Total Control Advanced Riding Class

[fatburg]

http://www.totalcontroltraining.net/index.html

Anyone ever done it? I'm kind of intrigued

[Trip]

I heard good things about it

[No Worries]

Lee Parks gave a one-hour class in Denver last summer and I was intrigued with his style. Bought his book, then took the riding class in the fall. Here's what some riders from the Colorado Sportbike Club said about that class: http://www.cosportbikeclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17350&highlight=total+control. Guess who FastFrenchy is talking about with the GS1000?

[Amber Lamps]

Aw...I thought this was a thread about deep sea fishing and how to rig your nets for maximum yield...:wink:

[fatburg]

Aw...I thought this was a thread about deep sea fishing and how to rig your nets for maximum yield...:wink:

maybe I should take a typing class first

[Amber Lamps]

LOL!!! Good come back!

[No Worries]

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.

[fatburg]

Ya I feel I could def benefit from a class like this. classes are in January and February, just can't get over the feeling it's gonna be too damn cold

[OreoGaborio]

I work for a local track day organization and we've actually begun offering this class at some of our two-day events so people have the opportunity to take this one day and apply the things they've learned the next day out on the track.

Those that have taken this course on day 1 have had NOTHING but rave reviews.

[DLIT]

Is this class a good class for track noobs? Or do you need to have some track experience already?

[No Worries]

Is this class a good class for track noobs? Or do you need to have some track experience already?
Pretty good variety in my class. At least three riders had more than three decades of riding experience, two were noobs (both had heavy cruiser bikes), and two trailered out track bikes. The rest were modern sportbikes. One of the track bikes (modified R6) still had the factory stickers on the tires.

The only time we went fast was warming up the tires. The exercises were done individually and at slow speed so the instructors could critique our form. It was humbling to do the exercise in front of the instructors and other riders. The main thing is to get the basics of looking through the turn and leaning the upper body off the bike done right.

Speed and style can be added later. But at the end of the class, it was surprising to see a fully-dressed Harley circling the cones at the same
rate as the track bikes. Highly recommended.

[ceo012384]

Those that have taken this course on day 1 have had NOTHING but rave reviews.
Is this class a good class for track noobs? Or do you need to have some track experience already?

A buddy of mine who has quite a bit of track experience took it and said that a lot of the stuff in the beginning was way too basic for him, but that by the end of the day he was learning some cool stuff.

[OTB]

I'm signed up for the Mid-October class here..I'm looking forward to it.

[fatburg]

oh, I didn't scroll down and notice the September, October and November classes...hmmm, the plot thickens

[No Worries]

oh, I didn't scroll down and notice the September, October and November classes...hmmm, the plot thickens

Take the Oct. 18th class with Lee Parks.

[fatburg]

Take the Oct. 18th class with Lee Parks.

guess it is worth taking with him over someone else?

[OreoGaborio]

Is this class a good class for track noobs? Or do you need to have some track experience already?
A buddy of mine who has quite a bit of track experience took it and said that a lot of the stuff in the beginning was way too basic for him, but that by the end of the day he was learning some cool stuff.
Makes sense. This course is designed to appeal to a pretty wide range of riders w/ various levels of experience.

[No Worries]

guess it is worth taking with him over someone else?
Lee Parks is an interesting person, and he did write the book. He's pretty hyper. In a one hour free class, he covered about half his book. He showed up late because he was out riding. But I'm sure the instructors that he taught are good too. He taught my friend Dean to be an instructor, and Dean said it was more intense than boot camp.

[marko138]

I'm signed up for the Mid-October class here..I'm looking forward to it.
In Columbia?

[Slick]

I didn't see a price. Does anyone know how much it costs?