Next Doc Wong Riding Clinic-February 8, 2004!
You're invited to:
Dr. Harry Wong's Riding Clinic for February 8, 2004:
"Smooth Riding - Throttle Control"
I'm very excited about this month's topic! It's a key topic that can increase
your confidence and smoothness around corners. What's the proper amount of
throttle one should apply when cornering? When should you start to get on the
throttle and why? How does throttle stabilize the bike and why? What are the
most common throttle errors and why does it destabilize the bike? These and
more will be answered in this next clinic!
The "Doc Wong Weather Forecast": Moonsoon weather!!! Road closures, high
winds, rain, fallen trees, mud slides and floods!!!!!! This is one clinic
you'll not want to miss!
Please note that these clinics are held rain or shine! It it turns out to be a
dry and warm day, so be it. The Doc Wong Riding Clinic still goes on!
Check out the stuff on the Doc Wong (Free) Riding Clinics on my web site!
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.docwong.com" target="_blank">http://www.docwong.com</a>
Note: Photos for "Doc Wong Crashes" and the "Doc Wong Rider Mentor Borad" are
now on my web site.
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Next Doc Wong (Street) Clinics: (Dates are subject to change )
"Improving Your Cornering Skills and Confidence"
February 6, 2004 "Basic Motorcycle Maintenance" at I-Bike Friday night 7:15pm
February 8, 2004 "Smooth Riding - Throttle Control" Sunday 8am-2:30pm
February 9, 2004 Doc Wong Dinner at Alice's "Guzzi Night" all welcome Monday
night 7:15pm
February 13, 2004 "Basic Suspension Part 2" Friday night 7:15pm-10:15pm
February 21, 2004 "First Aid/CPR for Motorcyclists" Saturday 9am to 4pm
February 27, 2004 "Basic Suspension Part 3" Friday night 7:15pm-10:15pm
March 8, 2004 Doc Wong Dinner at Alice's "Guzzi Night" all welcome Monday night
7:15pm
March 12, 2004 "Basic Suspension Part 1" Friday night 7:15pm-10:15pm
March 14, 2004 "Cornering Confidence - The Steering Input" Sunday 8am-2:30pm
March 20, 2004 "First Aid/CPR for Motorcyclists" Saturday 9am to 4pm
April 9, 2004 "Basic Suspension Part 2" Friday night 7:15pm-10:15pm
April 17, 2004 "First Aid/CPR for Motorcyclists" Saturday 9am to 4pm
April 25, 2004 "Smooth Riding - Handle bar pressure"Sunday 8am-2:30pm
May 15. 2004 "First Aid/CPR for Motorcyclists" Saturday 9am to 4pm
May 16, 2004 "Cornering Confidence - Lines of Travel (2 Step)"Sunday 8am-2:30pm
June 12, 2004 "First Aid/CPR for Motorcyclists" Saturday 9am to 4pm
June 27, 2004 "Smooth Riding - Body English-Weight Transfer" Sunday 8am-2:30pm
July 25, 2004 "Cornering Confidence - Stable Body Position and Anchor Points"
Sunday 8am-2:30pm
August 15, 2004 "Cornering Confidence - Pivot Steering" Sunday 8am-2:30pm
September 19, 2004 "Smooth Riding - Awareness, Vision and the Vanishing point"
Sunday 8am-2:30pm
October 17, 2004 "Cornering Confidence - Road Surfaces and Curve
Configurations" Sunday 8am-2:30pm
November 14, 2004 "Cornering Confidence - Wet Weather Riding and Loose
Conditions" Sunday 8am-2:30pm
December 5, 2004 "Smooth Riding - Shifting and Braking" Sunday 8am-2:30pm
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Next Doc Wong group at Keith Code's Calif. Superbike School
To be announced
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Next Doc Wong group at an TRACK DAYs events:
E-mail me at DocWong.TakeThisOut@aol.com for more information!
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Next Dirt and Dual Sport Clinics (format is Friday night 7:15pm at my
office and Saturday or Sunday 9am at Hollister Hills)
January 30, 2004 (Friday night at my office) and February 1, 2004 (Sunday 9am
at Hollister Hills)
February 26, 2004 (Thursday night at my office) and February 29, 2004 (Sunday
9am at Hollister Hills)
March 26, 2004 (Friday night at my office) and March 28, 2004 (Sunday 9am at
Hollister Hills)
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**Special acknowledgement and thanks to Keith Code of California Superbike
Schools for his help and guidence and support. The Doc Wong Street Riding
Clinics are almost all based on his works.
