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A full day of fun, challenging, and rewarding moto adventure!
A full day of fun, challenging, and rewarding moto adventure!
Join us for a supportive, confidence-building day at the Ladies-Only Cornering101 course! You'll start with an engaging classroom session before heading onto the world-class Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit(VIMC) for guided on-track practice. With expert coaching and a relaxed, no-pressure environment, you'll refine your cornering skills, improve control, and build confidence in every turn. Whether you're new to riding or looking to sharpen your technique, this is your opportunity to learn in a fun, encouraging setting designed just for women.
A few must haves:
A few must haves:
Possess a full Class 6 BC Driver's License
A motorcycle
Have the correct safety gear (ask me!)
Identify as a female
Be ready to learn
Be prepared to have some fun!
PART 1 - CLASSROOM
PART 1 - CLASSROOM
You start in the classroom, but you probably want to pay more attention than these folks are!! The classroom sessions are mercifully short, and highly focused on the what, why, where and when of the drill that will be practised out on the track. With the exception of the first session, after the classroom, you'll get a bit of downtime before hitting the track.
PART 2 - ON-TRACK
PART 2 - ON-TRACK
Once you've completed the first classroom portion, you get dressed to queue up and head out on track! You'll spend some time on your own, practising the drills, and then you'll be shadowed by your coach on this world-class closed-circuit - the safest possible place to learn and practise.
PART 3 - PERSONALISED FEEDBACK
PART 3 - PERSONALISED FEEDBACK
After your track session, you return to the pit and hurry off to talk to your coach about the session. Then, you're back off to the classroom again to repeat the whole series of events, focusing on a different drill.
YOUR HOST - KRIS GREFFARD
YOUR HOST - KRIS GREFFARD
The short version is she's a badass and knows it! Just one of her passions is motorcycling and she's found a way to combine it with another passion, helping to encourage and inspire other women! If you want to know more about Kris, head over to the bio page here on www.badasswithclass.com
Bold, Brave and Confident!
Cornering Training??
Cornering Training??
A question that gets asked often is, "What is cornering training and why should I take it??" Well, let's answer a few other questions first. How often when you see a corner coming up do you start to tense up? How often do you have to actually think about what you need to do to go into that corner safely? Once in the corner, how much of your brain is focused on this slightly uncomfortable feeling of being leaned over on the bike? Where can you safely practise the act of cornering and get feedback on how you're doing?
Here's another: Cornering isn't taught to new riders, so if you're carving around a sweet corner and a car appears stopped in the middle of the road, what will you do? TractionWerks is not about emergency stopping in a corner, it's about making the act of cornering so relaxed, methodical, and instinctual that you have plenty of space in your head to make rational decisions in a moment of crisis. Without that room in your head, nine times out of ten, your reaction is panic.
Where can you learn and practise this? Certainly not on the street. A closed-circuit that is constantly monitored, has no road hazards and its own emergency services is definitely the place to do it.
TRACTIONWERKS MOTO GUILD
TRACTIONWERKS MOTO GUILD
What is TractionWerks?
What is TractionWerks?
TractionWerks Moto Guild is a motorcycle training school that primarily services the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
The name is intended to convey the never-ending quest for mastery that the guilds of old aspired to. This is not your conventional motorcycle school; they don't teach you how to get your motorcycle license.
At TractionWerks Moto Guild, they take riders who have been taught the mechanics of riding a motorcycle, and teach them how to find joy through mastery of their motorcycle.
They're not in this to make a buck, they're in this to serve their fellow riders. They provide motorcycle training that transcends the basics, offering courses that are focused on cornering, where a surprising amount of single-motorcycle accidents occur.
Why Choose TractionWerks?
Why Choose TractionWerks?
Some of the TractionWerks instructors have spent hundreds of hours coaching riders from novice through to experienced riders. All , have time either instructing or attending motorcycle training, aspiring to mastery.
Not only do you get personalised coaching and feedback, but you also get coaching that is tailored to your skill/ability/confidence level. Everyone goes out on the circuit with different challenges and the coaches work with you on yours.
At the root of all of this is safety. TractionWerks believe that street riding should be done safely and responsibly. They want all riders to develop their skills, techniques and mental capacity to the point that when an obstacle or situation develops in a corner, they can very comfortably take the necessary action. Without continued training and practice, this can be very challenging.
Who takes this training?
Who takes this training?
This training is not a track day, track course or an intro to track days. Riding their own bikes, students ride everything from Cruisers, to Adventure Bikes and Sport Bikes. Some attending the training have recently graduated from novice rider training. Others have been riding for 30 years or are recently on a new bike.
The Cornering101 course is not teaching advanced or experience required techniques but focuses on the one subject a novice safety course doesn't typically cover - cornering.
For most riders, speed is an obstacle to learning. Throughout your day, you will find the focus is on technique. The only priority is getting through the corners cleanly, executing the techniques as instructed.
Most riders discover such a boost in skill, experience and capability from Cornering101 that they will progress to Cornering201.
Cornering201 builds on the fundamentals of 101 and with the same great coaches, methods and closed facility teaches you more advanced riding skills that are essential to cornering.
Combined, these two courses elevate you to new heights of motorcycling, propelling you further than you even realised was possible. You will unlock a secret level of motorcycling you weren't even aware existed.
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