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Since there was no June Elkhart Lake event this year and late June in Georgia was less than appealing, I thought I would try something COMPLETELY different and signed up for the two-day Skippy-KTM superbike school at Laguna Seca. I have lots of street-seat time on the Ducati, but this was my first track event on two wheels, so I approached it with some apprehension. After all, it is a good bit easier to get banged up if something goes wrong on two wheels. After doing the school all I can say is: What an absolute blast! The KTM RC8 bikes were rockets, immaculately turned out, the program was well designed to build confidence and speed quickly, and we had what I thought were exceptional instructors (including the quite lovely and fast Christie Cooley ) and a guest appearance by pro Eric Bostrom. I'd do it again, and I would not have thought so before the event.
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At the open wheel season finale at Laguna in the spring there was a superbike school in tandem with our early lapping days and it looked like they were having a very good time. Lots of happy fully engaged faces in an impressive variety of ages.
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WOW!! thats awesome, I would definately love to have that experience. I have myself a CBR600RR and I love it. I cant imagine what kind of power those bikes have. How much is it for a course like that?
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Sadly the superbike school is no more. The shut it down this year.... Sorry 'bout that.

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WOW!! thats awesome, I would definately love to have that experience. I have myself a CBR600RR and I love it. I cant imagine what kind of power those bikes have. How much is it for a course like that?
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Sadly the superbike school is no more. The shut it down this year.... Sorry 'bout that.
REALLY!!! Dam, o well. Thanks for the horrible news. Why did they shut it down? Did they not get enough people to take course?
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Enrollment was average and it split the resources of the company for a program that really wasn't it's strength. The people who did it liked it but there weren't enough customers to make it viable. It was the pet project of a former COO. When he left, they offered it to him but he declined so they closed it.

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The entire SBR Laguna Seca program at every level is a complete puzzle to me.
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Enrollment was average and it split the resources of the company for a program that really wasn't it's strength. The people who did it liked it but there weren't enough customers to make it viable. It was the pet project of a former COO. When he left, they offered it to him but he declined so they closed it.
Thats too bad. I was looking into it not to long ago and it seemed very cool. The bikes looked amazing. Wouldve been nice to take those courses. O well. Maybe i should open up my own superbike racing school. Lol
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Thats too bad. I was looking into it not to long ago and it seemed very cool. The bikes looked amazing. Wouldve been nice to take those courses. O well. Maybe i should open up my own superbike racing school. Lol
If you're interested in doing a superbike school, this looks like a good one. Schwantz is an ace.

http://www.schwantzschoolnews.com/index.html
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