Just got done taking the excellent Reg Pridmore school at the Streets of Willow track. After 100 miles of racing, with plenty of expert one on one coaching from Reg and his great instructors I must report that this big cruiser and race tracks can be summed up as follows: 1) Too little clearance and you will grind the pegs into the track. 2) Sports bikes under 1,000 cc will have to work very hard to pass regardless if they are not excellent riders. 3) You can out drag almost any bike up to 85 MPH in a straight and the Warrior's torgue makes them work really hard to set up any pass. 4) You can make a Concourse or a FJR1300 wonder why they can not catch you or pass you. Bottom line - the bike has limits that are pretty severe on a track. It is still a blast. And sports riders look at your tires at the end of the day and can not believe you are accelerating this hard out of turns, just like their Ducati's. But compared to a Duc or any other sports bike, we are slower around the course, loud and proud and gonna get really good at identifying their tail pipe for most of the day on a track.
terryk
How much did this cost you? I would love to take on of these courses. I am not that experienced of a rider and I would like to take something like this.
Do not hesitate as I had 32 years of riding and learned a bunch especially following a genuine racer with champoinships and getting one on one coaching. They sorted me out in a dozen laps and I really improved my riding, little fixes that paid off big. This course was $300 and worth every penny. Reg Pridmore and his team rocked and the track was intimidating and awsome. They work with inexperienced riders and made a big impact. Good riding skills equals street safety. All in all a lot of juice with a little squeeze.
You could either run where I did, Steets of Willow in Rosamond, north east of LA or Oregon Raceway in Northern Orgegon. Check it out - CLASS Motorcycle School - the nation's best street riding school!
You nailed it
I think you pretty much described why I have a warrior. I don't care so much about scraping knees in corners, I'd rather blow you away on the straight. Or at least make you work for it
Even then, I don't mind (too much) if I lose out, because I probably spent way, way less money than you for a competitive ride. And of course there's the loud and proud factor. Go big or go home...
I think you pretty much described why I have a warrior. I don't care so much about scraping knees in corners, I'd rather blow you away on the straight. Or at least make you work for it
Even then, I don't mind (too much) if I lose out, because I probably spent way, way less money than you for a competitive ride. And of course there's the loud and proud factor. Go big or go home...
Sport bikes are cheap compared to cruisers which is funny. Something like a gixxer is the equivelant of an exotic sports car but cheaper than the "sedans" like cruisers. ****, an '07 GSXR 750 can be had around $6-7k.
Yeah, you're right. I had a GSXR 750 a few years back, fast bike but really uncomfortable and not very reliable. Don't miss it at all, except maybe lifting the front wheel now and then...
Yeah, but I doubt a Corvette would make a very good touring car, but who knows. Warrior is sort of the sports sedan of the bike world. Not a ton of power but can handle.
TerryK
Cool! Your all over the place! YEAH! Didn't you just take the Warrior to the Drag races 6 weeks ago? Now this is what kills me. Tell me you rode the bike to and from both tracks.
Also, You can Bring it up to Glen Helen and race it with ARX. Their motto is, you bring it, we'll make a class for it. LOL
G
Cool! Your all over the place! YEAH! Didn't you just take the Warrior to the Drag races 6 weeks ago? Now this is what kills me. Tell me you rode the bike to and from both tracks.
Also, You can Bring it up to Glen Helen and race it with ARX. Their motto is, you bring it, we'll make a class for it. LOL
G
Yes indeed. Drove the bike to Fontana, draged the bike kicking butt on five runs against mustangs, camaros and hopped up Honda cagers. I did like beating the mustangs as they were shocked. Drove home for dinner. Rode 160 miles to Streets of Willow, stayed overnight. Up at 6:30 am on the track at 7:15 am. Done racing at 5 PM, rode home 160 miles after racing 100 miles. I am sore today, but I am 52. I will definetly check out ARX and thanks for the tip. All, the best place to race is the race track. It will uplift your game. And, safety achieved at all times = safety equipment, attitude, focus, speed and more speed.
I put on a Churchkey VBAK, a Vance and Hines Propipe and a Vance and Hines Fuel Pak. I also replaced the stock, and terrible, Dunlop tires with Dunlop Roadsmarts dual compound tires. HP 84 Torque 105 at the rear wheel.
TerryK, get an older R1 front end down into your triple tree up front, get that back end raised and put on a decent 190 on the back end, get those controls moved back (so you can get WAY off the seat to the inside of a turn) and you can seriously increase the available lean angle, allowing you to perform even better in the twisties. Get the beast breathing with a port and polish job some decent cams along with a Speedstar ECU (higher rev limit)... and you will delay getting passed by sportbikes on the long straights. Make sure you put in racing brake fluid, particularly for the rear as it will get boiling hot under serious track usage.
Any examples of warriors with mid controls? I've tried searching but I must be getting to specific I guess. I'd love a warrior with controls right below me and just throw some pegs up front.
I did the total opposite. I moved my controls forward. I have about the same stuff as you except 31 tooth pulley and barnett clutch. I want to do some engine work this winter but with the Navy I don't know where I will be living in November.
His kid does same thing...dunno if he is as good, but hes in jersey this july.
Jason Pridmore's STAR School 2011 Events
Jason Pridmore's STAR School 2011 Events
Glad you enjoyed it. There was actually a post on our local forum about a guy that did NOT have a pleasant experience with his CLASS experience. Basically non-existent instructors and no advice from almost anyone.
I suck.... - TWT Forums
I suck.... - TWT Forums
That is too bad about the bad experience. Like I said, the instructors were out there and pulling off all riders from the course during the day to correct their defects. In fact, they were completly active. Even Reg, at 73, spent half the day on the track in leathers following folks and giving advice. The classroom sessions were also active with the instructors, mostly reg, really laying in the lecture on technique with a bike on a stand and folks demonstrating riding technique on that bike during lectures.Twenty minutes on the track, twenty minutes lecture and refresh all day long except for lunch. I can not say enough good about my personal experience.
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