Doc Wong Dirt Riding Clinic/Clear Creek Fundraiser Nov 4th & 6th!
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Great News!
We're having a Dirt and Dual-Sport Clinic!! This will also be a Clear
Creek Fundraiser to fight the current lawsuit to close Clear Creek!!!!!
Expert riders Phil Douglas of Aftershocks, Joe Wytman of Joe Racer
Products and Frank Nye of Engines Only will be our guest instructors.
If you haven't experienced these guys, you'll be in for a real treat.
Those of you who came to last year's class with him will know what I
mean! ;-) It is no understatement that these guys love dirt bike
riding!
We'll also have ride leaders for all the larger dual sport bike riders
on the big bikes like the GSes, etc.
This Dirt and Dual-Sport Clinic a 2 part clinic held on two separate
days.
Friday evening November 4, 2005 will be a 1 1/2 hour talk followed by
the actual ride and coaching on Sunday November 6th at Clear Creek!
Friday night's workshop is a prerequisite to Sunday's ride and drills.
This clinic is for beginners, intermediate riders and advanced riders.
For our more experienced riders, Clear Creek offers plenty of
challenges!
More experienced ride leader volunteers are needed, so let me know if
you'd be willing to lead a group in the afternoon.
Ride leader- volunteers are needed and while Friday night's talk is not
limited, Sunday's ride is limited to the first 40 riders only.
Price: $20 donation to the Clear Creek Defence Fund
TO REGISTER: E-mail me ASAP at: Doc...@aol.com (Sunday is limited to
50 riders)
Here's the scoop on the Dirt Riding Clinic:
Held in two parts:
1. What: Dirt Riding Workshop-Talks and Demonstrations
When: Friday night, 7:30pm to 9:30pm.
Where: my clinic in Redwood City
Limit: none
Active Life Medical Center
1391 Woodside Road, Suite 200
Redwood City, CA 94061
(650) 365-7775
2. What: Dirt Ride Drills and then the Dirt Ride based on skill levels.
When: Sunday 9am to 3pm. (We can meet in Tres Pinos for breakfast at
Flap Jack's Resturant (831-628-3499) from 7am and caravan to Clear
Creek at that time.)
Where: Clear Creek, actually it's on the Salinas Rambler property, 4
miles past the entrance of Clear Creek!
Limit: 50 riders
To register: Just e-mail me at: doc...@aol.com
Check out my web page at: http://www.docwong.com to get info on past
dirt
riding clinics and especially on: "How to Drown and Undrown a Dirtbike"
;-)
This is for anyone with a dirt or dual sport motorcycle. You can bring
your
street bike, but it'll probably look like a dirt bike at the end of the
day
;-) Actually anyone can attend the dirt talk on Friday night.
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This is a long document so here's a table of contents for your
convienance:
1. In office workshop directions and format.
2. Clear Creek directions, meeting times and format.
3 Who is this dirt clinic geared for?
4. What to bring to the dirt ride.
5. How to register for this clinic
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1. IN OFFICE WORKSHOP
This will feature myself and guest expert riders. We will be going over
the 12 topics that will make the ride on Sunday meaningful.
Where: Active Life Medical Center
1391 Woodside Road, Ste 200
Redwood City, CA 94061
(650) 365-7775 (directions below)
We will go over the theory of the techniques that we will be practicing
at
Clear Creek. You'll also get a chance to ask questions and get answers
from
our guest expert riders and go over vital safety information!
DIRECTIONS TO Active Life Medical Center
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&countryid=250&addtohistory=&address=1391+Woodside+Road&city=Redwood+City&state=CA&zipcode=94061&submit=Get+Map
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2. CLEAR CREEK - DRILLS
Transportation of bikes: See me Friday night if you need a ride to
Clear Creek or have room in your van, truck or trailor. Most larger
dual-sport bikes will have a great time riding down to Clear Creek!
Meeting times:
1. 7am-8am: Breakfast at Tres Pinos, Flap Jack's Resturant till 8am and
caravan down to Clear Creek together.
