Adventure Bike Training - Appin, NSW
Adventure Bike Training is conducted @ Appin training area to build the foundation of basic techniques of off road riding and up to riding obstacles, harder terrain & finishing with higher speed brake & cornering techniques. You have the option of selecting either of the 3 following sessions when registering at check out : #1.- Combined Foundation, Obstacles & Cornering session(full day). or #2- Foundation & Obstacle session or #3 - Cornering & obstacle session . All experience levels welcome.
Description
Adventure Bike Training - Appin is designed so you can choose what you want to achieve out of your training by selecting which session best suits your requirements.
1. Combined Foundation, Obstacles & Cornering session $ 349 - is about spending the whole day training all off road riding techniques and skill sets - Foundation, Obstacle and Cornering as listed below in the separated sessions.
2. Foundation & Obstacle Session $ 289 - is about creating a solid riding base foundation of posture and motorcycle control skill sets & techniques and riding various obstacles.
- Posture - sitting & standing - attack position that works for all obstacles as great foundation to enhance techniques from.
- Steering - sitting & standing - bars, pegs, brakes & body that provide the most efficient steering control considered by most that these techniques make your bike feel 100kg lighter.
- Slow speed control - clutch, throttle & Brakes, the ultimate bike control you can ever learn that creates a system of rider performance that is utilised in all riding situations from high speed to slow speed obstacle crossings and terrain but learned at a standstill pace.
- Braking basics - engine, front, rear & combined for maintaining a high level of grip regardless of the speed, surface, angle, or camber of terrain.
- Obstacles - sand, rocks, ups & downs, and anything else we can find to ride up, on or over. We will provide a thought process to assess obstacle, terrain & line choice, bike control / how to use your suspension - adapted techniques for various obstacles and adventure bike but designed in a way that a solid simple foundation skill set that works regardless of the obstacle you are trying to negotiate.
3. Cornering & Obstacle session $ 289 - is about providing a system of control through corners at higher speeds & riding various obstacles.
- Cornering - is about those higher speed braking and accelerating through turns. We will provide a foundational system of control for corners that should be applied regardless of the terrain, then apply skid, drift & grip control on entry, mid and exits of turns in a standing and sitting posture, this will be applied for students as required based on bike type, ABS and traction control settings.
- Grip Control - learn to trail brake, techniques to control slides front & back, control skid & j turns, backing it in - into power slides out, applicable to motorcycle style and tech like ABS & Traction control. These techniques are not only for sport riding but also for those higher speed dirt roads with tight loose turns where controlling entry, exit and line adjustments is nesceray.
- Obstacles - sand, rocks, ups & downs, and anything else we can find to ride up, on or over.
Prerequisites
1. Own registered, road & dirt worthy motorcycle of choice.
2. Licensed appropriately for motorcycle of choice. Learner license holders welcome
What to bring
1. Bike + appropriate Helmet & riding gear / goggles are a great investment if you don’t already have some for when it gets dusty.
2. Water + food appropriate for your own dietary & hydration requirements ( we obviously will have some water + snacks etc for you as well )
What to wear
Minimum standard of dress should be no skin exposed when riding - think about protection vs weather conditions so dress appropriately as if you were going for a ride, due to the nature of some of the training, good ventilation with protection is your aim.