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3rd of November it is!
It was back in 2008, on November 3rd when we left Germany in tears and scared- not knowing what we would run into. Looking back now I can say that it was everything but easy, and big boulders to take out of our path (and still working on some 
:) ).
Do I regret anything???… yeah… that I haven’t left Germany earlier to be in California!!!
Can Akkaya official coach of the United States Air Force Beale Base
The Air Force Safety Center in Albuquerque New Mexico officially approved the Superbike Coach Cornering School program to train advanced motorcycle riding techniques to its members. The Air Force will provide training for it’s memebers to attend Can Akkaya’s school, which includes classroom and track sessions.
Can Akkaya, Headcoach of the Superbike-Coach
I’m coming such a long way. From the scratch- up to professional racing. Then starting teaching from the scratch- up to Superbike-Coach. Immigrating to the country of my heart and starting life from the scratch again to be a coach for the US Air Force today. I can’t emphasize how much I feel honored right now! Can Akkaya, Headcoach
The Beale Air Force base was seeking contact to the Superbike-Coach Corp in need for a appropriate and efficient motorcycle riding school to train their soldiers and to reduce injuries. An advanced cornering training which is held in an controlled environment which is designed to corner by cornering specialists.
This question hits racers, teams, managers and event organizers every year. Stuff like this is off topic for the public of course, so this article is not addressed to you- but maybe interesting enough to get an idea what’s going on in motorcycle racing for example.
When you start amateur racing, then there is a bunch of stuff going on in your head, also this… dreams, hope, wish-thinking. Yea, I know, I was there too so give me a break. So what’s happening from September till March is that thousands and thousands of athletes worldwide are looking naively for monetary support by RedBull with a 10 years contract… literally. So here is what I’ve learned as I walked from the slowest amateur racer to a professional racer who almost made it to MotoGP.
Yea, I can hear voices saying again: ‘that was long time ago’, but believe me… nothing has been changed much. Well we have the internet and social media and blogs now too, and it seems that this should help to get to potential sponsors- whil I actually believe it makes it harder FOR the sponsor to pick the right horse since everyone tuned to a keyboard jockey and blows up Youtube with gazillions of gigabytes of more or less senseless 20 minutes track sessions. Am I sound mean? No, I just try to open your mind for whats wrong and whats right, so stick with me and let me show you first where all the wish-thinking like this brought us…
There is that couple who of course believe that their son is the next Marc Marquez. That’s totally fine of course, but blaming the entire industry for making all those mistakes in regard ‘our future talents’ is not quite correct. A promising lap on some go kart seems to deliver enough arguments for getting a Monster Energy contract, but this demanding attitude produces two psychological dead end roads…
- amateur racers getting the idea that racing without sponsors is not going anywhere and give up
- potential talents are not even start to race without having sponsors
I received a call from a Mom, asking me to support their kid by paying their racing fuel. After I told her that I competed against 120 racers to even qualify for an amateur race, and that I didn’t had money for racing fuel either… and that I also had to use slick tires in rain, and also that I kicked ass anyway, and that exactly that’s why I got my first check from a sponsor… she hung up on me. What’s that called… to much reality check?!
It takes many years of sweat and blood to make people believe in a racer. There is a relationship growing which builds something very important… a shield of loyalty, which kicks in when your results are not good sometimes.
Superbike-Coach want’s to say ‘Thank’s for your service’, and to give US Veterans a 50% off discount on our Cornering School Days program. This discount is available until we publishing out 2017 schedule, so you better go for it now soldier :-)
Headcoach Can Akkaya, Superbike-Coach
Yep… it is coming up again… quicker as you may think. So if you don’t want to miss it again, then I suggest to grab one of the last available spots:
- 10/22/16, Knee Down class: 2 spots left (sign up here now)
- 10/23/16, Wheelie Course: 6 spots left (sign up here now)
This is Pete btw, who attended the Wheelie class back in May! Pete, a wheelie course graduate
No trick- no pitch… these classes will book out in the next 3 weeks… guaranteed!
Day 4 is for the more sophisticated rider to track day or even racing ambitions, and who has graduated Superbike-Coach’s Cornering School program Day 1, 2, and 3. Likewise all other days- day 4 will have a bunch of features:
- Perfectly set classroom and track sessions on our track in Stockton CA
- Changing track layouts in Day 4
- GPS analysis
- Video analysis
- Lap times
But don’t worry- even if track riding or racing isn’t your goal- this Day 4 isn’t that wrong for you anyway. It is more training with Coach Can Akkaya, and it kinda gives you a look behind the ‘racing curtain’. Always changing track layouts and passing all over the track puts you onto a challenging place.
Cornering School Day 4 will be available in 2017 only once, so have the schedule bookmarked to lock a spot to your name. We are looking forward to see you again!
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