2. 9:00 am-1pm: Clear Creek drills.
3. 1pm to ? is the trail ride. We will seperate into different groups
based on skill levels.
Be there in enough time to change into your dirt bike gear.
DIRECTIONS TO HOLLISTER AND Clear Creek
Go South on Hwy 101.
Exit Hwy 25 and take that all the way into Hollister. Hwy 25 will put
you onto the main drag of Hollister which is San Benito.
>From Hollister continue down the main street (San Benito) for 1/2 mile
and you'll see the signs for Hwy 25, just follow the signs (you'll make
a quick left and then a right a few blocks away) to Hwy 25.
Go South on Hwy 25, you'll come to Tres Pinos where there is a small
gas station and the resturant Flap Jacks. Travel for about 40 miles
where Hwy 25 makes a sharp downhill right, you'll see a smaller road
that goes straight. That's Coalinga Road.
Take Coalinga Road and go 17 miles. You'll see a little brown sign on
your left that says: "Clear Creek-Bureau of Land Management".
Don't turn left there, continue on for about 4 miles and you'll see the
Salinas Ramblers property on your left, go thru the gate and you'll be
directed to where to go!
FORMAT:
This will be an all day event with 10 seperate topics or techniques
with it's
drills and trail ride.
It'll work like this:
At the Salinas Ramblers Motorcycle Club, next to Clear Creek, we'll do
each drill (which were discussed in detail on Friday night) one by one,
with a brief demonstration first, so you'll get a better feel for them.
We do this until we've done all ten drills! Then in the afternoon,
there will be ride leaders taking you to different parts of the park!
Topics:
1. BODY POSITION - where to put your body, weight distribution, foot
pegs, balance--sitting and standing
2. HANDLE BAR CONTROL: input only not bal, hanging
3. HOW TO BE LIGHT ON THE BIKE letting the bike do what it needs to do
and you just guiding it.
4. UP HILL techniques - The easy way and the hard way
5. DOWN HILL techniques - Body position, braking and steering.
6. TURNING in the dirt - use of the pegs to steer.
7. ACCELERATING: use of stomach muscles not handlebars, light pressure
on the bars - standing-use of knees to pinch tank
8. Off CAMBER situations - peg weighting and steering
9. HOW TO MAINTAIN TRACTION IN LOOSE, KNARLY NASTY PLACES:
SLIPPING that clutch - Do bikes have automatic transmissions?
DISCOVER "The magic of a two-stroke. '
10. Keeping that FOOT IN AND NOT OUT.
11. Last but not least: "THE TECHNIQUE" that I'll go over!
12. Advanced rider skills for Clear Creek!
BRING: Food, water, dirt bike or dp bike, BMW GSes are welcome, good
protective gear for the dirt. All bikes must legally registered with a
green
sticker or license plate.
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3 WHO'S THIS CLINIC FOR?
It's geared for beginner and intermediate riders. Special group for
larger DP bikes.
As for type of bike: Any dirt (must have valid green sticker) or DP
(must
have valid registration and plate) bike.
You can bring your street bike, but it just may look like a dirt bike
by the end of the day! ;-)
Anyone is welcome to come to the evening "Dirt Riding Workshop-Talks
and Demonstrations" part of the clinic and is not limited in numbers,
however the practical "Dirt Ride Drills and Dirt Ride" part of the
clinic is limited to 50 riders.
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4. WHAT TO BRING TO THE DIRT RIDE
(I'll have my mondo blue van there so you can stow your gear if you
rode down on your bike!)
A. Snacks, lunch and water.
B. Gear: Minimally have a good helmet, gloves, heavy boots, blue jeans
and a long sleeved shirt. Full dirt riding gear is optimal however:
Dirt helmet, goggles, chest protector, elbow guards, gloves, knee pads
and dirt boots.
C. Mechanical: bike in good order, knobbies will work best, however
dual-sport tires will work also. Street bike tires will provide a
unique experience! ;-)
D. Tools: You should bring at least a spare set of spark plugs.
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Ride street, ride track, ride dirt, trials.....ride.....well!
