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Circuit Rider Clinic

What is it:

The Circuit Riders Clinic with: Steve Plater / Niall Mackenzie / Simon Crafer.

It’s a track school, that concentrates on teaching its pupils within a circuit environment not a classroom environment.

The main emphasis of a Circuit Rider Clinic is to help you become a faster and safer rider.

How does it work?

To gain entry to the riders clinic you have to be firstly assessed by 1 of the Focused Events team of Instructors. This is to ensure that you join the clinic at the correct level. This can take place on any of our days that you are booked on to ride and it will be a 20 minute observed ride with advice at the end of the session.

The Course consists of 3 levels.

Level 1 : Circuit Riders Introductory Course

Designed for riders of 1st time experience to 3 days of track day usage.

Aims of Level 1 course are as follows:

1.To enhance bike control

2.To help the rider achieve a level of understanding and comfort with circuit riding.

To emphasize the difference between circuit and road ridings.

Level 2 : Circuit Riders Clinic Racecraft Introductory Level

To access level 2 you will need to have successfully completed Level 1 or have been assessed by FE Instructors who pass you eligible for this level

Level 2 is to lay a foundation of understanding and technique that will greatly enhance your level of ability and racecraft knowledge

Aims of Level 2 course are as follows:

1.Use of Racing Lines. The main emphasis of this course is to fully understand and become comfortable with the theory of racing lines and the full use of the circuit.

2.Body position

3.Braking techniques

4.Throttle Control

Level 3: Circuit Riders Perfection Course

A day 1 to 1 with either Niall or Steve

Aims of Level 3 course:

1.To consistently achieve safer and faster laps and gain a wealth of knowledge, as the secrets of top level racecraft and circuit riding are unlocked for you.

2.Real fine tuning of Machine control, body positioning, throttle control and machine set up.

Each Level is completed with a certificate and a photo with your tutor

Prices
Assessment rides are Free

Level 1 and 2 are £185 per rider per day plus the track day cost.

Level 3 is £750 for the day on a 1 to 1 basis

Your day starts at 7.30. You will be with Steve or Chris all day. There will be an introductory chat, suspension setup for each riders machine and personal equipment check, then rider briefing.

You will be equipped with radio communications equipment, and you will commence circuit riding at 9.00 for 20 Mins every hour with debriefing after each session.

Lunch will be for one hour again spent with Chris or Steve, and there will be at 5.00 a further ½ hour final debrief.

Steve Plater's CV

Steve started racing in 1994 and his achievements are also notable with obviously more to come !

1998 British Powerbike
1997 British Supersport Champion
Twice British Supersport runner up
Bol'dor Lap Record
Macau GP lap Record and Rostrums
NW200 Rostrums
British Superbike...4 wins and 17 rostrums

2007 season:

Victory at the Northwest 200 & Macau Grand Prix / Best newcomer at the TT with a scorching 125.808mph lap in the Senior.

World Enurance winner for Kawaski at the Albacete 6 hour.

Simon Crafar Motocycle History in his own words:

I did my 5year Motorcycle Mechanic apprenticeship (trade qualifications) in New Zealand and raced Motocross, then later production street bike racing. I won NZ titles on 250, 600 then later Superbikes. Mostly preparing my own bikes.

My intro to international motorcycle racing was in 1989 when I mechanic'd for Legendary Graham Crozby for a SBK race in Kuala Lumpar... in many ways....that was a real blast!

I raced Yamaha Superbikes in Japan, New Zealand, Australia & Malaysia before coming to the UK where in 1992 I rode for Neil Tuxwhorth at Honda UK. I finished 4th in the British MCN championship.

I rode World championship for the next 8 years starting out on Private Machines & ending up in factory teams & machines.

I got 10 podiums (a friend just looked it up on the internet for me) in the Superbike Worldchampionship.

2nd in the 1996 Suzuka 8 hrs in Japan on a factory Kawasaki partering Anthony Gobert (1997 with Kawasaki partnering Akira Yanagawa & 1998 with Yamaha partnering Nori Haga).

My best results are 3x 500GP Podiums in 1998: 3rd Assen (Doohan, Biaggi, Me), 1st Donington (Me, Doohan, Abe), 2nd Philip Island (Doohan, Me, Crevielle).

I trained and worked as an official Ohlins suspention technition for 2001, built, dyno'd supplied & supported all the suspention for 2x Factory 250GP Aprilia riders & 2x Factory Yamaha 500GP riders during all tests & races on the 2001 GP calenendar. As much as I liked the job & all the great guys at Ohlins Sweden, 60% or more of the year, is to much time away from my wife & kids.

Most recent result: Winner of 2007 Red Bull Romaniacs Hard Enduro Expert class.

I said yes to this job thinking that getting paid to ride again & explain what I spent 12years doing as a proffession will be great. The unexpected bonus was the pleasure i got when the riders I helped go faster, safer, come in off the track with big smiles on there faces. What a job!

Simon

JOHN REYNOLDS.

Born: 27 June 1965 - World Superbike debut 1991 - Grand Prix debut - 1993

Three time BSB Champion 1992 - 2001 - 2004

What our customer say:

Graham Harvey:
I’m using a totally different circuit to the one I used to ride. I’ve become so much faster and smoother.