Got any unfinished business? Better take care of it fast, because the year is almost at an end and the clock is ticking...

Take Mat and Peter, for example. They started by listing the riders. Then they moved on to the manufacturers - the bottom ones first. And now? All that's left is the big cats, the factories at the top of the food pyramid. They all got straight A's, so they should be safe, right?

Right?

Nah, I think we're leaving 2025 behind on a bang. It's more fun that way.

So cheers, good times to all and we'll see you on the other side!

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It is the longest, darkest night of the year in it's longest, darkest season.

In the depths of Dickensian London, Mat discusses bike design with the ghosts of racing past, present and future. In the desolate woods around Assen, Peter is furiously peddling his bike in an attempt to hunt Kris Kringle. And meanwhile, our producer is off performing some unspeakable rites with a goat on the winter solstice.

In other words, it sure sounds like the holidays are upon us!

So what better time to end our naughty-or-nice-list? Last week we wrapped up the riders - now, we're coming for the manufacturers. So strap in and get ready as we go through what we can expect of the machines at the center of this all.

And then tune back in next week, when we wrap the whole thing up just before the year ends. Cheers everyone, and happy holidays!

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If you've checked out last week's episode, you'll know that it was Jeremy Burgess who first described riders as 'flickering lightbulbs'. Why? Because the moment they start to fail, you just replace them with a new one.

Cruel, yes, but that's MotoGP for you. You can be one of the twenty fastest riders alive - but all that matters is that you're always just a little slower than the next guy. You've been demoted to dead wood, to borrow another term from Burgesss. Good luck, and goodbye!

So maybe you're one of those riders who didn't appear last episode. Maybe you thought this meant you were safe.

Bad luck, buddy: that means Mat and Peter just haven't gotten to you yet!

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