How to Do a Motorcycle Track Day 

Yeah I cringed at that too!

How do you know bloke

@@ryant9418 The key was no longer there, bro?

Seth Glenn congratulations!

"progress not perfection" is another, love that saying

First heard it when I was learning how to snowboard in 2nd or 3rd grade, and I've used that phrase ever since. Second, and last time I heard it was when I was racing Formula cars when I was 21ish.

False You got it from someone else too

I say practice makes progress, close enough!

Haha saw that

🤣

A cruiser rider put onto a sport bike she's never really ridden then pushed out onto a track in front of everybody there and 10 cameras for the whole of RU-vid to see. I'd be worried too haha!

have you done it yet?

Hope ya did it man! Just got my 400 a month ago. Best decision I've made.

AJ Becker I got my 400 about the same time and I cant wait to take it out on a track day. Probably the best low CC bike to do it on too

yeah dude did you go? i want to try a track day so bad!

AJ Becker everyone’s getting a 400🤣

*Laughs in Phoenix AZ

Ian Kitterman rode somo at noon today!

lagswitchFTW Nice I need to get up there I hear it's better than Mulholland!

Ian Kitterman the problem in Philly isn't the heat, it's that the humidity is up around 100 percent all summer. I love this city, but summer makes me want to move away.

LOL.... We race motocross on 100 degrees summer days

so what are the requirements for gear on track day ?

Full leathers (or two-piece leathers that zip together), gauntlet style gloves and boots.

That was probably the most crowded track day I've been to but it was well run, our fellow riders were impressively good and I never saw any jerk moves.

Agreed, way too crowded

You gotta rev match. That's when you raise the throttle so the engine RPM is at the same speed the rest of the drivetrain when you re-engage the clutch in the lower gear. This is a crucial skill on the track, in a car or on a bike. Now this may be obvious, but this answers your question. How to get the proper engine speed is a matter practice. In a car, when using heel-toe technique (or just by hitting the gas with your right foot), you simply hit or "blip" the gas pedal to simply bring the revs up when engaging the clutch in a lower gear. However, if you over-throttle, you can have the reverse problem. Instead of engine braking, you're over-accelerating which is essentially the same problem and can lead to traction loss. So this is where the rev "matching" comes in and is important. I hope this helps.

That's fine, but I'd recommend you still get a small-displacement bike for the track to start. Motorcycle handling is not the same as a car, of course, so car track days don't really translate to motorcycle track days as far as skill goes. In fact, you might consider doing mini-moto or supermoto track days. -DrewZilla

It's an expensive idea for sure

Darrell's Moto Diary because once is all it takes to get you hooked

Agreed.

Drinking the stache hater-ade.

His Stache is perfect bruv

Tom O I am actually working on a coffee table book as a side project entitled “Fun With Facial Hair: Lead a More Interesting Life”. You will clearly not be getting a copy in your stocking this year.

Whiskers are good.

Didn't you forget 'looks'?

And just got resurfaced. Getting some laps on it this week!

Hey... ChampStreet Grad!! I'm doing my second one at NJMP this Tuesday. Where was yours? Wish there was a way for grads to connect and meet up. Ride safe, ride well. (R=MPH)

@@williammahaffy4642 I took my class at NJMP last summer. I enjoyed it but the track is just a little too far away from my liking. I had to travel 350 mi as this was the closest place near me. I really wish they would find a place up in the Northeast as it is a very popular place for bikers.

It's really got a personality all its own.

Had been riding mopeds before as well (with a few scares). Then years of nothing. But I've been following MotoGP for years and this year I finally made the call to get into it. Been looking at doing the full licence, but in my current European country of residence the rules and prices suck. So, I did the next best thing, an afternoon's course without exams for 149 bucks with a licence for 125cc bikes the next day! Bought a Suzuki GSX-R125 and have been learning all summer long (1200km+/750mi). Thing goes 138km/h, 85mph in favourable conditions, so it's no slouch. Not too intimidating and very forgiving to start out with. Living in Austria I have been on a couple of tours with some curvy mountainside roads. Still building my confidence, I'm nowhere near maxing out the capability of the bike. It's really me that needs to get better, not so much the bike. But to be honest, it is pretty slow to get off the line, hard to keep up with fast moving traffic and the sound isn't all that great. Now... I might be moving next year and where I'm going getting your full licence seems far less complicated. So I'll probably be doing that next year. I've been looking at bikes. That one Alessandra is riding popped up on my radar. The Kawasaki Ninja 400. Seems like a very good learner yet fun bike that more skilled reviewers even had quite a bit of fun with. Another contender would be the Honda CBR500R. Great looking bike. A little more sluggish compared to the all new Ninja. Believe 'Murica has a Suzuki GSX-R600 and 750 (here there's nothing between 250 and 1000, and you definitely don't want to start on a liter bike without much experience, 600 seems the sweetspot, but there's very little (super)sportbikes with that). When I was looking around and started checking out the 2nd hand market I found the Triumph Daytona 675R to be the bike of my dreams. With carbon fiber, Öhlins shocks, Brembo brakes, Arrow exhaust, the incredible sound of a triple, probably in the top 10 best sounding bikes every made. It's probably the one I'll be saving up for. Otherwise... Everybody was telling me not to get a supersport actually. They're really frantic about getting other people onboard the naked train (actually, even more people were pushing for supermotards/streetlegal dirtbikes). xD Naked bikes that is. Here KTM is very popular with their Duke line-up. But there's also a lot of people riding 2nd hand 600cc's, like the Honda Hornet and Suzuki Bandit. I rented a couple of 125cc bikes after getting my licence last autumn. Tried the KTM Duke 125, but I didn't find it a pleasant bike at all. Rode the Yamaha MT-125, but it was really struggling with wind, moving all over the place. Sat on a KTM RC390, but sitting on it was way to sporty, body leaning far forward with a lot of pressure on the wrists. The one I actually liked most was the Aprilia Tuono 125. Somewhat in between a naked bike and a sportsbike. Then the all new Suzuki GSX-R125 came out with the MotoGP livery, racing DNA, being lightest in class, delivering the best formance and latest trickery (the dashboard is amazing, not quite as nice as the KTM display, and the Suzuki has keyless-go, you can start the bike being in proximity with a dongle in your pocket). I still don't like the front of the bike. The headlight looks a little weird or something, but it's the closest thing to what I had in my mind of driving. Test drove it. Loved it. It's a sporty bike, but the position isn't as extreme as the KTM RC, more in line with that Tuono. Got the special introductory price (4 grand), added a sportspack, stickered it up and am really enjoying it so far. That's really the thing. Finding the kind of bike you would love. Don't let anyone tell you what to do and get, go on, explore and find out for yourself. There's a bit of a cult around another 125cc bike, the Honda GROM or MSX125. People are really hooning around on those, popping wheelies and everything. But that's probably the most affordable new bike you could get into. Though... for a larger fella like yourself it might be a little too tiny of a bike. 2nd hand market is always an idea to get something hopefully cheap, that's not neccessarily 125. Like those mentioned 600cc Hornet or Bandit people around me keep raving about. Anyways, good luck! Regards from a fellow aviation guy.

Patrick Callahan I could keep up with Rossi

It's been rumored he never sleeps...