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Successful Motorcycle Racing Season Recap – WERA 51st Grand National Finals, 2023
This is it! The motorcycle racing season recap, and the final motorcycle race recap of the season, where we consider a race that was entered for the sheer joy of racing, and a race that promised to be amusing, but didn't quite turn out. F Superstock doesn't have a...
Motorcycle race recap, races 14 & 15
Let me begin this motorcycle race recap with a fact - I've not really enjoyed Road Atlanta on the small bike. It's a big track with a long back straight, which isn't conducive to excitement on the smaller motorcycles. This weekend was completely different. It was an...
Motorcycle race recap, races 13 & 14
Since this was to be the first race weekend since breaking my collarbone, I decided to sign up for a Friday track day to see how everything was going to work. I have pretty good use of my right arm, but other than a brief jaunt to a business meeting, I hadn't been on...
Motorcycle race recap, race 10 – danger in practice injures and aggravates
Before I start this motorcycle race recap, I should let you know I am dictating this using Windows 10 voice to text, so please excuse any misspellings, typos or other weirdness. Now that's out of the way, let's get into the reasons why! I was excited for this...
Motorcycle race recap, race 9. A long fruitless trip and a struggle
This isn't really a motorcycle race recap. I didn't race. I could have raced, but I didn't. Here's that story. Preparation and practice This weekend was endurance racing on Saturday, which I don't participate in, and sprint racing on Sunday. I spent Saturday traveling...
Motorcycle race recap, races 7 & 8, Cycle Jam
This motorcycle race recap shows that a single race weekend can bring both the best and worst of times. I've been chasing problems on this bike since the first race , and decided that it was time to bring in the pros. At the suggestion of John Wilkins, I decided to...
Motorcycle race recap, races 5 & 6
I came to Roebling pretty determined to be faster here. I got some advice late in the day last time I was here that I didn't fully get to test out, and I wanted to see how much of a difference it made. Here's the motorcycle race recap. With that in mind, I signed up...
Motorcycle Race recap – Race 4 – a mediocre improvement
This race was different. First, my girlfriend Suzanne decided to come, which changed a lot of things. On to the motorcycle race recap! Friday night arrival We arrived at Tally on Friday, set up the paddock and dropped the trailer. Rather than my usual dinner trackside...
Motorcycle Race Recap: Track day, Race 3, carnage!
This motorcycle race recap begins with a track day. I got to Roebling Road about 6PM Thursday night and set up my pit and tent. I've upgraded my track accommodations significantly, going from a 2-person tent I had to crawl in and out of on my hands and knees to a...