By Costa Mourzouris / Photos by Didier Constant & Filip Bertrand
H
aving ridden my first motorcy- cle before grasping the wheel of a car, I’ve grown up under-
standing mostly two-wheeled lingo. As a former motorcycle racer, I wondered how well what I’d learned in 25 years of riding motorcycles fast on a racetrack would translate to four wheels. My friend and driving instructor, Carl
Wener, suggested it would translate quite nicely and, as a former motorcycle racer who races cars, he would know. In order to get the latest techniques on piloting a vehicle quickly around a race-
course, I enrolled in two advanced driv- ing courses; AISA Driving Academy pro- vided my four-wheel training and Turn 2 Sportbike School gave me the rundown on riding a motorcycle to its limit. The two-day courses were given a week apart at Calabogie Motorsports Park. For the AISA courses, Hyundai
Canada stepped up with a 2010 Genesis Coupe GT, a sporty rear-drive car with a 306hp, 3.8-litre V6, independent suspen- sion at both ends, traction control (as part of its stability control) and ABS. BMW Motorrad Canada provided a
2010 S1000RR motorcycle, a 999 cc, 193hp supersport with fully adjustable
suspension, traction control and ABS as standard for the Turn 2 portion of this essay. Coincidentally, both machines had six-
speed manual gearboxes and Italian- made, high-performance Brembo brakes.
THE FIELD WORK Both the AISA and Turn 2 courses
began in a classroom, where racing ba- sics were discussed, including racing lines. Automobile and motorcycle racing lines are very similar, the main differ- ence being that on a bike you have more freedom to deviate from the ideal line with minimal consequence.
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