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ballisticexchris
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What are some of the different street/track/off road/adventure bike schools some of you have attended? I had no formal training other than racing at novice club level until I was in my 40's. Just the basic MSF courses and as of recent Jimmy Lewis riding school. I thought about Rawhide but was not comfortable jumping on an adventure bike, off road with no experience.
Here are a few short videos of Jimmy explaining balance and another of some of his drills and training curriculum:
This is the one I attended. At least I did good in the sand!!
My 2 favorite drills were the braking with locking up front wheel and riding with it locked up and the panic stops. When it came time to accelerate hard, stop, quick lock to lock turns with balls up on the tank and do it all over, I struggled. For me I would highly recommend his school. What I liked about Jimmy Lewis school is you use a light bike to train and practice on and it directly crosses over to the heavy bikes. The panic braking drills have already saved me. I automatically do a few panic stops when I first get on the bike before hitting the highway. What's really really cool is he can even make a pro level rider fail the basic drills. Every single one of them have unlimited levels of failure.
What other good schools are out there that some of you have experienced? Or do you disagree with riding training all together? While I'm out of the saddle I am on my balance board a lot and lifting a leg, eyes closed as long as I can.
Here are a few short videos of Jimmy explaining balance and another of some of his drills and training curriculum:
This is the one I attended. At least I did good in the sand!!
My 2 favorite drills were the braking with locking up front wheel and riding with it locked up and the panic stops. When it came time to accelerate hard, stop, quick lock to lock turns with balls up on the tank and do it all over, I struggled. For me I would highly recommend his school. What I liked about Jimmy Lewis school is you use a light bike to train and practice on and it directly crosses over to the heavy bikes. The panic braking drills have already saved me. I automatically do a few panic stops when I first get on the bike before hitting the highway. What's really really cool is he can even make a pro level rider fail the basic drills. Every single one of them have unlimited levels of failure.
What other good schools are out there that some of you have experienced? Or do you disagree with riding training all together? While I'm out of the saddle I am on my balance board a lot and lifting a leg, eyes closed as long as I can.