ROB STEWART: TEAM Arizona’s Rider of the Month March 2013
Last Updated: April 1st, 2024
This month, in honor of Sport Bike Month at TEAM Arizona, we’re happy to introduce Rob Stewart as the TEAM Arizona Rider of the Month for March 2013.
Rob’s introduction to motorcycling and his ascent to the track world happened in a VERY short period of time. Rob started riding in May of 2012 with the TEAM Arizona Introduction to Motorcycling course. In his words, after just four short hours with us, he was all in. “Even just doing that big oval around the parking lot had me hooked, so I followed up with the BRC to get my endorsement,” said Rob. After a little practice with his Ninja 250, he returned for the Confident RiderCourse. He sold the Ninja after a brief yet intense period of building his riding skills. Then came the bad boy . . . BMW S1000RR
“I upgraded quickly but I made sure to practice. After a few weeks I returned to take the Confident RiderCourse on the BMW,” exclaims Rob. After even more practice, he continued his training by taking Total Control Level 1 and Level 2. To say his skill improvement was meteoric would understate Rob’s ascension to motorcycling competence.
Why does he ride? He states his case well:
The total body and mind connection with the bike on a great twisty road and especially at the track. For me it’s almost a meditative state where the whole world vanishes and it’s just the bike and I trying to gracefully work together through non-stop twisties.
Now that I’m hooked on track riding, I thoroughly enjoy the competitive aspect of improving my lap times through practicing better body position, better turn-in points, better brake/throttle control and so on. This is the kind of challenge I enjoy so much; there is no mastery there is only better than last time. I hope to keep it that way for the rest of my riding.
Rob, we hope the riding fire remains strong in the belly. Thank you for making TEAM Arizona your destination for feeding and harnessing that fire!
Riders, we want to honor YOU! If you want to become a TEAM Arizona’s Rider of the Month, entering is SIMPLE.
- Email Bill (bill@motorcycletraining.com )
- In the subject line, type “Rider of the Month”
- In one paragraph, tell us why you think the world needs to know about you!
Let’s have some serious FUN with this gang! There are some great stories out there and we don’t want to miss them, so tell us about YOU!
