As of early April 2023, the Daytona has come home, but it’s not quite done…. As per the norm, the Daytona went to MC Tech for its annual spa treatment. This time it was a little more involved than last time. Besides the usual suspension refresh and tweaking, it got some new bits and some …
It never fails to amaze me that people believe that you need slicks for track days, regardless of pace. To be clear, slicks do offer greater grip most anywhere, but that requires a few things be met:* Yes, you should use warmers. If you’re diligent and restrained, you can warm them up with a couple …
Finding motorcycle lean angle (or roll angle) using AiM hardware isn’t quite as straight-forward as we might want it to be. Starting with AiM’s Race Studio Analysis 3 (aka RS3A), there is a built-in math channel for computing lean angle. The downside is that it’s based on simply GPS Gyro and GPS Speed. While this …
Data is big for me, and as mentioned before, having trusted source reference data is huge. A couple of weeks ago I was at Buttonwillow (config #13) with a trusted source instructor and he took my bike out for a few laps and got to a respectable pace pretty quickly. I’ve just spent over an …
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I went down to Buttonwillow to ride configuration 13 (the most common for motorcycle events) on February 9-10, 2023 with the Tuono with Track Daz. I took the Tuono because I wanted to try it on track and the Daytona is still getting its suspension work and tune. Day 1 was a low-headcount event with …
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