Cobie Fair
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After spending a bit of time on clutchless downshifts I think I'm converted, well sort of. I personally don't see any advantages of it when road riding, unless you ride like a tt racer, on the other hand on track it is something I would definitely use. I had no idea you could get downchanges to be so smooth without using the clutch. With enough practice so that it becomes second nature I can see it freeing up plenty of attention to use elsewhere that would otherwise be used on the clutch + blip. Just need to get back on a track, now where did I plant that money tree?
Ollie
Whee!!! Another convert
CF
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Jaz,
Did you ride the lean bike, and if so, what was the point of how to anchor yourself to the bike?
CF
Cobie , I did ride the lean bike, but at the time was not leaning off the bike much,( a little too round in the middle ). Since then I have been trying to lean more, Will be back for level 3 and 4 in March. Still got lots of work to do.
Jeff
OK, as a reminder, one point of the Lean Bike was to get you anchored to it, make sure you pin that outside leg into the tank. If you are hanging off more now (the new svelted you), wonder if you have loosened up that anchor point?
CF
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I know we are going to see you in March, we'll go into this stuff in good detail
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Jaz,
Did you ride the lean bike, and if so, what was the point of how to anchor yourself to the bike?
CF
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Thanks MSGT-R, we are proud of Petey.
The application and some of the data in the thread tries to indicate what we are looking for and what's needed, but the rest I do in an interview. I try and encourage people to interview, it will save them more in the end, and there is no downside to it.
CF
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Cobie,
Seems like the last time I "checked in", you were looking for Coaches..
What happened to the last batch?
And no, I still haven't been out to the track yet (someone's got to work around here).
Always on the look out for coaches. It's been pretty solid the last few years, but there is always some come and go in that area, and we have continued to expand a bit so it's not stagnant.
CF
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Hmmm, that's a fair number of bikes I've bought and sold. I need to settle down one of these days
Why settle down (unless you have taken a beating on the sales).
CF
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Good clean example.
CF
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Jason,
Thanks for rotating that picture, and 115 degrees!!!!!
Even I think that's hot.
CF
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Cheers Kai
Should have really bothered to check the forum before posting that. Not sure I'm a subscriber to the clutchless downshift yet but time will tell.
Ollie
I'll be interested to hear what you do. Those that figured out how to do it correctly (or get coached well enough) I have found like it, and in a way its simpler. But not all for sure.
CF
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I just noticed it today, one of the girls in the office pointed it out to me.
I have no idea how the frickin' picture got rotated 90 degrees, if you know how to straighten it...let me know.
CF
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OK, couldn't resist--here is a view out of one of our shop windows--at the top you can just make out the HOLLYWOOD sign. Let me know if you can see it.
CF
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"Not wrong at all. Pete also farts a lot."
Is that why his nick name is wipes...
No, he's pretty neat and clean--he always has a good supply of wipes to keep stuff clean.
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If we are going with the Top Gun theme would that make Cobie "Jester"?
That's about the best one I have heard! Will wanted to call me Mr. McGoo, but that one didn't take.
Jester: "You never, never leave your wingman!"
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Yeah, it was rough. Had to wake up to the view of the coast and mountains around 7:30 AM. Then talked about motorcycles and riding, watched guys ride, and helped some out -all while working on my tan. I totally felt like a work slave, disgruntled and all.
Pete,
Is it wrong for me to really not like you right now?
Not wrong at all. Pete also farts a lot.
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Carey,
You will get the full monty in Level 3 for sure, but one point we can touch on here: if there is some weight on the inside leg its not critical. But if not anchored with that outside leg, where will there end up being tension?
One thing that can help this is the tank pads, Tech Spec or Stomp Grip.
CF
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Seriously, if we all were allowed to pick our own nicknames we'd all be known as:
Champ
The Boss
Ace
Maverick
Iceman
etc, etc,
its funny you say that, as my name is Neil 'ace champ maverick' McKean. honest. you couldnt make that stuff up.
We didn't give my son a middle name, and let him choose his own when he got older (7-8). "Iceman" it is.
CF
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Got it and responded, see you guys at the school!
CF
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I'm not going to tell you what Will used to call me. Haven't had a nickname that has stuck, so maybe one will materialize this year.
CF
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Yeah, Pete was "slaving" away.
Actually he did work, but Hawaii really is something (been there only once).
CF
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Rainman is correct, not done anything in Canada, the problems going across the border killed any serious plans on this.
Come down and enjoy some nice weather, we seem to get quite a few Canadians to Vegas
--Streets of Willow would be a good bet weather-wise also. Some other tracks are even more fun, like VIR and Barber, or Infineon too.CF
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Sean,
Just to make sure I get it right, shoot me a pm (or e-mail) with your names, first and last. Likely I could figure it out, but if there is more than one Sean or Erik...this will keep the double work down.
They used to call me lazy, now they call me efficient
CF
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Hi All,
This really did turn out as I'd hoped, with a number of different areas being addressed, and excellent suggestions proposed.
1. Being prepared: bike, physically with training, gear, etc.
2. Who you go with, and what you will tolerate. I totally agree on having a look at who is there, and what they are doing. Went on a ride some years ago, there were 2 crashes from boneheaded riding and we just quietly left the group, made our own ride.
3. Riding solo, having someone know when you should be back, a wise idea in any situation really.
I'm going to toss out another aspect of this, and that is--have a plan. I'm going to make that a pretty broad comment at this point, and see where we can go with it. For example, one could have a plan for what they were going to work on at the track. One session on a one technique, one on another, or have it conditional on results achieved from the first technique (maybe work on that technique for another session if making gains, but not as much as intended).
Another part of "have a plan" would be do you have a plan if things go wrong. For example, if I fall off the bike, my plan is to let go of it. I have seen a number of riders/races fall off and hold on to the bike, and had it not turn out so well. Not always, but enough that part of my plan is "let go!".
If one entered a turn too fast, really messed it up, you are going to run off, do you have a plan? I've heard KC suggest, stand the bike up (aggressively) then come into the brakes before you run out of asphalt. Come out of the brakes when you run out of ashphalt.
See what you think of this.
CF
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Hope to see you guys at the show!
We'll be at the BMW booth (if that wasn't obvious
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Gloves
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Don't be silly, we are all millionaires (that, or fanatics
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Zaino, I'll see if I can find that. Came across some beeswax stuff the other day, thinking of trying that. My gloves got pretty dry about halfway through the year last year.
Seems we put our gear to levels just about unheard of anywhere else, in terms of how much they can get sweat in, w/out a break.
CF