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 …
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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 …
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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 …
In working on my riding, 2020, in sum, was about working on accuracy. For me, this meant more than anything, hitting apexes and using the right controls at the right time. One that stuck with me from 2020 was when my coach said I should be using the brakes for Turn 6 at Thunderhill East. …
TL;DRGo ride with Track Time at The Ridge, hire a coach, have fun at what could soon be a world-class venue. Make a trip of it and go see the sights around Seattle, Olympic Peninsula, etc. PerspectiveI’ve been doing 30+ track days per year for the last 2 years, mostly on a Triumph Daytona. My …
Read more “Review (unsolicited, not compensated) – Track Time at The Ridge, September 5-6, 2021”