California Superbike School

[pritch]

When I looked at that Oz website I thought it would be great to go to Phillip Island to do the course. It'd be cheaper at Taupo but Phillip Island is special...

Then again if Taupo got going we could do both :-)

[Ralph]

Just to give you an idea of rip off Britain, my day at Rockingam's costing £369 (about NZ$1000) - and that's on my own bike! Not sure if I'll ever save enough again to do level 2, lol

BUT, it'd be way cheaper in NZ I reckon.

I would hope it was a bit cheaper otherwise not sure if I could do anymore than
one but would still be worth it by the sounds.

[trumpy]

Just to give you an idea of rip off Britain, my day at Rockingam's costing £369 (about NZ$1000) - and that's on my own bike! Not sure if I'll ever save enough again to do level 2, lol

BUT, it'd be way cheaper in NZ I reckon.

Ye Gods, you are being ripped off. According to the Australian website Phillip Island is GPB166.00 (NZ$449) using your own bike.............I'm sure I read that correctly...........mind you it is Sunday morning and it was a long night...............

[Mort]

Just to give you an idea of rip off Britain, my day at Rockingam's costing £369 (about NZ$1000) - and that's on my own bike! Not sure if I'll ever save enough again to do level 2, lol

BUT, it'd be way cheaper in NZ I reckon.

.... if they did it here... But trackdays are good value at about $100-$125

Fuck me... thats gone up a lot . I did levels 1-4 ..... it was about £200 - £250 two years ago... It was worth it though

[Nonbeliever]

Kieth code is a scientologist.

Just thought I'd put that out there.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I dont give a rats arse what kooky sect Keef belongs to. He could be something really bad, like a Catholic, and I still wouldnt care.

I was all set to do this this year, but the dates of the schools just didnt work out with the trip(maybe trips) I am doing to Aus.

FWIW I thought the prices were not bad, particularly if you take your own riding gear. Even the bike hire isnt too bad, provided you dont lunch it. There is a report on KB from someone who did just that, cost him $3500AUD. ouch. But not surprising, relatively high value vehicle with a short lifespan anyway, and the complete inability to obtain insurance must equal expensive to crash.

Not sure it would be any cheaper here, but put it this way, if they go to Taupo, I am there. (even though its just about as expensive to get there from Christchurch as Melbourne. is...)

[sAsLEX]

There is a report on KB from someone who did just that, cost him $3500AUD. ouch.

I saw one crash report for a bike like this in aussie.

They replaced any scratched fairing. They did not repair them.

They had the new set of plastics custom painted then custom stickers made.

They charged exorbitant amounts of labour.

A racer would of had the bike back out within half an hour after replacing the low side damage but the company ensured everything was replaced if had the barest hint of a scratch on it, and then added huge labour bills on to it.

[jim.cox]

Squids can't ride. They don't have the opposable thumbs needed to operate the indicator switch.

Sorry, but squid's can and do ride - they just don't indicate much.

Oh and its kinda fun watching them trying to get a knee down

[zeocen]

If anyone wants to know what it's like in the USA, a guy on youtube did the course as well as Freddy Spencer's high performence riding school and videoed both (helmet POV with talking etc..)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VyrnAkEqGg

That's the first episode, there are around 9 - 10 episodes of his riding there, so you could learn to expect how things are done etc.. Provided they'd do the same things in PI.

[Usarka]

[QUOTE=HenryDorsetCase;1399407] provided you dont lunch it. There is a report on KB from someone who did just that, cost him $3500AUD. ouch. [QUOTE]

They replaced any scratched fairing. They did not repair them.

They had the new set of plastics custom painted then custom stickers made.

They charged exorbitant amounts of labour.

Not a surprising figure, mate just had a quote for a low speed crash, scratched fairing and brake lever came to over NZ$3,000......