Andy Cule's Supermoto Blog - Down to Durhamtown for some spring training
A 16 and a half hour drive doesn’t really sound like a fun way to start your vacation, but when it comes with the promise of acres and acres of trails and six motocross tracks it doesn’t take long to...
View ArticleThe MotoGP Leg Dangle
If you watch MotoGP racing you have no doubt noticed almost all the riders hanging their inside legs off the footpeg and to the side of the motorcycle at the entry of many turns. It has become quite...
View ArticleBrammo Empulse RR: Unconventional Design
In the current issue of Inside Motorcycles, my article covers some of the electric racing motorcycles and how improving battery technology is leading to some very different design paths from what we...
View ArticleWinning debut for innovative BMW suspension
Almost lost in BMW's celebration of Chaz Davies winning both World Superbike races at Motorland Aragon in Spain was Sylvain Barrier's victory aboard a BMW in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup race at the...
View ArticleTrevitt's Blog: The Extreme Style of Marc Marquez
At the recent MotoGP event in Austin, Tex., Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez became the youngest-ever rider to win a premier-class Grand Prix race, displacing Freddie Spencer from the record he had held...
View ArticleDan Kruger's Racing in China Blog: Two Wheels Vs. Four
One of the perks of winning big races is that cool opportunities usually fall into your lap along the way. I was recently asked to test a Formula Renault open wheel car in China, and I gladly accepted....
View ArticleTrevitt's Blog: Ducati's MotoGP Lab Bike
Although the media spotlight does not shine as blindingly on the Ducati MotoGP effort now that Valentino Rossi has left the team, development continues and the company is working hard to improve its...
View ArticleTrevitt's Blog: Optimizing Traction Control
In the May issue of the magazine, my article focuses on traction control systems and how you can make the most of their performance. Production systems and most (read: affordable) aftermarket systems...
View ArticleDan Kruger's Racing in China Blog: Testing at Suzuka (Japan), Part 1
I finally did it! I completed a two-day test at the world famous Suzuka Circuit. This was a long time coming with tons of planning; nothing is ever spontaneous with the Japanese. That is not a bad...
View ArticleTrevitt's Blog: Cost-cutting in World Superbike
At the recent Portimao round of the World Superbike series, the FIM, Dorna and the MSMA (manufacturers’ association) announced “a new framework for the Superbike Technical Rules” that will be applied...
View ArticleTrevitt's Blog: Back to Canadian Superbike
At the opening round of the Mopar Canadian Superbike series at Shannonville earlier this month, Jodi Christie finished second in the Superbike race - just half a second behind multi-time champion...
View ArticleDan Kruger's Racing in China blog: Testing at Suzuka, Part 2!
In Part 1 of my 'Testing at Suzuka' story, I told you about the process of getting to the world famous Japanese track and getting prepped by a top notch team to test a top notch machine. Have a quick...
View ArticleTrevitt's Blog: Data from Autodrome St-Eustache
In my last blog, I talked about working with Jodi Christie and the Accelerated Technologies Honda team in Canadian Superbike this year. At the second round of the series last weekend at Autodrome...
View ArticleTrevitt's Blog: "Rate of Change" Data Channels
One very powerful tool for data analysis - and a very necessary tool when dealing with more experienced riders or bikes close in performance - is the rate-of-change math channel. These math channels...
View ArticleTrevitt’s Blog: Data From Atlantic Motorsport Park
At the third round of the Mopar Canadian Superbike Championship held at Atlantic Motorsport Park, I continued working with Jodi Christie and John Sharrard with data acquisition on their Accelerated...
View ArticleTrevitt’s Blog: So much data, so little time…
At the recent Canadian Tire Motorsport Park rounds of the Canadian Superbike Championship, I was at the track helping Jodi Christie, John Sharrard and the Accelerated Technologies/Honda team and...
View ArticleTrevitt’s Blog: The Safety Aspects of Data
The recent events in the Canadian Superbike series at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant have prompted me to address the safety benefits of using data acquisition, which are...
View ArticleDan Kruger’s ‘Racing in China’ Blog: One big global family
I wanted to steer away from all the excitement and glamour of racing in China and different countries around the world to talk about one of the amazing by-products of motorcycle racing. Yes, we all...
View ArticleSpecial feature blog: Dan Kruger recounts "most unbelievable week of my...
Last week we reported that Canadian Dan Kruger had a vicious highside during practice for the final round of the Pan Delta Championship series in Zhuhai, China that landed him in a Hong Kong hospital...
View ArticleTrevitt’s Blog: Using Altitude and Slope to Your Advantage
Watch any motocross race and you will see the riders going far out of their way to take advantage of a berm, or completely missing the apex of a turn to ride on the out outside, banked portion. This...
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