Lee Parks class

[Phenix_Rider]

He is a goofy lookin' guy. Cool though

One of these days I'll take the class. I'm sure the instructors will have a shit fit over all my bad habits.

[Mikey]

That's awesome. His book is on my list right now, actually.

Not to rain on your parade or anything, but guess what I did all day today? I spent the day (in 70 degree weather, of course), doing a FREE trackday with a bunch of the instructors from Keith Code's California Superbike School, including Keith's son Dylan. I guess military benefits really are pretty good.

[PhiSig1071]

Cool post.

As an aside, you look exactly how I had you pegged mentally.

[OreoGaborio]

Very cool!

I think it's awesome when veterans like yourself show us newbies that even old dogs can learn new tricks It really drives home the point that Riding is a never-ending learning process. Woot! I love it!

So what were some of the new things ya learned? What did they critique you on?

[No Worries]

Originally Posted by Phenix_Rider

He is a goofy lookin' guy. Cool though

One of these days I'll take the class. I'm sure the instructors will have a shit fit over all my bad habits.

My bad habit was just pushing on the bars without leaning. Now I lean off the bike for every curve.

Originally Posted by PhiSig1071

Cool post.

As an aside, you look exactly how I had you pegged mentally.

But not as goofy looking as Lee.

Originally Posted by OreoGaborio

Very cool!

I think it's awesome when veterans like yourself show us newbies that even old dogs can learn new tricks It really drives home the point that Riding is a never-ending learning process. Woot! I love it!

So what were some of the new things ya learned? What did they critique you on?

I learned to lean my upper body off the bike. For me, moving my knee out didn't do crap, so I hug the tank with my knees all the time. Also learned to look ahead through each curve. Sometimes that's hard to do on mountain roads where many of the corners are blind.

We had to ride a Figure-Eight with an instructor in the center of each eight. We had to lock eyes on each instructor which kept us looking into the turn instead of looking at where the front tire was going. But I like critiquing other riders rather than being critiqued.

[Tsunami]

reading his book right now

I actually didn't get too far into it because i wanted to practice each skill i come across first and then move on to the next chapter/skill.

My favorite part of the book? The funny faces he makes in the first page of each chapter