Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Do I have to use my own bike?

A: No. You can Hire this seasons Yamaha R6 from us. It's an additional charge per day, as detailed on the individual days school plus a £750 refundable crash damage deposit. If you drop the bike and break a lever then that's what you'd be charged for. Don't drop it and you get your whole deposit back!

Q: Do I have to start at Level One?

A: Yes everyone does. This is not a reflection of your ability it's just how the School works. It has to start somewhere and we call that place Level One.

Q: I recently went to what was supposed to be a training day and it basically turned into a lot of guys seeing how fast they could go around a track, with little or no input from the "instructor who gives you personal tuition as a group of 3-4"

A: We are a Cornering School and work just Cornering techniques. You will attend 5 classroom sessions and have 5 on track sessions as well as off track training. You will be assigned an Instructor for the whole day and he works with you and 2 other students each time you go on track. It is a school. Not a Track day and anyone who treats it like a track day gets sent home.

Q: Do I need to have special tyres on my bike or will standard road tyres do?

A: As we will expect you to ride at 80% or less so you have enough attention to learn and apply new techniques, standard road tyres are fine.

Q: Is level 1 for complete beginners? I would rather you assume that I’m completely rubbish and go from there!

A: Level 1 is for everyone. All rider start at level One. However, we try our best to put you in a group of similar levelled riders so the difference between the fastest and slowest in the group is about 10%.

Q: How long does it take to complete a level?

A: Each level is a full day of training. The day starts very early 7.30am onward for registration and runs in to the evening 5.00-5.30pm with a break for lunch in the middle.

Everyone starts at Level 1 and moves through each of the levels in order. This is necessary, as each level feeds one in to each other, i.e. you need to know the information from the preceeding levels before you can undertake the subsequent ones.