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Click HERE to find out of Cornerspin is for YOU!
Click here for the Cornerspin™ information PDF form
What beautiful Carolina weather! Fall and Winter are mild in the Carolinas which makes it that much better for you to come and ride at our Cornerspin school. Average temperatures in Spencer during January are low's around 32 degrees and high's around 52 degrees. Plan your winter training with us!
2/2/10: "TRACKDAY TRAINING WITH CORNERSPEED - SPRING TRAINING ISN'T JUST FOR BASEBALL" ARTICLE POSTED 1/4/10: "CORNERSPIN: GETTING ROADRACING DIRTY" ARTICLE POSTED 8/25/09: NEW ARTICLES POSTED: Watch the video with Aaron and SpeedTV's Neale Bayly - please note that this was a special one-time school held to teach the SpeedTV girls how to ride and does not represent our normal Cornerspin curriculum: Click HERE to read Neale Bayly's article on the comprehensive Cornerspin school.
WHAT
IS CORNERSPIN™? CLICK HERE TO SEE
A VIDEO OF THE SCHOOL. During the 1980’s, “King Kenny” (3 time world champion Kenny Roberts) began training up and coming riders on XR100 mini-bikes to improve and enhance the rider’s skills using bikes just like ours (mini-bikes that have less than 10hp). Riders such as Wayne Rainey (3 time world champion), Eddie Lawson (4 time world champion), John Kosinski (2 time world champion) have all utilized this valuable training even while competing at the world championship level. This not much talked about training has been used and is still used by current riders such as the Hayden brothers, the Bostrom brothers, Colin Edwards, Tony Elias and yes, even Valentino Rossi! How do you think all of these guys learned to slide a bike so well? The drills and techniques we use translate directly to all types of riding and all areas of riding: balance, throttle control, body positioning, traction, weight bias, peg weighting, vision and references, just to name a few points. All of these elements combine to make you a better rider no matter what type of riding you do. Street riders will find that they have a greater sense of awareness of their skills and improvement in their riding. Racers will find that and much much more. The training we do at Cornerspin™ is not new but new to most riders. Call it the best kept secret of the pros. Back to Top HOW IS THIS SCHOOL DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER SCHOOLS TAUGHT ON DIRT?
I'VE NEVER RIDDEN A DIRT BIKE. CAN I TAKE THE COURSE? Yes. Cornerspin is NOT a dirt bike school. It is a road racing school taught in the dirt. Many of our students had never ridden a dirt bike before the Cornerspin school and completed the course with as good if not better results than fellow students that came with dirt bike experience. Back to Top I KNOW HOW TO RIDE A DIRT BIKE. WHY SHOULD I TAKE THIS COURSE? Because you are not going to be "dirt bike riding". This is unlike anything you've done before unless you have a background in Supermoto racing or Flat track racing. And still, it will be different because everything we do and everything we discuss relates to road racing and road riding. We are providing you as safe a place as possible to ride beyond the limits of traction, to ride beyond your limits as a racer/rider, to learn the highest level of control that isn't possible to do on asphalt without dire consequences for your mistakes. Here is where you can work on the concepts and practical application of what you've seen done in MotoGP, SBK and AMA Superbike. Back to Top DO I HAVE TO BE A RACER OR INTEND ON RACING TO TAKE THIS CLASS? Absolutely not. The majority of our students just want to be better riders. What you learn in class with Cornerspin will make you a better, safer rider on the street as well as on the track. This class will help you no matter what type of riding you do. All riders find that they are more relaxed and more confident in all conditions where traction is affected after attending a class with Cornerspin. Back to Top Located in the heart of racing, Cornerspin is 1 hour from Charlotte, 20 minutes from Lowes Motor Speedway and 30 minutes from Greensboro. Our facility is located in central North Carolina near the town of Spencer, North Carolina, less than one mile from Interstate 85 (Exit 81). There are many North Carolina attractions in the immediate area. Major airports are: Charlotte Douglas International (1 hour away) and Greensboro (30 minutes away). Another way to look at it: the Cornerspin training facility is conveniently located halfway between the metropolitan areas of Atlanta and Washington D.C. Back to Top I WOULD LIKE MORE DETAILS. WHERE ARE THEY? Please click here for the Cornerspin™ information PDF form. It contains the basic information that will get you started. There are other link buttons at the top of the page to provide you with additional information. If your questions are not answered on this site, please email us with additional questions. Back to Top HOW MUCH IS THE CORNERSPIN SCHOOL? The school is two days (usually Saturday and Sunday). The cost is $525 which includes the use of a Cornerspin bike, two days of instruction, lunches, water bottle, snacks, t-shirt and photos. If you bring your own bike, the cost is $425. Your bike must meet the tech requirements which you will find on the registration form. Back to Top INSTRUCTORS MAY VARY FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL. THE MAIN STAFF IS: AARON STEVENSON (Cornerspeed and Cornerspin Chief Instructor) and MICHAEL DILLON (Pro flat tracker and Expert road racer). Also on the roster: Multi-disciplined Expert Racers: PHILLIP DOYLE, BRENT MERCER, PETE MORAVEK, JEAN ROBITAILLE, and Multi-national 125GP champion BRIAN KCRAGET. Back to Top Click on this link to download the registration form or call 704-332-3147or email us at cornerspeed@carolina.rr.com. Back to Top WILL I BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND PRACTICE MY NEW SKILLS? Yes, effective for 2009 we will allow Cornerspin Graduates to come back and re-take the full school for only $325.00 (bike included). Graduates will be on a waiting list until one week before the school - at this time we will confirm with the graduates if they have a space. This is so first time students can receive a spot if the event sells out. Back to Top HOW DOES CORNERSPIN COMPARE TO CORNERSPEED'S LEVEL 2? The schools are actually very similar in content and in fact, Cornerspin will most likely replace Level 2 Cornerspeed in 2008. What you are able to do at Cornerspin is ride beyond your limit and the bike's limit. If you attempt to ride beyond your limit on your sportbike on asphalt at high speeds, the consequences can be devastating. In this environment, you have the opportunity to go beyond your normal limits to explore traction, weight transfer, peg weighting, braking and throttle inputs when in any other environment such as a high speed road course or public mountain road would not be prudent or safe. At Cornerspin, you can practice manipulating the chassis and handling through sliding the bike, pushing the front end and using body english (weight transfer) to actively change what you and the bike are doing. This type of training makes you one with the bike. That's why it has been used for 30 years by top pros and is still the training of choice by top riders. It may come across as a marketing ploy but honestly, if you do Cornerspin first and THEN do Cornerspeed Level 2, Level 2 will make much more sense to you and you'll have a much better understanding of what we are trying to get you to do with your sportbike. As one top pro rider (multi-national champion) told Aaron when talking about Cornerspin; "I wish there would have been this type of school available to me when I first started racing. It would have saved me a lot of broken bones....and dollars." Back to Top Not on our mailing list? Log in and set up an account on our forum, The Cyber Paddock. E-mail Aaron Stevenson at: cornerspeed@carolina.rr.com |
THIS
IS A ROADRACING SCHOOL TAUGHT IN THE DIRT. This is not a
"dirt bike" school. This is not a flat track school. This is
not a motard school.We are practicing skills to be used in road racing
and road riding. Our staff of instructors are road racers with dirt skills
and flat trackers with road racing skills. We are using flat track and
motard riding techniques with drills that apply directly to road racing.
We explain how it relates to road racing and how you can incorporate these
new skills in your riding. Our drills are set up to enhance your overall
motorcycle skills with the emphasis on road racing. Our facility is set
up to simulate many road and track conditions; hairpins, camber changes,
elevation changes, fast transitions, decreasing and expanding radius turns,
all of these elements combine to challenge even the best riders.