| Author | Message | ||
     Jaimec |
Something a little different instead of screaming around a race track like a bat out of hell. I just signed up for the two-day "Connecticut Backroads" tour June 23/24. Price includes one breakfast, one dinner, and one night at the hotel. I'll probably arrive the night before with my Sweetie so we don't have to ride up before the sun on Saturday morning. I've heard a LOT of good things about this school. Has anyone else tried it? School home page is: http://www.stayinsafe.com/ The tour details for my trip is: http://www.stayinsafe.com/ct.php And their full schedule for 2012 is: http://www.stayinsafe.com/tourschedule2.php | ||
| Damnut |
looks cool but $975, that equals to 4 to 5 track days. I guess they must be really good guides.  What kind of "schooling" can they provide if you're going on a 170 mile scenic ride? I only see the one hour of training before you leave on the first day. Just wondering. IMO, I think they're stretching it calling a school. I consider this more of a school. http://www.totalcontroltraining.net/ | ||
| Davegess |
The hook you up with radios and talk while you ride. the guy who started this was very highly respected and I think the school has continued in that vein. | ||
| Jaimec |
I've known a few people who've taken the course and they've all RAVED about it. As far as I'm aware, this is one of the few (if not ONLY) schools taught on actual public roads with REAL hazards... traffic, crowned roads, gravel/sand, wildlife, blind turns, etc. It's one thing to pilot your motorcycle around a bunch of cones in a sterile parking lot, or on a race track where everyone is going in the same direction and there is no cross traffic. It's another thing ENTIRELY to do it in "the real world." I'm taking the course "Two-Up" as well. My girlfriend will also get tips on being a "better passenger" that don't come from ME.  | ||
| Babired |
Larry Grodsky was the founder of this school. He modeled this school after the UK police pursuit training. I've e-mailed his chief in the UK and have the instructors manual. I was interviewed for a job with them in 2005 for the Virginia tours. Anyway untimley death of Larry. I've met his other half in during my observation ride with them, with Pete and randy. it is a good school http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06101/681096-122.st m | ||
| Babired |
Larry's book is a good read too one of the tips I really liked about teaching a MSF beginners class is most instructors who run the range have a goal just to complete the class. larry's goal is to have a crash free class. When you teach you are so caught up in the students, the regulations in getting things right and the time it takes. It really makes a difference to set a goal like having a crash free class you really do have far less crashes! |
