The Ben Spies Method

[@SkullFactory21]

Rossi with the cat at the end...made my day! hahaha

[@BenSpies19]

probably the ONLY HD video about spies in SBK

[@henkecelt]

hilarious & abstract....terrific! I think Spies will do well next year and is a probable future race winner having watched him in WSBK. But The Doctor will dish out more medicine to all in 2010!

[@68BigSherm]

You fucking got me.The seriousness of the beginning had me fooled.I'm a beginning road racer.I added this page to my favorites before I realized what was really going on.Good one!

[@monster2802]

Yamaha did a great job with this vid. Spies has the potential to be one of the best ever. Race 1 at Assen this year still amazes me... .

[@BlackUnisex]

He is such a calm, strong man.. and his voice makes me...) oh miss him on track..

[@emilycohan]

I spent so much time trying to re-find this video. Brilliant.

[@AmericanProspector1776]

Awesome! I was there when he won his first AMA SBK win at Fontana :)

[@n.elliott9122]

That's awesome it was good to see this video again and Rossi at the end holding the cat was absolutely hilarious.

[@jryer1]

Seriously though, did you see him carve out those styro-foam cups into the shape of the tracks? Amazing! Reminds me of Magnus Carlsen and his ability to frame out entire chess games in his mind.

[@DwiPurwani-j4r]

GYTR

[@rwiltshi]

Love the bit at the end..Rossi is Blofeld with the cat..Keep the vids coming Yamaha USA...Clearly you guys got a sense...

[@WOOWzerz]

Yamaha is awesome! Great sense of humor.

[@TalonVBA]

great funny stuff here, Thanks Yamaha! Keep them coming!!! Go Ben, win it all!

[@waverider]

this is hilarious. all yamaha riders have great sense of humor. spies will fit in nicely next year.

[@raynic1173]

I'll never look at race tracks the same!

[@supertimmoh]

HAHAHHAHAH that last shot with rossi and a cat in it, genius

[@robcaseyire]

@craigg1981 Absolutely right.. Tom Sykes was his teammate, really good British rider, he was mostly around 8-10th place while Spies was at the front every race! All credit and hard luck to Haga but the only reason it came down to the last race was of all the bad luck Spies had with breakdowns etc. Cannot wait to see how he does this year. I'm going to say he'll get on the podium a couple of times and get 5th in the championship behind the big 4 but depending on injuries may place higher

[@shininio]

Yamaha has quite a lot of GREAT riders !

[@SeanHollingsworth]

I miss watching him race! He was so damn fast on superbikes.

[@swalter36]

Rossi at the end with the kitten...PRICELESS!!

[@petes_CE]

If that is Spies' honest method of racing, then he truly is a talented . Picturing a race track in the shapes of animals helps to keep things simple. Making the racetrack out of Styrofoam cups helps with memory. It's so simple that only a genius would think of it.

[@CeeBee714]

Love it! Great talent and humor!

[@jimv3352]

LMAO!!! Ben is an F-ing comedian.

[@lifeguard8four]

That's what's it's all about, much respect for Ben's 'approach' to racing, this is why he wins like Vale. Have fun, be safe, and smile. Whooo! : p

[@livewoutlimit]

can't wait to watch him on factory m1 next year... considering what he has done on tech3 on a track he's never ever been on.

[@motogpnutt]

best vid i've seen in a while !

[@jamesramrod80]

its easy to understand ben's method, he just think of how the track looks like in his mind and thats it.. he knows where and what part of the whale, t rex, seahorse, he is.. hes like " oh im in the t-rex eyes now" .. i miss him in motogp though.. could have done better..

[@kovrcek]

+rodrigo monroid yeah seems those moderators are dumb and that rider picturing a whale in turn c'mon nobody can be that stupid :-D obviously he uses animals as a way to easily and quickly remember those tracks, that's how our memory works, linking stuff to previously remembered things. Just not many people know that or are aware of that

[@kevlarorc]

I love this video. His acting reminds me so much of Lance Armstrong in Dodgeball.

[@ryost18]

Vale at the end :) Perfect

[@BeeeepBoooop]

lol, always knew a nutcase could make a million! This guys gonna top the Moto GP podium VERY soon! All the best!

[@f308gtb1977]

Best video ever.

[@bReAkDoWnRT]

Great vid. Yamaha's got some nice tricks

[@ChaosmanOne]

This is fucking brilliant! He instantly memorizes the ENTIRE FUCKING TRACK when he sees a picture of it!! What an amazing ability!

[@markcamp1]

That was great Yamaha!!! Thank you!!!!

[@ZebraActual]

lol! Rossi smirking while petting a kitten at the end was cool too.. but damnit I really wish I could learn new tracks like Spies.. the guy is friggin unreal!

[@Itsreload]

LMAO. Really excited to see Ben in the last Moto GP race this year! And coming to GP a year earlier! Cool to see his new team mate in there too! Ohhh I get it...Rossi's kitten. 70 victories all time at Phillip Island.

[@andyb1963]

Excellent vid I was totally fooled by his tackside persona and thought he was so completely focussed and compleely humourless

[@r6crossrider]

LOLz....funny video with Rossi in the end....Go Elbowz!!!

[@R1PTHAJACKER]

Great video, and loved the yamaha rider cameos. I wanna know how he made those pieces of cup look so close to the real track, how much time did he spend doing that.

[@TheMachRider]

Nice, i always thought that about laguna. Glad I thin like spies!

