{"id":2190,"date":"2011-05-02T12:32:55","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T18:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=2190"},"modified":"2011-05-02T12:32:55","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T18:32:55","slug":"getting-up-close-with-motorcycle-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/getting-up-close-with-motorcycle-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Up Close with Motorcycle Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jon<\/p>\n

This seems to be pretty typical of what I do. I’ve arranged with Jon Kuo, a motorcycle racer, to follow him through the season that begins this weekend. The idea is to see and present the day-to-day human side of what racing involves. And at this moment I don’t have a clue how I’ll go about doing that.<\/p>\n

But that’s how I work. Make the decision to do it and just jump in. Learn to swim in the process.<\/p>\n

I first met Jon two seasons ago when I learned that ABATE of Colorado had signed on as one of his sponsors<\/a>. This struck me as surprising because I was aware that there was some animosity, at least in some places, between sportbike riders and ABATE organizations. In fact I did a whole series of articles<\/a> about that animosity.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, that animosity is not the norm here in Colorado. Here, ABATE<\/a> and the Motorcycle Roadracing Association<\/a> work together on issues that are of concern to all motorcyclists. United we stand, divided we fall, you know?<\/p>\n

So I know I’ll be learning a lot about racing this summer about. Should be interesting. I’ll make sure to pass a lot of it along to you. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

Recent from National Motorcycle Examiner<\/strong>
\nMotorcycle thieves shown in action on video<\/a><\/p>\n

Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n

If you can read this you must have a V-Max, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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