A good friend beyond the track always points out how this is an ageless sport. That is so true; I know I’ve ridden my bike at tracks together with riders as young as 8 and as old as mid-70s! While the age difference might play a big role in many sports...
Claudio Lassala
Posted on March 19th, 2021
Almost thirty years ago I heard that the local motorcycle dealership was offering access to the local race track. They were actually going to rent a world
class racing facility, the kind that people fly in from all over the world to race on, and let u...
Claudio Lassala
Posted on January 23rd, 2021
When I was a young child my favorite thing to do was help my uncles on the farm. It was hard work but spending time with them taught me a lot. Some weeks we'd be building miles of fencing, or laying reinforced concrete, or building irrigation pumps fro...
Claudio Lassala
Posted on December 1st, 2020
I’m a former MSF coach, former Ridesmart instructor, now working for Sport Riding Coaching. I raced 250cc 2-strokes in Australia in the 1990s, and have been riding on dirt and at trackdays ever since.
Claudio Lassala
Posted on November 11th, 2020
I had a bit of a giggle this past weekend at Circuit of The Americas when I rolled down pit lane for the round robin and had to wipe the rain off my visor!
Yes, it was a wet track day, and yes, I was looking forward to the chance to ride on a wet track...
Claudio Lassala
Posted on November 11th, 2020
One thing that terrifies many riders is something that we don't have to deal with here in Texas very often…Rain.
While teaching for Ridesmart I've gone several years without seeing rain at an event. But then last year we had several days that were rain...
Claudio Lassala
Posted on November 11th, 2020
I started riding on the street back in the ‘90s and on the track in 2017. A ton of my track videos can be found on my YouTube channel and my track photos are up on my Instagram channel.
In 2018 I created the Beyond the Track, which started as a monthly...
Claudio Lassala
Posted on November 11th, 2020
Since January of 2017, the monthly Beyond the Track meetings have produced over 27 hours of video content (as of March of 2020), covering a large variety of topics, such as track day preparation, bike maintenance, racing, just to name a few.
To make it...
Claudio Lassala
Posted on March 27th, 2020
For some riders (those in the north hemisphere), the track season had barely started, and we’re now forced to take a break due to COVID-19. Track days and races are canceled. So how can we improve our riding during these times?
Contrary to the common ...
Claudio Lassala
Posted on March 19th, 2020