Doc Wong
Check out the stuff on the Doc Wong (Free) Riding Clinics on my web
site! http://www.docwong.com
Note: Photos for "Doc Wong Crashes" and the "Doc Wong Message Board"
are now on my web site.
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Doc Wong's Calendar of Street Oriented Clinics:
"Improving Your Cornering Skills and Confidence"
September 16, 2005 "Basic Suspension Part 2" Friday night 7:15pm
September 18, 2005 "Smooth Riding - Awareness, Vision and the Vanishing
point" Sunday 8am-2:30pm
September 23, 2005 "Basic Motorcycle Maintenance" Friday night 6:00 pm
at I-Bike
September 30, 2005 "Motorcycle Crash Reconstruction Workshop" Friday
7:15pm
October 14, 2005 "Basic Suspension Part 1" Friday night 7:15pm
October 15, 2005 "Basic First Aid/CPR for Motorcyclists" Sat 9am-3pm
October 16, 2005 "Cornering Confidence - Road Surfaces and Curve
Configurations" Sunday 8am-2:30pm
October 21, 2005 "Basic Motorcycle Maintenance" Friday night 6:00 pm at
I-Bike
November 11, 2005 "Basic Suspension Part 2" Friday night 7:15pm
November 18, 2005 "Basic Motorcycle Maintenance" Friday night 6:00 pm
at I-Bike
November 20, 2005 "Cornering Confidence - Wet Weather Riding and Loose
Conditions" Sunday 8am-2:30pm
December 2, 2005 "Basic Motorcycle Maintenance" Friday night 6:00 pm at
I-Bike
December 9, 2005 "Basic Suspension Part 1" Friday night 7:15pm
December 11, 2005 "Smooth Riding - Shifting and Braking" Sunday
8am-2:30pm
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Special Doc Wong Events:
Rider Skills and Survival Day September 25, 2005
Ducati Day in La Honda October 23, 2005
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Doc Wong group at Keith Code's Calif. Superbike School
October 17, 2005 (Monday) at Sears Point
December 6, 2005 (Tuesday) at Sears Point
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Doc Wong group at Rich Oliver's Mystery School
October 8th and 9th at his ranch
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Next Doc Wong group at TRACK DAYs events:
E-mail me at Doc...@aol.com for more information!
These are all held at Buttonwillow Raceway
(http://www.buttonwillowraceway.com/) To register for any of these
track days go to www.clubdesmo.com
Monday, September 26, 2005
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Monday, October 10, 2005 (Columbus Day)
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Wednesday,October 12, 2005
Monday, November 14, 2005
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Wednesday,November 16, 2005
Saturday, December 3, 2005
Sunday, December 4, 2005
Monday, December 5, 2005
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Next Dirt and Dual Sport Clinics (format is Friday night 7:15pm at my
office and Sunday 9am at Clear Creek)
November 4th and 6th, Friday Night Redwood City and Sunday Clear Creek
January 6th and 8th, Friday Night Redwood City, Sunday Clear Creek
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**Special acknowledgement and thanks to:
Keith Code of California Superbike Schools for his help and guidence
and support. The Doc Wong Street Riding Clinics are almost all based on
his works. Get his books and tapes on the subject, read them and apply
them....your riding will be much better for it!
www.californiasuperbikeschool.com
Gary Jaehne for his contributions on the Suspension clinics and in his
book: "Sportbiking: The Real World"....great reading.
Bodywork repair and painting I recommend: Mike Adrian at Madesigns:
831.247.3151 ma_de...@sbcglobal.net
And special acknowledgement to L. Ron Hubbard who has provided me with
the vital tools to be effective in life and in teaching me how to learn
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Street riding, dual-sport riding, dirt riding, trials riding, side car
riding,
now track riding....lots to do, not enough time...gota get to flat
trackin
someday.
Recommendation if you ride street: Get a dual-sport bike or dirt bike
and learn how to ride in the dirt where it's always loose. Besides
being a blast, it'll make you a more confident street rider.