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This is a bit dark, but since you brought it up, I have been told that the word "squid" came from an emergency room term for the riders you mention above, when they end up in the hospital - short for "squished kid". So, wear your expensive protective gear, and keep it on the track when you can.

 

What do they call squished old guys, squog, or Geri-squish? Is this totally inappropriate, and I should delete myself?

 

"Slow Learners"

[Norfolk Squid ...lol]

Haha... it was hidden in plain sight! I'm gonna try to get involved with some track days at VIR once I take a CSS class, hopefully in May!

[Stretching Before Riding]

Something very important about stretching is that you must warm your muscles up before hand to avoid injury, when you see racers from moto gp or superblike riders stretching on the starting grid, alot of them have warmed up in their motor homes using stationery cycles, treadmills or stepper machines that they use to get their heart rate up before a race, it is also important to remember not to over stretch, you only want to loosen up the muscles, not perform a full flexibility training session at the side of the track!

 

Hi,

What's the recommendation for those of us who didn't bring our rv's with a machine in it ? I just bought a pair of boots and they do not seem like they are the ideal running shoes, for warming up before strecthing. Thanks.

 

lol you could always try star jumps!

 

 

you count the cadence, I count the repetitions!!

[New Guy Looking For Advice & Training]

Snuff,

I'm with you on being called a squid, I've already 'inquired' about it to Cobbie himself . But sadly, I probably belong in the squid category.... for now. I've been riding for about 3 years, started with an SV1000, it was used, it had fairings and dual yoshi pipe's. I think what intrigued me the most about it was the sound, it was definitely different from everyone else's... you knew it was this bike that was coming before you even saw it. I've since sold it for a GSX-R 750, had it for about 2 years now. I'm currently serving this great nation courtesy of The Marine Corps. I just returned today from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, where Dylan Code and some of the CSS team where out there testing a new program geared for the military, in order to reduce the fatalities we're suffering due to motorcycle accidents. I'll tell you a little know fact: the Marine Corps and Navy has lost more service members to motorcycle accidents than we have to hostile fire since the beginning of the Global War on Terrorism (the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars). Dylan drove home a point that hit us all deep yesterday during our debrief, he pretty much said that, 'if we (motorcyclists in general) but specifically Service Members continue down this path, we may lose the very thing we are fighting for.... freedom, the freedom to ride our bikes and possibly have more restrictions placed on us. I'm not gonna lie, before yesterday I thought I was a pretty good rider, but I (and probably all of us that were out there, about 40 riders) got a hard reality check yesterday. To me yesterday was a mere glimpse of what CSS has to offer, and we were only set up on what I believe was about a quarter mile circuit, small but effective (I only reached 80 MPH on the straight away and probably topped out at 30-40 MPH on the sweeping curve.... but it taught us ALOT, and the instructors were set up all at every corner and would pull us in to coach us. The six of us that went down from our command at Norfolk talked about it the rest of the night yesterday and the whole 5 hr ride back home today. I will most definitely be taking a CSS course here in the near future, probably at VIR, since its only about an hour away, but I HIGHLY recommend taking their classes. I know I couldn't have learned what I did yesterday from just anyone. I cant thank Keith/CSS and everyone else recognizing that we, the Armed Services (and all motorcyclist) have a dilemma, and that they're making the effort help us change that. Hope to see you on the track one day!

 

~FIJI

 

Fiji;

Great post and your statistic on military motorcycling accidents was startling...who would have ever thought that was possible?

If the course that Dylan's team set up was on base and not a traditional race track - wait until you go to CSS at VIR. You will be changed forever. ; )

 

Welcome to the Forum and thank you for your service.

 

Kevin Kane

 

Kevin,

Thanks. And believe me, I dont think anyone could be more excited than me to attend the CSS at VIR in May. Now I just have to get the clearance to finance this class through the boss (aka the wife) and hopefully I will be in the area and not going to some training exercise elsewhere, but I'll have to wait and see. Dylan told us, that he really wanted to get involved when he did some research and found out that the military accident rate is higher than the civilian rate!

 

FIJI

 

The Corps paid for my MSF course. It's now required that all servicemembers take it. I wonder if the argument can be made for further training.

