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  4. Sliding My (slow) Ass Across The Seat

    in Cornering and Techniques

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    Ayup, I recently did my level 3 and whilst I enjoyed it and learned a lot, one thing has been bugging me.

     

    When sliding your arse (ass) across the seat what is the correct technique?

     

    I was told by my coach to;

     

    Press inside knee into the tank and use the inner knee/thigh to help slide my arse across in to position for the turn.

     

    Have I understood this correctly? I found level 3 very hard as I learned techniques that were alien to me and I'm not sure if I misunderstood this technique.

     

    Thanks

     

    That is my understanding as well. When I did level 3 that was the most unnatural and difficult thing for me to get during the class portion. As I've been practicing it, it is feeling more comfortable (or less uncomfortable) :-)

  6. Street Of Willow 2-day Camp, 4/23-24-09

    in School Questions/General Discussion

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    Greetings everyone.

     

    I attended the two-day camp, April 23-24, 2009 at the Streets of Willow section of Willow Springs racetrack in Rosamond California. I did level 2 the first day and level 3 the second.

     

    I have somewhat of a history with CSS as I did my first session in 1989 at Loudon, New Hampshire. Last year I decided to come “back to school” and did levels 1 and 2 during separate one day schools. I repeated level 2 at this camp as I didn’t think I got enough from level 2 the first time around.

     

    Day one began at the track at 7:00 a.m. with breakfast (thanks Judy!). We then registered and were broken into two separate riding groups. We were broken down further, by level, within these riding groups for our respective seminars. Low and behold, I found myself the only level 2 in my riding group. At first I wondered how this would work as it seemed a bit awkward. As it worked out, I had the good fortune to basically have private tutoring for two days, including a video review each day – fantastic! Thanks James, Dylan, Cobie and Keith!

     

    My on-track coach for both days was Lonnie. All I can say is that you are the man. I really felt that you were truly looking at my riding which gave me a lot of confidence in the feedback that you gave me. Thanks.

     

    I did two off-track drills, the steering bike and the lean bike. Both drills revealed weaknesses in my technique and provided information to take and apply.

     

    Level two is about vision and helping you decide what to look for in working out your riding. My initial foray with level 2 was difficult as I was not identifying my reference points and basically had trouble knowing where I was on the track (Note, it is VERY helpful to learn the turn numbers. You will be at a great disadvantage if you can’t speak the language). This time around I was able to identify my weak spots (two-step, quick turn) and consciously work on them. I will continue this work at the next level.

     

    The level 3 seminars are workouts. It’s a lot of moving around the bike and learning the best position for keeping in contact with the machine and distributing your weight correctly. Keith had a challenge trying to get me to maneuver my hips quickly across the bike to use for quick, smooth transitions (amply titled drill, the Hip Flick). It’s an unnatural motion but I’m working on it Keith! J

     

    As always, it was a fantastic experience in which I learned a lot and my riding will be better for it. I will be back to do level 4 at Thunderbolt in August. See ya then!

     

     

    Albert

     

     

    PS. I had never seen Dylan ride before. He is FAST!

  14. Different Riding Styles At The Top Levels

    in Cornering and Techniques

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    The MotoGP and WSBK bikes are completely different. That is the GP 990's and WSBK bikes. When they went to 800's, I knew Hayden wouldn't do well, and as soon as I saw what Stoner did with the Duc while Hayden struggled on the Honda, knew that was the only way he could be competitive again. And a year later.....

    I did think Hayden was going to WSBK. He could be the first to win both MotoGP and WSBK titles if he doesn't do well on the Ducati.

    By the by, a couple years ago Bayliss did ride as a MotoGP fill in, and dominated. If I remember right he won. I know he did podium. Isn't Toseland going back to WSBK?

     

    I wonder how much has to do with the crew chief too. Look at the guys that have been multi-time world champs: they all had someone there (Kenny had Kel, Wayne had Kenny and the other guys--Warren Willig I think?) Freddie had Erv. Doohan had Burgess, as has Rossie and I tihnk Gardner too.

     

     

     

     

     

    Is it the crew chief or the exceptional riders who eventually made the crew chief famous (or the chicken or the egg)?

  15. Who's Your Favorite Rider And Why?

    in School Questions/General Discussion

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    My two favorite riders of all time have to be Valentino Rossi in the modern era because of his personality, his apparent smoothness and ability to overcome obstacles and "win the race" and Kevin Schwantz for his balls to the wall win it or bin it attitude. Schwantz's battles against Rainey, Doohan, Lawson and the legends of the day were epic and those guys were riding monsters! It's really awesome to see film of those races and watch the rear end of the bike skip from side to side as Schwantz brakes for the corner.

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