Freemium Article. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please Subscribe or Login. AFM Round 5, Thunderhill Raceway Park July 7th and 8th Heading to the race event with a forecast of 104F for both days requires a lot of physical preparation. That means 1.5 gallons of water per day starting Tuesday to make sure your [...]
Given a properly adjusted chain, Dave identifies the 3 symptoms of a worn out chain needing replacement. How quickly these signs manifest depends on the chain quality, your maintenance regimen, and of course, how hard you ride. Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please Subscribe or Login. Want [...]
Adjusting the angle of brake and clutch levers is a key fitment issue on every motorcycle. Achieving the optimum angle often involves "clocking" the brake line. Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please Subscribe or Login. Want to see the full video? Get [...]
Freemium Article. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please Subscribe or Login. AFM Round 4, Thunderhill Raceway Park, June 16th and 17th The second consecutive race event at Thunderhill is generally a faster one as riders are leveraging their experiences and gains from round 3 here just a few weeks ago. That requires everyone to [...]
A Yamaha R1M rider was unexpectedly pleased to see Dave at a Yamaha sponsored track day and took the opportunity to have Dave do a basic suspension setup for his carbon'd out R1M. Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please Subscribe or Login. Want to see [...]
Freemium Article. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please Subscribe or Login. When you wake up at 2am Saturday morning with rain tapping your trailer roof repeatedly, you tend to feel a little bit disoriented. Wait:- this is California in May and I’m hearing rain? So much for the greatest job in the world – [...]
We see all sorts of sizes and shapes of these levers bike to bike, even side to side on the same bike. And then there's the whole aftermarket with shorty levers, etc blah etc. Dave explains what to look for in evaluating and adjusting what you have, and what to look for if you're shopping [...]
Static or Free Sag is more critical for the rear of the bike than for the front because you're essentially sitting atop the shock. Here we present the full shock static sag spectrum; none, some, just right, and too much. Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please Subscribe or Login. [...]
A street environment has different demands from a track environment. You can get a better ride by optimizing suspension setup and geometry for each. For example, track setups can be torture on the street, and street setups horribly inadequate (even dangerous) for the track. Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, [...]
Heading to the track with your street bike? Lotsa riders do just that. Dave does a basic bike prep for the average trackday using a Yamaha R6 as the example. Check with your trackday organizer just to be sure they don't have some bizarre requirement beyond what's covered here. We end the video with Dave [...]
