By AJ Jacobsen Any track rider and racer can tell you that having a properly tuned suspension can make a massive difference in the handling of a motorcycle. Yet, I’ve seen and heard arguments from top level coaches on down to casual racers saying two very different things. On the one hand, they tout
Getting There – Trackside Tips
By AJ Jacobsen Every track day rider runs into the conundrum at some point – “how am I getting me, my bike, and all my stuff to the track?” There are a lot of options available, and depending on your personal needs, likes, desires, and budget, you should be able to find something that works
Riding Coaches – Is It Worth It? (Part 2 of 2)
Below is the recap of my first full day with a one-on-one coach. We went ahead and scheduled the first day of coaching for Sunday on the opening weekend for Pacific Track Time. I took Saturday to just feel my bike out, made a lot of adjustments, spent time coaching customers, and just getting myself
Riding Coaches – Is It Worth It? (Part 1 of 2)
By AJ Jacobsen When it comes to your riding, what do you invest in? Obviously, there’s the motorcycle, but after that, where do you spend your money? Gear? Upgrades? Track days? What about coaching? Many riders shy away from paying for professional riding instruction. I can see why – it’s a lot of money,
Jackson Blackmon Joins RiderzLaw Racing
Orange County, CA — RiderzLaw Racing is proud to officially announce that Jackson Blackmon will be piloting its Graves Yamaha R3 in MotoAmerica this year. In the national series last year, “Action” Jackson Blackmon had seven podium finishes, including three first place finishes. “We’re really excited to have Jackson join the RiderzLaw Racing family
MotoGP 2017 Finale
By John Knowles I think we can all agree that the Moto Gp season finale was epic. So much happened in those 30 laps. Zarco lead most of the race, Jorge wouldn’t move over, Marquez crashed without crashing, both Ducatis crashed for real, including Dovi, and many of the teams had their test riders
CVMA and WERA Race Report
By John Knowles Most road racing championships are wrapping up this time of year. In fact, they all are except for CVMA, it’s just getting started. I went and raced at round 2 of the CVMA series back to back with the Wera grand national final at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama. The week
AMA Supermoto Finale Race Report
By John Knowles The season finale for AMA Supermoto was set for October 7, 2017 at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida. I road tripped it out there with Toxic Moto Racing. Rain was on the forecast for the weekend but nobody thought much of it until it started getting closer to race day.
UMC Supermoto Report
By John Knowles It was a cold day at Utah Motorsports Campus and the view of the mountains was beautiful in every direction. UMC has one of the best Supermoto tracks in the country and it’s home to Utah Supermoto. Utah Supermoto is a great club series with a great family atmosphere. This weekend
AMA Supermoto @ Streets of Sturgis Race Report
By John Knowles MA Supermoto round 4 is the legendary streets of Sturgis race. I got to the track early Thursday morning while they were still turning down town Sturgis into a track. I helped out a little bit with making the dirt sections. Clay was trucked in and dirt jumps were made in the parking
When Riding Doesn’t Go As Planned Part 8
By AJ Jacobsen If you’ve been following my blogs, you are aware that back on December 3, 2016 I broke my leg in a dirt bike accident when another rider hit me, and both of us ended up rotating over my leg. Unfortunately for me, this was not “just” a broken leg – it
Matters of Money
Sometimes I think about all of the money I spend racing. And I don’t get upset about it, I just kind of marvel at it. Once my mom told me I should write out a will, you know, just in case. My mom thinks about things like that. It surprised me. Not in a morbid
Best Moment
Besides racing motorcycles professionally, I work part time and I’m a student. This semester I’m taking a public speaking course for transfer credits and recently we were given kind of an odd prompt: Deliver a speech about your best moment ending with the line “…and that’s when I knew I was at my best”. Weird.
Mini Moto Endurance Race Report
I’ve been wanting to do this race for years now. M1gp is a mini bike endurance racing series and they put on a 24 hour race once a year that draws teams from around the world. 24 hours of world class mini bike racing! Sign me up. The last two years it’s conflicted with other
When Even the Experts Miss the Obvious
This season has been frustrating for me as a rider and racer. Between the injuries to my leg and dealing with that, adjusting to the new bike, and moving up to expert, I’ve often been very frustrated, and while I’ve been “accepting” of some progress, I’ve yet to leave a weekend at the track “happy.”
Winter Training for Racers
What do motorcycle racers do in the winter time? Do our fans think of us like kids think of teachers? To them, we probably only exist at the race track. Our teams hang us up in a closet at the end of each race weekend and wake us back up at the beginning of the
AFM Round 5 Summary – Sonoma Raceway
Saturday was brutally hot and the air was harsh due to a nearby fire. Despite the conditions, lap times were already in the 1:39s by the second round of practice in the morning. But as the temperature continued to rise, the lap times did as well. Sunday was slightly less harsh but still not what