By Seiji Ishii
For decades, my system for going to the track or trailhead was pretty simple. On Friday, I'd walk into my shop, grab the tools I thought I might need, throw them into a toolbox, and head out for the weekend.
It never really worked.
By Sunday afternoon, the toolbox was a disorganized pile of tools.…
Trackside
By Seiji Ishii
One of the most common conversations I have with riders starts about ten minutes into their first ride back after some time off.
"I lost everything."
Usually, they haven't.
One of the most common mistakes I see is riders confusing a loss of sharpness with a loss of fitness. The two are…
I have been wanting to do this for quite sometime as chassis lengths are important to how your motorcycle reacts on the track. Sometimes we just go about our day, slap a different size sprocket on or cut our new chain a different length without hesitation. However, when you do that it can/does affect how…
Written By: Seiji Ishii
Why training based on how you feel can quietly wreck your riding.
The disciplined rider does not train based on desire. They train based on condition.
That sounds straightforward until you look at how training decisions actually get made during the week. It’s easy to blur the line between what sounds good that…
Written By Seiji Ishii
Riders love bike upgrades. That’s probably why you’re here.
You got a part in the mail, and you’re fired up. Surely this throttle tube is the key. As you shove a Totino’s pizza pocket down your gullet and wash it down with a Coke, you head straight to the garage to install…
The Two-Lap Lie: How Early Speed Steals Your Best Moto
By Seiji Ishii
Two good laps can be the worst thing that happens to your pacing.
You know the moment.
You roll out, and the track feels good. Fresh enough to be forgiving. Your timing clicks. The bike feels planted. You hit two clean laps, and your brain…
If you’re currently looking for a good pump replacement fuel (instead of T4+) RX96 is a fuel I stumbled upon that has a lot of the great performance features of T4+. VP RX96 fuel is an unleaded, oxygenated off-road racing fuel designed applications that can run low octane fuel. With the fuel’s unique chemical properties,…
