AFM 103 – Greg McCullough

Buttonwillow backwards. Last race weekend of the season. My last races as a Novice.
I can’t help but think back to the beginning of the year; the first-time racer, struggling to figure basic AFM registration and tech processes. 8 race weekends later, I’m stunned by how much I’ve learned about myself, bikes, and [...]

I put in the new shift star and spring (’05 model design) on Thursday.  While I was at it, I swapped in the shift shaft and “claw” from my blown spares motor.   Shifting on a stand in the garage didn’t tell me a whole lot.  The old Factory Pro shift star worked ok in a [...]

Team racing!
Once a year, AFM holds a 4 hour endurance race, featuring multiple bike classes, 2-5 riders for each bike, with pit stops for fuel and rider switches.  When Brian Davis (of MotoShoes) asked me to be part of a team riding his ‘03 R6, I said sure.  Honestly, I didn’t see the allure of [...]

Based on some other conversation, I just remembered that technically I achieved expert status after the last race weekend.  Yay, white plates for the bike.  It’s pretty pointless, in my opinion.  The “criteria” for expert status is just participating in 6 race weekends while keep it on 2 wheels most of the time.  My actual [...]

I finally pulled some of the pics of the camera.

Race bikes and bbqs.

Kneeriders.com founder RB’s Duc, and Paulie’s 1000RR.

Ricky, Gator and Oliver talking strategy.

Jason – “This is where my head goes!”

Oliver.

Bailey – trackdog in training, soaking up some warm asphalt in the afternoon.

Riding Without Excuses
The story starts shortly after Round 5 at Infineon.  Given the unsafe state of my bike’s transmission, a rebuild was going to be required before round 6.  Jason generously offered to show me how to do the whole job in his garage in Sacramento, and we tore the bike down and found out [...]

This was the first time I’d shown up with zero tracktime since the last round, planning to use only the Saturday practice to get dialed in for Sunday.
Saturday was quite disappointing. I spent the day chasing a rear tire slide issue, working with Dave Moss to sort out the suspension, to keep the rear [...]

Chasing Tom down at Willow Springs (7/2/07)

Closeup from AFM Round 4 at Thunderhill  (Thanks Joe! http://www.4theriders.com)

100+ degrees for 2 days straight, with lots of drama – crashes, seized engines, breaking wheels, last minute changes, great racing, jackrabbits. Yes, I said jackrabbits.
Saturday practice was definitely slower than I was hoping for. My best laps were only 2:04s. Nothing to write home about, for sure.
Rick Ford’s (one of the [...]

I spent Friday and Saturday up at Thunderhill for 2 days of fun with the ZoomZoom crew.  Jason and Jennifer’s trailer was ground zero for the fun, with Eric Snyder(536), Rick Ford (933), Dave Zavatson(990) pitting with us, and Kristy Miller(636) next door.  With lots of good bbq and cold beverages after hours, this group [...]