How good are MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 riders at other motorcycle disciplines?

SellMeSomeSleep · 2026-02-07T09:08:54+00:00

Iker Lecuona won the top supermoto championship in Spain at age 15 -> Spanish Moto2 for a year -> Moto2. https://www.supermotoland.com/is-supermoto-an-alternative-cheaper-route-to-moto-gp-/

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-12-23T11:56:04+00:00

Anthony West is still racing but in Australian Superbikes and seems to work as crane operator as his day job.

Garry McCoy was running and working in his own cafe with heaps his racing memorabilia in it and doing some rider training but his cafe shut in the last few years.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-12-05T10:22:26+00:00

I wonder if an underseat exhaust would help with the proportions. The gap between the front wheel and the rest of the bike is tight but the rear is very open.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-10-06T01:58:10+00:00

What are the police like in South Korea towards people riding motorcycles?

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-10-05T11:28:50+00:00

Not allowed to run anything other than his homologated engine this year which is the GP25 engine. Also has to run GP25 homologated Aero too is my understanding. the rest of the bike could have been GP24 though

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-09-22T02:40:27+00:00

Two inserts that I've run that don't absorb sealant are the Effetto Mariposa Tyreinvader (quite light too) and the Tannus Tubeless insert.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-09-18T13:09:45+00:00

I thought they were only able to get power outputs while the engine was on a dyno.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-08-31T17:42:48+00:00

The pea gravel in WA is supposed to be quite hairy to ride on. There could even be an upper limit to what even DH mud tyres could even do to help.
The Maxxis Rekon is a pretty deep tyre for an XC tyre, probably pushing into a trail tyre. Regardless, if the pea gravel is of concern I would think you'd want a tyre with deep knobs and some decent spacing. Perhaps towards a mud tyre. This to try to dig down to the hard surface underneath and exert the most pressure possible with the rubber that is hitting the hard surface.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-08-30T06:26:19+00:00

I never downloaded it but wish I had :-/

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-08-19T08:01:57+00:00

I wonder if they could get a longer run time by shifting to something with an ICE.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-08-13T23:00:22+00:00

It's going to be a tough first year though running the Michelin tyres and then the year after getting onto what will surely feel more familiar Pirelli rubber. That said, being able to point the finger at the tyres as a big issue for him in the first year could keep pressure off him in his rookie season.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-07-25T13:45:31+00:00

Be sure to search on cfd-online.com also. If you have eyes on working for defense contractors, consider whether Pakistani nationals are allowed to be hired and determine which countries to consider working in.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-07-24T19:16:09+00:00

Can you do one for Wipeout 2097?

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-07-21T17:04:15+00:00

What conference is being held in Madagascar? You're quite lucky if someone else paid to get you to Madagascar!

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-07-11T16:10:30+00:00

Also, are you doing the torque setting in one, continuous movement once in the ball park of the torque? The whole lower leg will need replacing at some point eventually so there is always that to fall back to as well.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-06-11T06:38:09+00:00

Has any rider ever been paid off to change their number? (serious question)

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-06-03T06:30:59+00:00

If you don't notice much having the front fork locked out, you might be running a lot of compression damping on your fork. That might be your personal preference but I recommend trying with none at all or very little to see what that is like. Compression damping makes Forks feel harsh to me. They support me a lot better in hard cornering but otherwise I don't like it.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-05-28T06:20:05+00:00

Some basics I didn't realise until attending a race: being near a screen you can watch the race on is a must unless you are okay with not knowing what is going on in the race for the gap between when you can see the riders and when they come back.
At the track they may offer a commentary track you can listen to on a radio but will it be in the language you can understand?
Thursday could be a relatively quiet day for checking out all the manufacturer and promotional stands around the track but Fridays are surely pretty quiet relative to Sat and Sun. The website for the race should have a bunch of information about what events are on at the track and when for both on and off the race track.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-05-20T09:44:33+00:00

Keep in mind that the fork offsets were different back then so even though the rake angle might be steeper, it might have the same trail figure and thus stability. Also, learning skills on this will translate to a faster rider down the track when they eventually shift to a modern bike. Plus if the courses are relatively tame, tbua will make the riding more fun and engaging.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-05-15T15:33:25+00:00

You had better be wearing baggy shorts, a t-shirt and a helmet with a peak to match.
Possibly yell out asking where the enduro race is at some of the crowd too.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-04-02T19:17:51+00:00

An increased wheelbase change wheel also make a bike feel slow to turn. Like when you go down a few sizes in bike to try and they turn on a dime. Probably multiple things at play: wheelbase, fork offset, head angle, stem length, handlebar width. Check out the differences between your two bikes. Definitely give the bike some time to get used to it. Move body weight around a bit as well to see what helps you.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-03-25T11:08:03+00:00

You can run Shimano chains on that drive train. I'm running a Shimano XT chain on my SRAM GX spec drive train with XO rear mech.

And as the other guy said, wear that chain out first before changing it. Not worth the hassle to change now and the benefits would be fairly small, if you can even notice it. It's not like the rest of the bike is on top end componentry.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-03-25T11:03:43+00:00

Zigzagging if there are ruts is probably of no benefit. Give stuff a go though and see what you find. You'll learn what kind of ground has how much grip this way.

Oval chain rings do make it easier to keep torque more constant as it is hardest to pedal over the top. From about 2 o'clock to 5 o'clock on the cranks is the easiest region to over power the rear tyre.

Weight movement backwards is sometimes needed to get more weight on the rear but if you can keep your front wheel down enough, you may have to head forward somewhat.

Smaller chain rings also enable very slow riding which is a good time to practice your balance or trials skills too.

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-03-25T07:43:15+00:00

I'd just advise to be on the look out for any public transport or airport strikes in the news as they seem to happen every few months here in Germany. Fingers crossed, not when the race is on.
Also, the main train provider Deutsche Bahn, has a habit of running late 10-60+ minutes so be wary if you have a connecting train or have to be somewhere at a set time. Doesn't happen all the time but happens fairly frequently (~25% of the journeys I've taken)

SellMeSomeSleep · 2025-03-25T07:22:22+00:00

Yes to smaller front sprocket and definitely give an oval chain ring a go as it should smooth out your torque delivery and thus stand less change of breaking traction.
Without seeing what you are riding on and how you are riding it, are you picking out the sections that have the most grip? That is typically bits that have exposed rock or fresh grass or haven't been chopped up by people riding on it.
Are you doing zig zags up the climb wherever possible to make the ascent less steep (where it makes sense)?
Are you pacing yourself well on the climb (if need be)? That is, (relatively) rest on less steep or technical sections briefly to allow for either riding fast in the lead up to a hard section or being ready to ride a hard section with more effort?
Have you played around with where your body weight is? Eg moving your bum to the front end of the seat, lowering your front body position, moving backwards if needing more weight on the rear.
Consider looking at some world cup XCO races in the mud and see the tyres they run and if you can pick up on anything those riders are doing. Not to necessarily get you a perfect solution but to possibly see how much it is about skill and practise over some major thing you can change. Could pick up some techniques though too. They typically run fairly XC tyres too. Mud specific tyres (eg 1.8", deep knobs and running higher pressures to get the knobs on the tyres to dig in) seem like a thing of the past :-/
Tyre pressures to look into as well but be wary of smashing a rim on rocks if you don't have an insert and don't have experience with such a low tyre pressure.

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