Suspension Tuning Clinic and BBQ Feb 4th
We are hosting another suspension tuning clinic and BBQ at JP Motorsports on February 4th! John and Dax will be on site clicking and adjusting people’s suspension for only $40! This is a front and rear upgrade over dull stock settings; your bike will feel much more responsive and much easier to ride once its been properly dialed in! They are fantastic at explaining what they are doing so you can also learn a ton of information about how suspension works and should be adjusted.
We will have food, music and vendors with specials out there as well so it will be a fun day to just come hang out even if you dont need any suspension work at this time. We look forward to a great sunny San Diego day, and seeing a lot of people out there to join us!
The address is:
JP Motorsports 630 Bay Blvd. #106 Chula Vista, CA 91910 619-564-4935
JP Motorsports/Cycle Sector Sponsored Greg Olson’s Championship Video
JP Motorsports/Cycle Sector sponsored racer Greg Olson put together an awesome video of his 2011 season. Greg hauled major ass last year and took both the 2011 AFM Clubman Middleweight Championship and the 2011 AFM Clubman Heavyweight Championship!
We will be sponsoring Greg again for the 2012 season as he defends his title. Enjoy the vid!
Legion of Doom Bike Wash for Autism Awareness
We hosted a bike wash event at our store in conjunction with a local club named Legion of Doom SD. The proceeds from the event went into raising awareness for autism.
The bike wash was a lot of fun with a few other local clubs coming to hang out, get their cars and bikes cleaned up, and eat cheeseburgers. We also had a special sale in the store for all who came out!
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Cycle Sector Racer Photo
Tyler, one of our team racers got this sweet photo last weekend at Miller Motorsports Park, his home track. He is sporting a new paint scheme this year, which looks awesome paired with his custom RS-Taichi suit. Tyler also paints custom helmets like the one he is using, check out his work at http://www.censport.com/index.html
Going to Okinawa Japan
So, I got orders to Okinawa Japan for 3 years. We leave in July. I suppose all things happen for a reason. I believe this move will help me focus on facets of my racing that I have been lacking such as confidence and the ability to adapt to new tracks. There are no tracks close by except for one 800 meter kart track that they allow mini’s to race on. I am already looking into buying myself a mini NSR-250 4 stroke once I get out there. I have made a few connections with some of the locals in mainland Japan, and although their not in the best of shape now, I suspect they will be up and running by the time I get there. They have already offered to get me to Motegi and Suzuka as soon as I get there! What an experience! For some reason, everyone I talk to says the locals over there are generally faster than Americans. First order of business is to find out what they know and do it! I am super excited and I am hoping that this 3 year tour will help me meet more people, and learn new tricks! I will make sure I post tons of pictures and videos after I get over there!
Comin back in STRONG !
This season has just been off to a craptacualar start for me ….stuff getting stolen, rebuilding finances worin my way back up , loss off bike , blah blah blaAH ! Time to get my game face on and and get ready again !
Recently i had some good fortune …THATS RIGHT ! With as new machine that is smooth as butter and handles unlike anbything I’ve ridden and it doesnt hurt that Lee’s Cycle did the engine …….Im rocking Diego’s previous race bike ! R6 🙂 I brought her into the garage thursday and took her out to Big Willow with Motoyard on friday ….as much as i truly wanted to race wsmc this week end …Im not ready….well my bank account isnt since there is a new bike in the garage lol. But its okay …Im attacking the next one .
Diego I think your a great dude but NO you cant ride it ….I love it too much ! this bike is a blast and one hell of a rocket ! LOVE IT!!!
NinjaTwins January Update!!
2011 Season Bike Prep
January was a busy month for the NinjaTwins, we had a bit of work to do on the 250’s to get them ready for the new season. First being repaint those white “expert” number plates. We also changed the oil, changed out the brake fluid, and gave both bikes a monthly inspection. At high speeds there are a lot of moving and non moving parts on a bike that need attention. Every month the body work comes off, the bikes get a bath, and I check every bolt I can think of, basically my own form of tech inspection. Its my butt on the line if something goes wrong, so I take this part of monthly maintenance very seriously.
Painting the Ninjas!
Rich Oliver Mystery School….learning from a champion.
I believe much of the success you have in racing comes from what you do the rest of the month. So we spend a lot of time at the gym keeping in shape for our sport. While running and biking can help prepare you for long days at the track, nothing can get you as physically ready for riding as well….riding. Most of us cant afford to track our bikes every weekend, so many riders will cross train on a dirt bike. Niether one of us had been on a dirt bike, so we made the trek up to Rich Oliver’s Mystery School in Auberry CA. It was well worth every penny! We did a private version of a two day fun camp, where you go through dirt bike riding familiarization during the first half of day one, wait rear brake…what is that!?! The second half of day one and all of day two are spent of the track learning to back it into the corners. Andrew tore up the track! He learned a lot about traction management and how to cope with a rear wheel slide. . While I highsided, yes you can highside a TTR 125, and couldn’t finish the whole camp, I spent the remainder of my time asking Rich every question imaginable about mental and physical preperation for racing. Let me tell you…it paid off in my season opener.
Andrew backing it in at Rich’s TT track!
WSMC First Ever Expert Race!
2010 was a very up and down season for us. At the end of the year we had lost focus and confidence due to a few “get offs” So I hit the track with a new mental attitude, partly due to my time with AMA Champ Rich Oliver. I woke myself up each morning with a round of yoga and made written goals for each session. I am a huge believer in note taking, if you don’t write down what you learned each lap you WILL lose it. While my note taking is still a bit rudimentary, I am getting there, and its super helpful to look back on past notes and remind myself of things I worked on before. Though note taking I noticed my mental voice on the track was very negative. I would say “don’t brake early” or “don’t roll off” and would immediately tense up and do what I just told myself not to! So I decided to make my mental voice positive, I would tell myself where to roll off or where to brake, and I picked two spots on the track where I would force myself to relax. This helped tremendously! One of my favorite parts of club racing is the comraderie between racers. Fellow competitors Josh Fogle and Richard Barnett offered their time and tires to help me learn their lines and find places where they are faster than me, how cool is that! When I came off the track after my first ever expert race I knew exactly where I went faster to pick up time. How much time did I pick up from November’s race? Six seconds! Hells Yeah!
Niccole rounding the omega during Expert Ninja Cup!
Learning a New Track…Chuckwalla!
Chuckwalla is putting on a new racing series called CVMA. We plan to attend the rounds that do not conflict with willow so I went to the track to do some preliminary research. I drove to the track alone, but I wasn’t there for two minutes before I ran into fellow racers. The comraderie at the club racing level is my very close second favorite thing about racing, what’s my favorite? Well trophies of course! My friend Al Garcia took some time to show me around the track my first day, while the Cyclemall crew were always there to help me on to a rear stand and debrief. I took it extrememley slow all weekend. I have always been told you cannot learn anything riding at 80-100%. You have to slow down to 60% to turn your brain into a camcorder and be able to remember and analyze what you are doing. I took copious notes and asked as many of the “fast guys” as I could about their tactics through certain trickier corners. During the middle of the second day I kept hearing a noise from the rear of my bike that was driving me batty, so I asked a friend of mine, mechanic and fast lightweight rider Andy Palmer to jump on my bike and see what I was hearing. He jumped on the bike and absolutely schooled me, looked way more comfortable than I had all weekend. When he handed my bike back I knew I learned two things that weekend, having friends at the track rocks, and wear earplugs so I cant hear the chain noise!
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Andy Palmer testing Niccole’s Ninja 250
Diego Romo
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