Riding School
Sport Bike Track Time
You don't have to be someone like Nicky Hayden to enjoy the racetrack experience. In fact, competition is not even on the agenda with Sportbike Track Time. The enterprise isn't a racing school, or even a venue for racing preparation. The goal of this Ohio-based organization is to allow individuals the opportunity to participate in a quality, closed-course...
Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School
As I sit patiently waiting for the Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School to begin, I am struck that it's nothing like I imagined. Secretly expecting a group of die-hard squids and road racers with weird color hair, scuffed-up leathers and nose rings, I am pleasantly surprised to find that this is not so. My fellow classmates range from 26-year-old Seattle resident...
Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School - Riding Skills Series
The Line is something that racers, and even street riders who take their riding seriously, are forever looking for and striving to improve. At the Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School we don't believe that there is only one correct line. Watch videotapes of Schwantz throughout his career and you'll see he often made use of unconventional lines allowed by the...
Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School - Cornering Reference Points
As your speed through a given corner rises, it becomes increasingly more important to be precise with your cornering lines. If you're riding slow enough, any number of lines is acceptable and you have a relatively broad path measured in feet or even yards to choose from. But as the speed increases that line gets narrower and narrower. Whether you're...
Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School – Riding Skills Series
Most street riders have favorite roads and favorite corners, and if they're honest they'll admit that they also have roads and corners that they just don't feel comfortable riding. Ask them why and many won't be able to tell you, but a number of aspects determine the average rider's confidence level in corners. We're going to take an in-depth look...
Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School - Steering Techniques
There seems to be a debate these days over whether counter steering or lower-body steering is the most effective way to steer a motorcycle. The extremists who think it has to be one or the other are missing the point – using the upper and lower body together is by far the most efficient way to steer a motorcycle. We discussed proper body position...
Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School – Body Position
Whether you're going to hang off the bike on a racetrack or stay centered on the bike while riding on the street, proper body position starts at the footpegs and works up from there. Anytime you're not using your feet for shifting or using the rear brake, place the ball of your foot (the front of foot just behind the toes) on the footpeg which allows...
Concentration
Plain and simple, concentration and your ability to think faster than your motorcycle covers ground are key factors in determining how quickly you can ride safely. It's not how much weight your muscles can lift or how swiftly your reflexes react but how focused on the job at hand the gray matter between your ears is....
Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School - Riding Skills Series
Whether you're riding on your favorite road at a relaxed pace or lapping Road Atlanta at speed on a Suzuki GSX-R1000, more than 90 percent of the information you take in and process is visual. How you look at things as you ride determines nearly every action you take on a motorcycle. And that's why the Kevin Schwantz Suzuki School's first lesson is...
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