For Immediate Release
WHEN TOM CRUISE SHAPED UP
FOR NEXT ACTION FLICK HE DID IT
ON ONE WHEEL!
In June of 2004, Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond,
California hosted Tom Cruise and The On One Wheel wheelie school.
Cruise chose On One Wheel to hone his already terrific wheelie skills
in preparation for the filming of Mission Impossible 3 and invited Rolling
Stone Magazine along to do his cover interview for that prestigious
publication.
"Tom was a good rider already. He has a great combination of bravery
and control, just like in his films," says Whitney Fair, Director of the
school. "That was his third On One Wheel school session and he's already
just about good enough to enter stunt contests. The idea was to get to the
next action level on the motorcycle and, in his usual go-for-it style, he did!"
School founder and the world's top motorcycle instructor, Keith Code,
says, "Doing wheelies ranks high on the list of the most frivolous and
decadent things in the history of Mankind but I look at it from the perspective
of skill and control. It just happens to be one of the skills every top rider
I have ever worked with has perfected."
"Riders have more confidence in themselves when they know they can
really handle the motorcycle, especially in extreme circumstances and a
wheelie is an extreme circumstance. "The Wheelie School, appropriately
named On One Wheel ( www.OnOneWheel.com ) will reduce fear....which
is the best part," says Code.
The highlight of the school is Code's invention, the Wheelie Training
Bike. The school's Triumph Speed Triples are equipped with two
ANTI FLIP-OVER devices. An adjustable microswitch kills one of the three
cylinders while the other applies the rear brake. Both devices are
adjustable and can produce the desired height of the wheelie.
"Your eyes will pop out of your head when it goes up--but flipping it
won't be easy," says Code.
Along with the rest of his motorcycle training devices ---the Brake Rig,
the Onboard Camera Bike, the No B.S. Bike, the Braking Trainer, the
Lean/Slide Machine and the Control Trainer, which are used at Code's
legendary California Superbike School -- the Wheelie Bike gives students
a whole new level of control over their riding.
Rolling Stone - issue #956, September 2/04 cover article describes it.
For more information and school travel schedules
visit: www.OnOneWheel.com or call: 818-957-7104.