Posted in TGIF on Sep 3rd, 2010
On the video he asks if you can spot the small error the student makes around the 3minute mark… I’m not sure, but my guess is that it’s the #1 mistake most riders make: turning in too early and winding up wide at the exit.
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Jul 30th, 2010
I see your skateboard riding dog and raise you one monkey. I guess it’s true we really are descended from these guys. But two questions… Is that a Rossi Yamaha rep? And is that monkey on the blue bike smoking a cigarette?
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Jul 30th, 2010
It’s basically “like riding the elephant in India”
It’s surprising to me how even reasonable intelligent people think of bikers in terms of B-movie stereotypes. It doesn’t help that a lot of the folks who work at bike shops like these stereotypes and play them up. I think basically a lot of people don’t know how [...]
Posted in TGIF on Jul 9th, 2010
Two things in particular make the California Superbike School a great learning environment. One – they know how to isolate individual skills. If you are in the business of training people to develop precise skills, you know that the trick is to isolate each individual skill and drill them to mastery THEN put [...]
Posted in TGIF on Jun 4th, 2010
Wish I could do that. (From the fashionable folks at motoblog). I think it’s better with the sound off, but that’s me.
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Jun 3rd, 2010
Right on cue after Memorial Day it’s feeling like summer here in NY. And when it’s hot, the best time to ride to around the city is at night – when traffic is a little lighter and the heat a bit less. Yes the video is obviously sped up, but nevertheless this guy’s got [...]
Posted in TGIF on May 14th, 2010
I’m not much of a track aficionado…because it’s hard to find the time and most tracks are far from NYC…but a couple of years ago NJMP opened up with two tracks: the fast and simple Lightning track, and the more technical Thunderbolt. It’s still pretty far, but close enough that you can ride or (preferably) drive [...]
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Apr 16th, 2010
Sure riding a motorcycle can look cool, but is it really worth all the training, and the practice, and the extra hassle? Two wheelers brag about gas mileage and shorter commutes, but in the end they wind up riding around more and spending even more time on the road (not less!). And although we try [...]
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Mar 5th, 2010
If someone said that to you, and the girl they were talking about was Elena Myers, then that would be a compliment…because this girl can fly!
After you get over the novelty of how old she is (actually most of the racers starting out in AMA are a similar age), this is a pretty good track [...]
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Feb 26th, 2010
It’s amazing how pretty and warm a cold day through a not-particularly pretty part of Flushing can appear… It’s a snow day here, so I thought I’d try out some video editing freeware from Pinnacle, and splice together some video from my Monday afternoon commute… along with a soundtrack from Yann Tiersen.
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