Welcome to the Skill Improvement Section
To the left is a list of articles that have been gathered up to help you maintain your skills and improve them. Some of quick tips will be listed here (coming) and some will be listed in the articles to the left.
If you think about it not just anyone can ride a motorcycle, it takes a certain amount of dedication to learn the skill sets to operate one correctly, efficiently and a life time to master some many of them. After going to Jason Pridmores Star School, twice, I decided to create this section to share some of the things I have learned, continue to work on and those I continue to struggle with. If you are looking to improve your skills I highly recomend Jason's school, check their available dates for openings.
Just a bit of endorsement before I send you off to my personal experience at his school to help improve my skills. Jason is a very very approachable person, his family and staff are there to support him and his efforts. Even though Jason is getting up in age and may not race in a few more years, what he has learned, he will openly share. His stories are different in the beginner class verses the advanced class, but all are very valuable to the rider who listens and puts in to practice from his and his staffs advice. And who knows, you may even run in to Steve Rapp (his team mate) or in my case he almost ran in to me before dumping his bike in turn 2, no not my fault he was practicing corner entry and was a bit too hot for the angle he was going in and went wide coming out of turn 1 in to two...the rest I wish I had on camera, it was a rush for me! It is rumored that Mr. Jordan himself shows up from time to time in his off season and will get on the track as well, not to mention the number members from WERA, AMA and other race organizations that show up to put in their practice and sit in on the lessons and even are guest speakers to give you their insite (usually only in the advance class).
Well I have blabbed on that enough....read my experience.
Other Schools and learning programs
Fastrackriders.com - has a begining track day education program to ease your fears about getting on the track. I recommend them and their staff highly for your first track day experience. Tell Dave and Dana, William from SoCalSportRiders.com recommend you!
California SuperBikeSchool - Keith Code can help you learn the art of cornering in four levels over multiple days, teach you to lean on the lean bike, learn tire grip on the slide bike, learn at what point you can brake while turning on the brake bike, as well as learning the truth about counter steering with his NO BS bike and if your up to it a wheelie school as well. After all is done and said you want to see if you really are the shit....get on his video bike to get your own video! Chances are you will learn your weak points rather than how cool you think you are doing.
More listings coming soon! Remember learn the limits of your bike only in a safe environment such as a track day school or track day organization.
If you have a good skill improvement article you would like to share, please register on this site and then PM ME your article or a reference URL!
By the way if you attend any of the organizations that you learned about from here, please let them know how you found them, through your and their participation this site will continue to grow.
- Thanks
William
