Pollyannae, panic, pain

Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death  Rode the six hundred. … More

Hambone’s connected to the neckbone

Posted 20 March 2012 – 05:30 PM It happens in some corners that .. ===================== DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK Your … More

Dr Green on attention

… adaptive mechanisms to simulate an expanded attentional capacity. The most common are expectation, “automaticity,” “heuristics” and “biases” … enable … More

Anyone here fly jets?

good reference list of mods for an sv650

stock gauges removed, replaced with Vapor (fully functional digital gauges, currently reads correct mileage) digital voltage meter installed to monitor … More

Does yer sense of speed suck?

Training Principles

Training Principles Training objectives based on a unit’s wartime mission The most realistic battlefield available in peacetime Well trained realistic … More

Yer dog ate yer homework?

Re the well-flogged What Technique Does Css Not Train? thread … “Ok, kids, raise yer hand if you haven’t read … More

Pivot-tables and attention line-items

keith_exactly

Cornering Guru  [ MY ORIG POST ] Mugget Does this accord with your comments? positive camber to flat results in … More

Quiet Mind, Radiohead on the Racetrack

Yup to Radiohead, on the Racetrack, in a functional way. In that little space between sessions you’ll see me with … More

Have you learned nuthin’ ?

1. Have you ever played a musical instrument? 2. Have you studied a second language? 3. What certifications, degrees to … More

Match Yer Tires To Yer Skill Level

Posted 12 December 2011 – 07:34 AM So how does all this relate to TW about using a tire that … More

Buddha and The Fossil Fuel, 98 Octane Dharma

I once went to Buddhist monastery to meditate, a screw driver against a tile floor was never mentioned in my … More

KC Forum :: Sense of Riding

http://forums.superbikeschool.com/index.php?showtopic=2805 “Ride more and you’ll improve.” that same old vague advice, used commonly enough, was boring and useless to anyone … More

KC on Inept Riders

http://forums.superbikeschool.com/index.php?showtopic=3009 Posted 17 June 2011 – 11:36 AM … How can I: Be more confident, Go faster, Find good lines, … More

Operational Terms and Symbols

TP  turn pointMM  midmarkersXP  exit pointBP  brake pointVP  vanishing pointPoT  point of timing dsh  downshiftush  upshiftCG  center o gravityMC mass … More

Pegs, Inner, Outer, Center? Pivot Steer

One of my classmates complained he was peg-steering when he wanted to be pivot steering. I dont understand TW2 where … More

Instructional Design, Socrates on his 2-smoker

I just offer the below as one take on the application of the Socratic Method.  Certainly all modes of learning … More

Failure To Recruit

Posted Today, 03:25 PM Hey All So there I was in the dogpark, in the rain this morning, listening to … More

Carlos Castaneda as cafe racer

  “The self-confidence of the RACER is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in … More

My superbike mad skills plan

Lack of a plan is like a lack of Reference Points. Here’s my plan to earn an instructor’s slot at … More

Go Easy On Yourself, Lad

Response to a letter on the California Superbike Forum:“I suck”     Oooh, it hurts to see that …      … More

I suck … crappers and fractals

Toilet Bowls & High Water Marks It’s like a fractal, you never reach your goal, it keeps sliding away from … More

See The Battlefield, Dylan

See The Battlefield :: ( Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain ) The last point has to do … More

The wreck matrix

Crash # Date (reverse cron) Event Description Root Cause Analysis Outcome Lessons-Learned 1. 2011 July Low-side Summit Point Raceway Main … More

California Superbike School, in Cali

Why would you do something that can kill you ?

