In the first episode of BSN TV, Pirelli’s top man Jason Griffiths talks compounds (of the non-prison variety), BSB head honcho Stuart Higgs gives us an inside look at the championship and GBmoto Kawasaki’s Mark Smith-Halvorsen talks about his team’s switch away from Honda.

Plus Ducati’s spokescat Alan Jones speaks about the Tri-Options Cup, Jakub Smrz’s data man Steve Moore explains how they have tinkered with the Czech rider’s weight distribution using a gas axe (or something) and Simon Andrews waffles on about his injures, his TT return and not yet being on life support this year.

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