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June 13th, 2016

6/13/2016

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On the eve of me attending the California Superbike School (CSS) Level 2 at Silverstone tomorrow, I thought that now would be a good time to review Level 1.
I'd been sceptical about CSS for a number of reasons. Firstly was their level structure. Like a 'normal' school you have to start at the bottom and work your way up and having done a few years of trackdays, the Ron Haslam school, the Chris Walker school and had a few little sessions with instructors at MSV events, I was worried that I wouldn't learn anything in Level 1. This first point also influenced the second and that was the price. At over £400 for each level, attending the school is a serious financial investment.
Acknowledging this was a long term investment and feeling that I'd more likely benefit when I got to level 2, I decided to take the plunge.
How wrong I was? I didn't know just how much I didn't know. Split into small sections, the aim of the day was to 'stabilise the bike' and each hour was split in classroom session, break and then a track session to practice what we were just taught. At the start of the first session we were allocated an instructor who would follow us around and through a series of clear, easy to remember hand signals would communicate turn in points, when to open the throttle etc. After each session we got a debrief, further explaining what they could see and what to work on.
It would be nearly impossible to get everything I learnt down into this post, but needless to say the instructors are a great bunch of people, they know their stuff and I left the day a much wiser man than the one that arrived. If Level 2 is as good, its going to be worth leaving the house at 04:30.

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    My name is Matt Brown and I'm a UK journalist formerly based in London, but now calling the South of England home. I've been riding bikes since 2007, but got hooked straight away. Nothing gives me the feeling of freedom, even when stuck in a city. In 2010 I became a RoSPA gold rider, but when it comes down to it, I'm Just a normal man, riding his bikes as often as he can.

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