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Tydive

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  1. I have the same goal most years, and that is "To become a better, safer, more knowledgeable rider". Every year I have an adaptive management plan in place to help me reach that goal. For example this year: Safer goal #1: Maintain wide view at all times while riding. · Practice attention movement with 2 to 4 reference points · Be open to new lines as they appear, find the open line · Do the two step · Keep attention here and now Safer goal #2: Use less lean angle. · Stabilize body with good footwork, pivot steering off outside foot, solid legs, relaxed upper body, light hands. · One bun off is enough · Chin toward mirror · One single quick steering action per turn Better goal #1: Know my line(s), entry, mid, exit, and straight. · Ride that intentional line. · Always know Where, How Quickly, How Much for every turn · Set corner entry speed early · Every corner apply throttle rule 1 & 2 · One braking motion per turn, if needed to set entry speed Better goal #2: Be smoother on brake / gas transitions. · Practice blipping up and down shift · Try this finger position, use pointer and/or index for brake, ring, pinky and thumb for gas Could use suggestions on this one. Knowledge goal #1: Attend professional training. · Going to CSS L-1 at Streets later this month, first time on a track. Knowledge goal #2: Learn new stuff and keep old stuff current. · Reading the Soft Science of Road Riding Motorcycles for the first time · Re-reading ToTW II like the workbook it is · Re-watching ToTW I & II videos · Re-reading other excellent books on riding · Participating in online motorcycle training and safety forums Ride every day, work on one of the above exercises each ride. One cool thing I was able to add this year was a helmet camera, very helpful to see what I'm really doing vs what I think I'm doing. It's funny that it always comes back to good basics and balance. Thank you for asking! Ty
  2. Thank you guys for the welcome! Here is a link to the thread about that days training at a local Junior College parking lot. Doc Wong is a really great guy. He is a chiropractor who offer two to four riding skills classes every month... for free. Each month he puts on a rider ergonomics class to teach people how to fit comfortably on their motorcycles, two suspension classes that are pretty top notch, one on how to set up the other on the mechanical details of shocks and forks. He also teaches the riding technology found in ToTW I & II. As I understand it, he is the only person blessed by Keith to train outside of CSS. Honestly he does a ton for the local riding community and we are very lucky to have him. I sure will! Right now I just finished rereading all of the Article posts, now I'm cyber stalking Hotfoot to get the good info. Take care, Ty
  3. Hello everyone! I started reading Twist of the Wrist in 1985, the same year I started riding street bikes. I had managed to scare myself pretty badly transitioning from dirt riding on my little Suzuki RM50, to riding a Honda CB360T. Lucky for me the moto shop in Gilroy had ToTW, so a young squid grew safely into a careful older squid. Over 250K miles that technology and understanding has saved my life and limbs countless times. I was really happy to finally meet Keith and thank him in person this last Sunday, at the Doc Wong event. I've read ToTW I & II, have both videos, and have given copies to riders in need as well. I laughed pretty hard at the chicken strip intro to our protagonists in II, I know I wasn't nearly that cool when I handed out my copies. I am scheduled to attend CSS Level 1 at Streets later this month. Two things finally got me to sign up for class, one was my Father.. He learned to ride on his own in the 60's, and taught me everything I knew about riding... I figured out that most of what I "knew" was wrong without having to crash. He also stopped riding when I started, but just started up again two years ago...MSF and some parking lot training was fine until he traded his big cruiser for a '07 ZX-10R. [/wave Hi Pops! ]. The second thing was that I was out of riding for a few years with a broken back. I have noticed over the last few years of daily riding that even "knowing" what to do has not been enough. I need some expert instruction. So now we are both getting ready for class, reading this forum, the books, and watching the videos. A big /wave and thank you to Pete who was my instructor on Sunday, you rocked! I posted up some photos on my local forum. The video I recorded of the training is really helpful for review too. Looking forward to exploring this site more, any links on StoWS corner breakdown will be appreciated. I'd really like to be able to print each corner, laminate them, and then redraw lines, speeds, camber, rise notes etc... Ty
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