 

The Corps has also made it mandatory for ALL sports bike riders to take the Military Sports bike Course within 90 days of completing the BRC as of last Oct I believe. The Corps is definitely trying to push further training as well, they have realized that we're facing a dilemma with all these lives we're losing due to motorcycle accidents. CSS was beta testing a new program that I participated in this past week in Cherry Point with about 40 riders, I rode on Wed, they also had riders on Thurs and Fri. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that they'll make it operational and standardize it throughout the Corps and hopefully the armed forces, the knowledge and understanding that you come away with after going through this course is invaluable, and we all agreed that we couldn't have gotten that type of training any where else, it definitely opened our eyes. We had ZERO incidences with our group on Wed, not sure about the other two groups though.

[Norfolk Squid ...lol]

Hi folks. I'm new to forums all together . I wont lie , I've never really followed motorcycle racing or riders, I only know a few 'house-hold' names... the Haden brothers, Rossi, Ben Spies and Jason Briton , as you can see my knowledge of this is mediocre at best. I returned yesterday from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, where Dylan Code and some of the CSS team where out there testing a new program geared for the military, in order to reduce the fatalities we're suffering due to motorcycle accidents. I considered myself a pretty good rider with all 3 years of riding experience that I have, combined with 2 MSF courses and 1 sports bike riders course via MSF and hours of watching youtube videos . After taking these courses and with my extensive riding experience of 3 years I was naive enough to think that I could go out there and take on street and track racers alike. I will say on my defense though that most of this new found confidence came mostly from riding with young/inexperienced or reckless riders who had taught themselves how to ride. The Marine Corps mandates that before you buy a motorcycle you must take the basic MSF course, so armed with this new knowledge I was ready to take on anyone! However, after going through this course that CSS provided for us this week, I was promptly knocked of my high horse, in more ways than one. I learned ALOT in just a little over 3 hours of instruction and riding. One of the most important things I learned is that, even after 3 years of riding, I had barely scratched the surface of the motorcycle world. Thanks to Dylan and the CSS team, I now have this burning desire to learn as much as my brain can withstand about motorcycling. I can already see that this forum will be a great learning tool for me. It's funny because I've seen the CSS ad in magazines but never really paid attention to it. Earlier this week Dylan told us to just google Keith Code or CSS 'you'll see us, it'll look like this' and he pointed to his jacket that had the CSS logo on it. I was thinking, 'I've seen that before somewhere', I got home, opened up one of motorcycle magazines, flipped to the back and wah-la! What do you know....CSS right there under my nose the whole time. I am looking forward to meeting motorcycle enthusiast and learning as much as I can. Thanks!

[New Guy Looking For Advice & Training]

Snuff,

I'm with you on being called a squid, I've already 'inquired' about it to Cobbie himself . But sadly, I probably belong in the squid category.... for now. I've been riding for about 3 years, started with an SV1000, it was used, it had fairings and dual yoshi pipe's. I think what intrigued me the most about it was the sound, it was definitely different from everyone else's... you knew it was this bike that was coming before you even saw it. I've since sold it for a GSX-R 750, had it for about 2 years now. I'm currently serving this great nation courtesy of The Marine Corps. I just returned today from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, where Dylan Code and some of the CSS team where out there testing a new program geared for the military, in order to reduce the fatalities we're suffering due to motorcycle accidents. I'll tell you a little know fact: the Marine Corps and Navy has lost more service members to motorcycle accidents than we have to hostile fire since the beginning of the Global War on Terrorism (the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars). Dylan drove home a point that hit us all deep yesterday during our debrief, he pretty much said that, 'if we (motorcyclists in general) but specifically Service Members continue down this path, we may lose the very thing we are fighting for.... freedom, the freedom to ride our bikes and possibly have more restrictions placed on us. I'm not gonna lie, before yesterday I thought I was a pretty good rider, but I (and probably all of us that were out there, about 40 riders) got a hard reality check yesterday. To me yesterday was a mere glimpse of what CSS has to offer, and we were only set up on what I believe was about a quarter mile circuit, small but effective (I only reached 80 MPH on the straight away and probably topped out at 30-40 MPH on the sweeping curve.... but it taught us ALOT, and the instructors were set up all at every corner and would pull us in to coach us. The six of us that went down from our command at Norfolk talked about it the rest of the night yesterday and the whole 5 hr ride back home today. I will most definitely be taking a CSS course here in the near future, probably at VIR, since its only about an hour away, but I HIGHLY recommend taking their classes. I know I couldn't have learned what I did yesterday from just anyone. I cant thank Keith/CSS and everyone else recognizing that we, the Armed Services (and all motorcyclist) have a dilemma, and that they're making the effort help us change that. Hope to see you on the track one day!

