TVS Off-Road Track Day – Training With Aravind KP

After completing the figure-8 we had to complete single-sided loops along with those cones. This is when I got a stick from Aravind to my leg as I wasn’t keeping it high enough while cornering in the dirt. All we had to do was maintain a body posture which is completely opposite to the one we have during road-racing. Elbow up-high in an attack position, knee locked onto the tank and be as much ahead on the bike as possible. After the figure-8 and the loops, we had a 15-min break while the team set up more cones.

Consistent throttle gives you traction, chop it off only when you brake

The next training was like a Slalom test where all the cones were put in a line and we had to ride from one end to another while standing up. In off-road riding, we have a different body posture for standing up too, knees locked to the tank while the back stays straight and chin facing handlebar. Even here the elbows stay up high in an attack position. We had to complete the Slalom, take a u-turn and come back without keeping our feet down. We did this for 20-mins and I tell you, we were tired to the core! All of us had an idea of how unfit we were and everyone got a breather as we took some rest.

The next session was complete laps along the Supercross course and everyone was finally excited to do what they had come for! But on the brighter side, now everyone knew how to tackle the different terrain as the 3 hours of training since morning would come into play. All the batches did the track laps and I was moved to the first batch as I was performing better and better during the training sessions. During my lap, Abdul was riding behind me for almost 2 complete laps and gave me instructions on the mistakes I was doing. While he went ahead to check on other riders, my luck got better and Aravind followed me for a complete lap and again instructed on how to improve my body position.