Bike Set-Up
This is a hands-on subject
where you are taught to set up your motorcycle
perfectly for each specific race track, which will
then allow you to perform better.
Nascar
racing on any track has always just been around an
oval in the same direction. And the tracks
don’t really ever change. Yet, the drivers
spend five days before the event, each one having
five mechanics, setting up their car for that
particular event.
Motocross
tracks are filled with man made obstacles, changing
terrain and changing soil consistency and every lap
changes because of other riders etc. On top of
this, motocross bikes have more controls that have to
be used to negotiate these many obstacles. Yet,
bearing all this in mind, very little time is spent
by a motocross rider in setting up his bike up for a
particular track or event.
Don’t
you think something is wrong with this picture?
Either Nascar guys are doing overkill. Or, the
motocross guys don’t have a clue.
If you want to be safer and
faster, one of the first things you need to do is
spend time on bike set-up.
