slogan
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I did both Turn2 and Racer5...
Racer5 would be more preferable to start with.
Really, first day or two you gonna hate this damn 125, but when you will start feel that bike on the third day it will give you back a lot!
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Track Schools...Any New Ones?
- Thread starter ATTS
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Racer5 would be more preferable to start with.
Really, first day or two you gonna hate this damn 125, but when you will start feel that bike on the third day it will give you back a lot!
Sky_high
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I took CCS level 1 and 2 at New Jersey Motorsport Park (NJMP) this past summer. Although it may seem expensive, I found the course valuable. I can't wait to do level 3 and 4 to step up my game. Oh, and it may be just me, but I noticed many of the turns at NJMP very similar to Calabogie, so I memorize the lines pretty quickly.
Stormcat- I highly recommend taking a CSS course
Been to California superbike at Watkins glen,mid Ohio and las Vegas. It's very good. You want Keith code? You like ex heroin addicts who are feminine, angry and follow scientology? Great school but he doesn't make it. The instructors, bikes and locations do. He kinda drifts in and out and I have never seen him on a bike
He kinda looks like David Bowie and chicks dig Bowie.
konix
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when i signed up with Racer5 they were doing a special, $599.99+tax for stages 1-3 (regular price was $759.99+tax).
Count me in for next season. I was thinking Thunderbolt in Jersey, though anywhere would be good as long as I can find half decent airfares.
atss2006
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Here's how I understand it.
They offer 2 day camps at $2350 for two days. That includes the bike, and their special purpose bikes. Student to instructor ratio is something like 2:1, you end up with way more track time too.
they offer 1 day single phase courses (prices vary by track but Thunderbolt is $450 your bike, $675 their bike). Student to instructor ratio is something is way more but not sure the exact number.
They offer 2 day camps at $2350 for two days. That includes the bike, and their special purpose bikes. Student to instructor ratio is something like 2:1, you end up with way more track time too.
they offer 1 day single phase courses (prices vary by track but Thunderbolt is $450 your bike, $675 their bike). Student to instructor ratio is something is way more but not sure the exact number.
Think it's 3:1 (vs 2:1 for the two day camps).
It's a huge difference. You are on a track. If your class was in a parking lot or public roads you should be covered, as soon as you go on a track, everything changes.
grahamsn
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I'm also very interested in the answer to this question.
atss2006
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Okay I did a random insurance call up. Google found me Manulife.
I asked about restrictions/limitations on the policies. Told them specifically it was for a motorcycle training course.
They are VERY vague to the point of being shady. surprise surprise..insurance being shady (insurance agents please don't start complaining to me).
I was told there was an exception. "participation in a motorized speed contest".
I told them is a motorcycle training school and not a race. They told me they did not know if a school was a speed contest. I would have to make that call. I repeatably asked for clarification and was told repeatedly there was not clarification.
So...in English as per they're exception it would be okay and you'd be covered but being insurance..you never know.
If anyone else gets a hold of any companies and finds out let us know.
I asked about restrictions/limitations on the policies. Told them specifically it was for a motorcycle training course.
They are VERY vague to the point of being shady. surprise surprise..insurance being shady (insurance agents please don't start complaining to me).
I was told there was an exception. "participation in a motorized speed contest".
I told them is a motorcycle training school and not a race. They told me they did not know if a school was a speed contest. I would have to make that call. I repeatably asked for clarification and was told repeatedly there was not clarification.
So...in English as per they're exception it would be okay and you'd be covered but being insurance..you never know.
If anyone else gets a hold of any companies and finds out let us know.
First hand experience - crashed at "Penguin Racing School" in New Hampshire (at New Hampshire Motor Speedway). U.S. Hospital bills were paid by the insurance that comes with simply having Visa Gold Card or Amex Platinum in your wallet. When in hospital I was asked by the insurance company claims person if I was "racing", because that's what the ambulance report said. I said "no, I wasn't racing, I was taking a motorcycle riding course at a track. I was not in any kind of a race - not against people or against a clock." They said okay and paid. That was good, because it's very very expensive - so expensive that they dispatched a Lear Jet from Toronto to come and get me and drop me in an Ontario hospital as soon as I was able to fly!
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