Awesome. Okay, here's how I'm going to play this, since Carlos's life is governed by Rule of Funny and apparently in his world it's normal for scientists to be able to do completely unexpected things like remove their own vocal cords. Basically, he took a class for this back in college, because cross-country motorcycle racing and maintenance were prerequisite courses for theoretical physics. Honestly, how can you expect anyone to get a bachelor's in science without taking at least one motorcycle lab, I mean really.

And yes, he'll be modifying his bike mid-race at the gas stations, asking to borrow pieces of hardware and making it so his bike does things like detect black ice and hover. These skills will never come up in game again...unless they do, in which case they will be referenced humorously.