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 – 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 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 – 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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Race Report – CVMA 2015-2016 Round 1 – My first race weekend on the 2015 Yamaha R3!

Please forgive my delay in writing this! I had my first race weekend with my Yamaha R3 on September 19-20 at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway.  I arrived at the track Thursday night and setup my pit in the “two fiddy” area near the back left corner of the paddock.  This would be my new home for
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Reducing weight on a race bike and the different types of weight

There’s a lot of importance placed on weight when talking about building a motorcycle for racing.  I want to quickly distinguish between the 3 important types of weight, 3 types of mass to be more specific. There’s rider mass, or sprung mass.  This is the weight of the rider and the motorcycle and anything else
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Tire Shootout for Small Sport Bikes by Ari Henning

Ari Henning did a great tire review for small sport bikes including the Yamaha R3:
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How to remove the front wheel from the Yamaha R3

This post was written by mfgchapin from R3-Forums and I only added a couple extra notes, thank you mfgchapin! Tools needed: 19mm socket 17mm socket or wrench Torx size 50 Rear stand Front stand Torque wrench Possibly a flat blade screwdriver to spread the brake pads The front has a few more steps than the
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