An underground motorcycle sub culture is brewing in the NY area. On an undisclosed block on Manhattan’s West Side, a group of real diehards braved the cold and road to an unassuming brick building. A few keypad codes and secret handshakes later, we arrived in a clandestine motorcycle cave known as Ryders Alley United. What started as a winter storage facility, has turned into a veritable hang out for the NYC motorcycle community. Guests enjoyed commercial free viewing of this weekend’s WSBK as well as beverages and world famous NY pizza. Us JPR-Performance guys love free food.
The racing was a spectacular opening to the WSBK season. Checa’s wild crash in race one had the small crowd out of their seats. The Spaniard did get the win in race 2 for a nice points recovery place him in 4th in the championship standings. Watch Checa catch some major in air in this highlight video of race one:
Tom Sykes piloted his ZX-10r to Kawasaki’s best overall weekend in superbike racing in what seems like a long while. Team Green has taken operations of their WSBK team in house this year and this weekends results make a strong statement that it was a move in the right direction. Sykes placed 4th and 3rd in the first round of the season putting him 3rd in points.
The tip of the hat has to go to Max Biaggi for his masterful performance onboard the Aprilia RSV4. After Checa got boosted out of his seat in race 1, Biaggi cruised to a win in the season opener. The Emperor’s race 2 podium finish was not achieved as easily. Max furiously road his machine from the back of the pack to a 2nd place finish after an early race incident ended in him taking and off road excursion. Regarding going off in the first corners Biaggi later said, “After running off the track I only thought about focusing and giving my all, because coming back from last place is always risky. We succeeded. We're taking home two good results and now there is nothing left to do but keep the tension high to confirm our strength at Imola.” Clips of the action in this race 2 highlight real:
While watching racing is fun, the East coast crew of JPR-Performance as well as the members of Ryders Alley United can’t wait for it get warmer! Conversations about upcoming track days and hare scrambles frequented the event and words are soon to become reality. Check back soon for updates and coverage of more JPR-Performance participating events.
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