4. What is the “proper” way to hang off the bike?
Now this is the real question you need to ask if you want to learn how to kneedrag. Personal styles aside, here are a couple of basic principles that I’ve learned and applied:
Set up your body position before you begin turning into the corner. This [...]
Disclaimer: This 2 part series on Kneedragging is intended for off road (track) riding purposes only. Do not attempt to perform anything described in this 2 part series on the street.
Probably one of the most intriguing things about motorcycles is their ability to lean from side-to-side at mind-blowing angles which often times results in the [...]
Packed up and ready to go
After talking about it for the past 2 years, we finally all signed up for the same trackday. We all as in Howay and I, Randy and his dad’s gang (Boon Chu & Co. aka BCC), and Simon and his crew. The event was hosted by Absolute Cycle running 4 [...]
Well, i finally got around to planning a ride for 2010, unfortunately it’s pretty last minute so i know a lot of people probably already have plans, including Howay. On top of that, it’s Independence Day weekend so i’m sure people will be traveling. But since it’s rare that i have a Saturday free to [...]
The 2010 season is well under way and though i’ve already attended 3 events, this is my first post for the 2010 track season. I picked up a 2006 Yamaha R6 dedicated trackbike earlier this year to campaign my 2010 season and it’s been quite the learning experience. I decided on a smaller displacement trackbike [...]
TSM@Round Valley
As Howay noted two posts down, he’s getting married at the end of this month and since his best man isn’t a rider, i couldn’t let him get married without a proper sendoff, biker style! Howay’s been (and continues to be) the arms and legs of TSM. Everywhere he goes he meets and makes [...]
4/3/2010 NJMP-Thunderbolt Millville, NJ
4/4/2010 NJMP-Thunderbolt Millville, NJ
4/5/2010 NJMP-Lightning Millville, NJ
5/15/2010 NJMP-Lightning Millville, NJ
5/16/2010 NJMP-Lightning Millville, NJ
5/24/2010 NJMP-Thunderbolt Millville, NJ
6/14/2010 NJMP-Thunderbolt Millville, NJ
7/19/2010 NJMP-Thunderbolt Millville, NJ
9/20/2010 NJMP-Lightning Millville, NJ
10/2/2010 NJMP-Lightning Millville, NJ
10/3/2010 NJMP-Lightning Millville, NJ
10/4/2010 NJMP-Thunderbolt Millville, NJ
10/16/2010 NJMP-Thunderbolt Millville, NJ
10/17/2010 NJMP-Thunderbolt Millville, NJ
11/6/2010 NJMP-Thunderbolt Millville, NJ
11/7/2010 NJMP-Lightning Millville, NJ
A couple of months ago i created this video comparison of two separate trackdays at NJMP Thunderbolt so i could see if I’ve made any improvements over the year. Check it out:
Most of the speed i picked up was due to finding some courage to turn the throttle a little harder but i still have [...]