Two women riders participate in their first trackday

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Gill Hepple was so excited that she couldn’t contain her enthusiasm. She’d just come off the track at Barber Motorsports Park, where AHRMA was offering civilians the opportunity to take a couple of lazy parade laps around the track between races at their annual vintage festival.  “I want to do a track day!” she chanted over and over.  Gill finally got her chance five months later, when she and a friend signed up for a novice-only track day at JenningsGP in Florida.  At this point, they’d each been riding for less than a year.

Keeping your dedicated track bike streetable

So you want a track bike? No, you NEED a track bike.  In the current “run what you brung” world, your street bike is certainly acceptable.  But each time the rear end steps out or you get in a little hot on a fast turn, you face twice the pucker factor.  The first is for your own skin, the second is for the time and money required to repair your everyday ride should you crash it.   The solution is easy… Get a track bike.  But how do you justify it, both to yourself and your significant other (if any)?  I read somewhere, “It is easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.”  Somehow, I don’t think that this would be the case with my wife.

Female-specific foot protection

Sidi, a company responsible for creating high-tech road racing boots for male riders, now offers a ladies version called the Vertigo Lei that retails for about $300. Based on the anatomy of the female foot, these beauties offer a feminine exterior, but with the technology of the male version of the Vertigo boot. As a female rider, the features were appealing, but I was skeptical as to whether or not these boots would meet my expectations. The boots arrived just in time for a December track event, and this review is based on my experiences with the boots after three different track events for a total of five days of track time.

Behind the scenes with Team Pro Motion

Team: A group of people linked in a common purpose in order to conduct tasks that are high in complexity.
Pro:  Short for Professional; a member of a vocation founded on specialized educational training.
Motion:  Any physical movement or change in position or place.

Team Pro Motion is an organization that is focused on redefining the trackday experience. For the past thirteen years, this organization has catered to the need for speed  of thousands of moto-enthusiasts, primarily in the Northeast.