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)

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

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

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

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

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

Does yer sense of speed suck?

Yer dog ate yer homework?

Re the well-flogged What Technique Does Css Not Train? thread … “Ok, kids, raise yer hand if you haven’t read … More

Pivot-tables and attention line-items

keith_exactly

Cornering Guru [ MY ORIG POST ] Mugget Does this accord with your comments? positive camber to flat results in … More

Have you learned nuthin’ ?

1. Have you ever played a musical instrument? 2. Have you studied a second language? 3. What certifications, degrees to … More

Instructional Design, Socrates on his 2-smoker

I just offer the below as one take on the application of the Socratic Method. Certainly all modes of learning … More

Carlos Castaneda as cafe racer

“The self-confidence of the RACER is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in … More

My superbike mad skills plan

Lack of a plan is like a lack of Reference Points. Here’s my plan to earn an instructor’s slot at … More

I suck … crappers and fractals

Toilet Bowls & High Water Marks It’s like a fractal, you never reach your goal, it keeps sliding away from … More

See The Battlefield, Dylan

See The Battlefield :: ( Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain ) The last point has to do … More

The wreck matrix

Crash # Date (reverse cron) Event Description Root Cause Analysis Outcome Lessons-Learned 1. 2011 July Low-side Summit Point Raceway Main … More

Puppy love … this is my bike forever

Ok. You are receiving fine advice. However, let’s take a step back, Grasshopper. You have said: I am in love … More

Fear is a boil, lance the motherfucker

i have been scared for some amount of time is this a character flaw? it took me time to re-accumulate those … More

Training Challenges

At Fort Benning, The Benning School for Boys, aka the Infantry School, I was a good shot, good at hand-to-hand … More

The Joy of Giving Away Power

I’ve long enjoyed teaching: It’s all about empowerment. It’s about watering the bamboo. It’s about the fishing not the … More

Ranger school, tab-less bitches and reasons to race

I’m not especially competitive. I’m not especially ego-driven. I thought about never racing — then I thought of Ranger School … More

The Case for Self-Discipline

I think there’s a place for discipline, for structure, for drills and working through the difficult days one finds when … More

Penny-wise, pound-foolish, you dumbfuck

I spent 11 September days in Maryland Shock Trauma with my friends Mssrs Ventilator, Oxy & Contin. I am … More