From ibmwrNoSpam@NoSpamworld.std.com Tue Jun 10 05:55:26 1997 Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 11:30:22 +0200 From: Bob DeHaney To: bmwmcNoSpam@NoSpamworld.std.com Subject: BMW: Re: BMW riders course Stig Rasmussen Reply-To: Bob DeHaney Stig, it looks like you will be here before and after they give the courses as they give them only during the main riding season. They must be booked at BMW and last year they cost as I recall DM 325.00 on own bike and DM 390.00 with a new factory bike. I recommend using the factory bike as you burn up a lot of brake pads and clutch, not to mention gas, and if you do manage to drop it, it's included in the price. This is not a "racing" course per se. They have two instructors and the group is divided up in 8-12 riders per instructor and you change instructors in the afternoon. The course is for one very full day and starts at (including) breakfast, includes lunch and a nice dinner afterwards. The course for street bikes is given on a special track located at the new Munich airport, and BMW also have a dedicated dirt track for the GS types near Stuttgart. Bob in Munich '94 K1100RS From ibmwrNoSpam@NoSpamworld.std.com Sun Jul 13 10:38:17 1997 From: rwmundayNoSpam@NoSpamjuno.com To: bmwmcNoSpam@NoSpamworld.std.com Subject: BMW: High Performance Riding Schools X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-3,11-14,26-30,32-33 Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 10:26:03 EDT Reply-To: rwmundayNoSpam@NoSpamjuno.com Fellow Presidents, In my Atlanta tour of BMW dealerships having Cruiser introduction parties (looking for the best Coke and cookies), I spoke to someone who was promoting the Ed Bargy Racing School. This is in some ways similar to the CLASS Riding School, except that these folks teach racer wannabes to take corners on their knees. They require plain water in radiators, removal of mirrors, lights and center stand and safety wiring of oil plugs, filters and fillers. CLASS is not quite as picky as to require safety wire and center stand removal. I have completed the MSF beginner and experienced safety courses, but there is much more to be learned in the safe operation of a motorcycle than negotiating painted lines and cones in a parking lot. It would be great to learn how to operate my motorcycle at higher speeds and learning/practicing proper cornering and accident avoidance. I am not looking to become a boy racer or see how I can get from point A to B in minimum time creating maximum sparks dragging parts of my bike along the ground. Is there anyone offering less-than-high-performance riding instruction? Do any of your local clubs have activities such as this at a race track near you? Maybe some Presidential riding events so that I could keep up with some of you on the Parkway or Deal's Gap... at a safe distance, of course. Robert '89 K100LT(A on the fritz) K-Whiner #47 Village Idiot Rolling Broccoli Rider Montgomery, Alabama