If you have the chance to speak with an experienced rider or top-level racer, more often than not, you’ll hear a recurring theme in their advice: “Go get a little dirt bike with enduro tires and get some flat track experience. Learn how to slide the bike.”

Although it may have some nuances, the sentiment remains the same—if you want to learn how to truly control a motorcycle, you need to do some flat track.

Just outside the sleepy mountain town of Auberry, Calif., is Rich Oliver’s Mystery School—a school specifically designed to teach the fundamentals of flat track. Curious, I went ahead and registered for the two-day Fun Camp, with hopes of getting things sideways...

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