Winter practice

For his birthday we surprised Cade with a day of training with Dan Callahan at his track in New Jersey. He worked hard on cornering and keeping the throttle smooth. Cade said it was a lot of fun and we wants to learn more from Dan.

 

Happiness has arrived!

And it fits perfectly! Slowly switching everything over to O'Neal. This is the O'Neal 7 Series Ultra-Lite 83. Ever since he was Evel Knievel for Halloween Cade has been liking the old school red white and blue look. He says he can tell it is lighter than his Fulmer Helmet was but just holding them in our hands we couldn't really tell a difference.  The O'Neal is a size larger though.
His biggest and littlest fan was super excited about the new lid protector. I was excited that the helmet meets or exceeds DOT, Snell and AS standards. It also has washable pads, which I am sure any rider or person who is lucky enough to help gear up, haul bags, or wash gear knows that washable is better. We also found this on a super sale at Motorcycle Superstore.

And so it starts

The season hasn't started but the schedules are coming out, the memberships are being paid for, engine and clutch parts are on the way, new boots, jerseys, roost guard and helmet have been purchased. We are going over the things we will do this year to be better than last. I hope we will see some of the same faces as last year. Even after a bad race it was nice to have the reassurance that everything was fresh the next time out. And it was only his first year. It has been almost 12 months since his first time on a track and we are as ready as ever.