• Winter Preparations

  

  This past Saturday was spent working on the bike.  Doug came over and together with Joe, we went through nearly the entire bike.  We started at the front end; removing forks, triples wheel and all.  We took out the steering stem, bearings and cleaned and regreased ...

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  Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 | POSTED AT: 9:08 AM
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• Happy New Year!

  My dad and I started this week off right by pulling the motor on the R6 at 7:30 this morning (I had to burn a personal day to do it, dammit).  It will be getting freshened up before I travel to Jennings, Florida in a few weeks.The reasoning for that is Gina and I are heading to Lansing later today to visit with some of her family, ...

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  Monday, December 29th, 2008 | POSTED AT: 2:46 PM
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• Winter Blues, Spinning and Fiddies

  Here we are in the middle of December.  Christmas is near with the outlook of 2009 not far behind.  While I'm always looking forward to the holidays, the winter itself has barely started and I'm already waiting for this winter-wonderland season to be over.  Maybe I'm just a little more stir-crazy than normal, but I'm over the cold and snow.  The spring is looking pretty ...

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  Friday, December 12th, 2008 | POSTED AT: 10:05 AM
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• Season Recap (Courtesy of The Detroit News)

  

  A big thank you to Bruce McLaughlan of The Detroit News for writing this article which can be found on The Detroit News site.  It's a great summary of what it's like to be a privateer in the sport of motorcycle roadracing, along with detailing the ups and ...

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  Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 | POSTED AT: 6:08 AM
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• Falling Into Winter

  

  After going out and getting feedback from each of our product sponsors this year, it's been great to hear that all of them I've talked to so far will be back on board for 2009.  I'm also trying to work on getting a ...

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  Monday, November 10th, 2008 | POSTED AT: 6:12 AM
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• Motorcycle Geometry – Steering vs. Grip

  

  Something I learned in a bit more detail this year was the compromise and trade-offs between steering and traction.  The ability of the bike to steer quickly versus the traction available at the rear of the bike and how that is affected when making geometry changes.  There are ...

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  Friday, October 24th, 2008 | POSTED AT: 6:15 AM
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• Thanking Sponsors

  

  As the season winds down, I've been sending out season recaps to all our sponsors, as well as asking them a few questions about how they felt the season went in their opinion.  To the common racer, it's often about me, me, me - but it's up to the rider/team to make sure it's a two-way street and ...

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  Monday, October 13th, 2008 | POSTED AT: 7:04 AM
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• Evening Couple Conversation

  Last night Gina and I were talking about racing.  And at one point in the conversation, it went something like this: Me: "G, do you think I'm a good rider?"Gina: "Yes I do."Me: "Seriously.  You've watched enough.  Am I .. Or am I just running around out there for the hell of it .."Gina: "Yes - you're good.  You're very good at the technical aspect of it ...

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  Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 | POSTED AT: 6:33 AM
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• Congratulations Joe Kraft

  

  Congratulations to Joe for locking up the WERA Formula 2 and Lightweight Twins Superbike expert championships this past weekend at Nelson Ledges, concluding the 2008 race season.We arrived Saturday afternoon and not having much practice, he got up to speed quick enough to finish 2nd in both races ...

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  Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 | POSTED AT: 6:22 AM
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• Season Finale

  This weekend is the last race of the season held at Nelson Ledges Road Course in Warren, Ohio.  My dad is going in hopes of sealing up two class championships this year - a drastic turn from a guy who started out just doing one race on Saturday just for fun when the season started.Tom (from Honda East) will be trying out the R6 in ...

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  Thursday, September 25th, 2008 | POSTED AT: 6:06 AM
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