Lap timers are great, but they can do so much more than just flash your current and predictive lap times. I’ve been using AiM hardware for about 3-1/2 years now to further my own riding. While I appreciate a solid lap time, I need to do this in a methodical and consistent way. Of course, …
Periodically I like to compare where things started to where they are now. For this example, I pulled my October 2018 data, shortly after I started this whole focused track thing. Thunderhill East has been a scary track for me in the past and I attribute most of this to the fact that it’s such …
Like many riders (and drivers), we all inevitably hit plateaus. One of the things that has helped me, again being risk-averse, is to get reference data from riders whose riding I trust. Now this data is not terribly helpful if you don’t have accompanying video to make sure that it’s relevant. You should share similar …
This one is for the data junkies… I was able to ride both my track bikes (Daytona 765 and Ninja 400) at Thunderhill East on the same day and put in times I was happy with. It’s kind of fun to do a data overlay. I did have traffic on the best laps with both …
If you’re fortunate enough to be invited to a private track day, there are a few things to be aware of and how they operate differently from traditional Fast/Intermediate/Novice (A/B/C, etc.) track days. If you’re reading this, then you likely are already familiar with how normal track days operate so I’ll list the differences that …