Unveiling the Secrets of California Superbike School

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Unveiling the Secrets of California Superbike School - UK Level 1 on a GS

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Recently I undertook Level 1 of the UK California Superbike School at Bedford Autodrome on my trusty BMW R1200GS called Helga. The California Superbike School UK offers 4 levels of tuition aimed at complete beginners at level 1, through to seasoned professionals at level 4 and beyond, but EVERYONE must start at level 1.
In this vid, California Superbike School level 1, we cover throttle control, turning in points, quick turns, A to B and put it all together for a final session around the track.
Hope you enjoy the vid folks, keep SUBSCRIBING, keep SHARING, keep LIKING, and keep letting me know what you think in the COMMENTS section below!
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@LambChopRides 5 жыл бұрын

So odd seeing you in leathers haha

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Used to live in my leathers.... then I got a GS and it was textile/jeans and a peaked lid! 🤦‍♂️🤣

@aeon8721 5 жыл бұрын

Did CSS down here in New Zealand. Level 1 especially made a 'night and day' difference to me as a very new rider. Went there stiff, scared to lean, and slowing down the traffic on the road. Left the course loose on the bars and guiding the bike rather than wrestling with it; new scuff marks on the peg feelers and tyre wear where there hadn't been any before; and plenty of margin left when keeping up with the flow of traffic. Highly recommended and well worth the price of entry.

@stiteamskater 5 жыл бұрын

great video, been trying to make this a military standard course over the last few years due to the amount of service personnel getting injured or killed on bikes. hopefully will be getting on one soon. keep up the great work.

@MINIMOTOMADNESS 5 жыл бұрын

a great bike video with great music,,quite rare on youtube...well done brucie!!

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot 👍

@atastefortheroad4475 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful to see you had a great day and I've heard excellent things about CSS - here in the US and elsewhere. It's on the list for next year. Safe travels.

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud, worth giving it a go for sure 👍

@davidmitchell7714 5 жыл бұрын

What an excellent day and another brilliant video, thanks Bruce for keeping them coming!

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure David, great to hear you’re enjoying them bud 👍

@gerardomusano6919 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video and i think that winning that day in front of all the street bikes with a GS must be perfect and crazy for them but they don't know who you are and what bike you had before 👌

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha, that’s part of the reason I love the GS so much, because people automatically assume you’re a certain type of rider just because you’re on one. Then the bends start.... 👊✊✊✊😉🤣

@lynsmith1096 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Bruce. Thumbs up for being the Star Pupil.

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha thanks very much, proper teacher’s pet aren’t I!! 🤣👍

@wobblybrother4552 5 жыл бұрын

Another great to watch vid..and nice to see a well ridden GS showing the way round the track 👍👍

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Wobbly 👍

@G4b3nixon Жыл бұрын

I get that this is an impossible ask but a voice over while you did the course would have been amazing. I’ve learned loads from your other videos where you are talking and riding.

@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse 5 жыл бұрын

Great riding MrT and a great day out for you by the look of it.

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andi, aye it was a great day out, just what I needed 👍

@Dazmpower 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, I did level 1 a few years back on a Sportsbike but seeing you do it on a GS very inspiring.

@johnwood7306 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Bruce and some cool riding. Star pupil as well, I think to all your subscribers you're a star anyway. Take care.

@stephenchapman8344 5 жыл бұрын

Made it look easy. Good skills. 👍👍👍

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Stephen, was great fun

@captainaverage721 5 жыл бұрын

Keep shoogling that top box Bruce!!

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Always 😉

@nealharris2574 5 жыл бұрын

You were roasting everyone!!

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

More down to clever editing sadly, but the GS did well 👍

@terrynicholson9273 3 жыл бұрын

I am surprised they are still able to have bikes on track at Bedford. I stopped doing trackdays there 10 years ago because they were so paranoid and hypocritical about noise and you spent so much of your day being told off by nanny for using a bike that already passed noise testing. It is almost like they want you to book the trackday, pay for it and then push the bike around the track making broom broom noises quietly.

@scottc3 5 жыл бұрын

Well done buddy, looks great fun!

