Race Report: 2017 AFM Round 1 – Buttonwillow

I didn’t think I was going to make it to AFM 2017 Round 1 at Buttonwillow, but it turns out my plans with my wife were Friday night, not Saturday night.  So with only 4 hours of sleep, I got up early and rushed to finish packing the trailer.  Last week was so hectic that
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Race Report – CVMA 2016-2017 Round 5 – Chuckwalla Valley Raceway (CCW) – Yamaha R3

Yamaha R3 Racing CVMA Jesse Norton Gray Pham Hammer Jason Madama
Since I had to miss CVMA Round 4 in January, this past weekend was my welcome back to racing after the short winter break here in Southern California.  It’s so nice that we have such amazing weather here and get to race motorcycles while the rest of the country is buried in snow.  So nice
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Race Report – WERA 2016 Grand National Finals – Barber Motorsports Park – Yamaha R3

This summer’s busy race season has finally come to an exciting culmination at Barber Motorsports park in Birmingham, AL at the 2016 WERA Grand National Finals over the weekend of October 20-23.  The Yamaha R3 cup race is also part of the WERA GNF, and is a separate race on Sunday where the winner of
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Race Report – CVMA 2016-2017 Round 1 – Chuckwalla Valley Raceway (CCW) – Yamaha R3

The moment we have been testing for, training for, and anxiously awaiting has finally come!  Chuckwalla Valley Raceway CVMA Round 1 happened this past weekend and team YamahaR3Racing.com came ready.  Zeke and I were joined by our new team rider, Toby Khamsouk.  Toby is a close friend of Zeke’s and the two kids having been
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Race Report – WERA West 2016 Round 4 – Auto Club Speedway – Yamaha R3

Team YamahaR3Racing.com was out in full force the weekend of July 23-24th at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA for the WERA West Round 4.  I showed up for the track day on Saturday to get some practice on the small bike since I hadn’t ridden ACS for a few years, and the last time was
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Race Report – WERA West 2016 Round 3 – Buttonwillow Raceway – Yamaha R3

It was a bit of a mad dash, but we finished Zeke’s bike in time for the WERA West event this past weekend.  Sergio installed his forks Friday night, so not exactly a lot of breathing room 🙂 but we made it.  I did the paint (writeup coming soon on my budget painting technique, costs
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Race Report – CVMA 2015-2016 Round 7 – Chuckwalla Valley Raceway CW – Yamaha R3 2015

Round 7 of the CVMA 2015-2016 Series was unforgettable!  The best round of racing I’ve had at Chuckwalla, and there are some awesome videos to watch below. After missing round 6 of the CVMA series and racing the opening round of the 2016 AFM series, I was dying to get the bike back to Chuckwalla.
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Race Report – AFM 2016 Round 1 – Buttonwillow Raceway – Yamaha R3 2015

Yamaha R3 Racing Buttonwillow AFM
I wasn’t able to attend round 6 of the CVMA series in March 2016, so I drove up to Buttonwillow Raceway the weekend before for the AFM 2016 Season Opener on March 19-20 to get some more time on the bike and try to sort out the geometry and suspension.  I couldn’t stay for Sunday,
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Race Report – CVMA 2015-2016 Round 5 – Chuckwalla Valley Raceway CW – Yamaha R3 2015

Round 5 of the CVMA Winter Race Series happened in February 2016, but before I go into the race recap, I also took my bike out to Chuckwalla at the end of January with Socal Track Days to do some more testing.  My corner speed was way off last round, especially at the end when
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Race Report – CVMA 2015-2016 Round 4 – Chuckwalla Valley Raceway CCW – Yamaha R3 2015

Round 4 of the CVMA 2015-2016 Winter Series happened last month (Jan 9-10) and it was a super fun weekend!  It’s pretty tough to beat the weather in San Diego in January compared to other parts of the country when it comes to racing motorcycles, but it was a bit colder this year than previous
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