Grigory Taldykin Street Motard ATV

Grigory Taldykin is one of the few riders who trains on all classes of motorcycles. The idea of this video was to show Grigory's versatility and his skills on a street bike, a supermoto and a quad. Although Grigory's main class is supermoto, he shows an excellent level on everything. The quad stands out in particular, because he has a distinct style and way of doing tricks.

We didn't overthink the location and chose the classic «spot» at Khodynka Field. Because of an accident on the MKAD ring road we got stuck in traffic and were late for the shoot. So everything had to be made up on the fly and the tricks filmed quickly before the sun went down. Because of this, once again we couldn't approach things in an organized way. As soon as we set up on the lot and got ready, Grisha «delighted» us with the news that the front brakes on his BMW had failed, so there would be no stoppies.

The trouble didn't end there. After refueling the supermoto, the seam on a patch in the tank started to seep, and the whole bike got covered in gasoline. We had to drain almost the whole tank and ride on what was left so the level wouldn't rise to the seam. The radiator fans cut out, possibly because they were all soaked in gasoline. The bike also started overheating, but Grisha rode the session to the end.

The quad only «pleased» us by running very hot, and the clutch slipped a bit. After the gasoline trouble on the supermoto, all this seemed minor and didn't stop him from nailing a beautiful high chair parking trick at the end of the video! In general, Grigory rides a quad brilliantly and does quite a few unique tricks.

On top of that, the cameras died earlier than usual because we used the batteries wastefully. So we didn't have enough shots for the last session. But overall the result turned out well, especially considering the bad luck that followed us all day!