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Superbike-Coach Announces Its 2023 Schedule

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Press Release, 1/2/2023

Sacramento, CA – January 2023

Superbike-Coach Corp announced its 2023 class schedule today. The popular riding school has upped the stakes to include new benefits and offers to their street- and track day rider students.

Superbike-Coach Corp provides sport photography by Dean Lonskey free of charge at all classes and events. And, the track fee is included at their Cornering School program. They also offer free snacks, coffee and drinks throughout the day. The riding school offers these unique classes and renowned 1-on-1 programs for both track and street riders.

  • Cornering School Days 1-3 – For all street and track riders on a small race track, no track fees
  • Rider Passenger Class – For all street riders and passengers on a small race track, no track fees
  • Body Positioning Class – For all Sportbike street riders, track riders and racers, no track fees
  • Track Academy – For track riders and racers of mid levels and up, no extra track fees
  • Road Skill 1-on-1 coaching – For all street riders of all ages, levels, and categories
  • Wheelie Course – For all street and track riders, and racers of all ages
  • Knee Down – For all sport street and track riders, and racers of all ages
  • Track Drill 1-on-1 coaching – For all sport and track riders and racers of all ages and levels at your track day
  • Supermotard 1-on-1 – For street and track riders, and racers of all ages
  • Basic Rider 1on1 – For absolute beginners, to prepare for the M1 drivers license test
  • Suspension Workshop & Track Time – For all street and track riders on a small race track, no track fees
  • Track Days – Non competitive environment for every rider and bike

The 2023 season class event schedule is as follows:

Cornering School – Day 2, at Little 99 Raceway on 01/14/2023

Cornering School – Day 1, at Little 99 Raceway on 01/15/2023

Cornering School – Day 2, at Little 99 Raceway on 01/22/2023

Track Drill 1on3, Thunderhill East Raceway, at Thunderhill Raceway on 02/04/2023

Cornering School – Day 3, at Little 99 Raceway on 02/05/2023

Track Academy, at Little 99 Raceway on 02/19/2023

Cornering School – Day 1, at Little 99 Raceway on 02/26/2023

Track Rookie Class, at Little 99 Raceway on 03/05/2023

Body Positioning Class, at Little 99 Raceway on 03/19/2023

Cornering School – Day 1, at Little 99 Raceway on 03/26/2023

Road Skill 1on3, Foothills, at Placerville, CA on 04/02/2023

Track Drill 1on4, Thunderhill East Raceway, at Thunderhill Raceway on 04/03/2023

Cornering School – Day 2, at Little 99 Raceway on 04/23/2023

Knee Down, at Little 99 Raceway on 04/29/2023

Wheelie Course, at Little 99 Raceway on 04/30/2023

Cornering School – Day 1, at Little 99 Raceway on 05/14/2023

Track Drill 1on4, Thunderhill East Raceway, at Thunderhill Raceway on 05/19/2023

Cornering School – Day 3, at Little 99 Raceway on 05/21/2023

Track Drill 1on3, Thunderhill West Raceway, at Thunderhill Raceway on 06/03/2023

Track Drill 1on3, Thunderhill West Raceway, at Thunderhill Raceway on 06/04/2023

Cornering School – Day 1, at Little 99 Raceway on 06/11/2023

Track Drill 1on4, Thunderhill East Raceway, at Thunderhill Raceway on 06/16/2023

Track Drill 1on3, Thunderhill West Raceway, at Thunderhill Raceway on 06/17/2023

Cornering School – Day 2, at Little 99 Raceway on 06/25/2023

Road Skill 1on3, Castro Valley, at Pleasanton on 07/09/2023

Knee Down, at Little 99 Raceway on 07/15/2023

Wheelie Course, at Little 99 Raceway on 07/16/2023

Rider Passenger Class, at Little 99 Raceway on 07/23/2023

Track Drill 1on3, Thunderhill East Raceway, at Thunderhill Raceway on 07/29/2023

Track Drill 1on3, Thunderhill East Raceway, at Thunderhill Raceway on 07/30/2023

Track Drill 1on4, Buttonwillow Raceway, at Buttonwillow Raceway Park on 08/05/2023