My personal recommendation: Get his books and tapes on the subject, read them
and apply them....your riding will be much better for it!
And special acknowledgement to Gary Jaehne for his contributions on the
Suspension clinics and in his book: "Sportbiking: The Real World"....great
reading.
And special acknowledgement to L. Ron Hubbard who has provided me with the
vital tools to be effective in life and in teaching me how to learn
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Also, check out the new "Back Exercises" on my web site!
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.docwong.com" target="_blank">http://www.docwong.com</a> and let me know what you think or would like to see!
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I think you'll like this!
As always, there will also be a discussion about:
1. Riding Within Your Abilities
2. Doc Wong's Smooth Street Riding Technique
3. Public Relations
The following description was provided by Michael Nelson
nelson.TakeThisOut@seahunt.imat.com
Several folks have expressed their interest in attending, but what we need for
you to do now is to CONFIRM via E-mail or telephone to Dr. Wong's office in
Redwood City if you're planning on attending.
The phone number at the office is 1-650-365-7775.
The clinic will meet at (of all places) a clinic...
We'll meet at 8AM at: Physicians Plus Medical Group
1391 Woodside Road,
Suite 200
Redwood City, CA 94061
Please be gassed up and ready for a three hour ride after the one hour seminar.
We won't be stopping for a snack until about 10 am, so if you get hungry
before that time of the day either bring a snack with you or eat before you
arrive.
You can gas up before the clinic at any of the numerous gas stations on
Woodside Road where the clinic is.
Dr. Harry Wong, a prominent Redwood City chiropractor and extremely
knowledgeable sport rider, has started a monthly series of Motorcycle Riding
Clinics. These seminars are FREE, and consist of a one hour lecture followed by
a three hour group ride in the beautiful Santa Cruz mountains.
PURPOSE: Enhance your riding skills, increase your enjoyment, and learn better
riding survival reflexes.
COST: FREE
TYPE OF MOTORCYCLE: If it has 2 wheels and a motor, you're invited.
SKILL LEVEL REQUIRED: Since these are not fast sport rides, any reasonably
competent rider should be able to participate. We recommend that you be
comfortable with your bike and knowledgeable about your (and your bike's)
limitations and capabilities. If you have been riding for at least six months
you've probably got the minimum level of expertise required. The bottom line
is that if you can safely negotiate the mountainous roads off Skyline Blvd,
then you do have the minimum skills for the ride.
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: A motorcycle in good mechanical condition, helmet, gloves,
heavy jacket (leather or heavy material), heavy pants, boots... in other words,
sensible riding attire. If you show up in shorts, tank top, Oakley blades and
flipflops on your feet, you _may_be invited to go home. You must also have a
valid motorcycle license and insurance. Full leathers are encouraged.
RIDING LOCATION: Any and all backroads off Skyline Blvd, along thecoast,
Highway 9, etc.
HOW TO REGISTER: E-mail Dr. Wong at DOCWONG.TakeThisOut@AOL.Com or call (650) 365-7775.
TIMES: Sunday mornings, 8:00AM to 9:00AM for the workshopwith approximately 4
hours riding afterwards. Lunch in Davenport at 12noon. We're usually done at
2:30pm with a short talk on Skyline Blvd (Hwy 35) and Hwy 9.
WHO: Dr. Harry Wong, with guest ride leaders, and who knows?
WORKSHOP FORMAT: The one hour talk will cover one major topic. Then when we
ride, we ride with the emphasis of applying the principles of that one topic.
We split the riders into groups of around 10 riders each, according to what
YOU think your riding skill level is. The first group will generally ride at
a faster pace and the last group riding at the slowest pace.
You can ride at a slower pace, you don't need to feel like you have to keep up
with the riders in front of you.
We'll have volunteer ride leaders leading you on the route thru the hills.
Those riders will be designated to you prior to beginning the ride. As
volunteer riders, they are often very willing to help you in any way they can.
So feel free to ask them questions on riding, the route, etc.
It's important to approach this whole thing with the right attitude.
If one of the volunteer ride leaders talks to you, it's meant to be
constructive criticism and should be taken that way. After all, the purpose of
the Clinics is to improve your skills.
We try to ride at a moderate pace, and we hold the speed down on the straights
to allow slower riders to catch up. We stop at any intersection where we're
turning off to another road and we don't continue until everyone has arrived.
