#minimoto

Make comics? Nah, how about I just make more doodles of how these guys died/their origins/other silly drawings instead

Kinsham, October 2024

Finally got to the track with our little pit bike. Unfortunately it's not the tool for the boy to learn to ride and change gear on. He was revving it out and it was blowing oil out of the crank case breather. A combination of him not knowing what he was doing and perhaps a little too much oil in the motor. It is very race oriented as the previous owner set it up that way so I may even end up putting flat supermoto bars on it until he is up to speed.

We parked it for the day but thankfully the paddock is super friendly and someone lent us a couple of bikes to get him out there for the first time ever. He rode the mini-motor for a session and then right at the end of the day when most people had packed up he got out on 140 supermoto to learn to change gear.

It's almost time for prime riding season and I'm feeding the obsession while waiting... One day I'll be a part of the Grom Squad

Motorcycling novel

Words: 510

Warnings: None

Writer's note: Got inspired by "Hitting the Apex"

It all starts with a team boss, your best friend in and out of the circuit. You start with him at the the smallest track of minimotos in the country, and from one day to the next, you are competing in the fastest circuit on the championship.

From a young age they explain the first rule to adhere to, don't fall, stay on the bike. You burn it into your head, but you fall, over and over again, but you get up, always you have to get up, a great driver would.

It's cool getting your personalized helmet, and see the bodywork of your first minibike, but feels different when you put on your suit, and see the world through a visor. You wake up from the dream you had as a child, because it is already a reality, and all you have to do is be the best.

It will sound easy, "Start in a good age, train daily, and reach the premier class, manage to stand out among the 20 best riders in the world and win." I wish it was that easy.

Dad told me don't freak out when I fall, get off the track quickly, see if the bike is okay, and get out of there. Even the best in the world falls and has had its silly failures, but not now.

You have to be lucky, not injure yourself when you fall, recover mentally from a mistake, and stay on top from a very young age.

What a world the things I heard. I used to have a rival, he was much faster than me, They signed him for the European category... He failed. You cannot ask a child out of the blue to be the best in his country, let alone in his continent. But that's how motorcycling works, you adapt quickly or you leave, here the excuse of the team is not valid, it is all about the pilot, how he handles the motorcycle... Being one with the bike.

Without a doubt, the competition is very wide and tough, you have to give the 100% of yourself at all times, if you don't, you fail, it's that easy.

Of course we use electronic aids, otherwise we could not drive such beasts, but... What happens when you put someone young with 19 drivers, to drive a motorcycle that reaches more than 300 kilometers/hour? He falls... A lot, especially in his rookie year, and you have to be lucky for a second chance to shine again, you know, it's easy... Isn't it?

6 red lights, react instantly, accelerate slowly on the line, brake, lean, hit the apex, pick up, accelerate, leaning fairing, brake, knee up and lean, short, dead speed, get up and speed up... Stay on the bike... Stay... On... The bike.