[@bingoberra18]

I love it, those guys are insane

[@lifeguard8four]

Well said my friend, you get it.

[@Kevin.Savoie]

LMAO!!! Love the video. Perfect ending at the end with Rossi. They both think alike.

[@chungdha]

@TheYtml Its Rossi's secret method too!!!

[@reynoldsbrad]

loved the video, great work.

[@DwiPurwani-j4r]

GYTR Yamalube TDR DiD Racing Fastron

[@sbayman320]

If it wasn't for his shoulder injuries, he would of been one of the greatest in the world.

[@mauriciofontes]

LOL Vale at the end caught me completely unaware :D hahahaha Yeah, can't wait to see him at Valencia!

[@KHIJAPAN]

The end of the video is the best part 😂😂✌️

[@cheong1106]

Hahahahaha!! "clearly a kitten on its back" Spies is friggin AWESOME!

[@codenamedav]

rossi w/ kitten is a rich visual metaphor... also, i'm lovin the speez-colin motoGP status while jt flounders in wsbk. p.i. didn't go so well either!

[@Nihil2005]

Ben is going to be royalty to Yamaha when he wins Yamaha's first World Superbike championship.

[@Le_Sourpuss]

Yeah, your right! :) I've only remembered that hours after watching the video. Dr. Evil does Dr. Claw though lol ;)

[@an1lyadav]

This guy is definitely one crazy but talented rider...

[@Theloonytoons]

Great vid.

[@stormriderST]

Thanks for the GREAT tips ! :)

[@shottstravelchannel]

great vid

[@RobeyMc]

hahaha rossi holding the cat at the end as if to say "yeah it works" lol

[@MreXplosIvo91]

Ben Spies is awesome!!!!! Cool vid! :D

[@b0link]

Seen this before but never let it played through to see Rossi at the end with the cat lol!

[@eatmykwad]

Awesome !

[@kmhanley]

WHAT OUT!! HERE COMES BEN SPIES!!!

[@Daekwan17]

Awesome!!

[@rossithedoc]

Ha Bring it on.Ty Vale

[@HeadUpKneeDown]

Spies for president!!!!!

[@ShadowLancer128]

Photographic memory, in this case almost independently so. He knows each turn and each straight, piece by piece of each animal he's imagining. So if he knows the whale's mouth is coming up, he knows to prepare for a trickshot, 1st gear chicane. For reference, look at 1:17 and pause.

[@whateverdude18]

" what i think of ben.. i think he's complete... LOCO".. hahah!! LOL. Jorge so cute!!!

[@BenBen5501]

Cool vid. I didn't know Ben was just as wacked as Colin LOL!

[@LueXiong10]

Funny vid. Best MotoGP Rookie ever.

[@Le_Sourpuss]

I hadn't fought about that! It might be that! :) It makes sense.

[@caferacerx]

Thanks, Yamaha. Awesome. Ben, well.... ;)

[@marvster26]

Nice 1

[@caferacerx]

Vale approves. What more do you need?

[@WiggysanWiggysan]

This video is worth it, if only for the last 4 seconds !!

[@daspascool]

magnificant!

[@Reznor_Meeks]

can't wait for the next round at Valencia Spies SHOULD be riding a FULL FACTORY M1 hohohohoho = )

[@bluebee7689]

Injury is a bitch . Career taken from him unfortunately, great rider with a great attitude

[@Uranus707]

funny! made my day. anyone knows the song at the end?

[@HazeGreyAndUnderway]

lol, Colin and all the other guys, and Rossi at the end LOL

[@Duc1198YamR1]

talent+ funny I like this guy

[@sallythescorpion]

nice.

[@johnyovhell]

r1, cool!!

[@maxbg]

haha! The Dr. (Evil) stole the show in the end.....

[@ph4rcyd3r]

he was at laguna seca and he said "i'd like to go back there"

[@Suzukimad07]

top man !

[@meloni1985]

What is the title of the song at the end of the video?

[@rocketpunch12210]

go BEN!

[@takoyyaki]

... and he won that super bike championship! :D

[@cryogeneric]

hysterical!

[@georlegendz]

Thats funny, but at the same time i think its incredible!!

[@vwken]

That was hilarious! I guess his method in the AMA was to imagine his bike as the Texas Longhorn steer goring the Kangaroo (Mladin) out in the pasture (the racetrack).

[@GenkiDamaSSJ]

Where can I get a yamaha shirt like he was wearing??

[@BuddyCorp]

Rossi at the end, classic

[@freytheviking]

@lotd21 lol it means that Rossi uses the same "method"

[@snareman96]

Keychains and motivation. LMFAO!!! Ben Spies you're the freakin' greatest!!!

[@SuperCheese88]

Oh how things change in 4 years.

[@Ryhno411]

HAHAHA, yeah I love T-rex's too. Can't wait to see him on the Tech 3 team good luck Spies...maybe they should call him the Texa's T-rex!

[@ZachLighton]

what's with rossi petting a white cat at the end and smiling/nodding?

[@PeaceIlham]

Hahahahahahah seriously I really laughed! I thought it was very fun. First I thought omg is this serious? Then I really thought OK? like the dude said 0:50! Hahaha but brilliantly done! Love the JorgeLorenzo/Rossi part!

[@Reznor_Meeks]

how about another video, but w/ more serious content about His "way" of learning ??

[@oneza]

can someone explain the wilcard, how it works?