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Trevitt's Blog: Extreme Lean Angle
A video released by MotoGP last week (See bottom of the page) shows Jorge Lorenzo's Yamaha YZR-M1 in pit lane leaned over on its side to the same angle it reaches on the track - 64 degrees from...
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Trevitt's Blog: Trail Braking
As I work with more riders using data acquisition and look at more data, the common theme that always rises to the surface at some point is turn entry and trail braking - holding the brakes on while...
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Trevitt's Blog: Trail Braking II
In my last blog I talked about trail braking and why it is such an important skill to learn, but I didn't go into the actual mechanics of the technique, or how to learn and improve at it. To recap,...
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Trevitt's Blog: Trail Braking - The Data
In my previous two blog postings, I have covered the importance of corner entry and the actual mechanics of how to trail brake into a turn and improve that particular skill. This week, I will show some...
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Trevitt’s Blog: Corner Exits
As I mentioned in a previous blog, recent advances in tires, chassis and electronics have put more emphasis on corner entry and trail braking rather than corner exits, as this is currently the part of...
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Trevitt's Blog: Squat and Anti-Squat
I have talked several times before about dynamic geometry and how rake and trail change as the motorcycle goes around the racetrack. Under braking, weight is transferred to the front end, compressing...
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Dan Kruger's Racing in China Blog - "Nothing in Common"
Over the past five years, I have spent most of my time racing in Asia. What many people might not know is how different China is to Japan. In China, there are many bathrooms that still are simply a...
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Trevitt’s Blog: Anti-Squat and Thrust
In the current issue of the magazine, my article covers the importance of thrust, or actual driving force to the rear wheel, and why it is an important measure. You can find an Excel file to make your...
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Tumblin' Todd's Flat Track Blog - Tires
One of the problems that has always faced flat track racers is tires, or to be more precise, the lack thereof. With flat track tires being such a specialty item, you just can’t go to your local Yamaha...
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Dan Kruger's Racing in China Blog - Tips for surviving the off-season blues
I need to be careful not to complain too much about the off-season since, for me, it only lasts two months. However, it has only been two weeks since I have been on a motorbike and I am already feeling...
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Tumblin' Todd's Flat Track Blog: Phantom Sponsors
We have been approached twice in the last year by 'Phantom Sponsors' and, I’ll be honest, I just don’t get it. For those who are unaware, my family is made up of racing enthusiasts with a son who is...
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Trevitt's Blog: MotoGP - Factory vs. Open
The recent MotoGP test at Sepang, Malaysia, provided the first real chance to see how the new rules for 2014 have changed the structure of the class and how the performance of the various machines...
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Trevitt’s Blog: MotoGP - Rules Upon Rules
With less than two weeks before the first event of the MotoGP season, Dorna is set to introduce a new sub-category in the MotoGP class, dubbed Factory 2. It seems unbelievable that this would be the...
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Dan Kruger's Blog: My Road to the Isle of Man TT
Well, it is happening. I am going to race the Isle of Man TT this year. I thought I would write a few blogs about the experience as it happens first hand. Here's the first... It all came together...
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Tumblin' Todd's Flat Track Blog: Summer in Paris
To the untrained observer, most tracks that hold flat track races may appear to be very similar. This is to say that they are all somewhat oval, and they all have four turns. While the size difference...
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Trevitt's Blog: Gearing Up for Canadian Superbike
With the snow disappearing and temperatures warming across the country, it's almost time for a new season of Canadian Superbike racing to get underway. Last year, I worked with Jodi Christie and the...
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Tumblin' Todd's Flat Track Blog: The allure of going south
The Canadian flat track scene has produced some great racers over the years, and that can most likely be attributed to some fantastic bar banging battles that occur every weekend during the summer....
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Dan Kruger's Blog: My Road to the Isle of Man TT – Part II
Let’s start with me being sick in China, with several trips to the doctor and hospital for meds and some liquids. Seven days and counting with a nasty stomach virus. My agent from Macau came over to...
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NEW BLOG! Touring Essentials with Bruce Thomas: Capturing Your Adventure,...
After the success of regular IM touring correspondent R. Bruce Thomas' recent online feature, 'Capturing Your Adventure, Part I', we decided to give him his own dedicated blog. Bruce will be discussing...
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Dan Kruger's Blog: My road to the Isle of Man, Part III - learning the course
I arrived on the Isle of Man from my race in the Czech Republic (see Part II of my Isle of Man blog) and hopped in my rental car. My phone GPS wasn’t working, so I was using an actual paper map to find...
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