Dave Moss in Christchurch

[SVboy]

Great news. Dave will be doing a seminar on the 11 of Feb, 6pm til 8pm at Avon City Suzuki. A huge thanks to SuperSonic and Don P of Avon City for making this happen. If you wish to go, go and see the boys at Avon City, pay your $50[or an extra $50 if you want Dave to personally set up your bike on the evening] and you are booked in! Avon City are putting on drinks n nibbles so will be a great evening. If you are unsure about who Dave Moss is and what he can offer, now is the time to do your internet research. You dont have to be a racer to benefit from Dave's suspension knowledge.

[willytheekid]

awesome!! (cheers for sharing SV...didnt know about his visit)

Dave Moss:
http://www.feelthetrack.com/
http://www.onthethrottle.com/howto/dave-moss-unsprung-tire-wear/
...he does excellent videos (youtube), very easy to follow, and use's great examples etc (Im a subscriber to onthethrottle.tv...he features alot)

[SuperSonic]

About now Dave will be finishing off his packing for his first trip to NZ, so if you have not booked your spot in at Avon City Suzuki by now then you better get on with it.

That is if your suspension was able to keep your tyres on the road, as the oil is so old it could not keep up with that one bump the council forgot about and you hit!! Yes it is the suspension that keeps you safe, not great tyres, yes they help but what keeps them on the road?

Suspension maintenance is very import to your safety and well being, so come along and listen to what you should look out for and what YOU can do to keep you safe and arrive home after each ride.

SO come listen to a guru on top of his game with two championships to his name, plus some 3500 bikes a year tuned to help other riders road and track of ALL levels reach there goals. All this knowledge to share with us Kiwis for a very small price of $50, so call Don or the team at Avon city Suzuki now and book your spot or you might miss out.

[AllanB]

I hope they lend him a bike first so he can go for a ride on our shit-arse earthquake damaged goat track of roads or is it just for smooth track junkies?

[HenryDorsetCase]

I'm looking forward to this. Spot is booked. Interested to put faces to KB names...

[SuperSonic]

I hope they lend him a bike first so he can go for a ride on our shit-arse earthquake damaged goat track of roads or is it just for smooth track junkies?

AllanB, I am not sure if he wil get to ride the interesting roads in CHCH, but these are for ALL riders OF ALL BIKES, Ie dual , off road, the more common bike in CHCH now I hear, plus sports bikes, track day bikes really thing that has an engine and suspension,

So get into it and learn what to look for and what you can do your self and what is a must.

[SuperSonic]

The most updated PDF flyer with Avon City Suzuki on it now. :wings::wings::wings:

[AllanB]

Hmmmm at $50 can I afford not to go?

[HenryDorsetCase]

Hmmmm at $50 can I afford not to go?

Think you can eat $50 worth of nibbles and drinks? .....

[SuperSonic]

Just got email form Dave, he is currently in Sdney airport looking at the crap weather coming down al things going well he will touch down in PN later tonight for first seminar tomorrow night at AFC Palmerston North:wings::Punk:

[300weatherby]

I hope they lend him a bike first so he can go for a ride on our shit-arse earthquake damaged goat track of roads or is it just for smooth track junkies?

You know somewhere in the South Island has a "smooth" track?:eek:

[davemosstuning]

Looking forward to getting my feet wet so to speak tonight at the AFC Motorcycles event tonight from 6-8pm.

I really want to give you as much information at the Christchurch event as I can that makes sense to you that you can instantly apply to your own bike(s). I'll make sure there's plenty of time for question and answer to you leave with clarity not confusion!

Is it worth the $50? The normal quote that people tell me is that "I learned more in 20 minutes than I have in years". It is all about the ability to communicate both verbally and visually and then close the loop with questions.

Look forward to meeting everyone in a few days!

[davemosstuning]

Wow - what a great 3 days at Taupo. Laundry done and ready to get on the plane first thing tomorrow morning.

I'm getting a very good feel now fr the information needed by riders from all disciplines of what they are looking to learn and what they need to know - this weekend being a great example of that.

Each seminar helps everyone their which in turn will help you help your riding buddies and benefit all the community including the dealership.

See you there tomorrow night!

[SVboy]

What a great seminar last night. I loved the way Dave could communicate difficult concepts in an easily understandable way. I hope everybody got as much out of it as I did. It was clear Dave has a huge reserve of knowledge and experience, which was on display with the methodical, logical and systematic manner in which he set 10 bkes up for people after the Q&A. Clearly Dave is a huge potential teaching resource for us and it sounds like he is coming back and will be able to give seminars on track, dirt and dual purpose bike setup and suspension over seperate nights.[So we ALL get just what we want!]
HUGE thanks to SUPERSONIC of this forum for organising Daves trip. All I can say, its left me hungry for more !

