QCD Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Greetings! I've ridden from when I was 20-30, then took ten years off (living in Silicon Valley) and am now riding again (living in Oregon) for the past 5 months -- cannot believe how much I missed it. I've NEVER ridden on a racetrack. I was considering doing levels 1+2 At Sears Point or Laguna Seca and then going on to do the 2-Day camp in Las Vegas on 3/20 and 3/21. Is this "too much info" for me? Would it be BETTER to go through this? Your advice is greatly appreciated -- Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acebobby Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Welcome This is a common question, It may well be to much info all at once, but in my opinion I say just do it, if you dont get something right on the day you can always go back and do it again! Bobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonzilla Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 For a new rider this would be too much, but I think if I were an experienced rider 3 years ago before hitting any track, it would help more than hurt. I'm sure a riding coach is going to chime in soon. I'd say go with what he recommends. What kind of bikes have you ridden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khp Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 I'm not a CSS coach, but my advice would be to take Level 1 & 2, and go out and practice the things you've learned and let it sink in. Once you feel that you are ready for another 2-days of training, go back. Whether that's in 1-2 months or next year doesn't matter that much. For what it's worth, I did 1+2 and 3+4 with just 2 months in between (but that was because Keith was coming to Europe - my plan had been to wait for this season before going back to school). Hope this helps, Kai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCD Posted January 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Thank you both for your feedback! I rode a Ninja 1000 throughout college, 650 Nighthawk for a couple of years, a big Yamha Venture for a few years. I now have an '05 GSX-R 600 and an '04 BMW R1150RT sport-tourer. I am very excited to be doing track days this year, but from what I've read in feedback here, I'll learn more in 2 days than I would in an entire season (or more) of track days. Again, thank you for your input! I really appreciate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonzilla Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 If you're on a sportbike right now, and have ridden that long, AND are going to do trackdays, I'd say it will be a good thing for you. I went out for quite some time on trackdays and didn't know what to fix to get faster. I knew, mostly from being on here, that I had plenty of things to fix, but didn't know what. Now I can go to a trackday with more of a plan on improving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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