When new here I didn't know the important of # so will re-post some of the fav photos I've taken. Apologies for the re-post 2.

Managed to catch this shot at the exact moment Jean-Philippe Ruggia crashed in the French GP at Le Castellet.

#photography #motorcycle #MotorcycleRacing

In a typical year maybe 60% of motorcycle competitors WITH full team support cross the #Dakar finish line. Competing in and finishing that event WITHOUT support is an absolute feat.

It’s always a tough decision whether to contribute dollars to an event as problematic as Dakar, in order to watch the full coverage. We won’t be, again this year. But if you are, seek out coverage of the #MalleMoto. Those riders deserve a LOT more recognition than they get.

#MotorcycleRacing

Being a politically progressive feminist and a #MotorcycleRacing fan has its paradoxical elements, and the #DakarRally is one of them. The Dakar is an incredible racing event with a colonialist and problematic history and present — having most recently chosen Saudi Arabia as its host country.

It’s also home to one of my favorite classes in all of motorsport: the #MalleMoto class. With #JamesHillier running his rookie Dakar in Malle Moto, I can’t not watch this year.

#MotorcycleRacing

Maybe instead of #rkuhp they could have focused on doing something about those fcking illegal #MotorcycleRacing in DKI #jakarta especially jl Sudirman??? #fml I just wanna fcking sleep, aholes! It’s 2am ffs!!!

Updated the form to make it easier to find the actual directory!

#Motorcycle people of Mastodon:

Add yourself to the list: https://forms.gle/jstmkgkbvWieJpod8

Google sheet of #Moto peeps (check back when more folks have added themselves):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UueAs7uTx7UzhewRISxwHBHm32khC0w_3YkiOf5aXS4/edit?usp=sharing

#MotorcycleRacing #MotorSport #MotoAmerica #WSBK #MotoGP #BSBK #IOMTT #NewHere @FediFollows #Motorcycles

We are now firmly into the “in my ‘time off’ I am at the laptop doing prospecting for potential race team sponsors” season

racing fans would be SHOCKED to know the laptop-hours-to-racing-laps ratio that is the reality of the sport

#MotorcycleRacing #ProSports

OMG watching the #PhillipIsland superpole race in drying conditions and my hands are literally sweating from the empathetic stress

I’m having flashbacks to our “drying” races last year in #MotoAmerica and I have to tell you, the decisionmaking in those conditions is truly something. #wsbk #MotorcycleRacing

OK #Motorcycle people of Mastodon: let's connect.

Add yourself to the list: https://forms.gle/jstmkgkbvWieJpod8

Google sheet of #Moto peeps (check back when more folks have added themselves):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UueAs7uTx7UzhewRISxwHBHm32khC0w_3YkiOf5aXS4/edit?usp=sharing

#MotorcycleRacing #MotorSport #MotoAmerica #WSBK #MotoGP #BSBK #IOMTT #NewHere @FediFollows

BTW, my existence in #MotorSports and #MotorcycleRacing is to invite new fans and participants into the sport. My podcast, #TheMotoCurious , exists to answer questions about #motorcycles and racing. I’m a motorcycle enabler 🤣

So AMA

#AMA #ProfessionalRacing #MotoAmerica

P.S. all images in this thread have #AltText for #blind , #VisionImpaired , and #ScreenReader users — anything our team can do to help make #MotorcycleRacing more accessible, we’ll do.

That was our season, in #BrianJNelson pics. Last one here is another from Barber, #Alabama.

Owning and operating a #MotorcycleRacing team is not an easy way to live, but my husband is a really talented bike builder and crew chief, and I love the sport, so despite its ups and downs, it's what we do. We're already building our 2023 program -- when I finish this toot it's back to work.

#LetsGoRacing #motorcycle #motorsport #RaceTeam #RacingFan #RacingFans #MotoAmerica

10/10

Last: Barber Motorsports Park in #Alabama. (Barber is a national treasure: if you ever get a chance to go, GO.) Having blown our season budget (& then some) by round 3, we weren't able to travel with our team, so Chris & I crewed just the two of us, w/ help from a couple of friends of the team for rider wrangling and our full grid starts. I usually handle comms and sponsor obligations: being hands on the bike was HARD & rewarding.

#WomenInMotorsport #MotorcycleRacing

📸 by #BrianJNelson

9/n

That gave us time to rebuild our bike for the third time. Next was our home round at the Ridge in Shelton, #Washington -- just a short drive from #Seattle. On short notice, with Sean not yet fit to ride, our friend Eziah Davis joined the team as a rider substitution after a single day of testing with us.

We had a hard, awesome round at the Ridge. EZ earned the team a P11 finish in Stock 1000 race 1, then our team's best finish to date: P8 in race 2.

#MotorcycleRacing

📸 by #BrianJNelson

6/n

Breaking the thread to get out of the CW:

Next, #Virginia International Raceway. Before we'd even left Atlanta, we put down a deposit on a new 2022 #YamahaR1 since buying a donor bike was the fastest way to procure the spares we'd need to get a bike back on track.

Short version of a very long story: we rebuilt the bike in about two weeks. Then Sean had a two-bike crash at VIR that resulted in a broken bike, and a broken ankle.

#RaceTeam #MotorcycleRacing

📸 by #BrianJNelson

Working on our 2022 to 2023 season change-over today & decided to sit down to re-review our pro photography from last season.

For funzies, I’m going to share one pic per round — all 📸 by the incredibly talented #BrianJNelson — official photographer for #MotoAmerica.

I co-own (with my spouse, Chris) a U.S. national motorcycle #RoadRacing team. I’ve ridden motorcycles for 20+ years and been a race fan since the 2012 #MotoGP season.

#motorbike #CWMoto #motorcycle #MotorcycleRacing

1/n

Someday I really want to travel for an #IDNWorldSBK round. We’re lucky for so many incredibly scenic places to operate in our sport, but every time I see arial footage of Mandalika Circuit with the waves lapping at the beach just off the edge of the racetrack I think

holy cow it’s bold to build at sea level right now

and it looks like an awesome place to spectate. #MotorcycleRacing #WSBK