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This article is from the How to Become a
Motorcycle Roadracer FAQ, by Duke Robillard duke@io.com with
numerous contributions by others.
1.1 What is Motorcycle Roadracing?
Motorcycle Roadracing is the best time you can have with your leathers
on. Motorcycle Roadracing is better than drugs, sex, and money. This
is good, since you need to give up all three to do it. Motorcycle
Roadracing will rip off the back of your head and glue it on
backwards. Motorcycle Roadracing is indescribable. In short, get thee
to a track.
On a more concrete level, Roadracing involves a group of people on
bikes, racing around an asphalt track with many left and right turns
and elevation changes. The tracks are like those used in Formula 1 car
racing, rather than like the ovals used in stock car racing--it's more
like Watkins Glen than the Indy 500. The motorcycles used range from
lightly modified street bikes to special purpose million dollar
factory-built race bikes.
Roadracing is done on many levels, from local clubs to World
Championships.
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