Track Training

benji182 · 31 May 2015 at 23:15

Hi all,

So I can ride a bike... but rather than trying to ride like a racer on the road or just jumping straight into a track day and binning my bike on the turf, what are the best ways to improve?

Are there any courses that will help you improve with cornering speed and so on..?

My two mates that got me into riding not that long ago are both moving the Australia and so loosing any tuition they gave me come end of June.

I've had a google but can't find anything in South Oxfordshire or the near areas, but even then I'm not sure if what I'm searching for is correct.

eidolon · 1 Jun 2015 at 09:29

I did the Ron Haslam race school and it was brilliant, improved my confidence 100%.
I later did 2 days of the California Superbike school which was also very good (well day 1 was, day 2 wasn't so great tbh)

If you want structured track training then do day 1 of California Superbike school. If you want to thrash around a track on somebody elses bike then do Ron Haslam.

benji182 · 1 Jun 2015 at 18:06

Thank you for that,

I'll have a look at them

wazza300 · 1 Jun 2015 at 19:03

find some quiet islands on an industrial estate,good for learning how to corner/lean

benji182 · 1 Jun 2015 at 22:10

There aren't any good industrial estates I know of. Well, one but the police station is at the end of the road so not the best

That California Superbike School eidolon is exactly what I was looking for. Silverstone is not far away nor is Brandshatch although having been to many races at both I think the fact Silverstone is very flat and has run off areas it is slightly more appealing.

£400 doesn't sound bad for a day's coaching either.

I shall look at the September dates as I'm already busy on the other dates.

Again, thanks

quad · 4 Jun 2015 at 18:55

Another +1 for Ron Haslam race school. Jump on a CBR 600 and follow an instructor round using his lines. If you start catching him up he speeds up (safely) until he's happy with your style/performance. The instructors are mostly racers and know their stuff. Do it. It's ace

JamesRJ · 6 Jun 2015 at 17:16

I did my second ron haslam day a couple of weeks ago, loved it, you learn so much. Well worth doing.

Dogbreath · 7 Jun 2015 at 09:50

quad said:
Another +1 for Ron Haslam race school. Jump on a CBR 600 and follow an instructor round using his lines. If you start catching him up he speeds up (safely) until he's happy with your style/performance. The instructors are mostly racers and know their stuff. Do it. It's ace

The first time I did a RH day it was excellent, and the instructor pushed hard from the first session. However, when I did it again a couple of weeks ago, I got an older instructor who didn't feel the need for speed. I was virtually polishing his back tyre all the way around, but I couldn't seem to encourage him to go any faster. Still a lot of fun, but wasn't stretching my comfort zone much. Oddly he was still backing it into the esses on every lap, getting it quite sideways at times

However, considering you use their bike, their petrol, their tyres, their leathers, boots, helmet and gloves it's a pretty low risk way of getting on the track.