Dylan Code Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Coaches from the different branches of CSS will converge in Chennai India on the 13th of Jan for six days of schools over two weekends. Attending from the USA branch: Cobie Fair, Pete Castanik, and me--Dylan. The UK branch: Glenn Rothwell, Jet, Spidey, and Gary The Oz branch: Adam Raffe and Lou Fillis. Also attending: US AMA racer Austin Dehaven and World Superbike racer Leon Camier (2nd weekend only). While there we will be updating the CSS twitter feed, including photos. When we return I'll post a bunch of photos on the forum as well. Update: We are back. Here is footage of Austin Dehaven riding the track: http://vimeo.com/35733849 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Code Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 This is where Chennai is in case you were wondering: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=chennai,+India&ll=17.014768,78.398438&spn=26.918307,39.946289&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Chennai,+Tamil+Nadu,+India&gl=us&t=m&z=5&vpsrc=6 This is the link to google map view the track: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=chennai,+India&ll=13.001735,79.989073&spn=0.013506,0.019505&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Chennai,+Tamil+Nadu,+India&gl=us&t=h&z=16&vpsrc=6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCCBR1000rr Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Sounds like a lot of fun.. Can't wait to hear about it all. Be safe see you guys soon. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warregl Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Are we sure Pete can be counted on to behave in India? I suppose Cobie will be in charge of keeping him out of trouble. I'm looking forward to seeing the photos and hearing the stories. Travel safe, Carey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobie Fair Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Are we sure Pete can be counted on to behave in India? I suppose Cobie will be in charge of keeping him out of trouble. Travel safe, Carey That would be, "Hell no!" I'm just one click off the politically incorrect border most of the time, I'll just be egging Pete on! CF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugget Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Wow - I bet the locals will be stoked! Now the important questions - do you all like curry? And are you sure you can handle the latest Royal Enfield's? One bike in production for eight decades - that ought to be enough to get the very best performance out of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPIDEY Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 When I told Pete that we had Enfields to ride the reply I got was "Never heard of them. Do they have traction control?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugget Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hahaha are you messing with me? I was only joking when I mentioned Enfield! I don't know much about the state of motorcycling in India, only what I see on the internet. But that may not be too far off the mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPIDEY Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 We've actually got a selection of Japanese 600s :-) Students bikes vary from Indian-made 125s to R1s, 'Blades and S1000s. India is a fast developing country. The Mahindra 125 GP bike made people realise that they are going to be a force to be reckoned with at the end of last year and I'm sure the team would love their own rider on it at the front too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugget Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Ahhh... that sounds better. You nearly had me, shows what I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaibhav31kumar Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I went to the India School this past weekend. Great Experience, awesome !! Cannot believe the improvement I made over the weekend - in confidence, technique and speed. I was riding a Ninja 250 (I was the one with the Jorge Lorenzo Moon Man Helmet) Cobie, Lou and Dylan were my coaches for Levels I, II and III. Thanks a lot guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Code Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Here's a video montage of photos taken from my iphone and edited together with music. http://vimeo.com/35593939 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Code Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I went to the India School this past weekend. Great Experience, awesome !! Cannot believe the improvement I made over the weekend - in confidence, technique and speed. I was riding a Ninja 250 (I was the one with the Jorge Lorenzo Moon Man Helmet) Cobie, Lou and Dylan were my coaches for Levels I, II and III. Thanks a lot guys. Of course I remember you--one of my students! You really rode well, it was a pleasure to work with you. Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCCBR1000rr Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Welcome back.. looks lik eyou all had some fun. How was your cofee? it looked good. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaibhav31kumar Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Thks a lot ! I had truck loads of fun. I went to the India School this past weekend. Great Experience, awesome !! Cannot believe the improvement I made over the weekend - in confidence, technique and speed. I was riding a Ninja 250 (I was the one with the Jorge Lorenzo Moon Man Helmet) Cobie, Lou and Dylan were my coaches for Levels I, II and III. Thanks a lot guys. Of course I remember you--one of my students! You really rode well, it was a pleasure to work with you. Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warregl Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Here's a video montage of photos taken from my iphone and edited together with music. http://vimeo.com/35593939 Cool video Dylan. It looks like you had a great trip. I was especially interested in the last scene...recruiting pit girls or was someone pretending to be Ben Spies' older brother again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobie Fair Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 It was an amazing trip! The riders were very interested and a pleasure to work with. At the end of each of the 3 day schools, there was a few laps by the coaches, on the rental bikes (little 180's). VERY entertaining for the students that watched, and a few interesting moments. Could have ended...poorly, but didn't and was a hoot! CF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobie Fair Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 In the last coach "race" if you are at a school, ask Dylan who he was banging handlebars with? Or ask Pete, what was he doing to make sure I stayed behind him down the long back straight? Hooliganism alive and well. CF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warregl Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 ...Hooliganism alive and well. Surely you wouldn't be implying misconduct on the part of Mr. Castanik? I'm shocked, shocked I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Code Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Here's another video of the visit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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