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IENATSCH TUESDAY: Brake-Assisted Steering A real-world video on how to approach a road you’ve never seen on a bike you’ve never ridden.

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Happy 2016….let’s start with a street-riding video. Most of the vids you’ve seen from me have been at the racetrack because that’s where all the YCRS guys congregate and it’s easy to shoot stuff…but our goal for 2016 is to shoot more real-world…

IENATSCH TUESDAY: Smith Inside Bradley Smith with the insider’s perspective on MotoGP.

If your previous MotoGP heroes staggered a bit in the last few races of 2015, don’t worry, there are still heroic figures in the field. Bradley Smith, for instance. As previous Cycle World and CW.com articles have shown, this young former motocrosser is immensely likable, appreciates his place in life, and is working overtime on the puzzle of winning MotoGP races. He’s been close, and those…

IENATSCH TUESDAY: TZ750s on the Bench, on the Track This weekend, I’ll be racing one of my all-time favorite bikes—a Yamaha TZ750.

Mike Himmelsbach on the Russ Bigley TZ750 at Phillip Island last year. The AMA veteran ran as high as 6th in the main event. And to the right, my TZ750 “streetbike” being reprepped after sitting for 12 years as a piece of art. The two-stroke vibes traveled across the country, and Bigley had a question for me.

Two hours after my ‘79 TZ750 rolled onto my workbench, Russ Bigley called. Weird, very…

IENATSCH TUESDAY: TWO TECHNIQUES TO LOWER LAP TIMES… …and decrease risk for riders and racers!

Inch-perfect riding really counts when the risks are high: Here’s Alan Cunningham racing at the Isle of Man last year, where “coasting and hoping” will not work out well. Bike placement is huge too because “run-off room” is called a pub. Cunningham gained the confidence to run the Island at YCRS. (Manxman Photos)

Risk tolerance. Aversion to pain. Monetary budgets. Those are probably the three…