cutting the track
Boris
BLADE
Feel the speed
Boris
BLADE
Feel the speed
CUTTING THE TRACK

Motorsport is the art of combining purpose, content, style, format, and sequence of actions into a single whole

Motorsport is the art of combining purpose, content, style, format, and sequence of actions into a single whole

Boris "Blade" Kuznetsov
Motorbike racer
I've raced, I'm racing, raced, and I will race.
Boris "Blade" Kuznetsov
Motorbike racer
I've raced, I'm racing, raced, and I will race.
  • Boris "Blade" Kuznetsov
    Motorbike racer
    I've raced, I'm racing, raced, and I will race.
Chapter 1
The Love

ЯI've been in love with motorsport since childhood. And it's mutual.

Boris Blade, №31

I've been in love with motorsport since childhood. And it's mutual.


Boris Blade, №31

Chapter 2
Trauma
One of the turning points was the fall, which resulted in a metal pin in my shoulder and fear in my head. And although I had a lifetime of driving experience, I had to leave the motorcycle for a while. The fear of falling and the thirst for speed, especially if you are already used to it, is a cognitive dissonance and a challenge to yourself.

Chapter 3
Motorsport
One of the turning points was the fall, which resulted in a metal pin in my shoulder and fear in my head. And although I had a lifetime of driving experience, I had to leave the motorcycle for a while. Until I got on a professional track and learned more about racing. As it turned out, the race track is much safer than the road due to the absence of unforeseen interference, and acceleration on such a track can be made much greater. The age of 50 is not an age for a racer, and professional motorsport has become a new stage in my life.

After falling off the bike on the road, it was not easy for me to get back on the bike: I became cautious, acquired as a result of negative experiences.

After falling off the bike on the road, it was not easy for me to get back on the bike: I became cautious, acquired as a result of negative experiences.

Chapter 4
The Taste Of Speed

Who doesn't take a risk – can't cut the track

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Who doesn't take a risk – can't cut the track


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Advantages of a motorbike track
Motorcycle racing and urban riding are fundamentally different realities. The key to their difference lies in the fundamentally different mindset of a motorcycle racer and a city rider. This thinking is formed and "rolled up" to automatism precisely by the different realities in which they function.
Some thoughts are taken from here
  • Maximum speed
    A motorcycle racer's only task is to go as fast as possible.,
    and maximum speed is the only and most important goal. Therefore, all other factors are adjusted and organized in advance so that nothing prevents this goal from being achieved.
    All motorcycle racers on the track:
    "they're going one way.",
    - they look only forward and control only the space in front of them (sports motorcycles do not have mirrors),
    - you don't have to warn anyone about your intentions (and there are no repeaters),
    - athletes' movements on the track are quite predictable.
  • The cycle
    Motorsport is characterized by cyclicity.
    The track, track, and terrain are the same and repetitive throughout the race.
    From some point on, any athlete simply remembers them, and already prepares in advance for certain elements of the track, adjusting all other parts of the rider-motorcycle system to them (speed, gear, body position, motorcycle tilt angle, gaze, etc.).
    And even if the motorcyclist does not see the entire track (for example, enduro in the forest), he already knows what to expect around one corner or another.
  • External locus of control
    The responsibility for the safety of, so to speak, the "surrounding world" lies entirely on the shoulders of the organizers of the race.
    A motorcycle racer can forget about any obstacles on his way: there are no cars, pedestrians, cyclists, children, traffic lights, or speed limits on the track.
    The absence of accidental interference is ensured both by the format itself and by special services.
  • Regulated riders only
    Admission to races on tracks and competitions is always personally issued and documented.
    Motorcyclists found violating the rules of racing are punished, and in case of systematic violations they are prohibited from accessing official motorsport.
    This helps to identify and weed out undisciplined or mentally unstable people who may pose a danger to others.
    Thus, only adequate people remain in motorsport.
  • Reduced risk of injury
    Falls are the least traumatic in training on tracks, and they are partly useful because they are protected by appropriate equipment, and the risk of collisions with other motorcycles (cars, trucks, and road barriers) is several times lower than on the road.
  • A motorcycle racer is a driver who:
    - drives as fast as he can;
    - looks only forward;
    - does not observe the lion's share of the phenomena of the world around him;
    - does not communicate with any of the surrounding drivers;
    - he judges others by himself and expects everyone to behave as agreed.

    For such a driver, the focus of attention moves rather inside the motorcycle pilot system: he primarily monitors the speed, gears, tilt angles of the motorcycle, the condition of the rubber, the position of his body, the direction of his gaze, and his physical condition.
    And by default, control over everything around the track is transferred to external services.

    (According to my observations, athletes of the SHKG are particularly susceptible to this.
    In motocross and enduro, the environmental conditions are more variable and less obvious, so motorcyclists in these disciplines must pay a lot of attention to the surrounding space.
Chapter 5
What Next?

...I've raced, I'm racing, raced, and I will race.

Boris Blade, №31

...I've raced, I'm racing, raced, and I will race.


Boris Blade, №31