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The Foremost® Motorcycle program can cover everything from your boots, leathers and helmet to custom paint and chrome – we also offer Towing and Roadside Assistance with Trip Interruption coverage for transportation, food and lodging if you’re in an accident far from home.

Go to Foremost.com to learn more and ﬁnd an agency near you. Or, for a no-obligation quote call 1-800-237-2060 and mention customer priority number M100

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TRIP INTERRUPTION COVERAGE. One thing Charlie St. Clair, Executive Director of Laconia Motorcycle Week, knows is the road can be pretty rough if your bike breaks down. That’s why Progressive offers Roadside Assistance for only $10 a year and Trip Interruption Coverage, which helps pay for places to stay and living expenses due to mishaps, for only $5 more.* This way, anywhere you are in the country, you’re covered. Call 1-800-PROGRESSIVE or call an independent agent. has been riding to rallies since 1972. covers each trip, there and back.

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Likewise, if you’re at maximum braking pressure, you can’t add lean angle until you start to trail off of the brakes. That doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t be on the brakes while you’re turning, but the sum of the two forces can’t exceed your available traction. In fact, they teach you to use the brakes past your turn-in point, but you should be slowly trailing off of the brake pressure as you turn in.

The geometry of the bike is also part of the equation. If you get hard on the brakes, then let the brake lever snap back, the forks of the bike are going to rebound, make the front end light, and reduce your ability to

If I were any happier, I’d have to be committed.

“Remember, Tumu, this isn’t a dirtbike, so let’s keep it on the track, right?”

The track goes this way...

How many motorcyclists does it take to hold up a Tumu? Turns out, a lot.

steer. Smoothness is critical.

It’s not rocket science. It’s crotch-rocket science.

One of the drills we do is called the “pointy end of the cone drill.” On various corners, instructors place a cone on its side in the track. We have to ride around the cone on the pointy side. As an added distraction, Nick keeps throwing extra items on the track—starting with his hat, then a boot, then another, and then his racing leathers. Yes, things are getting weird. Thankfully, we run out of laps before he runs out of clothing. This drill helps me realize that up until this point, I haven’t been scanning far enough ahead. I actually feel faster during this drill than I was during the regular lapping sessions earlier in the day. Scanning ahead, identifying potential hazards early, and choosing the escape route are all skills that every motorcyclist should hone, regardless of whether you’re

riding on a track or on the street.

Riding back to the hotel in the van, I actually feel like I’m getting it.

“Your bike’s on fire!”

As the sun rises on the ﬁnal day of the school, the physical demands of track riding begin to surface.

My muscles scream like an engine pinging off the rev-limiter as I raise myself out of bed. It’s soon apparent that I’m not the only one, as the students compare notes on the way to day three’s session.

Luckily, by the time we do a few laps in the van and discuss counter-steering, my adrenaline has fully recharged my muscles and I’m ready to ride.

Mmmmm. Adrenaline.

Still, I have plenty to learn. When it’s my turn for a ﬁlmed lap, I have trouble in a couple 90-degree corners. Ken suggests that I start my turn-in sooner, but do it

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