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SUPERBIKE SCHOOL (EC&Pl) EASTERN CREEK RIDE DAYS PHILLIP ISLAND RIDE DAYS
 

Step By Step

We approach instruction from the bottom up. Keith started by noticing problems all riders have to deal with. Some of these involve inefficient use of the controls. Take a close look at this list.

The Fourteen Control Actions of Riding:
1.    Throttle off to just on. (The initial action from off to slightly positive throttle)
2.    Rolling off throttle, toward less or completely off
3.    Throttle on and rolling on, toward more or full throttle
4.    Brake(s) off to brake(s) on. (The initial braking action.)
5.    Brake(s) on, going toward less or no braking
6.    Brake(s) on, going toward harder braking
7.    Clutch coming in
8.    Clutch going out
9.    No pressure on bars to some pressure on the bars
10.    Pressure on the bars to no pressure on the bars
11.    Pressure on the bars in one direction to pressure in the opposite direction.
12.    Gear change lever up
13.    Gear change lever down
14.    Body positioning

Interesting list isn't it? These are the fourteen adjustments a rider can make to change the speed and/or the direction of a motorcycle. You could look over that list and grade yourself, 1 to 10, on each of the fourteen. Mastering any one of them is not difficult, putting them together in the correct order can be.

Braking & Downshifting
Take the very efficient action of smooth, simultaneous, braking and downshifting as an example. You would be doing up to 8 of the above actions within 1 second or less. Furthermore, coming to a full stop and going down through the gears to first, from a sixth gear run at 65 mph, you will have done over 40 individual control manipulations in 150 ft. or less and within roughly a 3 second time span - if you can do it! Any rider worth his salt should be able to do it and do it well.

Only Half of Riding
Here is the point. These control actions are all of what you can do with your bike and when they go right it's great and when they don't it's less than great. We have conveniently identified the half a dozen or so major errors all riders make while performing the above fourteen and developed drills to correct them.

But that is only half of riding....
What's the other half?

The other "half" is made up of at least three kinds of decisions regarding those 14 control actions:
1.    When to use them
2.    How much to use them
3.    Was that corner fun?

Confidence
Consistently achieving harmony with the above three and the fourteen sum up a confident rider's abilities. Inconsistency could be described as any rider's errors and bad habits. When students start off with our No Brakes/One Gear exercise, it sounds simple. But there are still seven control actions that MUST be performed even without using the brakes and clutch or changing gears. As you move through our training levels and master them, the busy work will transform into fun. These key skills apply to all riding.   

Keith is dedicated. His training methods are acknowledged worldwide as the best, bar none.

Everyone that works in the school is dedicated. They take his training methods and apply them as effectively as they possibly can, all day, every day.


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pioneered and perfected at the Superbike School.


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