I went back to Sonoma with the Ninja 4 (the Daytona is still with my suspension guy). I took advantage of Z2’s AFM racer discount and rode 6 out of 7 sessions with some deliberate plans in mind (tightening up T7, later turn-in on T2, polishing up T3-3a, and a little bit later braking with …
Read more “2022-03-07 Sonoma Raceway, Ninja 400, Z2, 2nd outing”
What I discovered early on with the 400 is that I find my plateaus quickly though I can get fairly consistent. In the first day, I spent most of my time trying to figure out the shift timing (most significantly, the T2 downshift right around tip-in), how the bike feels and works, and of utmost …
Read more “Riding a Slow Bike, First 2022 Outing (Feb 19-20, Sonoma Raceway, Pacific Track Time)”
Just get yourself a little bike and put road tires/wheels on it. Use whatever excuse you need, such as, “I need a pit bike”, “I want to bond with the kid(s) doing something we will all love”, “It may lower our overall insurance bill” (this was true for me with my Allstate policy). Just DO …
Read more “Off-Season Training -or- You Really Should Have a Tiny Bike!”
So I did a thing… I found a virtually brand new 2020 Ninja 400 (EX400) showing 53 miles with rearsets and track bodywork not far away at a reasonable price and following the raves about the bike from several high-level riders and coaches, I decided to make the jump. I did this after a decent …
Sometimes you can’t ride the bike you want to ride. This happened to me–I’d given my Daytona to my suspension guy for its annual refresh and adding suspension potentiometers in early November thinking my track season was over. A little before Thanksgiving, some friends and I wanted to close out the season with the last …