Giving Away 2020 Race Data

Where do you even begin in the bottomless pit of data analysis? There is so much “information” out there, but how applicable is it to actually road racing a motorcycle?

 

When I first jumped onto a 600, the power compared to my KTM 390 Cup bike was amazing. However, my technique was not where it needed to be. I would exit the corners and whack the throttle open on my 130 hp 600 just as I would whack the throttle open on my 42hp KTM 390. I had 3 highsides in the first two race weekends. I ended up with a massive scar and could have lost a finger from mistakes that I was making. Looking back, the first thing I would recommend is getting a data logger onto your bike. However, if you don’t have the correct sensors, or you don’t know what you are looking at, then it does no good. 

 

What should proper data look like? What should a brake pressure line look like? What about the throttle trace?

 

Giving Away My Data

I’m giving my data away to you for free. I have data from each of the tracks that I raced at in 2020 with MotoAmerica and also in 2018 (the first year with data on the bike). You can do with it whatever you want. You can look at it and compare yourself to it, see where you can get on the gas sooner, brake harder, where to brake less, etc. You can send it to someone who you think needs it, or you can look at it and tell me things you think I can improve on. It doesn’t matter. You can use my data for whatever you want. I also attached the folder with the math channels I use, if I ever have to look at data myself. Data is supposed to be super secretive, but this is what I’m doing with mine. 

 

Lamkin Data and Math Channels

Lamkin Data 2

 

Since I am a racer first, this is what I was looking for years ago. There are many people much smarter than me with data analysis and know what is going on. I am doing this is to help someone else who is looking to find their own foothold as a privateer and wants more information and couldn’t find it, exactly as I did. I’m 100% not claiming to be an expert on data analysis itself by any means haha. I’m still learning and I’m still growing as a racer, this data may be completely different after next season but this is what I have now. I still only have one focus when I’m at the track, but if I can help a young rider from sending themselves to the moon by having something to compare themselves to and if I can help them from the mistakes I’ve made, then I’m beyond happy. I’m still racing in MotoAmerica next year and a competitor of mine can completely dissect my riding if they want to haha

 

Books I Would Recommend

 

Making Sense of Squiggly Lines

Analysis of Race Car Data 

 

Systems

I get my systems from www.SuperbikeUnlimited.com. I don’t use Data Loggers that are also the dash, because I’ve smashed half a dozen OEM dashes, and I’d much rather obliterate a stock dash than a $2,000 Data Logger dash. I keep the AIM system I use in the subframe of the bike and so far it has been well protected.

 

2018-2020 

AIM EVO 4s with GS Dash on my 2015 Yamaha R6

 

2021

AIM EVO 5 with GS Dash on my 2021 Yamaha R6

 

Sensors

 

Tier 1 (Bare essentials, and used constantly) 

1. Brake Pressure

2. ECU connector (For TPS and RPM)

3. GPS

 

Tier 2 (Super important but not absolutely essential) 

4. Front Suspension travel

5. Rear Suspension travel

 

Tier 3 (Cool to have, but not used constantly) 

6. Lambda (for the air-fuel ratio)

 

About Math Channels

These are the math channels that I use. I only ever use a couple, other people have dozen with specific purposes. Being just a racer so I try and keep it simple. I want to use more math channels but I don’t know how to make them and there isn’t enough common-man access for stuff like this (hence why I am making this haha). On my 2015 R6, I didn’t have a gear position sensor, but I don’t use the AIM Gear math channel. In my experience, math channel gear sensors never work accurately. One thing I learned from my friend Oliver Kho, if you use math channels designed for cars they might not work because cars only move side to side and motorcycles move side to side and roll around their center of gravity.

 

Math Channels I Use

 

Lean Angle

Front Weight, Rear Weight, and Total Weight

 

 

 

Let me know what you guys think!


-Nolan