Clinton Smout would be the man. Learning skills in the dirt last a lifetime.
Can someone give me a private lesson?
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Relax
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If it's the right member from this forum, yes. We have a lot of reputable instructors here. It's not the best paying gig, and you have to give up some of your riding time, so whoever does it isn't doing it for the money - they're contributing to the community.
I wish more riders would humble themselves & admit they could learn a thing or two regardless of how many years't they've been riding.
As I've said many times here I did an advanced riding course with Motorcycle Masters a few years ago with some buddies. We all went in open to learning. The course humbled many, but it was hella fun and really did force you to learn and practice new skills. And most of it was done at speeds under 30kph. Hell, a lot of it was done at less than a walking pace.
I left wanting more, but also admitting the reality that despite now being able to ride circles (literally, tightly and slowly LOL) around those duckwalker sorts, there's a lot more I could yet learn. Unfortunately Covid squashed the plans to do exactly that...but I'm hoping to regroup on that later this summer if they get going again. In the meantime my buddies and I go hit parking lots every now and then with our own cones we bought after the course and practice those skills again.
It’s contributing to the toy fund but I’m not on track to die rich.
As I said previously, I’m in it for the smiles.
Now that the XR has crash protection im more open to some Total Control with cutekill.
I don't have much to compare it to, but that was a great course!
Yeah, fear of dropping their bike is what I hear from a lot of people I've talked to about Motorcycle Masters.
I get it. But they had custom snap-on guards to go over the crash bars on most Harley models, and there was tactics for other bikes - garden hose on crash bars, whatever...it needn't be pretty, it just needs to be functional. Some others took off their saddle bags and such even though most cruisers don't turtle when they go down.
But others yet I've talked to about this sort of protection if they do go down, well, they still shy away. I think it's ego at that point.
I never dropped my bike during the course. Came damn close a few times. I *did* drop it a few weeks later practicing with friends. I saw others drop theirs though and honestly, it was a total non event...and they typically happened when you were almost stopped anyways so it's not like they were skidding off at 50kph and the riding rolling on asphalt or anything....it was just a "ok, just let it go" thing and you got up and picked up your bike. Nobody was judgemental at all.
I need to sell it this year or next
Also, i love this guy;
and i love key holes, my favorite skill test for the noobies.
Great video, and yeah, the "looking where you want to go" thing is a biggie for most people that they don't understand how much difference it makes.
Here's a drone video I took of a few of my friends and I riding a few weeks after the MCM course. The guy on the red Goldwing is a friend who made absolutely massive gains in his riding ability just in that single day 10 hour day. I'm the guy on the red cruiser that starts chasing him about 30 seconds in. **** gets serious around the 1:10 mark LOL
We were actually pissing ourselves laughing chasing each other and seeing who would have to split off first.
Here's a drone video I took of a few of my friends and I riding a few weeks after the MCM course. The guy on the red Goldwing is a friend who made absolutely massive gains in his riding ability just in that single day 10 hour day. I'm the guy on the red cruiser that starts chasing him about 30 seconds in. **** gets serious around the 1:10 mark LOL
We were actually pissing ourselves laughing chasing each other and seeing who would have to split off first.
Good consistent speeds, when you nail that it frees you up to concentrate on the next issue, like where to look. I tell everyone don't look at the cone or you'll hit it, don't look down or guess what. No one believes me, till i'm picking the bike up off them.
get grom and a stunt cage.
Years ago at Mosport. Very fast bike passed me exiting t3. He entered t4 too fast and the rider on my right watched and followed him right off the track.Good consistent speeds, when you nail that it frees you up to concentrate on the next issue, like where to look. I tell everyone don't look at the cone or you'll hit it, don't look down or guess what. No one believes me, till i'm picking the bike up off them.
Watched them (kinda) in my peripheral tumble in the weeds setting up for 5a.
Look where you want to go!
7 years later i still remember @GoldieTiger yelling at me to keep my head up.
POWERMAN
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Those guys are completely insync with their bikes...wonder how many years it took them to reach that level..
When will this gloomy/overcast weather rollover?
Feels like a shorter riding season this year : /
Gymkhana is literally the only reason I'd be interested in a sportbike. That looks like a ******** of fun and something I'd like to try, but it's just impossible to do that sort of thing on a 900# cruiser with a (if you're lucky) 35 degree lean angle. Pretty sure my Voyager won't even get that much before hitting the pipes - I've scraped them before. I did hit 35 degrees once on my VTX but everything was higher on that bike except the seating position.
The grom with a cage has appeal but I'd look like a beachball humping a pingpong ball.
matt365
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Sooo.... back on track for the o.p.
Taking money to teach her opens up a whole lot of liability issues...
I've had a student tell me "I race 1000cc superbikes, but I can't make this f#*^ MOST curve".
So yeah, learn to walk before you run.
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Taking money to teach her opens up a whole lot of liability issues...
I've had a student tell me "I race 1000cc superbikes, but I can't make this f#*^ MOST curve".
So yeah, learn to walk before you run.
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I'd say give it a shot but they aren't cheap lol, market was strong before covid can't imagine it now.
Even still for $40/month insurance (maybe lower for you) maybe why not.
I think I'd probably buy some old beater that's been well thrashed and I wouldn't have to worry about. If I drop it, I drop it.
Hard argument to be made with the wife, though. "Yes dear I'd like to buy a beat up old motorcycle that will take up even more space in the garage and I'm just going to do stupid things in a parking lot on it. I don't really want it for anything else really. What's that? You think I'm going to crash it and hurt myself? Well, yeah, probably......"
Hard argument to be made with the wife, though. "Yes dear I'd like to buy a beat up old motorcycle that will take up even more space in the garage and I'm just going to do stupid things in a parking lot on it. I don't really want it for anything else really. What's that? You think I'm going to crash it and hurt myself? Well, yeah, probably......"