 

~FIJI

 

Fiji;

Great post and your statistic on military motorcycling accidents was startling...who would have ever thought that was possible?

If the course that Dylan's team set up was on base and not a traditional race track - wait until you go to CSS at VIR. You will be changed forever. ; )

 

Welcome to the Forum and thank you for your service.

 

Kevin Kane

 

Kevin,

Thanks. And believe me, I dont think anyone could be more excited than me to attend the CSS at VIR in May. Now I just have to get the clearance to finance this class through the boss (aka the wife) and hopefully I will be in the area and not going to some training exercise elsewhere, but I'll have to wait and see. Dylan told us, that he really wanted to get involved when he did some research and found out that the military accident rate is higher than the civilian rate!

 

FIJI

[Forum Posters, And Forum Lurkers]

Hi Cobie,

Excuse me, but I just noticed something very disturbing that I hope you can help me with. When I posted my comment, I noticed that under my name is the word 'Squid' . Now, I will give you the benefit of a doubt....but those who know, know that calling a Jarhead a squid can land you somewhere you may not want to be.... . The following is a small but useful guide in the lingo. 'Flyboy, Falcon' (Air Force), 'Jarhead, Devil Dog' (Marines), 'Soldier' (Army), 'Squid' (Navy), 'Puddle Jumpers' (Coast Guard), etc., are terms of endearment we use describing each other. Please inform your management, that I would like to have that title removed from that and any further posts I make . (Just kidding, I know it's some kind of rating thing....right?! Dumb question #1.)

 

Oorah!,

FIJI750

Hey Bro:

When I was in, the term Jarhead was only used by outsiders. I also had a long talk with another Marine about the use of DD, which apparently is changing and seems to be only used Senior to Junior.

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

PS- You forgot "Puddle Pirate" and "Shallow Water Sailor" (USCG). Only one of them is a term of endearment. I'll let those risky enough to try and figure out which by trial and error

 

s/f

 

Thanks. I just googled nick names and i copied and pasted that sentence. lol You're absolutely right, Senior's are using it more and more in a derogatory way than anything else.... so the Jr's only relate these terms of endearment in a negative manner.... and they absolutely hate it when they are addressed in that manner.... whether good or bad, cuz they only hear it in a negative manner... most of the time. But you know how it is.... to each his own. I hear Jarhead being thrown around here and there.... especially at this command!

[Forum Posters, And Forum Lurkers]

Splendid, thanks for the heads up Ace!

[Stretching Before Riding]

Something very important about stretching is that you must warm your muscles up before hand to avoid injury, when you see racers from moto gp or superblike riders stretching on the starting grid, alot of them have warmed up in their motor homes using stationery cycles, treadmills or stepper machines that they use to get their heart rate up before a race, it is also important to remember not to over stretch, you only want to loosen up the muscles, not perform a full flexibility training session at the side of the track!

 

Hi,

What's the recommendation for those of us who didn't bring our rv's with a machine in it ? I just bought a pair of boots and they do not seem like they are the ideal running shoes, for warming up before strecthing. Thanks.

[New Guy Looking For Advice & Training]

Good Day Everyone,

 

Before I dive in too much and come off looking like a Squid I want to explain. I am 38 years old and have been riding dirt bikes since I was a kid back in the 80s. I spent a lot of time on the old dirt bikes. I transitioned over to the streets with a Ninja ZX7R back in the late 90s. Rode it for about a year and a half and had a lot of fun. No major issues. I'm respectful of these bikes, know they have way more power that I have ability, and I just like to take it mellow and keep things controlled. Well, I recently pulled the pug and bought a liter bike because (1) they fit my frame better being 6'1" and 185 lbs with long arms and legs and (2) I got a heck of a deal. I now have a Yami R1. So, yeah....I know 180 HP on a 400 pound frame. Ha ha ha. I do ride it, but baby it. I'm not out dragging knee in turns or going ape. I really am a conservative rider...I know the common err is riders losing control and exiting the road. So, I tend to be very cautious of turns, ruts in the road, loose dirts, water, and all that stuff that can make me go boom. I probably ride like a grandpa...but that's ok out on the road. But I know that I need some expert training to make myself better....much better.

 

So I guess to say that yes, I do in fact ride an R1 liter bike that is way beyond my ability. I admit it, I know I need training, and I respect the bike. I want to improve my skills with cornering, emergency recovery, and braking. This is what I want to learn from your team IF you have a class for this. I do know how to ride and have been doing it for a good 20 years, but it's been casual riding and not the style that I need to control a liter bike. I want to be a better ride and develop the necessary skills. I will continute to exercise great restraint on the road, take it easy, and just enjoy my bike. I am NOT a wild, crazy rider. But I do want to improve and spend some time on the track getting some good training.