[HenryDorsetCase]

I thought it was excellent too.

Rather a large change in my bike riding away than riding to the event.

Props to Avon City for putting it on and sticking round till after 9pm

[SVboy]

Yes, I too should have said a big thanks to Avon City Suzuki for putting on and catering for a great event at short notice. The way Don and his team there were enthusiastic and professional in their support of Dave's seminar is an illustration on how to do things right at a dealership. Thanks guys.

[TonyB]

I found out about this event on the day through Facebook, and went along to see what I could learn. I haven't posted on KB (or even looked at it) for quite a while, so apologies for not realising there were KBers there.

There was never going to be enough time to learn everything I wanted to, but Dave did a good job of covering the basics. Dave's discussion on maintenance was the kick in the pants I needed to take a look at the brakes on my race bike, which have been dragging a bit lately. Holy crap I'm glad I did! The reservoir looked fine, but the fluid (which was only about 300 track km old) looked pretty dark so I cleared it out. The bottom of the reservoir was coated in a thick layer of white cheesy crap. It was all through the master cylinder too. I’m pretty sure it was due to the line between the reservoir and master cylinder being a bit old and hard, which was allowing water in. Everything else was fine, but things could have gone horribly wrong if I hadn’t taken the time to check.

One of the things that frustrates me about suspension setup is the conflicting opinions you get, even from people who have been racing for years and seem to know what they are doing. I think Dave finally explained that one- everyone needs something different- what works for the guy who’s winning all the races might be crap for you.

For me the best bit was seeing how to do the basic setup for the first time. I’ve known about setting sags for years, but had no idea how to find a base point for the rebound damping. Dave’s technique is so simple…why didn’t I think of that???

There were a number of experienced racers at the seminar, and in some ways I think many of us came away with more questions than answers. Some of Dave’s advice seems to be at odds with the accepted solutions in use in NZ. I guess all we can hope for is that Dave will come back to Christchurch and we can get him out to the track to help with setup!

[davemosstuning]

That is EXACTLY the essence of everything i teach. Make the bike your own to suit your needs precisely, starting with stock suspension and geometry tuning and then moving on from there when you are better than that stock suspension so expense is warranted, understood and acquired. There are many forms of upgrading from simple piston kits to full replacements, so my logic continues in this way throughout the chassis tuning process from a road rider to class champion.

I wll be back for 2 weeks in CHCH and we will get that sorted late September with Chris and Ed via Sam. I want to run in depth schools, classes, workshops and track tuning for all those that want to make things much simpler as they should be. n the interim, I'll post monthly until I return to keep everything going and build momentum for January. Any CHCH forum I should post to or group list fr racing etc?

If you are open, I would like to use some of your comments for an article I am doing for BRM here in NZ? I'll approve that with you first!

Looking forward to next year!

[TonyB]

Glad to hear you're coming back Dave. I'll have to keep an eye out and make sure I book in for the road racer sessions!

My biggest racing meeting of the year is coming up this weekend (BEARS Sound of Thunder)- I'll find out if the tweaking I did after your seminar makes things better or worse on Friday... expect panicked messages on Face Book…

Not sure about a local forum- I think there’s one on the Motorcycling Canterbury website? I'm sure someone can advise.

And as for the BRM article... really? Crikey! If you want to use my ramblings that’s fine with me.

[HenryDorsetCase]

That is EXACTLY the essence of everything i teach. Make the bike your own to suit your needs precisely, starting with stock suspension and geometry tuning and then moving on from there when you are better than that stock suspension so expense is warranted, understood and acquired. There are many forms of upgrading from simple piston kits to full replacements, so my logic continues in this way throughout the chassis tuning process from a road rider to class champion.

I wll be back for 2 weeks in CHCH and we will get that sorted late September with Chris and Ed via Sam. I want to run in depth schools, classes, workshops and track tuning for all those that want to make things much simpler as they should be. n the interim, I'll post monthly until I return to keep everything going and build momentum for January. Any CHCH forum I should post to or group list fr racing etc?

If you are open, I would like to use some of your comments for an article I am doing for BRM here in NZ? I'll approve that with you first!

Looking forward to next year!

That was my appallingly set up Street Triple. I have to say thanks for the re-jig: it has improved the thing immensely. I had wound all the clickers off because of the stupid earthquake damage to the roads round here and was going to get around to fiddling with them to make it better at some point. And of course I have been riding it for more than six months like that. So thanks again.

I've also taken your advice about the brake fluid thing...... and see you next time you're in town.

[TonyB]

Haha! Bike feels muuuuuuch better. Damn I wish I'd heard of you years ago Dave!