There be calm in the valley

Racer. Down.

Asylum. Escapee.

“The coach was sometimes weaving through traffic like crazy … I misjudged …” (Customer-Rod)

At PittRace-palooza, I rode w Customer-Rod first sessions Day 1 of 3, Friday. I watched him methodical, scope out the circuit. Soon … More

Brain-Bleed on Aisle 9 (Coach-Track-Daddy)

Customer-Rod lowsided into the front wheel of Coach-Track-Daddy’s Ducati, on the outside of Turn 18: “I’ve seen video if this … More

Slicing like a scythe through sunflowers (Scary-Clown-Coach)

That aggressive tow that Customer-Rod says he got in Intermediate from Coach-Starship-Trooper wasn’t isolated. I watched Scary-Clown-Coach tow a Ducati … More

“You still here?” (El Jefe Breaker-Bar)

By Saturday prior to The Sunday-Surprise, the dirty-laundry public-airing, I had spoken separately and privately to Scary-Clown-Coach, Coach-Pocahantas, to leadership … More

4 helicopter medevacs, at last came the ass-chewing (Breaker-Bar)

After the first of 4 airlift medevac helicopter rides, and an ambulance roll every session red-flagged, I had expected a … More

“I ain’t brought a bike to the track all season.” (Head Coach: Breaker-Bar)

“ My wife’s in Saratoga, at the horse track right now. She’s got a table with 3 free seats. Your … More

“One of you goat-fuckers is guar-an-teed

“ one of you goat-fuckers is guar-an-teed to have an epiphany today … I just know it “ (BREAKER BAR)

Changbo Zhao taught me how to sing the corners of a racetrack

Changbo Zhao taught me how to sing the corners of a racetrack today as we rode w Motorcycle Xcitement Track … More

The Yakuza’s surprise road-trip into tornado alley

The Japanese-Chinese Mafia from Penn State drove me & my gear all the way home yesterday. Road trip hell for … More

Wall-of-Death-Beth schools us at Summit Point

Screaming into Turn 1 Side-by-side 1000 meters the run, at 105 neck-wringing miles-per-hour 400cc apiece It’s a game of chicken … More

Wall-of-Death-Beth Count-Coup on me 3 times into Turn 1

Wall-of-Death-Beth count-coup on me 3 times into the gaping maw of Turn 1 . Wall-of-Death-Beth count coup on stock brakes … More

“That way I can tell how old I am by just looking at my helmet”.

Forrest’s race number is #76.

Friendly Coach flips me the bird in Five

Turn 4 on Summit Point Raceway Main Circuit is a fast downhill right-hander, aka “The Chute”. So, amongst a race … More

Poor. Life. Choices. Grass. Gravel.

Like Pocahontas and Breaker-Bar said, I should’ve tried to make the corner anyway, instead I fixed-forward my eyes and tightened … More

“You smell like a wet-human, scrub behind yer ears”

Raging bar-fight Buddha, answers to “Breaker-Bar”

Breaker-Bar is the Coach of Coaches, a Paul Bunyan of a biker. He ignites the paddock like The Buddha, A … More

Carnies, criminals & cripples

Carnies, criminals & cripplesMantra-Ink runs like blood down every neckCarnies, criminals & crooks. Might as well be a Virginia gun … More

The pain, she blossom like a hate-flower

The pain, she blossom like a hate-flower seeing sunlight through the cracks in my root-split bones

The pain, he staggers the downs like a syphilitic shepherd

Rusty, Pony n Tito … day-drinking in Savage

TJ asked “wha’ happen” …

Filthy. Racetrack. Swine

REPSOL RUSTYs Donkey-Bawling Bedside Manner

Well here at least is some good news: Yeah-yeah. Ok, enough about yadda-yadda … you’ll be gratified to hear that … More

Barb, Patsy and Paul Newman, BFFs

Summit Point Raceway, West Virginia. On The Summit Café wall, there’s an autographed photo of Paul Newman. He’s sitting on … More

Ex post moto, v2

“quit moving around or we’ll have to kill you (nurse cratchett) “i hate people when they’re not polite (d … More

Rider’s log

Rider’s Log I used to organize my riding log by which set of tires and oil changes i was running. … More

Men of uncertain ages. On motorbikes. Fuck.

We are men with children and many cupholders Our hair graying, cocks sagging Powers turning to fairy dust All the … More

See the battlefield with soft eyes

See The Battlefield, and there are so many … A Relaxed Seat Soft Eyes, Tense Carriage, Breathing, Balance. An experienced … More

Mugget and feel for the bike

Ah, this is a reply to a post i made to this css forum That I posted 01 December 2011 … More

Yes, Erik, they are fast

the spurring, the cropping, the cursing, the neck-wrenching the barnfire screams from soft muzzles with big teeth on orange carrots … More

Motorcycle, mirror

Over the last 10 years motorcycles took on an increasing role in my life. Five years into this adventure, my … More

The go-fast gospel

It’s not about the got, its about the get. I don’t care where I’m going, just how I get there, … More

Motofesto

i’m a registered organ donor, tissue donor, body-for-science donor, mortgage insurance, medevac insurance, wear a helmet in no-helmet-law states i … More

Sophia, they’re like horses dogs lovers, each one its own, time, place, purposes

Sophia Motos :: they’re like horses dogs lovers, each one its own, time, place, purpose. Justin

Essay to coach with the California Superbike School

You know how some guys are intuitive riders, natural racers? I’m not. I am intuitively a writer, so of … More

Come too early? Little Joe, Riddick Bowe and Calypso, mentoring a young would-be racer

2011/11/30 Rick M Justin, You are right, I have been talking to him. He is not listening though, as he … More

Motorcycles, war stories and weird shit

What you see below is my brain-addled, inter-continental world-wide attempt to arm-wrestle, out-fox, discover where sleeps fear. Basement, U.S. eastern … More

Shoulders o giants, councils o elders

Wax on wax off Grasshopper Council of Elders? Commit and/or submit? Like endless days of endless scales on the piano … More

Summit Point Shenandoah Circuit

Summit Point Raceway Shenandoah Circuit Bill Scott designed this track to be the ultimate teaching track and it has a … More

Racer resume, my moments o glory

Mike @ pit in/out said “you’re running good lines around that turn, you’re hitting all your marks, better than some … More

Pollyannae, panic, pain

Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. … More

Hambone’s connected to the neckbone

Posted 20 March 2012 – 05:30 PM It happens in some corners that .. ===================== DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK Your … More

Dr Green on attention

… adaptive mechanisms to simulate an expanded attentional capacity. The most common are expectation, “automaticity,” “heuristics” and “biases” … enable … More

Anyone here fly jets?

Does yer sense of speed suck?

Training Principles

Training Principles Training objectives based on a unit’s wartime mission The most realistic battlefield available in peacetime Well trained realistic … More