Early on in my conscious riding development, I was of the mindset that you don’t use the brakes while turning in. As I started working on my track riding a few years ago, I started implementing a portion of my track riding technique into my street riding, and that included trail braking. Dave from CanyonChasers … Read more
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
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
Most of you who have been doing this a while are familiar with the concept of slowing and getting the bike turned (so you can better accelerate as well as reducing lean angle). On Sunday I had the privilege of sharing the track with a couple of MotoAmerica riders. Check out the safe and clean … Read more
I was thinking about where I started on my track journey and what things have been most relevant for me and thought I’d figuratively put it to paper. Pre-2018For the past 20 or so years, I would go do a track day or two per year at a regional track. After a couple of years … Read more