To better prepare myself for the 2013 racing season I wanted to do various types of riding, I took Rich Oliver's mystery school and Road Race Factory supemoto school.
Rich Olivers mytery school: was a two day flat tracking course I took in November 2012 , this was my first time ever on a dirt bike.Day 1 was focused on learning all the fundamentals on how to ride a dirt bike. We did a bunch of turn configurations to help us get use to different type of turn situations such as figure eights, hairpins and U turns along with working on body positioning transitions .It took me a good portion of day one to get use to the difference in body positioning,engine feel and the way you steer the bike.Day 2 we did a lot of sprint racing, Rich also taught us how to slide the rear going into corner.Riche and his family were real hospitable and helpful ,I will definitely do Riche's school again, I had so much fun!
Road Race Factory school: held a supermoto event at sonoma kart track on December 2012,this was my first time on a supermoto bike. This day was flooded with bad conditions due to cold weather and rain.The first few session of of the day a bunch of riders fell, the tracks surface was real slick. My main goal for doing this school with the conditions was to get use to the bike moving around underneath me,learn how to back it into corners and improve the skills I learned from Rich Oliver's school.Throughout the day I crashed about three times all tucking the front, this day was pretty much a crash course but real fun. Danny and his team were real helpful and real informative on how to keep us on the bike. I would like to take this school again but with better weather conditions.
Below is a video I put together with clips from both school hope you enjoy it!
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