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

It is mate, what’s not to like about joining around a track! 😉🤣

@HepcatHarley 5 жыл бұрын

I'm at Mallory Park on Wednesday doing the IAM skills day thing. I'm not really interested in track racing but maybe this will change my mind, especially if I go on the Harley :D Great video Bruce....well except for the dodgy music lol :)

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Music is a proper ‘marmite’ issue on my vids isn’t it! 🤣👍

@garywalk1969 5 жыл бұрын

Looked like you had a fun time Bruce, Go you for being the star and on that old GS lol

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha thanks Gary, I think they took pity on me really! 🤣👍

@garywalk1969 5 жыл бұрын

@@teapotone it's not what you have, its the way you use it lol 🚴‍♂️🏍

@Kojak-zh7qo 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant mate got to give that a go 👍

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mark, it’s a great day out and you can’t help but improve 👍

@DavidTopps 5 жыл бұрын

I have the Insta OneX camera as well. Love it but I do find that the battery is very temperature sensitive. When it gets cold, it does not last long at all. If I put it into one of the waterproof or weatherproof containers that they provide, the small amount of extra insulation does help it to last longer. Took it to Antarctica and had fun filming penguins in 360.

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Wow I bet that was a heck of an experience David! Yep I’ve found that too with the ONEX battery life. LambChops and I both used oneX’s on our recent Bike Vs Plane challenge and his Lusted the whole race whereas mine only lasted about 35 mins?

@boxertrix2540 5 жыл бұрын

@@teapotone I plug my ONEX into a USB socket on my GS, or using a right angle head USB cable plugged into an external power bank to keep it running during filming. Just wrap the cable tightly around the around the selfie stick and it's also not visible in the footage. Wrap it the right way and it also stops the ONEX unscrewing itself from the selfie stick

@TomHigham 5 жыл бұрын

Nice one Bruce!

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Tom 👍

@mcfugle 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid Bruce very intresting techniques on the school

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Aye cheers John, it’s a good day out. Level 1 is very basic, but worth doing to progress through to the next levels. Hoping to do Level 2 next year all going well 👍

@mcfugle 5 жыл бұрын

@@teapotone can see some benefits for me as need some help once im able to ride again probs next year 2 more surgeries coming up

@northernninjarunner5506 5 жыл бұрын

I have been waiting for this video. A mate txt doing the day saying you were there 👍

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

He should’ve come up and said hello! It’s a great day 😉👍

@northernninjarunner5506 5 жыл бұрын

teapotone I did tell him that but I think he was nervous of meeting a KZfaq celeb. He’s walking past the Ducati’s at the start

@rottieman347 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, how's the 'job' bike course going. A lot of what you did in this video is in the 'System' to some degree. Keep them coming Bruce.

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Finished the job course back in July John, loved it.

@wolfurine 5 жыл бұрын

Always fancied CSS but it sucks they don't do Knockhill, which is my nearest circuit. TBH they probably tried it a couple of times & thought - "the weather is too shite up here, what's the point?!"😐

@reddevil0074 5 жыл бұрын

Another great vid Bruce. Poxy noise limits at Bedford

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know, could t believe the ride past levels were so low considering it’s a working air field in the middle of nowhere?

@reddevil0074 5 жыл бұрын

teapotone evidently it’s local council and someone complained many yrs ago. If it triggers more than x amount of times council are notified. So Bedford set level lower as a precaution. One of these not in my back garden dogooders

@colinsharp1314 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid teapot fab day out

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Colin 👍

@helitony223 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid .. I need to do that one day.. when i have the money :)

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud, it’s a top day out 👍

@IanTed 5 жыл бұрын

Did two IAM skills days at Croft Circuit, I’m by no means a fast rider but even I bubbled my tyres and rode the bike to the edge. Learnt so much as to how being fast is about positioning and being smooth not just speed. Never thought track time would do so much to increase my confidence on the road, also taught me that a fat bloke on a GS can keep up with the fast boys on their sports bikes, well on the bends anyway. Would recommend similar events to anybody...

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, the IAM Skills days are awesome for road riding, I’ve done Thruxton and loved it. The Superbike school is more track skills biased but you can still take things away for your road riding 👍

@hatsan334 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on being star pupil 😁. Looks great would like to try it shame they don't do knockhill😭

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud, I’ve only ever done a few slow ‘show’ laps of Knockhill but what a great circuit! Will have to do a proper track day there sometime 👍

@Ian__Preston 5 жыл бұрын

BZ Bruce (look it up its a Navy thing)' is was good to have a brief chat at Overland after your presentation.