We'll try to make rest stops long enough so that the slower riders will get a
rest, too.
TOPICS:
o "Cornering Confidence - Judging Entrance Speed"
o "Cornering Confidence - The Steering Input"
o "Smooth Riding - Throttle Control"
o "Cornering Confidence - Lines of Travel (1-2 Turn Method)"
o "Smooth Riding - Handle bar pressure"
o "Cornering Confidence - Pivot Steering"
o "Smooth Riding - Body English-Weight Transfer"
o "Cornering Confidence - Stable Body Position and Anchor Points"
o "Smooth Riding - Awareness and Vision"
o "Cornering Confidence - Road Surfaces and Curve Configurations"
o "Cornering Confidence - Wet Weather Riding and Loose Conditions"
RIDE ROUTE: (1081 turns!)
We start at Dr. Wong's office on Woodside Road in
Redwood City. We go up Woodside Road, through
Woodside, and turn right on King's Mountain Road. We
go up King's Mountain Road to Skyline and stop there
for a very short break. This is the first opportunity for
our volunteer leaders to give any tips to the riders
they've observed.
From there, we head down Tunitas Creek Road (described
by my late friend Brett as "a goddamned GOAT TRAIL!")
. We follow Tunitas Creek Road all the way down to
Highway 1, where we take a short jaunt down 1 to Stage
Road. Left on Stage road to San Gregorio's little
General Store, where we take break- snackage & bathrooms
inside the store.
From San Gregorio, we go south on Stage Road to the
little town of Pescadero (which is a veritable
METROPOLIS compared to San Gregorio and has gas).
We don't quite go into town, turning left on North St
instead, then left on Pescadero Creek a short ways, making
a right on Butano Cut-off. Take that to the end, & make a
Left (South) on Cloverdale Rd. We follow Cloverdale road down
to Gazos Creek Road, where we turn west (right).
We follow Gazos Creek Road to Highway 1 (where there is gas),
take a regrouping break- then take a trip down 1 to Davenport,
where we stop for lunch. After lunch, it's south on Highway 1
again to Bonny Doon Road, where we turn east (left). Don't turn
right there, or you'll be surprised at the lack of floatation a set
of leathers provides.
Up Bonny Doon Road to Smith Grade, right on Smith
Grade to Empire Grade. North (left) on Empire Grade to
Jamison Creek Road, down Jamison Creek Road to Highway
236. Right on Highway 236 to Highway 9 in Boulder
Creek. Another short break in Boulder Creek (at the 76 station; gas, if
needed), then up Highway 9 (east) to Skyline, where we
assemble at the little rest area there for a final meeting.
After our meeting and bull session, the group
breaks up and everyone is on their own. Hope you can
find your way home from there!
- Michael -
Michael Nelson <michaelnel.TakeThisOut@comcast.net>
San Francisco, CA 1-415-240-2841
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Directions to Physicians + Plus Medical Group
From San Francisco (or north of Redwood City):
Go south on Hwy 280 (pass Hwy 92 exit, go another 10 minutes).
Exit Woodside Road (Hwy 84) - turn left off the exit - you'll be going
east on Woodside.
About 1 1/2 miles on your right, on the corner of San Carlos Ave and
Woodside.
You'll see a new 2 story building with West Coast Video on the bottom.
Park on the street, you'll see all the bikes. Dr. Wong's office is
upstairs above the video store.
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From the South Bay:
Go north on Hwy 280, and take the Woodside Road (Hwy 84) exit and
turn right, heading east on Woodside road.
About 1 1/2 miles on your right, on the corner of San Carlos Ave and
Woodside.
You'll see a new 2 story building with West Coast Video on the bottom.
Park on the street, you'll see all the bikes. Dr. Wong's office is
upstairs above the video store.
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From East Bay:
Go across the San Mateo Bridge
Go South on Hwy 101
Exit Woodside Road (Hwy 84) - turn right off the exit - you'll be going
West on Woodside.
About 2 miles on your left, on the corner of San Carlos Ave and
Woodside.
You'll see a new 2 story building with West Coast Video on the bottom.
Park on the street, you'll see all the bikes. Dr. Wong's office is
upstairs above the video store.
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Physicians + Plus Medical Group
1391 Woodside Road, Suite 200
Redwood City, CA 94061
(650) 365-7775
Doc (DOCWONG@AOL.Com)
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