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Next Doc Wong Street Riding Clinic - March 21, 2010 Sunday!!

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Next Doc Wong Street Riding Clinic - March 21, 2010 Sunday!!

You're invited to:

Doc Wong Riding Clinic: "Cornering Confidence - The Steering Input" Sunday 9am-2:30pm


When: Sunday, March 21, 2010! 9am-2:30pm
Where: Starts at my office, then a 110 mile ride thru the Skyline hills!
****** Wong Chiropractic (Chiropractic for Children and Adults)
****** 1391 Woodside Road, Suite 200
****** Redwood City, CA 94061
How to register: just e-mail me at:*docwong@aol.com
Cost:* $0.00

I'm very excited about this month's topic! It's a key topic designed to not only improve your riding skills resulting in a better, smoother and faster rider, but to also make you a safer rider!

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Go to:*www.docwong.com*for
--more info of my other motorcycling clinics**http://www.docwong.com/st-clinc/index.htm
--Back Exercises that I recommend everyone do**http://www.docwong.com/health/stretch/index.htm
--"Doc Wong Crashes"**http://www.docwong.com/st-clinc/crash-1.htm
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Ride street, ride track, ride dirt, trials.....ride.....well!

Doc Wong
Chiropractor for Children and Adults
1391 Woodside Road, Ste 200, Redwood City, CA
(650) 365-7775
www.docwong.com

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The following description was provided by Michael Nelson*nelson@seahunt.imat.com

Dr. Harry Wong, a prominent Redwood City chiropractor and extremely knowledgeable sport rider, is holding a monthly series of MotorcycleRiding 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.

The Doc Wong Riding Clinics are now in it's 15th year!

PURPOSE: Enhance your riding skills, increase your enjoyment, and learn better riding survival reflexes.

TYPE OF MOTORCYCLE:* If it has 2 wheels and a motor, you're invited.

SKILL LEVEL 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. *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 ofexpertise required.*

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, tanktop, 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 but not required.* You are responsible for your own safety.

WORKSHOP FORMAT: (Each month is a different riding skills topic)

1. Meet at Doc Wong's Chiropractic oiffice at 9 AM. Park underground and go upstairs to the office. After signing wavers, Doc Wong gives an hour lecture on the day's riding topic. He'll also go over Riding Within Your Abilities, Group Riding, and Road Manners.* You'll be asked to fill out an optional survey for riding feedback and health issues. Then we will be split up into small groups with ride leader volunteers to lead you thru the hills.**

2. The Ride: 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 theride. As volunteer riders, they are often very willing to help you inany 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'tcontinue until everyone has arrived.

We'll try to make rest stops long enough so that the slower riders will get a rest, too.

Ride Route:**http://tinyurl.com/6gs5yu

From Dr. Wong's office up Woodside Road, up Kings Mountain Road, down Tunitas Creek Road and a short stop at the San Gregorio Road. Continue on Stage Road to the town of Pescadero to Cloverdale, Gazos Creek Road to Hwy 1. Then down Hwy 1 to Davenport for lunch. After lunch, it's south on Highway 1 to Bonny Doone Road, right on Smith Grade to Empire Grade, down Jamison Creek Road to Boulder Creek, then up Hwy 9 to the corner of Hwy 9 and Skyline at the rest stop 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 Nelson, San Francisco, CA
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**Special acknowledgement and thanks to:

Keith Code of California Superbike Schools for his help and guidenceand support. The Doc Wong Street Riding Clinics are almost all based onhis works. Get his books and tapes on the subject, read them and applythem....your riding will be much better for it!*www.californiasuperbikeschool.com

Gary Jaehne for his contributions on the Suspension clinics and in his book: "Sportbiking:* The Real World"....great reading.

Helimot Leathers:* The leathers I use and consider the best!*http://www.helimot.com

Aftershocks Suspension where I take my suspension!*http://www.aftershocks-suspension.com/pages/about.htm

Repsol oils, the Moto GP oils that I now exclusively use on all my bikes!
 
Hiya Doc, I want in on this. I'm sure it'll be another great ride. :teeth
 
Should be awesome! I love doing these rides, it gives me a chance to see friends and make new ones!
 

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i don't have any riding pants. can i join with jeans? i have knee and shin guard.
 
Personally, I wouldn't want to go down Jamison Creek without full gear; especially if I were a new rider...especially if I had never been on the road before...especially if the roads are still kinda wet and have who-knows-what-kind-of-crap all over them.
You both have a couple of weeks to sort out your gear situation...I would highly recommend getting some textile overpants, if not some sezzy leathers. :)
Have fun, the clinics are great. Maybe I will be able to make it out for this one, it has been awhile.
 
It's a VERY good idea to have good riding gear anytime you ride. Jeans with knee and shin guards are not bad, much better than jeans alone. As soon as you can get more specific riding gear, it's always better.

On my riding clinics, I don't police what you wear unless it's pretty obvious the rider is going to be a danger to themselves. Riders are expected to be responsible for themselves.
 
Just a note on pants - I've crashed in $50 textile Fieldsheer Carbolex overpants at 65mph and if it wasn't for me just wearing shorts underneath I would have been just perfect, just a couple of scrapes. Order them at Santa Clara Cycle Accessories 408-730-0600. Add the armor that you already have and you'll be set for awhile, with a minimum investment. 500 denier ovepants go a long way at 65mph, don't settle for less (jeans are about 100 denier).
 
Saw Doc Wong's group down at San Gregorio...hope y'all had fun :)
 
Saw Doc Wong's group down at San Gregorio...hope y'all had fun :)

We had an awesome time. Roads were clear, riders smiling and improving, cars pulled over for us and the sun shined!:)
 
I had fun and learned some stuff. First time at the clinic, and definitely won't be the last. I came with 2 of my buds all the way from Oakland.

South Bay riding seems to be way better than the riding I've been doing in the Oakland Hills.


Thanks Doc!
 
Hey, you're welcome, great seeing you guys there!

The day was perfect for riding, the weather warm, the traffic low and roads clear!
 
Lot's of riders showed up for this. :banana
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And even with a slight hiccup, group 4 arrived just before group 1 left =]
Oh, and Doc went 2-up :cool
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yea, I forgot, I did the clinic 2 up. That was a fun experience! I rode at the usual pace and we even did China Grade!
 
I'll shamelessly admit to being a fair-weather clinic attendee, and since the sun was shining in spades yesterday I finally made it to my first Doc Wong clinic. What an amazing ride- I learned so much in one day. My previous attempts at Tunitas Creek were a sloppy, bumpy mess and had me wondering why anyone liked riding this road. After listening to Doc talk about riding bumpy goat trails in the pre-ride talk, I was able to focus on some of these techniques and I also had the benefit of riding behind Gary J on that stretch of road. Between the improved body position/balance and watching Gary's lines I absolutely loved this road. It's totally changed my attitude toward little goaty roads. Doc said that by the time we got back to Hwy 9 at the end of the ride, it would feel like a superhighway compared to the rest of the roads, and boy was he right. After having tackled some of the crazier roads in the SC mountains, cruising 9 with my newfound confidence and skill was exhilarating. I'll definitely be back for more of these clinics... with the GoPro HD cam next time.

Thanks Doc!!! :thumbup :Port

-John
 
Hey John, glad you had a great time! The footage from the GoPro HD is pretty amazing for such a little camera. I'm going to have to get one!
 
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