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==Rider training==

[[File:Keith Code at California Superbike School at controls of Honda CBR600RR with rider.jpg|thumb|upright |left |Code coaching a rider]]

Code founded the California Superbike School in 1980. Code's methodology has been taught to numerous championship winning riders such as [[Wayne Rainey]], [[James Toseland]] and [[Leon Camier]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Holmstrom |first=Darwin |title=Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VGrp5Pjsf4UC&q=%22Keith+Code%22&pg=PA306 |accessdate=2008-01-20 |year=2001 |publisher=Alpha Books |isbn=0-02-864258-9 |page=306 }}</ref> As of 2019, riders who have been trained either at his schools or by him personally have won 60 world and national racing championships. His teaching has been spread all over the world.<ref name=telegraph/> His California Superbike Schools have operated at over 90 tracks worldwide in 15 countries and have trained 150,000 riders.

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==Writing==

Code writeswrote a monthly column in [[Motorcyclist (magazine)|''Motorcyclist'' magazine]] called Code Break. He has also opened a specialized school for racing techniques, called Code R.A.C.E.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rubbermag.com/news/0707/070720_01.html |title=CODE R.A.C.E Program |accessdate=2008-01-20 |work=Rubber Magazine |url-status=deadusurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613173745/http://www.rubbermag.com/news/0707/070720_01.html |archivedate=2008-06-13 }}</ref> He has written three books about [[Sport bike|sportsbike]] riding and racing techniques, and also one feature length DVD covering the content of his second ''A Twist of the Wrist'' book.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} His works have been translated into Russian, German, Estonian, Greek, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Dutch and Turkish.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

==Personal life==

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==External links==

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*{{Official website |http://www.keithcode.com/|name=KeithCode.com}}

* [http://superbikeschool.com/ SuperBikeSchool.com]