 

I learn fast and am a good listener. If I am shown something I will do it on the bike as shown. I just need the help. What options are going to be best for me?

 

Regards,

John

aka "Snuff"

Germantown, MD

 

 

 

Snuff,

I'm with you on being called a squid, I've already 'inquired' about it to Cobbie himself . But sadly, I probably belong in the squid category.... for now. I've been riding for about 3 years, started with an SV1000, it was used, it had fairings and dual yoshi pipe's. I think what intrigued me the most about it was the sound, it was definitely different from everyone else's... you knew it was this bike that was coming before you even saw it. I've since sold it for a GSX-R 750, had it for about 2 years now. I'm currently serving this great nation courtesy of The Marine Corps. I just returned today from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, where Dylan Code and some of the CSS team where out there testing a new program geared for the military, in order to reduce the fatalities we're suffering due to motorcycle accidents. I'll tell you a little know fact: the Marine Corps and Navy has lost more service members to motorcycle accidents than we have to hostile fire since the beginning of the Global War on Terrorism (the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars). Dylan drove home a point that hit us all deep yesterday during our debrief, he pretty much said that, 'if we (motorcyclists in general) but specifically Service Members continue down this path, we may lose the very thing we are fighting for.... freedom, the freedom to ride our bikes and possibly have more restrictions placed on us. I'm not gonna lie, before yesterday I thought I was a pretty good rider, but I (and probably all of us that were out there, about 40 riders) got a hard reality check yesterday. To me yesterday was a mere glimpse of what CSS has to offer, and we were only set up on what I believe was about a quarter mile circuit, small but effective (I only reached 80 MPH on the straight away and probably topped out at 30-40 MPH on the sweeping curve.... but it taught us ALOT, and the instructors were set up all at every corner and would pull us in to coach us. The six of us that went down from our command at Norfolk talked about it the rest of the night yesterday and the whole 5 hr ride back home today. I will most definitely be taking a CSS course here in the near future, probably at VIR, since its only about an hour away, but I HIGHLY recommend taking their classes. I know I couldn't have learned what I did yesterday from just anyone. I cant thank Keith/CSS and everyone else recognizing that we, the Armed Services (and all motorcyclist) have a dilemma, and that they're making the effort help us change that. Hope to see you on the track one day!

 

~FIJI

[Forum Posters, And Forum Lurkers]

Hi Cobie,

Excuse me, but I just noticed something very disturbing that I hope you can help me with. When I posted my comment, I noticed that under my name is the word 'Squid' . Now, I will give you the benefit of a doubt....but those who know, know that calling a Jarhead a squid can land you somewhere you may not want to be.... . The following is a small but useful guide in the lingo. 'Flyboy, Falcon' (Air Force), 'Jarhead, Devil Dog' (Marines), 'Soldier' (Army), 'Squid' (Navy), 'Puddle Jumpers' (Coast Guard), etc., are terms of endearment we use describing each other. Please inform your management, that I would like to have that title removed from that and any further posts I make . (Just kidding, I know it's some kind of rating thing....right?! Dumb question #1.)

 

Oorah!,

FIJI750

[Forum Posters, And Forum Lurkers]

What did this get the post count up to???

Zia;

697 views; 19 posts. This one is number 20.

 

What up's with that?

Kevin

 

 

Hhhmmm.... I see your point . I'm new to the whole 'forum' thing....I just had to google what an avatar was . Then it took about another hour to figure out how to get it small enough . I'm new to riding, I feel like I dont really know enough, so I just try to read up on whatever good informations out there. Somehow I always end up on youtube wasting time watching 'inappropriate' behavior on motorcycles. I'm the hands on type, so I'm committed to learning the in's and out's of my bike, so hopefully I can do some work on it without having left over bolts. I'm not a big fan of paying someone $60 an hour for a 10 minute job , but I also know there are somethings better left to good mechanics. Can anyone recommend any good one's in the Norfolk, VA, area ?? Anyway, since I'm new to this.... I will be asking what may seem like dumb questions... to seasoned riders like yourselves, but I know it will help me in the long run, I'd rather have a good understanding of what I need to do and do it right the first time. And I dont care what anyone says..... there is such a thing as a dumb question.... I hear them ALL the time! Looking forward to learning alot and meeting new people! Thanks.