Track Drill 1on4, Buttonwillow Raceway, at Buttonwillow Raceway Park on 08/06/2023

Cornering School – Day 1, at Little 99 Raceway on 08/13/2023

Track Drill 1on3, Thunderhill East Raceway, at Thunderhill Raceway on 08/19/2023

Track Drill 1on3, Thunderhill East Raceway, at Thunderhill Raceway on 08/20/2023

Cornering School – Day 3, at Little 99 Raceway on 08/27/2023

Track Day, Thunderhill West Raceway, at Thunderhill Raceway on 08/27/2023

Cornering School – Day 1, at Little 99 Raceway on 09/10/2023

Suspension Workshop & Track Time, at Little 99 Raceway on 09/17/2023

Cornering School – Day 2, at Little 99 Raceway on 09/24/2023

Cornering School – Day 1, at Little 99 Raceway on 10/08/2023

Knee Down, at Little 99 Raceway on 10/21/2023

Wheelie Course, at Little 99 Raceway on 10/22/2023

Cornering School – Day 2, at Little 99 Raceway on 11/05/2023

Cornering School – Day 1, at Little 99 Raceway on 11/19/2023

Track Drill 1on4, Buttonwillow Raceway, at Buttonwillow Raceway Park on 11/25/2023

Track Drill 1on4, Buttonwillow Raceway, at Buttonwillow Raceway Park on 11/26/2023

Cornering School – Day 3, at Little 99 Raceway on 12/03/2023

Track Academy, at Little 99 Raceway on 12/10/2023

Road Skill 1on3, Foothills, at Placerville, CA on 12/17/2023

For more information, please visit www.superbike-coach.com or contact them via email at info@superbike-coach.com

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How To Setup A Motorcycle Suspension

There are lots of misunderstandings about how to setup a motorcycle suspension setup. I’ve seen questionable work from even supposed specialists. Those specialists make riders believe that one click on the front rebound could lower lap times by 7 seconds. I’ve really experienced this. There are a lot of things to look at, even motorcycle tire pressures.

Stuff like this is totally off reality of course, especially as I still saw his bike bouncing around on Thunderhill Raceway- totally out of balance. In fact i believe that an intermediate to advanced rider don’t even feel the difference of even 15 clicks- especially not on a OEM suspension system.

If you would approach the setup with logic, you wouldn’t have to spend $50 bux to let an expert do some ‘big deal clicks’ on your stock rear shock, which are most of the time not even going nowhere. You don’t need to be nervous to do it yourself, because the range of an OEM suspension is just to small to make a significant change in terms of stability and safety of your bike.

To really make a significant change to match your riding style and purpose- you need to make rearrangements to the geometry of the bike, and then to match the suspension to this geometry… for example:

  • Super tight track: You want to drop the front end or to raise the rear a little
  • Long braking travels: You want to drop the rear right height to keep weights low
  • Long acceleration periods: add a chain link to use up chain adjuster recourse for a longer swing arm.

http://www.suspact.com/Images/Acceleration.jpgPlease Note All Following Points

  • There is NO “perfect” suspension setup- only the’ best compromise. A setup grows with your rider level.
  • So when someone says “I’ve clicked you the same suspension setup as I gave to Valentino Rossi”, then this is logically not going to work for you well.
  • Use the potential of a OEM suspension first before you buy aftermarket stuff… then you really know what it is capable of.

OK, the link below will open an additional page which you can print out to bring it to the track. It’s just hat this page is too much for this section here, because it throws a light on how to set it up right, and how to trouble shoot. Enjoy:

Motorcycle Suspension Guide by Erik

Superbike-Coach conclusion: Don’t be blind and use logic to see the reality. Even totally overrated suspension hero’s can change much on OEM shocks and forks. Don’t make a big deal out of it. Just make sure the preload settings are right, and bring it in a balance as close as possible. If the OEM springs are way too soft… exchange them it more harder ones. If you want to have it ‘real good’… you’re looking at 4-5 grand… easily! [….]

Even better… come see us in our ‘Suspension Workshop & Track Time‘ class.

