Falling without hurting yourself!
By Dick Law on 6th Apr 07
OK, you've been riding enduros for some time now and you're stuck in a rut and just not going any faster or getting those all-important results you think you should do. What do you do?
Well, one answer could be the Ady Smith KTM Off-road Schools, whichthe man himself runs in most parts of the country. Ady's endurocredentials and achievements speak for themselves - British EnduroChampion in 1985, '94, '95 and '96. He has contested in a total of 11ISDE's, and has six ISDE gold medals, one for finishing fifth in the125cc class in Poland.
He switched from enduro to concentrate on Supermoto and was nationalchampion in 2001 and 2004, and can be seem on one of the podium stepsever since then.
So, if anyone should know about riding a motorcycle properly with style and speed, then Ady should.
''The idea of this enduro school is to put a rider with someexperience on the right track to improve their skill levels andtherefore their results,'' explains tutor Ady. ''We start with simplethings like how a time-card works, and the best way to carry it whenriding enduros. Then we move on to bike set-up and what things to carryin your bum-bag.
''After that we move on for the rest of the day to focus on riding techniques.''
It was a cold but bright sunny day in a wood at a secret location in Derbyshire, not far from Ady's home town.
Ten riders changed into their riding kit for the beginning of day one and listened to the master's every word.
On the numbers in the class Ady explains: ''I like to keep it to tenas any more will keep me from giving more individual attention to theriders who need it.''
After a quick talk on time cards and the rules involved with themand time keeping, Ady switched to machine set-up and preparation.
For full story and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, April 6, 2007.