The Sweet Spot Motorcycle & Rider Roadrace Preparation video, featuring experts in their fields, shares information on rider technical clothing, motorcycle bodywork, ergonomics, custom painting helmets, face shield visibility, and a complete roadrace organization-approved tech inspection.
In his discussion of motorcycle technical clothing, Sto Smead of Motorace/Dianese Leathers, covers leathers, body armor, boots, & gloves. He describes the importance of a good quality motorcyle leather and quality workmanship. Dianese has supplied the finest quality leathers for roadracing and street use and Sto will show you how best to be fitted for motorcycle leathers, gloves and boots and the importance of back protectors, knee pucks and body armor.
Gary Lenzmeier of Body by Northstar shows step by step in full-color video, how and why to replace original stock motorcycle bodywork with fiberglass. He explains the fitment and ease of use for the intended purpose. You will see a complete installation including the fitting, what tools to use, and fasteners, including how to use a Dzus fastener. You will find out what to do with the electrical components that you will unhook to go roadracing. Finishes, unpainted, painted, gel-coated, what to take off for the race track, catch bottles, number plates, aerodynamics, weight savings and cost-effectiveness are also included in this informative motorcycle set-up video.
Jim Leonard of Vance & Hines uses his time on the Motorcycle & Rider Roadrace Preparation video to explain ergonomics with regard to rider comfort and preferences. He discusses the replacement and adjustment of motorcycle rear sets and hand and foot control adjustment.
Troy Kirkpatrick of TK Design, will show you how he takes an ordinary Arai or Shoei (for example) helmet and turns it into a custom design with custom color scheme. He will also discuss the cost of custom painting as opposed to a stock or replica motorcycle helmet.
Rick Marlin of Modern World Ventures goes through a complete installation of a Fog City shield for fog prevention due to weather or heavy breathing. A little motorcycle apparel accessory we should all have.
We end the Motorcycle & Rider Roadrace Preparation video with a complete motorcycle tech inspection by Al Hathway of the Loudon Road Race Series. After watching Al work around the motorcycle looking for leaks, checking brakes, forks and engine coolant, looking for catch bottles in all the right places, doing a safety wire check, and generally checking for motorcycle integrity, you will know exactly what to be sure to have done before a race day tech inspection. Al also covers personal safety equipment inspections and fit, along with an explanation of what will be looked for in the way of motorcycle helmet certification.
The advice from this panel of experts is to have a plan, keep a notebook, like the "Racebook", and calculate your expenses ahead of time.
Motorcycling and roadracing is more fun when we are prepared. Motorcycle & Rider Roadrace Preparation video is chock full of the kind of information and instruction every motorcycle enthusiast and roadracer needs to know.
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