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  1. Difference Between 2 X Level I/ii Days Vs. 2-day Camp

    in School Questions/General Discussion

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    HI Jeff,

     

    Stuman is right, we have covered it elsewhere, but here is a short answer anyway:

     

    2-day camp, less than half the students, 2 coaches per student, only 2 groups. You are basically on the track, or in a briefing, very little in the way of breaks. Also, more time (if you like) on the off-track bikes. Laguna has a so-so skid pad, not as good as the Streets for the off-track training, lean bike, brake bike, etc.

     

    Also, you do get the video bike (and reviews) and the brake bike only at the 2-day camps.

     

    If you can swing it, it's the way to go, and a great way to start.

     

    Let us know if you have any questions.

     

    Best,

    CF

  3. Level 2

    in School Questions/General Discussion

    Posted

    Wow! That's a cracking piece of feedback. Thanks for posting, and glad you enjoyed your day so much!

     

    Mickey's a talent no doubt, and a good guy to boot :)

     

    That's a nice shot of yourself you've go there too!

     

    Hey Adam,

     

    You know it's "Mikey" not "Mickey" or is that just the Oz guys taking the piss out of the Yanks, happens as often as I talk to you guys!

     

    Ozfireblade--really glad to hear that you had a good result with Mikey, guess you could understand his California version of English OK!

     

    Best,

    Cobie

  5. Which Track To Do 1st School @?

    in School Questions/General Discussion

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    Hi Quacker,

     

    Welcome the forum, and here is some biased opinion on your questions:

     

    1. Streets of Willow is great track, has a little bit of everything, very challenging, you get tons of laps, weather is the closest thing to a guarantee of being good, great off-track skid pad (for brake rig, lean bike, etc.).

    2. There isn't much "ambience" out there, so if bringing someone, it isn't like being in Vegas.

    3. Miller is a nice track, no downsdie there. Don't think we can run the slide bike, but can run all the other off track toys.

    4. Vegas, should be good. Flat track (no elevation changes), track is differenent than the one we used this year, looks good. I like a little bit of elevation change personally. Come to think of it, not much elevation change at Miller either.

     

    The 2-day camp is a great way to get introduced to the track, lots of track time, tons of coaching, nice gradient steps up, time to ride the off track bikes, about as good as track riding gets.

     

    Hope this helps, if you want to talk to a live person, give us a ring. Most of the office staff ride, and know the tracks or of them.

     

    Best,

    Cobie

  6. 2010 Riding Coach Search

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    2009 has been an excellent year, but 2010 is the beginning of a new era. We are looking for coaches. Read on, fill out the application and send it to me.

     

    Here is the process:

     

    1. Read the description below the dotted line of what we are looking for.

    2. A very good riding skill level is required from our coaches. Some have met the other requirements, but had to work on their riding skill, and eventually became coaches. While riding skill is important, as or more important is ability to learn, ability to communicate and get along well with a wide variety of people, can endure hard conditions (school days are long!), and can attend enough school days in a year.

    3. Please review the description and application carefully. The schedule needs to be filled out with your best estimate, try and answer for every date.

    4. If you fit the description, or think you could meet the requirements soon, fill out the application that is attached and send it to me. In truth, I'd rather have you try out and let us decide if you meet the requirements, than not have you try out at all!

     

     

    Cobie@superbikeschool.com

     

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    If you can answer yes to all of the questions below then you may be just what we need. If you can't, let me know and we'll go from there.

     

    1. Have you already taken the Superbike School (since 1995, preferably Level 1 and 2)?

     

    2. Have you roadraced?

     

    3. Are you already pretty fast? (don't have to be a track record holder, but can't be slow).

     

    4. Are you friendly and personable--enjoy talking with people?

     

    5. Do you learn new things fairly quickly?

     

    6. Can you devote minimum 10-15 school days per year (not including travel time)?

     

    7. Are you willing to do difficult homework, and have every aspect of your training skills scrutinized?

     

    8. Have you read the Twist of the Wrist books?

     

    9. Would you enjoy helping people learn how to ride better?

     

    We are very selective and everything you say or do in the application process counts. I?m not interested in squids, dopers or short term relationships. I am looking for enthusiastic individuals that want to learn how to become great coaches.

     

    If you think you have the right stuff, download the application and e-mail it to me!

     

    Best,

    Cobie Fair

    cobie@superbikeschool.com

  8. Where We Are, And What We Are Doing

    in School Questions/General Discussion

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    We are getting ready for the transition over to BMW. Lots of stuff has to change, with the trailers getting wrapped with the new sponsor (many trailers are done in vinyl these days) as one large project.

     

    We are scheduled to get the new bikes in January, actually picking them up and brining them back from the dealer intro in Florida.

     

    All new coach leathers is another project, we are in process on that right now.

     

    The web page has been updated, but we need some more photos, that will happen soon :).