So, last Wednesday morning I skip work, drive the Element 80 miles west to Leesburg where I sees and rides … More

On The Shenandoah Circuit with Robert Duvall, my mother, Mssrs Oxy and Contin

I was watching Lonesome Dove last night in the family rancher. You ever watch it? You see Robert Duvall, the … More

RAMC Shite Work Product on The Little Yellow Bird

Ladies and gentlemen I’ve seen no reply regarding the specifics I noted on my RamCycles (RAMC) service experience.   I … More

Ninja In The Shenandoah Valley, Cheech, immed after Code Break

rockin’ the Ninja!     It was cool challenging the 600s on driveout from the corners.       Summit Point Shenandoah Circuit … More

Markee on my moto reco

from Markee My brother Jay had been in an accident while racing on a motorcyle track, somewhere in West Virginia. … More

Puppy love … this is my bike forever

Ok. You are receiving fine advice. However, let’s take a step back, Grasshopper. You have said: I am in love … More

2strokeJonny

Honda CR80 2-stroke SuMo (pic below) post to supermotojunkies to ask ——————————————————————————————– The seller said: The power of a 2 … More

Fear is a boil, lance the motherfucker

i have been scared for some amount of time is this a character flaw? it took me time to re-accumulate those … More

Static from the fambly

oh, only about as much static as you might find in a solar flare or particle accelerator Cool man, good … More

The Cutter: Pain, fear, legacy, hookers and blow

John Thanks for sharing your blow & hookers diary.  Nineteen years with a clear head.  That’s a big deal.  I … More

AAR for Level 1 CSS @ Thunderbolt

20110908L :: thursday Mayfair 0315 first call 0415 x-Mayfair 0630 y-NJMP NJMP Student Services Trailer “Alton, comb your hair” “Do … More

AAR :: Vuelta de Shenandoah Con Jen

Yo acabo de pasar dos dias a Summit Point Shenandoah ( track map this track map ) Abajo, yo he … More

Training Challenges

At Fort Benning, The Benning School for Boys, aka the Infantry School, I was a good shot, good at hand-to-hand … More

The Joy of Giving Away Power

I’ve long enjoyed teaching:   It’s all about empowerment.  It’s about watering the bamboo.  It’s about the fishing not the … More

We Train To Standard, Not To Time

In Korea, the platoon had been doing missile loading drills.  SSG Castilleja dismissed the platoon. I said to him,  “We’re … More

"Captain, don’t let the weather dictate your training"

“Captain, don’t let the weather dictate your training,” bellowed Colonel Hunt.   The ice was thick and rutted.  It was dark … More

Training & Leading By Example

Fort Pickett VirginiaAt Fort Pickett, Virginia, when I was a company commander, I got to play Drill Sergeant.  I took … More

Ranger school, tab-less bitches and reasons to race

I’m not especially competitive.  I’m not especially ego-driven. I thought about never racing — then I thought of Ranger School … More

20110716L :: CALL AAR Summit.Shen

sweet new lessons, like you’ve said on the miata, it’s all cornerspeed and early drive-out it was supersweet to give … More

The Case for Self-Discipline

I think there’s a place for discipline, for structure, for drills and working through the difficult days one finds when … More

20110704L :: CALL :: AAR :: Summit.Shenandoah

i’ve got some updated shots.  all but the very last chickenstrips gone.  oh, and by the way, suckah, this is … More

moto :: cool kids

It was like hanging out with the cool kids.  It was like hanging  out with the seniors. As the only … More

Penny-wise, pound-foolish, you dumbfuck

  I spent 11 September days in Maryland Shock Trauma with my friends Mssrs Ventilator, Oxy & Contin.  I am … More

Runnin n gunnin w goodtime guiseppe in virginny

on the towpath trail at Harpers Ferry under the trees and through the wood we pick-up-sticked them hippo bikes said … More

Bessie as ballerina

big-boned bessie dun put me out her door say “don’t come ‘round here no mo’” if i ketch you crying … More

Bessie as bull

Bessie belched her belly like a ripsnort bull she got a ghetto guffaw and a freight train roar she was … More

CALL :: Lessons learned from The Shenandoah Circuit at Summit Point Raceway

====================================================== After Action Review: put your big toes on the sharp end of the pegs put your tits on the … More

Men of uncertain ages on motorbikes, oh fuck

We are men with children and many cupholders Our hair graying, cocks sagging Powers turning to fairy dust All the … More