Stay Upright Advanced II (Cornering & Braking) @ Oran Park

[Ali600+150]

What an awesome day! Despite the 40degree heat and hot winds and now the heat stroke that has followed it was a brilliant day (pics to follow!!).

The groups were well spaced and well matched so there was no need for overtaking. I was put in the fastest group ( what the!!) but turned out I was one of the faster riders LOL!!!! There was a mix of cruisers, tourers and sporties but thanks to the careful observation of the instructors PRIOR to the groups forming (ie. on the observation laps) so no one really was inconvenienced by any other rider.

I learnt HEAPS. I've always revved the bike on the down change of gear but I've never felt I could hold the braking steady while doing so ....so off the brake I went, then the down change blip and then back on the brake.......of course this upsets the bikes. Well thats now all sorted!!

Trail braking - seriously peoples.....whats the deal with keeping this little beauty a secret from me??!!?? LOL Never really been 'game' enough to try it before - what a gem that one is!!

The Stay Upright format is not as 'slick' as CSS but I found I got a lot more individual relevant feedback on my riding from Stay Upright. I found the CSS feedback was very formulated (ie. this is what to say after session 1, etc) but the Stay Upright guys really get down to the nitty gritty on MY riding and what I need focus on....not JUST what the lesson before has covered.

Stay Upright are moving to Eastern Creek for their courses for next year which was great to hear. They also have a new dirt bike course.
http://stayupright.com.au/

This course is not really for those that are experienced track junkies (so please don't flame me if you are one of those ) but would be ideal for someone who wants a bit of a freshen up of their road skills. Highly reccommended!

[Ali600+150]

Oh and the most exciting part for me .....one of the instructors had a Z750 was great to compare styles, lines, etc.

[dave#3]

Great report Ali, and glad to hear you had a good day.

[Gazza]

good stuff Ali.
sounds like money well spent

[waynemorgan]

Great read Ali - glad you enjoyed it

Sounds really good. Might take a look next year

[boozatboo]

Great report Ali....

Thanks for all the info... will try to start by the first course and work my way up...

Good to hear you had a great time... that's what riding is all about !!!

Andy

[Ali600+150]

I did their first Advanced course years back on my vtr Andy you'd have a ball!

It was great doing a day at the track where there were NO run offs, crashes or unneccessary over the top lecturing.

I'm totally trashed now though. I drank 5L water/powerade but did sweet nothing! Still ended up with heat stroke

[Dizzi]

Yeah heat can be a real shocker to the system, you poor thing but at least you had a ball and got heaps out of the day, really good to hear. Hopefully things will roll along for moi next year so I can get in and do some courses. Great read to hun. Glad you had a ball, now get those electrolytes back into you and rest up sweets.

[Cath]

Sounds like you had a good time mate. Thanks for the write-up!

I might quiz you more about it later, as I've been thinking of getting some more rider training. I was considering doing SBS Level 1 again, but wanted to wait until after the next trackday at EC, now that my bike has had a lot of changes made to it.

[robracer]

Awesome stuff Ali

[Ali600+150]

Awesome stuff Ali

Ev Scholz was there too Rob.....was very weird, the two drag girls going around corners together!!! Very strange!

[robracer]

Awesome stuff Ali

Ev Scholz was there too Rob.....was very weird, the two drag girls going around corners together!!! Very strange!

She is a legend, I have plenty of time for her & bones, they are great people as for going round corners.... like you ever needed to be converted

[ijuschill]

Great report Ali, sounds like you had fun but feel your pain with the heat, I was outside all day yesterday aswell but I was working . Will be doing one of these courses next year for sure.