Classic Dirt Bike – August 2019

Thenit wastimetoseeif thepupilswerelistening...RobPoulton

lookslikehewas.

Afterwatchinghisgroup throughasection,
Bernie woulddiscussperformancewith everyone,
highlightingwherehefelt theycouldimprove.Thenademofromtheformerchamp.

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MASTERCLASS

observed trials. While at the forefrontofthe new
styleofridingwith its bunnyhops,pivotturns,nose
wheeliesand suchthings,Berniewasstaying within
the rulesoftrials astheywereatthat timeand was
maintaining forwardmotionashewas hopping
and pivoting.
Usinghis experiences withgolfers,footballers
andother sportsprofes sionals, Berniehas honed
whatwent intothe original bookandbroken his
teaching into certain keyareas whichwill help a
rider advance.Bypointingout certain keyareas to
focus attentiononand explaining howhearrived
at these areasand what he did to improvehis
performanceinthem,the Class of 2019 hadmuch
foodfor thought.
Oneof themajorpointsstressed during the day
wasthatitwas theridersthemselves whocaused
the lackofprogress,by putting perceivedobstacles
in theirownway.We’renot talkingabout arock
step or amuddyturn, but an attitude wheretrying
to attempttoo much allatonce canoverwhelm
someone. Asuggestion totakean alternative
approachinapractise section, suchasbreaking
it down into thirdsor quartersormoreand tackle
eachbit individuallybefore adding them together
wasamethod met withscepticisminitially, until it
wasshown towork.
Therewereofcoursesome‘givens’ –suchas

HereintheUKthegoverningbodyofmotorcycle

sportistheAutoCycleUnioninScotland–theSACUis

responsibleforsportnorthoftheborder.

TheSchreiberExperiencewasbackedbythem,and

officials,intheformofRichardAllenfortheACUand

AllisterStewartfortheSACU,wereonhandsotheevent

couldhappenundertheofficialinsurance.Beforethe

AMCAcomehammeringonmydooryes,manyofus

rideundertheirbannertoo,butthiswasanACUthing.

ContacttheACUviawww.acu.org.ukortheSACUat

http://www.sacu.co.ukwhereawealthofinformationcan

befound.

OFFICIALDOM

don’tpractise whatyouknowyou can do,practise

whatyou don’t know howtodo, but howmanyof

us actually do that? As the classtooktothe outside

and some practisesections,Berniedemonstrated

what he’d spokenaboutinthe classroom: breaking

down sections, showing howtoactuallyplanaroute

throughasection, using the whole availablewidth

to make turns easierand more.

Now the pupilsunderstood thebenefits of

proper weight distribution,allowingthe

motorcycletomovearound,the effectsof

Aboveleft:Thatthis

is adifferenttypeof

experienceisobvious,

theSchreiberWayis

basedonhisworkwith

sportingprofessionals

aroundtheworld.

Aboveright:Once

outwithmotorcycles

ProfessorSchreiber

cangauge whatsort

ofsectionshe’llneed,

assomewereon rigid

classicsandothers

wereon modern water-

cooledmonos.

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