Yamaha R3 hoodies, beanies, t-shirts, stickers and other cool swag, coming soon!

I haven’t been posting much because I’m about to get married, but I’m working on some cool goodies, hoodies, beanies, stickers, t-shirts, and more!  First up will be the beanies, here are some designs, what do you guys think, which are your favorites?  Leave comments below!  
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Race Report – CVMA 2015-2016 Round 2 – Chuckwalla Valley Raceway CCW – Yamaha R3 2015

Round 2 of the 2015-2016 CVMA Winter Road Racing Championship happened this past weekend, October 17-18 at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway.  This was my second race weekend on my 2015 Yamaha R3.  Round 2 was run counterclockwise around Chuckwalla’s 2.68 mile road course. I am more comfortable running Chuckwalla clockwise, as I’ve ridden it more times
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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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Exciting news! New products M4 Exhaust, Power Commander V, lightweight brake rotor, titanium hardware, and more!

M4 Full System Exhaust Titanium Yamaha R3
I’m sorry I haven’t posted much recently, but tons of exciting things are happening and the race season has started!  I have so much info to get up on the site, there just aren’t enough hours in the day!  But keep checking back, I’ll continue to add new stuff every chance I get. I’ve added
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5 Reasons Why Roadracers Give Up Street Riding

This is an awesome article from www.ridinginthezone.com that I want to share: 5 Reasons Why Roadracers Give Up Street Riding
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Lightweight Rear Brake Rotor for Yamaha R3

Yamaha R3 Modified rear brake rotor, lightened machined rotor
Because of the dramatic improvement in performance that can be gained by dropping rotating, unsprung mass from a race bike, I decided to modify my rear brake rotor to reduce some extra weight.  Most race organizations allow a modified or aftermarket rear brake rotor.  I almost never use the rear brake anyway, so I wasn’t
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Hotbodies race seat, superbike seat, tank cover almost ready, pics!

Hotbodies Race Seat Superbike tail Superbike seat gas tank cover
I’ve been working with Hotbodies to design a higher race seat for the Yamaha R3 and we decided to integrate it into the tank cover since they didn’t offer a tank cover.  Here’s some photos of the prototype.  They did an awesome job with it.  The details and lines are very crisp, much sharper than
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Track Ride Review from September 6 Socal Trackdays, lots of new parts installed!

It’s been a busy few weeks around here, but I was able to get most of my new parts installed on the bike before the Socal Trackdays event last weekend and I got some good seat time testing all of this stuff.  The last time I took the bike out was in June and it
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CVMA round 1 coming up fast! Sept 19-20

It’s almost GO TIME!  I’m still catching up on writing reviews and How To articles from the last test at Chuckwalla Raceway on all the new changes to the bike, but next weekend it all gets real!  It’s round one of CVMA racing, and my first race on an ultra lightweight race bike.  I can’t
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How to change the front brake pads on the Yamaha R3 / MT-03

This post will show you how to remove and change the front brake pads on the Yamaha R3 2015.  Changing the brake pads is pretty simple, there are just a couple small details you don’t want to miss.   Tools Needed: T50 Torx driver torque wrench Small pick or flat blade screwdriver Cleaner for the
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