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Imagine you are leaning your motorcycle into a turn, you and feeling like you’re about to fall off the inside. It’s unsettling, right?

You crash at your race or track day. Your crash takes you out of the session, the race, the season, and costs you clip ons/bodywork/rearsets and money. You think you need stronger muscles or better body position to fix your issue.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠.

The real reason you get that weird feeling is not because of your body position, but because you’re doing the wrong skill at the wrong time.

I won the MotoAmerica Superbike Cup Championship and have raced motorcycles for more than 15 years. Here’s the thing I see across different riders I’ve worked with and ridden alongside:

𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞: 𝐃𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 main 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.

Corner entry? Brake.
Corner exit? Gas.
It’s simple.

Don’t get on the gas when you haven’t finished turning in. That’s why you feel unsettled. (Or worse, not be on the brakes at all going into the corner)

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬.
The entry: where you slow down.
The exit: where you speed up.

If your corner has multiple slowest points where you slow down, get on the gas, then slow down again, then speed up, and finally get on the gas hard for the next corner, you are doing it wrong.

“𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬?” 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲.

So what? I respond.

The principle doesn’t change. Imagine the longest corner you can. Jennings Turn 1? Ridge Turn 5? NJMP Turn 10?

Let’s look at Turn 2 at Barber Motorsports Park. It is a long, multiple-apex right-hander. I’ll get on the gas exiting Turn 1 and drive into Turn 2. When I get to Turn 2, I roll off the gas and get on the brakes to slow my speed and help turn. I’ll slow down until I get the bike settled mid-corner and pointed to the exit. At that slowest point, I’ll get on the gas and drive out.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭: 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐨?

I do not get on the brakes hard and try to force max turning at the same time. You can only do one main thing at a time. If my focus is max braking force (slowing down), I don’t force turning. By the time I have my speed slowed down, and I’m almost off the brake, then, and only then, I can be at max lean angle.

You crash if you have max brake force and max lean angle.

And when I’m slowing down, I don’t get back on the gas, realize I’m then going too fast, and get back on the brakes again and see-saw back and forth.

This is a principle of life, not a secret to racing.

>The book You, Inc.: The Art of Selling Yourself says: “If you wear one memorable item of clothing, never pair it with another. A bold tie makes a powerful visual statement. The same bold tie paired with a bold patterned shirt mutes both messages and turns the statement into a shout.”

Your bold tie is your main focus: being on the gas exiting a corner. Your bold patterned shirt is adding lean angle. You can’t do both at once.

The Greek historian Plutarch explains it when discussing listening.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧.

>“Even if the comments made to you are distinctly unwelcome, put up with hearing them and wait for the speaker to finish. And even once the speaker has finished, instead of immediately answering, leave a pause.”

-Wait-

See if the speaker wants to add anything or take back what they said. If you rush a response, you aren’t listening. You aren’t doing one thing at a time.

You can focus on what you will say when you pause, but do not think of speaking while you should be listening. Listen when you are listening, think in the pauses, and speak when you are speaking. Plutarch calls it scandalous “to speak while being spoken to.”

It is scandalous to be on the gas when you should be braking.
It is scandalous to do nothing when you should be braking.
It is scandalous to be max braking when you should be turning.
It is scandalous to add lean angle when you are getting on the gas.

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬:

Where you slow down
Where you speed up

Between those two is your slowest point. Connect it cleanly, and everything else follows.

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Everyone says life is about the journey. Or it’s the destination. To me, they’re both wrong.

It’s about who’s in the car.

Yesterday was my birthday. This year I met people I didn’t expect to meet, reconnected with people I almost lost touch with, lost people I care about, and worked alongside some of the best I’ve been around.

This next year: race tracks, houses, investors, families.

But most of all spent with my people. Thank you to everyone this year

Life lately- Been to some cool race tracks. Been in some crazy houses. But all with great people

Do you know anyone who lives in Indiana? This ranch just hit the market in Westfield, IN! Keep your trackday trophies front and center with three bedrooms, plus two extra rooms for dining room, office, Lego storage, …or for your first place trackday trophies.

Located minutes from Grand Park, Clay Terrace and more, near 161st st and Spring Mill Road.

DM me

Guess where? Most creative guess wins. Nice time with for their networking event. Some of the stand outs involved:

-Guessing what race was originally supposed to be on the rescheduled Indy 500 weekend in 2020?

-Running a true crime detective bus

-Language translating services and moving from Hungary

-Going to Las Vegas for the F1 races

Thank you to my man Justus for the invite

Beyond just racing- we have this condo pending sale. Condos can be tricky. The questions come fast:
❓ Will it appraise?
❓ Will buyers see the value?
❓ Will it sit on the market?

This one had all those hurdles. By setting clear expectations and focusing on the right levers, we got it under contract.

🏡 The process can be easy and it can be tricky. If you’re worried about where you live, shoot me a DM