There are alot more frills with the Spencer school. A good lunch, and I believe hotel is also included, as examples. And his school is a Las Vegas Motor Speedway. I also believe those prices include track bike rental for Spencer and Schwantz.karl_1052 said:I've never been to one, but my question is: How come Kevin Schwantz and Freddie Spencer charge over $2000, and the other guys(Keith Code, Star, etc) are all only a couple of hundered.
What do you get from the KS, or FS school that makes it worth 2-4 times the amount.:confused :confused :confused
Remember that you are learning from THE Freddie Spencer and THE Kevin Schwantz, plus the AMA pro racers that teach at their schools (AMA privateers Lee Acree & Opie Caylor are instructors at Schwantz and Suzuki factory rider Jamie Hacking occasionally comes on board). If you dont know whats so special about KS and FS, time to review your motorcycle racing historykarl_1052 said:I've never been to one, but my question is: How come Kevin Schwantz and Freddie Spencer charge over $2000, and the other guys(Keith Code, Star, etc) are all only a couple of hundered.
What do you get from the KS, or FS school that makes it worth 2-4 times the amount.:confused :confused :confused
Don't forget, if you're going to a school to get a race licence, the school has to be recognized by the sanctioning body that you'll be racing under.hondasarge said:I'm thinking about getting into some club racing but want to improve on my skills some (gee I feel like a newbie all over again). Any suggestions on particular track schools that would be a good ones??
Karl, I'll probably make myself really unpopular but I'll give you an honest answer. I've been to both of those schools and the cost broke down like this.karl_1052 said:I've never been to one, but my question is: How come Kevin Schwantz and Freddie Spencer charge over $2000, and the other guys(Keith Code, Star, etc) are all only a couple of hundered.
What do you get from the KS, or FS school that makes it worth 2-4 times the amount.:confused :confused :confused
Well I can tell you I actually crashed in the Bargy school. It was just a momentary brain fart but it cost me the rest of the day. The thing you need to look at is why you are taking the class. I took Bargy becuase I wanted a race license. At that school they teach how to go faster on the track, it is geared for the racer and possibly the track day junkie. I think that is where some of the different crash ratios come in. Also I believe the Bargy certificate is good for Wera, CCS, AHRMA, and I think one more I can't think of right now.TJA1 said:Karl, I'll probably make myself really unpopular but I'll give you an honest answer. I've been to both of those schools and the cost broke down like this.
~$2000 for the Spencer School
~$700 for the Schwantz school
As the cost went down the average age of the participants went down also. At Spencers school I was surrounded by mainly 40-50 age somethings who had respect for life and limb, 2 days of school no crashes. At Schwantz's school the average age was lower 20 - 40 somethings, 1 day of class and three crashes. The average speed of the classes was very similar. YMMV, but I wonder what a ~$300 1 day class would be like based on that correlation?
Regards,
Terry