I didn't tell you how I felt about the class. Before the class, I would just push on the bars to go around corners. I would work up a sweat moving my 600-pound CBR around corners. The same for my obsolete GS1000.
My friend Dean, who teaches the class in Denver, would follow me in the canyons. He said I went pretty fast for someone who doesn't move off the bike. He kept wanting me to take his class. After meeting Lee Parks, I was hooked.
Now I lean off the bike for every corner. And not just putting the knee out bullshit, but leaning my upper body off the bike. I know everyone hates to hear how I trashed some much younger rider on a much more modern sportbike, but it happens fairly common now. Especially going down the mountain, where skill is the most important factor for going fast. So in other words, the class was worth every penny.
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