Riders & bikes
The paddock.
The track-day types every rider has met — affectionate caricatures, never mean. The joke is always the riding culture. Riders and bikes are picked independently: any rider on any bike. Bikes carry the performance; riders carry the personality (and their own body weight).
Riders
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Linda
The calmest person at the track. Also the one who brought lunch.
Linda ran her parents’ deli on J Street for forty-one years and delivered catering on the same pistachio scooter she bought in 1981. She came to watch her grandson’s track day, asked the corner worker why the boys kept braking so late, and has been the instructors’ textbook example of smooth ever since.
“Piano, piano. Slowly is how you get there fast.”
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Maya
It’s her first track day. Everybody can tell. Everybody is rooting for her.
Maya got her licence eleven months ago, bought the Rookie 400R the same afternoon, and has watched roughly 600 hours of onboard laps since. She has a spreadsheet of tyre pressures she has never used. The store tags are still on the leathers. Just in case.
“Okay okay okay okay. We’re doing this.”
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Josh
Rides for the photo. Stops to fix the moustache. Accidentally smooth.
Wedding photographer, barista, vintage-denim buyer, and now the owner of one small shop where you can get a cortado while someone rebuilds your carbs. He came for a golden-hour photoshoot. The photographer never showed. He rode anyway.
“Honestly? Beautiful line.”
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Sam
Backs it in sideways into every corner. Leg out, not knee down.
Sam was on a 50cc dirt bike before she could ride a bicycle, and was faster than her dad and three older brothers by fourteen. She came to track days to see what the knee-draggers are so serious about. The instructors are still deciding what to do about her.
“¡Vámonos!”
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Tyler
Wheelies everything. Films everything. Says “send it”. Has a good heart.
Tyler bought the Brawler with two years of warehouse wages and a loan from his mum that she does not want mentioned in the videos. His channel has 212 subscribers, 40 of whom are his mum’s friends. The track is the best thing that ever happened to his riding.
“SEND IT!”
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ADV Dave
Did the Pan-American Highway. He’ll mention it. He’s also annoyingly quick.
Dave rode from Alaska to Argentina on a six-month sabbatical. He has a blog about it (eleven readers, nine are relatives), a two-hour slideshow with intermission, and a backup for everything on his bike. The backup has a backup.
“When I did the Pan-Am, this is the kind of corner you’d find outside Cusco.”
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Big Mike
Loud pipes, louder opinions, biggest heart in the paddock.
Mike has ridden cruisers every Sunday since 1981: breakfast run, the long way round the Delta, home by noon to fire up the grill. His grandson talked him into one track day “just to see”. He rolled up with saddlebags full of ribs. He’s secretly taking notes.
“Hear that? That’s called torque, youngblood.”
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Kiki
Came for the content, not the lap times. Stops at the apex for a photo. Is secretly getting good at this.
A brand sent Kiki a “moto-chic” capsule wardrobe and a deadline. She rented the fastest, whitest bike on the lot (“it matches the jacket”), brought a ring light and an iced oat latte, and had no idea what a knee slider is. Linda adopted her. Alex taught her to look through the corner. The likes are up.
“Hi guys! Welcome back to my channel — we’re at the TRACK today.”
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Alex “Ace” #42
The fast one. Earned, not given. And she’ll teach you how.
Alex crashed her 400 on her first track day — panicked mid-corner, shut the throttle, ran wide, gravel trap. She went home and studied cornering like it was physics homework. Two regional championships later she leads the lead-follow laps and teaches physics on weekdays.
“Eyes up. Look through the corner.”
The garage
Eight bikes, all originals.
Every bike is an archetype — a class of motorcycle you’ll recognise from its silhouette and riding position — but the names, faces, engines and liveries are our own. No real brands, anywhere. Tiers unlock with Rider Level; tokens are earned by riding.
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Tier 1 · Italian-style step-through scooter
Dolce 150
Chrome, a round headlight and a spare wheel on the back. Small wheels make it twitchy, the brakes are polite, and the floorboards scrape like a dinner bell. Ridden smoothly, it’s the instructors’ favourite example.
Signature rider: Linda
- Engine
- 150 cc
- Top speed
- 65 mph
- Lean limit
- 38°
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Tier 1 · Small faired sport bike
Rookie 400R
Big-bike looks on a budget. Light, forgiving, and happy to lean — the best way to learn the line before the horsepower arrives. L-plate optional.
Signature rider: Maya
- Engine
- 400 cc
- Top speed
- 115 mph
- Lean limit
- 50°
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Tier 2 · Retro café racer
Classic 900
Round tank, clip-ons, bum-stop seat and twin peashooter pipes. Heavy steering, upright manners, absolutely gorgeous in a pan shot.
Signature rider: Josh
- Engine
- 900 cc
- Top speed
- 134 mph
- Lean limit
- 43°
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Tier 2 · Single-cylinder supermoto
Slider 690 SM
Tall, light, wide bars and huge brakes. Backing it in sideways isn’t a bug — the sliding rear is stable on purpose. Leg out, everyone.
Signature rider: Sam
- Engine
- 690 cc
- Top speed
- 112 mph
- Lean limit
- 52°
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Tier 3 · Naked streetfighter
Brawler 890
Exposed frame, tiny tail, big headlight face. A wheelie monster that punishes a ham-fisted throttle and rewards a smooth one.
Signature rider: Tyler
- Engine
- 890 cc
- Top speed
- 146 mph
- Lean limit
- 52°
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Tier 3 · Big adventure tourer
Summit 1300 ADV
Beak, tall screen, panniers, top box, crash bars, spotlights. Heavy and calm on long-travel suspension — and quicker round a racetrack than anyone wants to admit.
Signature rider: ADV Dave
- Engine
- 1300 cc
- Top speed
- 140 mph
- Lean limit
- 45°
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Tier 3 · V-twin cruiser
Big Iron 1900
Ape-hangers, fringe, fishtail pipes and the torque of a tugboat. The floorboards touch down at 30°, so every corner is a fireworks show. Steers like a sofa.
Signature rider: Big Mike
- Engine
- 1900 cc
- Top speed
- 118 mph
- Lean limit
- 30°
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Tier 4 · Litre superbike
KD-1000 RR
Number 42. White, coral and cyan, quickshifter cracks and 186 mph. You can’t buy it until you can ride it: the last gate needs Rider Level 18 and two stars in every Riding School lesson.
Signature rider: Alex “Ace” #42 & Kiki (rented)
- Engine
- 1000 cc
- Top speed
- 186 mph
- Lean limit
- 53°
Figures are in-game values. The coach grades the rider, not the bike: corner-speed targets scale per bike, so a perfect lap on the Dolce 150 earns the same S as one on the KD-1000 RR.
Mismatched combos
Big Mike on the scooter? Canon.
Every rider has lines for every bike that isn’t theirs — the banter roasts the bike, never the rider.
