Surviving Winter Without Your Motorcycle // E03 🎙  

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I'm a skier as well as a rider. It is pretty amazing how much carries over from one to the other. When you ski a thick chunder you have to pay much attention to weight distribution, what skis are doing, keep forward with weight pressuring the front of the skis because that's what turns you. The best part of it is you don't have clamp on brakes on your skis. If you're in an uncomfortable turn you learn how to adjust your line vs just stabbing your brakes. Basically you learn not to panic in the middle of a turn but to look for a more beneficial line to make your experience better. Also, if you ski/ride (snowboards) winter goes by 800% faster.

Extra bagger class rule: all baggers must be equipped with a cup holder. Racers DNF if they spill their drinks.

Fantastic podcast. Enjoyed every minute of this one and look forward to future episodes! 😎👍

I'm in the UK, I try and ride when I can. I have to remember to wash it a little more often though. It'll soon be spring guy's so it won't be long before you throw your leg over your machine. Hang in there and remember to ride safe and ride well 🤓

First: BIG THANKS for the ChampU 😊😊😊 I already did it but I gave it to my female track buddy (who is faster than me 😂) who is also obsessed. She will get even faster 😂 I agree with a lot of you said except…riding in winter time. I ride all year long because I just love it. Of course I’m fully equipped as cold is your enemy. But as May loves her 660 I love my bike. I don’t dream of another one. I would love trying an electric one though. As for motoGP definitely not. A couple years ago Zarco what was so different about them and the way he answered: everything starting with braking and power made me understand I wouldn’t find it fun. Finally I use wintertime to: Watch plenty of videos (yours, s. Guintoli, champU) Try to get fit again after 1.5 year without activity. Braking my leg during a pit bike day in November made me realize that you need to be fit on a bike. Investigate gear protections cause my previous fancy Dainese suit didn’t protect my leg. And for good reason as it wasn’t made for it. But I was just not aware of it. And of course I have my maintenance visit planned in March. I will also get my powerparts pegs 😊 Again thanks for the videos, chat, gift 👍

Whew...I'm glad I'm not the only one doing the shopping cart thing.

Thanks for this. For me in Maine- Ken Hill eye drill; watch superbike racer who has the best pov and video quality for eye and focus practice (plus breathing); videos including your's, Ken Hill, Champ U; visualization; train including yoga; and I have a winter bike so i still get out

Train. Summer bodies are built in the winter. It makes the return to riding much easier when you don't have as much soreness and fatigue to contend with.

🇬🇧👍. It's always winter in the UK.. 😁

Left field suggestion for a dream ride: Honda RS750

Nothing good gear can't solve. I ride year round in Belgium. Yesterday around 280 kms, today 250 kms planned, average temperature around 5° centigrade, last friday 300 kms at or around freezing point. Layers of Merino wool clothes and a Stadler laminate suit with Daytona boots and Held gloves. Heated grips, full option S1000XR and Metzeler roadtec tyres do the trick.

Thing with being in the UK you have no choice your forced to ride in all weather. But in America its sunny all year so no problems there.

I got a spam response when attempting to email you! Here was my response to the trivia question: The difference between advice and technique has to do with the abstraction level at which it is understood and applied. In computer engineering abstraction level means "At what level do you need to understand this language to begin coding it?" As we know computers only understand binary 1's and 0's. But coders use syntax, characters, and language to instruct our comp[uters on what to do. Likewise, advice tends to be much broader in scope and might employ a number of techniques to follow. For example: "Don't charge the corners." is great riding advice but it is accomplished with a number of techniques (proper vision, motorcycle controls, etc.) Technique is more like the binary bits the computer talks in. How much brakes? When? Technique discussion is typically much higher resolution than advice.

Move to Queensland Australia.

Motorcycle simulators are trash and Assetto Corsa with a force feedback steering wheel is great for both cars and motorcycles. The tracks in AC are laser scanned to 1:1 perfection and the tire physics and and how cars handle under loss of traction is very realistic. In fact I learned to be better at drifting cars and manual transmission in motorcycle from it. One example I’ll give is how when a car loses rear grip you shouldn’t lift off the throttle otherwise it’ll swing back. Same way highside works in motorcycles. We all know the concept but it’s hard to make it an instinct without practicing which is where simulators come into play.

My hair colour hasn't changed....I'm bald. Thanks.

No Kamaz in Dakar this year, the Russians opted not to compete because FIA condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Participation was conditiond on signing the Driver Commitment document which contained language condemning Russia's invasion. The Russian team decided not to sign the Driver Commitment, and thus were not allowed to participate. I'm okay with it, you shouldn't be allowed to participate in international goodwill sports if you keep invading your neighbors. Plus, Russia has a long history of cheating in international sports and competition; I'm okay with them not being there to dominate the class. The IVECO and Praga trucks were impressive as hell this year.

Sorry too drawn out..gotta go.