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DIFFERENT STROKES

With my role at Yamaha, I have been able to attend road, off-road and motocross events over the past few years. And despite the basic principle of riding a motorcycle, not much else is the same. When I talk to each of the riders, they all speak a different language and their priorities on race day are so different from each other, sometimes it's barely recognisable. Let's take a look at just a few differences in each discipline and how the riders of each handle them.

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