Classic Dirt Bike – August 2019

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‘weighting’ or loading up suspensiontocreate
the forceto bunnyhopover obstacles.
Schreiberalso showed adifferent wayof
thinking andhis answertothe ‘lackof
concentration’ issue highlightedby acouple
of studentswas disarminglysimple.
He bounced the question back and asked “how
longare youatmaximum concentration during
asix-hour trial?”Wouldyou have said 10 or 12
minutes –equating tothe time spent on trial in a
sect ion ratherthanridingto asection?
During the daythere were afew keyphrasesused
to make certainaspects stickinthe mind, phrases
such as ‘agoal withoutaplan is nothing but a
dream’ the inferencethere is the plan makesthe
goalachievableand it doesn’tmatter ifyour goal is
to beatyour ridingbuddyatthe next clubtrialor
take onthe creamofthe world,aplanis needed.
Don’tmakethe mistakeof thinking traditional
throttle,brake and clutchcontrolwasignored,
it wasn’t,but the SchreiberExperience isabout
showinghow these controls allwork together along
with the thought processto improveresults.
Once outin therough terrain thesemachine
handlingskillswereput to the test. Eachperson
gainedalitt le one-to-oneadvice asBerniewatched
eachpersonthroughasection and positioned
himselfto instructarider astowheretheyshould
be placing wheels, whenaturn shouldbegin, at
what pointshould thethrottle be snapped open or
the clutch dipped.
All in allafascinating approachtothe sport of
trials riding and howtoimproveatit. Catchi ng a
fewriders beforetheyleftIwantedtoknowifthey

had foundthe advicebeneficial.Withoutexception

allfound themselves being more focussedontheir

riding and viewing sectionswithadifferent thought

process andmorethanafew realisedthey’ dfallen

intobad habitsbut nowhad theabilitytothink

aboutwhat theyweredoingandperhaps break

them.

ShouldyoubeinterestedinhostingafulldayZeroBS

Experienceinyourcluborfacility,pleasecontact

BernieSchreiberbasedinZurich,Switzerlandat:

Worldchamp 79 @gmail.com

BOOKINGBERNIE...

Alotofthetechniques

Berniedemonstrated

duringtheschoolday

areinhisbookObserved

Trials.In 1983 heand

journalistLenWeed

createdthis 192 - page

masterpieceona

traditionalsportwhich

waschanging.After

beingapeculiarly

EnglishorBritishsport

almostsinceinception,thescenewasbecomingmore

internationalasthemachinesbeingusedwerenolonger

madeintheUK.

Foreignriderswantedtheirowntakeontrialsand

thisisablyshowninthepagesofthebook.Yes,thenew

techniquesaretherebuttheworldroundsinthosedays

werestilllengthyevents,oftencovering 60 - 70 milesso

traditionalmethodsarecoveredtoo.Eventhoughthis

bookwaswrittennearly 40 yearsagoitisstillrelevant

today.AsIhaveacopyanditisinfrontofmeasIwrite

thisI’mabletopickbitsouttohighlightwhatisbeing

saidandformeonesimplesentence–onpage 31 ,half

waydownthefirstcolumn–mademestopandthink.It

goes“Icouldn’tgetbetterifIdidn’tunderstandhowto

getbetter”andthatgoesforwhateverlevelyou’reriding

atandwhateveraspectoftrialsyouareridingin.

THETEXTBOOK

d

Thebook,getacopyifyou

can.Wonderifthere’sareprint

planned?

1:Thewide variety

of motorc yclesint he

scho ol didn ’t seem to

bother Bernie andhe

demonstrated hisskills

on alloft hem.

2:Therewas li ttle need

for clutchaction.

3:Theabilityto decide

what styleofr iding

is needed,and when,

wasstressedasan

important point.

4:First timeonarigid...

yes, he wasclean.

StuClements hadthe addedpressure of ridinganex-Bern ie SchreiberSWM Jumbo.

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