OK gang...here's the official announcement.
The Utah SportBike Association, In partnership with Utah Rider
Education
www.utahridered.com , CanyonChasers Motorcycle Sport Touring
www.canyonchasers.net and Accolade Motorsports
www.accolademotorsports.com will be sponsoring a Sport Touring
Advanced Rider Training (START) course on Saturday, April 7th.
This course has been designed for the rider who loves strives to get
the most out of their canyoning and touring riding. It is not
designed for any kind of specific bike, the program can be tailored
for riders of every kind of bike ranging from the mega-tourers like
GoldWings and BMW K-bikes, to the traditional sport touring bikes like
ST1100's, FJR1300's, right over to full-fledged cruisers.
No matter what kind of bike your ride, if you love to ride, this
course has been designed with YOU in mind.
The course will take place at Miller Motorsports Park on the West
Track, last year we rode on the East Track, so participants of last
years START will get a new challenge on the opposite loop as last
year. [
http://www.millermotorsportspark.com/ ]
Additionally, MMP has given the UtahSBA a waiver to allow sport
touring bikes to ride the track with Glycol-Based coolant. This is
the only time MMP has ever made such an exception! All other
motorcycles are required to flush their coolant and replace it with
"Water-Wetter".
Lastly, The UtahSBA really wants to encourage more street riders into
the club, and as such will be giving every participant a 2007 UtahSBA
membership with their enrollment.
Last years participants fell in love with course; this is what one had
to say about it:
"As a sport tourning enthusiast, the Sport Touring
ART provide a truly unique opportunity. I've taken
the Freddie Spencer 2 day training course and it was
excellent. However, you ride 600 cc sport bikes,
and much of what I learned was geared toward racing
or riding on the track exclusively. So although it clearly
improved my street riding, it wasn't really focused on
the type of riding (sport touring) that is my passion.
The Sport Touring ART class was perfect. It gave me
opportunity ride my bigger bike (FJR 1300), and with
the help of multiple instructors, really focus on the
technique I use everyday on the street. It was a great
experience, and I hope there are many more in the
coming season."
--2006 START Participant
This is what another had to say;
"After the Sport Touring - ART class, my riding was
more confident and smoother. My skills at preparing
to enter a curve and maintaining a good line through
the curve, be it a tight twisty or a more graceful
sweeper, vastly improved. I learned how far my bike
can lean over and still be safe, I learned how my body
posture on the bike can better enable me to handle any
curve, and I learned how to truly look through a turn
and to trust the bike in doing so."
--2006 START Participant
And thats not including the discussions I've had with other
participants who had equally glowing praise of the program.
For additional information, or to reserve your spot, visit the UtahSBA
website at
http://www.utahsba.com/schools/START/ and sign up. If you
have any additional questions, feel free to email me at
dave@utahsba.com.
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