I selected my track bike for a couple of reasons: I wanted something that fit my riding goals and would be a solid platform; secondly, I wanted a bike that had a respectable amount of data gathering capabilities. For the purpose of my own riding development, I’ve gone with a nearly stock Triumph Daytona 765 …
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 …
Read more “2023-02-18 Data Comparison, Buttonwillow #13, Aprilia Tuono V4 Factory, Two Riders”
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 …
Read more “2023-02-09/10 Aprilia TV4F @ Buttonwillow, First Track Ride”
I’ve got my first track dates scheduled at Buttonwillow on 2/9-2/10. Since the Daytona is still with MC Tech for its tune and suspension upgrade, I’ll be bringing my Ninja 400 and the Tuono. When I bought the Tuono, I was hoping the existing RSV4 AiM ECU profile would work the same as it does …
2022-01-01Northern California has been getting a lot of precipitation and at home we’ve been hosting a lot of family over the holidays and we got one clear and sunny day between storm systems so I took off for a ride on the big BMW R1250 GS today. I planned a ~4 hour route with minimal …