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Superbike-Coach Gift Certificates

Running out of time to get presents for your loved ones? Superbike-Coach can make you a nice Gift Certificate to pass on.

Here they are.

Happy Holidays everyone.

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More Cornering School Graduates

We congratulate to our Cornering School graduates of the last Day 3 class from 11/13/2022.

Each one of them grew on the physical skill and on the mental side. Loaded with a new passion and love for the sport they go enjoy their journey hopefully even more. Gonna miss all those personalities and certainly hope to see them again.

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Headcoach Can Akkaya, Superbike-Coach Corp

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Knee Down and Wheelie Course weekend is coming up

Here we go again… our Knee Down and Wheelie Course weekend is coming up on Saturday and Sunday. All hands on deck for the Superbike-Coach team. You can’t even imagine what grade of preparation, this requires from all of us. This is demanding having our stuff together on the tech side, mentally and physically. Just picture the expectations to feed and to keep it in balance with safety and success. You can’t do that for everyone, but no matter what… we try to make a cow lay eggs sometimes. I am steering the ship right into the storm and Marion, Dean, Wayne, Mark, Lindsey, Chris and Rafael are hissing the sails right into it.
Hear our battle cry!
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Swapping a rear tire of a single sided swing arm

Coach Can Akkaya tries the Rabaconda street tire changer to swap the rear tire on his Ducati 1199 which has a single sided swing arm. Rabaconda has an adapter for such wheels which should make it easy, so we’re swapping a rear tire of a single sided swing arm.

Rabaconda USA

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New Superbike-Coach program; Track Rookie class

Actually I was planning to announce our new program with the first newsletter in 2023. Same time I am thinking… why waiting?! So here it is, the Track Rookie class. The background first.

You have absolute no idea what I got to see in all those years while teaching people on big race tracks. What I witnessed there was sometimes worse than seeing things going down in professional racing. I personally can handle it, cuz’ I know what to expect and know what I’m doing, as well those students who are with me later on.

But what about you, and those who are at the point to finally do their first motorcycle track day ever?! You are about to find out in what kind of chaos you bought yourself into. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want to talk you out of it, but this is not really a save and especially not a non-competitive place, even though organizers saying it. Yes there are rules, but only a few, which are mostly only in the hands of the other attendees. You know… a control rider can see only that much, and most of the time only then, when the damage is done already.

Sure, a track day ain’t racing. Well… go ask that ego driven guy who just slammed the door on my student and almost got him down on T4 at Laguna Seca. Go ask that organizer who welcomed all those hooligans and didn’t care much about 38 crashes in one f’n track day. You ask for safety at a track day? That’s like asking your Commander for safety before going straight into enemy lines. Go in the ring with Mike Tyson and ask him not to punch you.

Superbikecoach track rookie classSame route goes for the learning effect. Even though those organizers say they have instructors and you’ll learn a lot… understand there ain’t much of it. Talking about where elbow and butt should be won’t help much while you ‘roll’ down the straight with 60 miles an hour and others flying by at a 160. Learning there is very limited, unless you are an extremely experienced street rider already.

You feel like that’s what C-group is for? It should, but reality is that most are all over the f’n place. Speed differences are almost dangerous, and some fast guys going in C just because their friends are there or there was no B or A slot left. Yep… blame me for telling the truth! So let’s call it what it really is in the end… exciting. That’s what it comes down to and I surely don’t want to take away from you, but don’t be a fool.

Intensive huh?! Yep, and guess what. In the end it’s as safe how you make it, and that’s what this ‘Track Rookie Class‘ is all about- to un-tense it, and to prepare you for it. I remember when I got on a track first time, and how intimidated I was just because of that facility of speed. This is why we let you ride for many hours on our Little 99 Raceway to fade that feel. We’ll go through the entire process of bike and rider preparation and its requirements. From registration to tech inspection. Track etiquette- the official and the unofficial ones. And of course to ride on a race track.

For only $139, you’ll get the class- track riding- free sport photography and snacks/water. But what you mainly get is- a smooth transition into a new, very exciting world and interesting motorcycle community. This class gives you a head start!!!

Join our first Track Rookie Class on 3/5/2023

Headcoach Can Akkaya, Superbike-Coach Corp

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