“Don’t jump, don’t jump! You’ll die!”, I thought as the rear wheel fought for traction, sliding out of the corkscrew. I suffer from intrusive thoughts, but on the back of a race-spec Suzuki GSX-R1000R piloted by a retired MotoAmerica racer, Chris Ulrich, was a bad time to get them—mainly because I was having the time of my life.
But that’s not where the story starts.
