Sears point,,,umm, back when it was called Sears Point.The Annoyed Man wrote:At what track? I started racing at Willow Springs (which was also Keith's main track) in 1985. I've actually known Keith for years, although he probably wouldn't remember me. He certainly never was at a loss for an unorthodox solution.bronco78 wrote:In 1984 I went to the California Super Bike school, It was noted that I had a tendency to point my toes out, and was at risk to drag them on the track. Keith Code suggested to me to swap my boots, wearing the left on the right foot, and right on the left foot.The Annoyed Man wrote:I'm looking at the picture... You wear the left boot on your right foot, and the right boot on your left foot?:
I used to run into him all over the place, like at a local restaurant in La Cañada/Flintridge all the time which we both frequented called the Hill Street Cafe (right at the intersection of Angeles Crest Highway and Foothill Blvd), or up at Newcomb's Ranch on the Crest, and I would bump into him at the racetracks when I was racing. I've had lots of conversations with him, although I doubt he would remember my name. I remember reading "A Twist of the Wrist" before I ever started roadracing. Willow was my home track, but our club raced regularly at Riverside Raceway too, and I've had a little track time at Laguna Seca a couple of times.
While I got to listen to Keithes class room instruction and a word or ten of encouragement between lap sessions,, I would hardly say I got to speak to him... It was a GREAT day for sure. Always said I would go back for the two day course, but never did.
later that hear, I graduated HS, and less then a year later joined the Army.. Been doing that deal ever since.
Delusions of grandeur.. Being handed a factory Ride and kicking Freddy Spencer from his HRC Honda were just that fantasy..
Like my first bike, it is a memory only at this point.