Posted in riding tips on Aug 18th, 2010
Ever wonder how fast the pros go? If you’re on the east coast you probably don’t get to ride Laguna Seca, but we do have an AMA track in southern Jersey, so check it out. Here’s a video from OTT I’ve been meaning to post, but it took me forever to find it [...]
Posted in riding tips on Jul 28th, 2010
There’s more than one good riding school out there, but these guys are among the best. I mean who else could get Valentino Rossi to come do a training video? And this promo is slick. Which is important…because attending a track school should not only be educational, but it should also feel like a dream [...]
Posted in riding tips on May 24th, 2010
Braking is difficult to improve. Most people develop an intuitive sense for straightening up and not locking the wheels, but still…even under a controlled setting, most of us would have trouble keeping up (or down) with the braking distance of a typical sedan with ABS. And because the act of braking is so time sensitive, most [...]
Posted in riding tips on Mar 31st, 2010
Ben Spies is a phenomenal rider, winning first place in World Superbike in his debut year (learning the tracks on his Xbox before race day). Now he’s off to MotoGP, but he already looks like one of the contenders to Rossi’s throne. Anyway, even if you’re not into the race scene, if you can handle [...]
Posted in newbie, questions, riding tips on Mar 31st, 2010
Cars fish-tail under over-zealous acceleration. Motorcycles (mainly sporty ones) develop “head-shake.” With cars, loss of traction in the rear wheel (on rear wheel drive cars) causes the rear of the car to slide left, then right, then left again… It all starts with a slide in one direction, and the driver over corrects and sends [...]
Posted in riding tips on Feb 26th, 2010
I posted a link to this before, but here’s a condensed version with a little less fluff… I love that they picked such a dinky looking car to learn the track. I wish they showed how Rossi would ride the track on a scooter too…that would be classic.
But on a more serious educational [...]
Posted in riding tips on Feb 24th, 2010
It’s happened to everyone at some point: you’re riding along when you see something interesting, the next thing you know the car ahead of you is at a dead stop and you’re grabbing a handful of brakes. Maybe you’re by an airport watching a plane take off while doing a fist pump ala Top [...]
Posted in riding tips on Feb 15th, 2010
Once you’re done learning to connect the dots with Colin Edwards, you can watch a 15 minute track lesson with Rossi after the jump…
Posted in riding tips on Jan 4th, 2010
When you do it right, riding over ice or snow…(or dirt or oil) is easy. It’s actually so easy that first timers who have been trained properly rarely crash. But if you do it wrong, even just a little bit…a fall happens so suddenly that it’s impossible to react or do anything. Doing it right [...]
Posted in misc, riding tips on Dec 16th, 2009
The first three rules of real estate are location location location. The first three rules of winter riding (and competitive racing) are traction… Times 3. The thing is you really CAN ride on almost any surface… even one with as little traction as ice. And the liberating thing about riding on low traction surfaces is [...]
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