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Review of on-line Ride like a Champion

Upstate Lefty

Upstate Lefty

Lefty
Joined
Dec 2, 2021
Location
Placerville, CA
Moto(s)
47 H-D, 76 Yamaha Trials, 15 KTM 350, 07 SV 650 Track Bike, 2020 Vertigo Trials, 2021 H-D Pan Am
Name
Mike
BARF perks
AMA # 3340487
I paid the fee ($60 after promo) and completed the on-line Yamaha Champions Riding school in November. It appears that there will be more content in the future. Short review: worth every penny. Clear concepts, engaging videos, quick quizzes. Long version: I guess I’m always a bit eager to have my ideas challenged and to learn, this did it for me and I was able to practice the braking stuff right away on street and tracks. Thumbs up. Reasonable people may disagree with my enthusiasm!
 
I'm still working through it, but I'm a fan as well! It's helping me focus on being smoother in my riding. And I don't know why I didn't know do before (I returned to riding last year after an extended break), but this got me to start using two fingers to clutch instead of four.
 
Good to hear, I've been considering signing up, I took their one day ChampStreet class when it was held at Sonoma this year, it was fun and educational as well.
 
I assume this is a track oriented deal...... or is it not?
 
It's kinda both. I'd say there's a little more street bias here. Target audience seems to be regular riders who want to up their game.
 
Thanks for sharing this, have been contemplating taking their in person training, this looks like it would be easier to make the time for.
 
i'm also a fan. I got mine for $50 during a promotion. The lessons on trail braking alone are worth the money in my opinion. Contemplating the full course also. Any more feedback on the one day Chanpstreet?
 
bobl said:
The lessons on trail braking alone are worth the money in my opinion.
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This is good to know. In some 35 years of riding/commuting on motorcycles, I consider myself to be a decent rider - not real fast, not real slow - with decent skills. Heck, I must be doing something right to have survived for so long :) but trail braking is one skill that has always escaped me - or my ability. Maybe it's time I got serious about really learning how it works. Thanks for the insight.
 
I think good instruction on the track is hella valuable on the street.
It saves live.
 
LowerRPMs said:
This is good to know. In some 35 years of riding/commuting on motorcycles, I consider myself to be a decent rider - not real fast, not real slow - with decent skills. Heck, I must be doing something right to have survived for so long :) but trail braking is one skill that has always escaped me - or my ability. Maybe it's time I got serious about really learning how it works. Thanks for the insight.
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Once you learn it it can be hard not to use it. I used it all the time on the street and there are plenty of times I don't need to. It is just a habit. Good example of Operant conditioning.
 
What's nice about trail braking, at least for me, is it removed the fear of using the brakes in a corner. Obviously if you are asking everything from your tires it's the wrong time to be on the brakes, but for the street, odds are that's not happening. In those cases, trailing the brake into the corner means that surprise patch of gravel isn't a surprise and you can just build more brake pressure and slow while you decide how to navigate it.
 
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