Author Archives: Takayoshi Sakuta

I’ve run out of solo touring all over Japan, but this time I went to the Shimokita Peninsula, which I hadn’t been to by motorcycle yet. A timeless pattern of finishing work on Friday and then starting the move. This time, there is 800km to the entrance of the Shimokita Peninsula, so I planned to […]

Yesterday I ran with Tomin at a collaboration practice session with SRTT. In order to build my own way from now on, I put on the Road Smart 4 on the ZRX1200R and ran while checking each one. Of course, if you run unreasonably like a high grip tire, you may slip, but if you […]

I watched the video of the JAGE Cup the other day, and everyone is fast. It’s just awesome …. in all the wrong ways. But, I was worried again. It’s a soliloquy of a gerontocracy rider on the verge of retirement, so it doesn’t matter what you think, but I think it would be nice […]

I think it was more than 20 years ago, but I made various plans while drinking with my fellow Gymkhana riders. For example, it would be interesting to have a figure 8 GP at that time, and if you could run with the same standard anywhere in Japan! I planned and created it with such […]

I worked in basketball when I was young, and since I was 27, I’ve been working hard at Gymkhana. Naturally, it was a fight against injury. At this age, when tired and burdened, it began to appear as pain in old wounds. The biggest problem is swelling and pain in the left ankle. .. You […]

It’s been 3 years since I started riding the Ninja 400. .. If you ride this much, you will understand the good and bad points of this machine. Weaknesses can also be seen. It seems that Kawasaki, which maintains a certain level of performance while reducing weight without using expensive parts or materials, seems to […]

What should we do for this year’s consecutive holidays? I was thinking about it, but I decided to go touring this morning. I have already booked only the ferry from Monji to Osaka Nanko on the 7th. .. Do you want to go around Shikoku on the premise of riding this? Do you want to […]

After the first round of the Dunlop Cup, I measured the weight of the vehicle as it was. Front 79 kg Rear 72 kg Total 151 kg The result was that. The equipment weight of the catalog data is 167 kg “Gasoline capacity 14 L Engine oil 2.3 L Cooling water 1.3 L” Maybe it […]

It was a week when I was worried about the weather, but on the day of the performance, the best environment was held in the blue sky from the morning. Round 1 feels like a presentation of what came in the off-season, for better or for worse. .. Is it in a category that I […]

Why did I continue to play Gymkhana for so long? I asked myself. First of all, I love riding motorcycles. .. Not wrong at all. .. That’s why I go touring and run on the circuit. .. I haven’t done it recently, but I also run off. Originally, Gymkhana was for the purpose of acquiring […]

I’m not good at spinning because I’ve been doing Gymkhana for a long time. .. Are you not good at it? I do not like? I think there are many ways to say it, but there is a strong sense of weakness in rotation. For about 3 years since I started Gymkhana, I didn’t even […]

Gymkhana’s life, which has prioritized running with the current model, will finally turn 60 this year. In terms of physical strength and athletic ability, I think that the limit has been exceeded long ago to compete for the top, but By acquiring solid technology, we are still fighting for the top. I would like to […]

Today was a weekday practice session, but for the first time I took down Kushitani’s racing boots K-4539 and used it. It’s not the trendy plastic boots, but the ankle area is thickly protected. The sole is also solid, giving you a sense of security. And the biggest feature of these boots is that the […]

This time, I made SSB for Yamaha YZF-R1 2015-. I think the performance is good, but it looks pretty cool! I’m thinking for myself. I think that it is a balance with the position of the center of gravity even in the fall test, but I think that it will protect it fairly well because […]

I thought I had come to a pretty good place this off-season when I learned a lot about the 2022 Ninja 400. I suddenly flashed in my bed in the middle of the night, and if I had to do it, I opened my computer and changed the direction of engine control at once. It’s […]

This time, I installed SSB on the new MT09 tracer. It will be installed by diverting the SSB for the new MT09 after 2021 as it is. I was able to install it without any processing on the car body side. I think that if you attach SSB, it will protect your machine and body […]

  The weather was nice but it was a very windy and cold day. I thought that most people had little experience with Gymkhana, so the tires are Road Smart 4 I didn’t use tire warmers, I thought I’d run under conditions close to those of the participants, but there were a few faces I […]

This season, when we turn 60, it may be the last battle for the top! With that in mind, I am remaking the engine and all the suspension of the Ninja 400 that I have been riding for a long time. The engine is basically normal, and no external parts are used. I asked Takumi […]

Dunlop is changing, it’s been decades since I felt that way ~ I’ve been watching for a long time with the feeling that I’m lagging behind the performance of tires in the world. It wasn’t limited to sports tires and high-grip tires, it was the same in the touring tire category. However, when I ran […]

Nakai We started setting up the new engine on January 30th, the day after the 6-hour endurance was over. It is important to make a solid base setup for that purpose because it depends on electricity whether to save or kill the beautifully finished engine. Originally I thought that it would be better to put […]