     

    From the coaching side, there are the normal comings ang goings there, a coach's schedule will change, he can't do as many schools as the year before, or maybe he can do more, we juggle that every season. One nice thing is looks as if we will have a good amount of foriegn coaches into the school this year, that is the way it looks now, see how it turns up.

     

    More soon.

     

    Best,

    Cobie

  10. Tyre Wear......

    in School Questions/General Discussion

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    Ahhhh, computors stacked pics instead of side by side lol! 95.45k 1st 1.38mb 2nd 1.98mb last. Last one was 3seconds a lap faster?(towards end of day) onsite tyre man said last pic was more like it should wear if suspension was set better and riding was smooth(ish for me)

     

    3 sec faster (nice)? So your riding got better and the bike was more set up for that pace, is that what you are getting at?

     

    CF

  12. Catching A Slide With Your Knee

    in Cornering and Techniques

    Posted

    H,

     

    Good questions, I'm sure some engineer could come up with some facts on this. I look at it more from the perspective of load. Tires normally give when there is too much load placed on them, for the condition (in my case, a hard tire that was not suitable for those conditions). I turned it in got to max lean (not very far over that day), and the front just kept going. My knee was out and reaching for the ground, as the front went, I kept a little pressure on it, took some load off the front, and it came back. No throttle changes. As for how much pressure, not sure how to quantify that. The thigh, pushing outwards (don't think it's that strong), and I wasn't sore or bruised at all later, I'd take a wild guess 30 lbs pressure?

     

    A tire can also go from not enough load, anyone ever had the front slide from being on the gas too hard? I have.

     

    Does this make sense from the standpoint of load?

     

    CF

  13. Catching A Slide With Your Knee

    in Cornering and Techniques

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    Cobie,

    Not sure it is a trick question.-- my guess will be none. No force is needed to "hold' a correctly set up bike in the turn if not trying to change its line. If I do not need to put the $1250 deposit on the school bike, I shall let both hands off the bar in the lean to prove it during my next school session. :lol:

     

    OK, see here who are the real die hards: in Twist 1 DVD, see if you can find the shot of Keith holding a CBR 1000 with ( 2 fingers on the throttle only.

     

    CF

  14. Catching A Slide With Your Knee

    in Cornering and Techniques

    Posted

    I keep thinking about how hard it is to hold up a bike when stopped if it gets leaned over too far, or how hard it is to pick up after a fall - it takes everything bit of muscle I've got plus a bit of technique to lift up a sportbike, and I can't do it while straddling the bike. So if a bike truly loses traction in a turn enough to cause a fall, that's what the rider would be faced with, 400 pounds of bike, and holding that up with their knee in an awkward position with no leverage? I'm still very skeptical, but maybe it's just something one has to experience to believe. Why couldn't it just be a temporary loss of traction, due to some surface or tire irregularity, and the traction comes back later because the surface or tire improves, or due to a throttle change, but the rider thinks they've done it with their knee? For example in the video, the detergent is there, then it's not, and the bike recovers, what's so unusual about that?

     

    H,

     

    It isn't the full 400+ lbs of weight that one has to hold. We are talking the times a rider has saved it, when it has just gone over the edge of traction, but the tires are still in contact with the ground. How much does one have to "hold" a correctly set up bike, when it is in the turn, and the bike is moving? AND let's not forget no lean angle change (otherwise the rider would have some pressure on the bars).

     

    Any of the physics guys up here have a an idea of how to calculate this?

     

    CF

  15. Seat Height Placement

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    Just been reading about the testing for WSB riders and was jogged into thinking about something that came to me over this past season.

     

    Its to do with seat height, what differences will a lower or further back seat make to my bike?

     

    Let me explain more...

     

    Last year I raced to different bikes, a TZR250 with a low seat, on the rails - and an RD350YPVS with the stock seat (tippy toes almost). in my mind the lower seat seemed to make more sense centre of gravity etc etc. Thing is that some leading riders told me I needed to get the seat up to push my weight forward?

    Also riding the taller bike (which I was faster on) felt better when at100% race pace.

     

    Whats the general thinking on this?

     

    Spencer,

     

    What schools (if any) have you done? have you ridden the lean bike?

     

    CF

  19. Catching A Slide With Your Knee

    in Cornering and Techniques

    Posted

    Harnois,

     

    Didn't see the vid yet, but I have for sure had coaches save the bike on their knee. Only really happened to me once at Laguna: went into T-3, the tire was a very old hard front (real old slick), and never hooked up. I had a little pressure on my knee, the front went, I didn't do anything else (except think I was down), then it came back.

     

    CF

  21. Finally Signed Up!

    in School Questions/General Discussion

    Posted

    Harry,

     

    You have a good library of material there, plenty to set you up for the school. Any questions on that material, get up here and pop them out.

     

    One thing that I think happens is guys view learning as "take it in, listen, watch." I think learning is a bit more active, so get up here and get into it!

     

    Best,

    Cobie

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