TORQ MOTO - Brian Jorgensen - "It was almost over before it started!"

It’s time for another 'Torq Moto Podcast Show’ and this week’s guest is one of Denmark’s finest motocross racers - Brian Jorgensen. ‘Yogi’, as he was affectionately known in the early part of his racing career, joins us, Jeffro Perrett and DocWob in the studio over two episodes to discuss his MX career to date and motocross in general.

It’s a good tale from beginning to end. Jorgensen starts off explaining how his mum needed some convincing to let him ride a motocross bike, let alone race one. That wasn’t helped when she came home one day to find he’d sneaked out on his bike, crashed, and put a clutch lever through his skull, into his eye socket.

Unfazed, he and his dad eventually won his mum around, even though Brian’s dad was in the doghouse for a bit, and going racing with his brother Jesper soon became their way of life.

There are some great stories from Brian as he explains how he worked his way up to the EMX 125 standard and then went on to become a European 125cc champion before competing in the British and World 125cc championships. Jorgensen was a popular addition to the British championship. He looks back on his time in the U.K fondly after riding for Rob Hooper’s Suzuki team, a stint with Dave Thorpe on the CAT Finning Honda Team and finally with Steve Dixon on Yamaha, where he finally won the British 125cc title in 2001 before moving on further his career in the 500cc and 250cc World championships which the trio delve into in the following episode.

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