneyy get goods grades Harvard business grads can make more than any athlete

[@RC99mx]

I wish more riders would talk about the money

[@caydenthompson126]

Same

[@RobbieMaddison]

Insane money! Whatever it takes.

[@GYPSYTALES]

Crazy aye!

[@N0fear43]

Where are you guys?

[@sinki19841984]

People think they make the money and go home. But as every business, they have to reinvest it to stay on par with the competition.

[@bigcase4449]

Hey Ricky, I'm from Pennsylvania

[@2424DMC]

Good god I didn’t realize how I was growing up in the real golden age of motocross.

[@tygreenwood472]

That's funny RC gave a shout-out with mentioning the Latrobe airport in PA I literally live minutes away from that airport he's right it's not much of a airport for the most part they sound like they were pretty frugal with their money!

[@GYPSYTALES]

HAHA so many comments for Latrobe

[@jeffenglish9132]

Great video. Everyone thinks athletes make money hand over fist but nobody realizes the expense of being the best at your craft. Pro motocross is one of the lowest paid sports and the sponsors and owners take major advantage of the riders. Do you think a top 5 nascar driver is paying his own way to the track? Hell no. Chad and Ricky Know that wastes time is wasted opportunity so they saw the benefit for the expense. That’s one of the reasons they will always be known as the best ever. They invested that money in themselves just like a mechanic buys the latest tools. It’s to allow them to stay at the top of their game. It takes money to make money.

[@SHOOTSHOW00]

Cabin altitude on a Gulfstream is WAY lower than a commercial aircraft. It would be an advantage to an athlete.

[@Burnie66]

Best motocast next to 447

[@GYPSYTALES]

Cheers mate!

[@williamsager1238]

I live in Latrobe Pennsylvania lol

[@rogerw3818]

I love it. RC spends half of his first pro salary on a S/X track to train himself up. It's easy to gamble on yourself when you've got that level of drive and commitment.

[@007Variable]

Damn, didn’t know you could build a backyard track that cheap. Figured a really nice track would be in the $75k + range easy not even considering the land part of it and equipment to move dirt!! Obviously, you can get yourself a decent little turn track with a few jumps for $15k , uggćvv be you still need property too and country at that..

[@theoriginalrabbithole]

Private charters are NOW? $7000.00 per hour!!!

[@TheImtoomuch]

Man, there aren’t many sports where the current generation makes less than the previous generation. Sad state of MX.

[@Burnie66]

Ouch huh, he he...

[@mrabrasive51]

Current,present..same thing Einstein.

[@Temple_Body_Mind_]

@@mrabrasive51 hahaha agreed

[@TheImtoomuch]

@@mrabrasive51 no shit. Typo. I’ll fix it teacher’s pet.

[@loneventhorizon]

5:21 pow!. That's what I'm going for!

[@30feetup52]

He shouted out my hood. Latrobe baby

[@androo357]

It’s crazy to realize how much money these companies and guys were pouring into the scene. No wonder the economy tanked in ‘08.

[@nightfury8440]

You know the economy needs spending to function right?

[@chad6504]

The fiat money system incentivizes the gambling that takes place in the economy. That is why we have boom bust cycles. Buy bitcoin!

[@andrewhaydock7115]

I got 25 grand and 15 of that went on a super Ross track POW

[@jetmech1495]

C'mon Ricky. Latrobe is big time. Once the home of Rolling Rock brewery.

[@keithqueen3554]

Good for Arnold Palmer.👍

[@russelledwards8692]

Is that rob dyrdek

[@bendavis4220]

This guy needs more subs.... what do you all think?

[@mikepreciado7807]

Both ledgens

[@GYPSYTALES]

agree 10000%

[@tonycerino9645]

Motocross did take a dump in the past few years. Not the same kinda guys racing anymore.

[@guitarman864]

Ricky used to date my best friend's sister, pretty cool dude...

[@johndoe-ly8jt]

Why does ricky carmicheal look like rob dyrdeks twin brother?😂

[@dennishelder6928]

Quit saying like

[@keithqueen3554]

Easy on latrobe airport shorty.🤣

[@coburna5]

Listening to Chad Reed lose his Australian accent more and more each year is unreal.

[@danielarney9729]

This is why they need a union, or at least a school for the business end of the shitty end of the stick.

[@cocopirata763]

all pga fly private

[@GYPSYTALES]

Crazy to think aye!

[@REDROCKMAN2010]

You guys should start a retired superstar circuit ! Instead of hour long moto's cut it to 10 plus one lap ? Fans would go ape shit !!! $$$$$

[@Bmanggggg]

LMAO I live just north of Latrobe Airport in PA HAHAHA

[@TheTkrum]

Money is lame. I think they have learned that by now. Jesus for the win bro’s

[@mikeburney9282]

Chad Weed

[@Boyzee355]

Would love to see these guys on banshees

[@peterbennpan7288]

Are these 2 broke now?

[@HenkeLevin]

I cant really take CR22 to serious when He is talking like He worked his ass of more than the riders do today.. Rumors has that He liked to both train and party his ass of but no one really talks about that openly?

[@MrKdr500]

You're an Idiot!

[@HenkeLevin]

@@MrKdr500 Really? I guess you are saying im wrong?

[@aaronanderson7619]

@@HenkeLevin if he parties and kept it under wraps, I mean....good for him rkght?

[@cjc218chali8]

I’m 43 and it’s because of social media that unfortunately these guys can have more fun . Everyone needs to check out and have some with no job on the mind . Yes beers aren’t good for you but taking a edge off having laughs with connections with friends hugely plays a roll on releasing stress/ anxiety further more better recovery and able to reset and push harder for following week . To many acting parents , finger pointers out their . Quite filming everything and everyone will stop acting for the camera . LET LOOSE 👊✊🤘