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Ian, great to chat with you too bud and thanks for saying hello 👍

@dsimon9s29 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting. Great video! This the classe(s) taught by Keith Code? Was he present for the festivities? Congratulations on your rider of the day. You must be a good rider, but I would think the beard might have played a roll. :)

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Yes this is the school started by Keith Code, but unfortunately no he wasn’t there. He does a lot with the original California Superbike School Out in the USA. 👍

@derekholme6922 5 жыл бұрын

Well done Bruce, did a similar day at Caldwell, no star for me though. Interested in your mike set up, what does the box do on your helmet, the GoPro lead in and then how does it work? Looking at trying a throat mike set up, have you done that route? Cheers and ride safe.

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Derek, The box is just the GoPro mic adaptor you have to use for GoPro Hero 5’s and above. I just wire a mic into the helmet lining then plug it straight into the adaptor which in turn plugs into the GoPro. I’ll be doing a vid on my whole setup before Crimbo 👍

@simonyoungs7581 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid, loved the noise warnings 😂😂😂 no chance on my vtr

@teapotone 4 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha ironic eh! Had a blast though 😉👍

@lmartin0 5 жыл бұрын

Top man!

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers bud 👍

@ticthedog9413 5 жыл бұрын

👍

@theavangelist 5 жыл бұрын

I did lvl1 at Brands back in May in pissing rain. I do want to go back for lvl2 I think and was looking at bedford, but tbh I'm not sure I got much from the day I could apply.elsewhere

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Depends what level of riding you’re at to start with I think. If you’re a seasoned rider and have done some track days before then level 1 is basic for sure. But you get out what you put in so I just take it as it is and go right back to basics, trying to improve what I already do. From what I’ve heard the levels increase in technicality, and as even the BSB and WSBK riders use the school to improve their own riding, I’m pretty sure anyone can get something out of it if they’re willing to learn. 👍

@R-K61 5 жыл бұрын

Sweet

@HippoDrones 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like an awesome day, and really rewarding for bike skills! :-) Ace use of the 360, when you said it died, did it break, or the battery go flat?

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud, not sure about the 360? It was still ‘recording’ when I finished the session, as in the green light was still flashing and the display showed it recording. But when I checked the footage on the SD card later on my Mac, only the first 5 mins or so were recorded??? It was due a firmware update so I’ve done that, and used it in the recent bike Vs Plane challenge I took part in. This time the battery went flat at around 35 mins in, but LambChops insta360 ONEX lasted the whole ride??? 🤷‍♂️

@HippoDrones 5 жыл бұрын

@@teapotone Something Insta360 say to do to preserve the battery is to take it out and reinsert it after each video as otherwise the bluetooth drains the battery. I tend to leave the battery out of mine until I wish to use it incase I accidently switch it on in my bag. Am guessing settings may also affect battery life too, I record at 5.7k 30fps and on my last adventure I made one battery last the 3 days, but was only recording short videos. I think on my trackday I got 3 x 15min sessions out of a battery at those settings. I saw LCR's new vid on his H2 where he was playing with it, he got some great angles too! :-)

@jonathanlaws5531 5 жыл бұрын

WELL DONE !! love your videos keep it going ... how much did you give Mark the instructor ??? I am going to joint the CLAN , because i want to keep watching your channel THANKS

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jonathan, really appreciate that. Ha Ha yeah I know, was £20 well spent eh 😉🤣👍

@jonathanlaws5531 5 жыл бұрын

Your are well come , from Australia

@thewoodster8607 5 жыл бұрын

Bruce, as it's rider training and not a track day, is your insurance still valid? Great video as usual.

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud, you know I’ve no idea actually 😬 These days Insurance’s companies will cover you on track but you have to take out specific cover normally. Always worth just checking with your own insurance to make sure

@theavangelist 5 жыл бұрын

I can answer that - no. You're on private land using the machine at a race school. You're meant to get separate insurance. The folks at Bmoto dona good deal

@thewoodster8607 5 жыл бұрын

@@theavangelist Thanks Andy 😁😁

@sonamoto6246 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid 👍🏼 is it about control on the track or use on the roads to?

