Before I get into the nuts and bolts of all of this, remember one thing: KEEP IT REAL!. That means ride. Even if it's not a motorcycle. I share my time between several sports (bike, MC, & SK8) as well as my family. I may not ride one or the other for a month or more at a time, but when I'm on, I'm on. I take it seriously, and I know why I showed up.
You may have a shitty ass bike. You may have a nice bike. Always know that YOU are the weak link. Any crappy ass bike can do amazing things when under the right rider. RIDE! You need the practice and if you want to ride fast and well, try to first know WHY you want to ride fast and well.
Although some aspects of bike tuning can get expensive, most real performance gains are dirt cheap. Springs, sprockets, and oils are very cheap items that can turn the average bike into a real monster. Most modifications require more understanding than skill or money to perform. My goal is to educate, or at least ricochet you off in the right direction. $1800 exhaust systems are for pro-racers or fools, $25 countershaft sprockets are for serious riders. If you learn the concepts, you will soon see that you can have a much better bike for so much less money than you thought.
Also, do your own work. If you are serious about performance, you are going to have to get your hands dirty and make some mistakes. Mistakes are good. I've learned more from some mistakes that I have made that I could ever sum up in words.
I am not the fastest rider out there. Not by far. I have known and ridden with plenty of fast and skilled people in my day. I wish I was one of them but I'm not. One thing that I do have that works well is my mind. I think that most people that work with and are interested in performance tuning are those that do not have the skill to rise to the top through riding skill alone. Tuners try to make everything around them work more to their advantage. They think, they plan, they tune.
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