About this episode
The episode discusses motorcycle nostalgia, technical tuning, and practical advice for track days and summer riding gear.
Radio TRO is brought to you in part by: Twisted Road - Motorcycle Rental in the USA Visit Twisted.TRO.bike to get a FREE riding day! Robin opens the rebound lab with BMW RS nostalgia, Hayabusa sticker science and a Kentucky-bound track-day map that makes Putnam Park look like a fast way to learn religion. He turns KR's engine-braking question into practical street survival: stay in gear when the situation might change, use neutral only when the rear-view mirror says the buffer of destruction is doing its job and stop narrating every downshift like a Victorian train announcement. His suspension rule lands cleanest when the knobs stop being magic and start being restraint (set sag first, add only the damping you need and don't stance-life your motorcycle). Travis fills Brian's gigantic shoes with a broken toe, a resurrected ER6N and enough garage logic to make procrastination look almost procedural. One intake shim, a used slip-assist clutch, questionable steel plates, Tim Clarke garage support and new leathers all point toward Blackhawk Farms, Road America and the familiar track-day disease where one good event becomes a calendar problem. He also keeps the technical bits honest…
People in this episode
Host: Robin
Guests: Travis, Joanne
Topics covered
- motorcycle nostalgia
- track-day preparation
- suspension tuning
- heat management
- garage logic
Keywords
- BMW RS
- Hayabusa
- suspension tuning
- track-day
- motorcycle gear
Sponsors
Twisted Road
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