Confessions,Trackday,Instructo car Confessions of a Trackday Instructor
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Turning wobbling novices into even half-decent track riders isnt easy though. Its a job that requires patience, humility, understanding, empathy and, of course, the ability to cane a bike within an inch of its life all day long.To truly excel at his craft, a trackday instructor also needs hawk-like eyes for the ladies, a guiltless desire to put one over fellow instructors at any time and a constitution strong enough to handle several gallons of Stella the night before an event. So as youre about to nd out, life as a trackday instructor isnt all braking markers, blackboards and bright yellow bibs... Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 PreparationFor some instructors the serious business of preparation begins the night before any on-track action. In the bar. Being sociable or knocking back a jar or two for Dutch courage is all well and good, but hitting the sauce just hours before going on track isnt always the best policy, as Dec Crutchlow (father of British Supersport 600 front runner Cal, no less) explains: A few years ago when I was istructing at Brands Hatchs Foggy Ducati school wed stop over in the circuit hotel so we could be up bright and early.Stopping over meant socialising so, naturally, wed end up getting really pissed. One guy got so hammered once that he was offering people money to take his instructing place the next day - he was that ill.Youre not riding thatOnce over the hangover its often the instructors job to scrutineer punters bikes. Most trackdayers are switched-on enough to turn up on well maintained tackle or use the bikes many track schools provide, but in the early days of trackdays almost anything went - and often did. Some people have no idea, reckons Dec Crutchlow.Ive seen single bolts holding on brake calipers, loose handlebars and tyres that wouldnt even pass the legal limit, let alone anything else. Worse still, many owners seem oblivious to it. There are always some who say, Whats the matter with that? That was an easy question for Dave The Goat Smith to answer when he spotted a shabby Hayabusa at Brands.Its head bearings were shot, the chain was dragging on the ground and its tyres were fucked. The owner ended up buying new tyres and a chain while we sorted out his head bearings before he even got near the track. Flippant attitudes towards safety dont end there however. Dec Crutchlow: Ive removed riders from the track for not wearing gloves not once, but three times!I said to them, Do you do that on the road? and they go, Yeah, sometimes, if its warm and that. For some punters its not only their hands they couldnt care less about. I was a school at Donington and I saw a young lad out on his RGV riding around with trainers on, says long-time instructor Brenden Marchesi. Im not even sure how he got out of the pitlane - he must have snuck out. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4