Can Akkaya

Can Akkaya is a former motorcycle racer, writer, and founder of the Superbike-Coach Corporation. Can (pronounced like ‘Jon’) has become renowned of being one of the best Motorcycle riding coaches in the world, off and on the race track
The early years
Akkaya was a professional Motorcycle road racer. He raced over a long career the German IDM, Dutch Open, Spanish Open, and the European Championship. After a terrible crash on Hockenheimring during the German round of the European 250cc Championship, he couldn’t turn his MotoGP wild card into action. He retired from pro racing in the end of 1995. Even though he never won a major title, he had the reputation to be a promising racer for the World Championships.
Writing career
In 2004 he started to write and upload his story on the internet, and attract thousands of readers, as also the attention of the Mohland Verlag in Germany, which offer him a book publishing contract. The release of the book ‘Racers-Story …25 Sekunden…’ was in 2005. The Racers-Story is since its release on Amazon/Germany in the top 10 bestseller list of racer books.
Akkaya began to test motorcycles and write articles for a German Motorcycle magazine ‘MO - Das Motorrad Magazin’ 7, and worked as a Instructor for several track day organizer all over Europe.
In 2006, Can wrote monthly columns, a common theme trough the MotoGP season for the magazine ‘Biker Journal’ and ‘The Circuit’ in Germany.
Akkaya developed a program for a Swiss racing school in end of 2006, and lead the operations as the chief Instructor. He trained thousands of riders from all over the world.A notable moment is during his training at the TrackTactics which attracted over a hundred riders and earned him great acknowledgement.
In 2009, Akkaya was a co-author in the book ‘Gaskrank, Geschichten aus dem Brennraum’, published by eVisor, Germany.
Personal life
In November 2008 he immigrates to the United States, and lived with his wife Marion and daughter Jill in Sacramento, California.
Akkaya founded the Superbike-Coach Corp., a Motorcycle riding school, in May 2009. The school provides individual and group programs for track riders, as also for street riders. With the ‘Road Skill’ course, Akkaya has pioneered an advanced training program, carried out on official roads. Until today, Akkaya trained 3,500 students, including the riders in Europe.
Akkaya designed and constructed a three stage wheelie-bar, which is in use in the Superbike-Coach ‘Wheelie Course’.
Can Akkaya has written two books, the ‘Racers-Story …25 Sekunden…’, and “Gaskrank II’ as a Co-Author. The Racers-Story will be translated in English language and published in the USA too under the title ‘…25 seconds…’.He regularly blogs too.
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