All posts by Dan Netting
Teach Me Suspension (Part 10): Finding Your Setup
We’re quite far along in this suspension series now, but I have to say up to this point things have been pretty simple. “SIMPLE???” I hear you say? What I mean is that each aspect of the suspension and geometry of a motorcycle has been tackled separately and we have learned about what they physically […]
Continue readingWhen a Late Apex Becomes a Disadvantage
A discussion on how a late entry, late apex approach can eventually become a disadvantage One of the most common mistakes you see among new riders to the track is a tendency to begin steering for a corner too early. You see it a lot in newcomers to the track and as a result they are often […]
Continue readingWhat is REAL Motorcycle Chatter?
A look at the common phenomenon found in the highest levels of motorcycle racing Much like the term ‘arm pump’ is thrown around various track day paddocks to explain a little achiness or fatigue in the forearms, chatter is also a term that is used in a variety of different circumstances. When people refer to chatter, […]
Continue readingTeach Me Suspension (Part 9): Rear End Squat
If there’s one thing that seems to be repeated year on year with the development of production motorcycles, it’s that they increasingly get more and more powerful. Ultimately, these increases put more strain on the rear suspension through the application of power, which transfers weight to the rear. This means that squat and anti-squat are becoming […]
Continue readingBest Bike Track Day Tyres for 2016
Published January 2016 It’s that time again when we take a look at the best motorcycle track day tyres riders can get their hands on today. What you’ll find here is the stickiest, street legal track rubber that each manufacturer offers as of the time of this writing. Some you will likely recognise, others perhaps […]
Continue readingWeighting the Pegs and Body Steering on a Motorcycle
Do you need to worry about them? Rightly or wrongly, weighting the pegs and body steering are techniques that are still prominent in today’s track riding culture. From “my mate said”, to high end coaches, these are techniques that are taught as solutions to improve the way we handle a motorcycle at speed. It’s a subject that […]
Continue readingTeach Me Suspension (Part 8): How to Make Compression Damping Adjustments
While making changes to, and the testing of, rebound adjustment can be done in the warmth of your garage, doing this for compression damping is a little more difficult. You can try similar techniques (some do), but for a novice the changes you’re likely to make and how this make the bike feel are too […]
Continue readingHow to Get Back to Full Gas Earlier
“It’s not who gets back to the gas first. It’s who gets back to FULL gas first” In this article we’re going to continue on the recent theme of throttle application at corner exits. We’ve covered what an apex means to you and how hitting it benefits your exit, where the most important exits are, […]
Continue readingLearning to Manage Traction to Maxmise Exit Drive
The title of this article may have you feeling like it’s something that sits well outside your own ability. When you think of ‘maximising exit drive’ you more than likely immediately conjure up the image of a rider squeezing every last drop of grip from the rear tyre, squirming all the way until the bike […]
Continue readingTeach Me Suspension (Part 7): How to Make Rebound Damping Adjustments
The last couple of parts should have given you a good understanding of what the dampers do in your motorcycle’s suspension. Keeping the conversation on damping, now we are going to move onto how we make the correct changes for ourselves. In this part we’re just going to tackle changes to rebound damping. Rebound changes […]
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