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, some elements can be transferred to the road, but it’s predominantly track focussed.

@mikenash4216 2 жыл бұрын

Just out of interest Bruce, did you lower tyre pressures or ride with your normal road pressures?

@teapotone 2 жыл бұрын

Normal road pressures bud - 36/42 When I did level 4 I did lower them but the bike fealt weird, wish I’d kept them at stock tbh

@mikenash4216 2 жыл бұрын

@@teapotone Nice one! Been looking for your L3 & L4 vids (assuming you recorded) but can't find anything. Cheers.

@teapotone 2 жыл бұрын

Not edited them yet - got a mountain of footage I’m trying to work through as we speak. Will be a few months before they’re out

@TwoFourCharlie007 5 жыл бұрын

Your certainly getting out and about Big Bruce!! Got a question for ya though... I noticed the peak on your helmet moving A bit, do you get much Resonance from it? Ie vibration or noise? I’ve got a scorpion and I can feel it vibrating, it only disappears if I touch the peak Thanks mate keep up the great videos, see ya on the ferry in 3 weeks😎

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Paul, No I don’t get any noise or vibration off the peak at all? It’s a good lid, bit heavy but I like the look and I’ve had no issues with it. I need to replace it really and will probably just get the same again 👍

@TwoFourCharlie007 5 жыл бұрын

teapotone thanks mate, my helmet must just be poo then lol

@stevec9959 5 жыл бұрын

I liked the video .. when the music stopped

@allyp6646 5 жыл бұрын

Looked at their site and there's no bit to tell you the cost of it. Well not that I can see. Do you know the cost of level one out of interest?

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

I just had a look at the site, you need to go to the specific dates for when is available and it says there. For example for Donny on 1st Oct it says from £359 👍

@patmcmaster1010 4 жыл бұрын

I've done Levels 1 & 2. Level 2 on my Indian Scout. Fantastic days out, but, unfortunately they no longer exist here in the UK. They blame Brexit. I only found out recently at Motorcycle Live at the NEC. Shame.

@gestoandlane 4 жыл бұрын

I just commented the same thing then saw your comment....it's a real shame as we were going to give it a try.

@patrickhd34 5 жыл бұрын

Have to do this course...everyone raves about it. Only issue is that I need to buy some leathers first. Can't turn up with my adventure gear on.

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

You can use their kit, they have full range of Dainese leathers, boots, lids and gloves there 👍

@gestoandlane 4 жыл бұрын

I think I heard somewhere these guys went under didn't they? California Superbike School I mean...

@nivotron960 5 жыл бұрын

87db limit??!! Wtf

@ueshaw177 Жыл бұрын

Great vid but just one thing, if you say your not getting paid to do the vid but you say you got the day for free. That in my eyes is getting paid no 🤔🤔

@JasonRobbins71 5 жыл бұрын

Right... your bikes too loud... so don't go near the mic on throttle... lol

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha yeah I know? It passed the noise test in order to get on the circuit in the first place??? Amazing that it’s still too loud even with the baffle IN!

@kevinstephens3792 5 жыл бұрын

@@teapotone Jack Scott on his Ducati screamed past you and that Ducati doesn't get any noise level warnings??? How the hell is your GS louder than that!

@specialcircs 5 жыл бұрын

Could do without the music, would rather hear the bikes

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers for the thumbs down bud, much appreciated 👍

@a9503128 5 жыл бұрын

Pathetic rules and silliness, rules for the sake of rules a GS gets pulled over for noise 😤

@sbmasonator 5 жыл бұрын

Your beard makes me feel like less of a man :-)

@teapotone 5 жыл бұрын

🤣😂👍

@markgatward8765 5 жыл бұрын

the training video was fine , but the music pounding thu it was a distraction....just saying

@stephenmcqueen4029 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I like your content but the beard just puts me off. Worked with a guy in his 60s, not shaved since he was 17, fking ridiculous beard, set fire to it welding and lost 1/2 of it. Suggest you lose it, it makes you look old.

@gestoandlane 4 жыл бұрын

Oh how judgemental of you... I think it suits him. #Lane