Hey Crew, Quick heads up — no live class this week. My girlfriend's great aunt passed and her funeral is tomorrow morning. Original plan was to leave tonight, but we're heading out in the next 45 minutes so we can help with setup in the morning. She wants to be there for her family, and I want to be there for her. I'm still figuring out the rhythm of these 8-week Academies. The books were built as a self-learner process, but I want to be more involved than that. Right now the setup is showing its limits. I'll be using this weekend to work on making the process more consistent moving forward. — Dan

Hi guys! Throwing a bone here for something I’m planning on starting pretty soon, and wanted you guys to be the first to know about 😁 I’ve just ordered a new helmet camera (Drift Ghost XL Pro for those of you who wonder), and once it will arrive and I will finish setting it up as well, I’m planning on starting a new MotoVlog by me! As the great members you all are, I would appreciate suggestions of topics which may interest you guys as well which I might discuss. I do need to say that I’m not going to be talking about politics and such (my country is already fed up with it), but as a gamer, police officer and most of all - enthusiastic biker, I will glad to talk about things that you want to ask me as well. I will share the first chapter once it will air in YouTube 🙏🏻 Thank you in advance to all of you who are willing to help, and of course to Dan which introduced me to this great community!

Hey folks. I was involved in accident May 3rd and today was first day I’ve seen the pics of my bike and I feel lucky to be alive. I was lane splitting on 101 freeway in Los Angeles after dark and I have no memory of before/during/after accident. I had a camera mounted to bike but that must have flown off somewhere. I sustained open book fracture to pelvis, torn ligaments in right knee, fractured fibula, clavicle, scapula, and a brain bleed. I’m on mend now with two more surgeries to go and I might be back home and learning to walk in 4-10 weeks. I was wearing gear including an airbag, but I did have on only tennis shoes. I think it could have been much worse but I’m looking forward to replacing the bike and getting back on, perhaps with less night riding, and more safety knowledge. I got the ZX6R end of December 2025 and put 12k miles on it in those 4 months. Here’s before picture from same day and the aftermath. I’m happy to be alive 😁

Are the lives regularly scheduled? I always miss them or just happen to catch them out of luck. What days/times?

Hey everyone — wanted to give you the real reason this week has been slower than usual. Two weeks ago, a piece of footage I was planning to build an "Ensure Your Own Safety" video around got hit with a copyright strike on the channel. It was a rescue-response clip — genuinely some of the best teaching material I've seen for how to approach a downed rider correctly. Calm bystander, scene safety first, methodical patient assessment. I had real plans for it. I fought it through the proper channels — polite request, then a substantive case with a deadline. On Monday the strike was retracted. I then voluntarily edited the remaining footage out as part of the resolution. So where things stand: The matter is closed. No active strikes on the channel. Cleanly resolved. The footage I wanted to use is off the table for that video. I'll find a way to teach the same lesson using different material — the lesson matters more than any specific clip. The delay is real. Between the legal work and the editing and the verification, it pulled time away from the production schedule I had planned. The "Ensure Your Own Safety" video gets pushed. This week is a recovery week. Regular content cadence picks back up next week. Appreciate your patience. Ride safe. Dan