There’s a common misconception that this cable doesn’t need much in the...
Fresh Rubber
Cleaning and Lubing Clutch Cables
There’s a common misconception that this cable doesn’t need much in the way of cleaning and lubing. Nothing could be further from the truth! Like the throttle cables, this needs regular inspection and the use of cable lube and some high temp grease for the exposed cable ends as the steel cable runs inside an [...]
Danielle Diaz
Ladies and gentlemen we bring you Danielle Diaz. Before we get into her racing background, check out this video of her in action (produced by 4TheRiders.com) from the 2011 AFM Racing season. Danielle first began racing 2 months after she rode her first dirt bike. She started out at the Chowchilla speedway on a PW [...]
WERA Round 2 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Tyler Linders
My Dad and I arrived to the track late Friday night, ready to race! We setup our Outlaw Racing/ ADR team pit and finished working on our Yamaha R6. Thanks to Shaun from Trackoholics for sorting out the electrical problems that we had at Round 1to get the bike prepped for Round 2. I [...]
Clean and Lube Throttle Cables
THROTTLE CABLES These cable ends are normally hidden inside the throttle housing for protection from the elements and are often coerced to move through gentle bends of metal tubing attached to the throttle housing and then inside the housing while attached to the throttle tube. The push and pull throttle cables go through the same [...]
AmPro Yamaha Race Report SORCS “The Sandbox” Wrens, GA
While most folks where busy preparing for their Super Bowl parties, the AmPro Yamaha Team was making the short drive south to the small town of Wrens, Georgia for the SORCS Sandbox Hare Scramble. After a nice winter break in his home country of New Zealand, Paul Whibley decided to make this his first [...]
BiLT Helmet Testimonial
Professional video editor Kevin Fanady was fortunate to be in quality safety gear when he crashed last year, and had some very nice things to say about one particular piece of his equipment.
Tucker Lancaster Round 1 WERA West
This weekend my family attended the opening round of the WERA West road racing series. It was at California Speedway in Fontana California. It was my first race on the 600cc bike. My first time on the track on that bike was on Saturday during practice. In my first practice session I was a little [...]
Jordan Ashburn AMA National Enduro Series Round 1 Race Report
As you might have heard, Cycle Gear is a sponsor of the AmPro Yamaha Factory Off-Road team, and we plan to follow them as they participate in the Parts Unlimited National Series, The Grand National Cross Country Series (GNCC), and the AMA/Rekluse National Enduro Series. Over the past three years, the National Enduro Series has [...]
Eric “KazMan” Kondo
The 2011 racing season marked the end of a 21 year hiatus for Eric “KazMan” Kondo. Riding a production Kawasaki Ninja 250 with the AFM “KazMan” finished 5th overall in 250 production, 19th in 250 Superbike only racing in two rounds, and 9th overall in 500 Twins, racing against 450 and 500cc machines. He was [...]
In Over My Head Part Two…The Garage
In the first installment, I brought the Husky home. This post was supposed to be chock-full of tear-down details and a breakdown of my findings whether tragic or triumphant. It was supposed to be brimming with tales of media blasting, penetrating oils, and good old fashioned wrenching. That, however, would require me being able to actually get [...]
