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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&pg=PA306&dq=%22Keith+Code%22 |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.

In 2006 he was tasked by the [[United States Marine Corps]] to design a rider training program that would be effective in reducing serious motorcycle accidents among USMC riders. The program, called Advanced Motorcycle Operator School, is now considered the gold standard of rider training by Marine safety personnel due to its graduates' extraordinary safety record over a four-year period.<ref>{{Cite document|url=http://www.public.navy.mil/navsafecen/Documents/media/seashore/smartride/Smart_Ride09.pdf |title=Smart Ride |date=Spring 2009 |publisher=[[Navy Occupational Safety & Health|US Navy Safety Center]] |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324213109/http://www.public.navy.mil/navsafecen/Documents/media/seashore/smartride/Smart_Ride09.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-24 |df= }}</ref>

Code has invented rider training devices such as the No Body Steering Bike which illustrates the necessity for counter-steering to be used, the Lean and Slide Bike Trainers that train not only good body positioning and visual skills but also allow riders to experience sliding the machine with much reduced possibility of crashing, and the Panic Braking Trainer that allows riders to experience front wheel lock up and learn how to recover from it.<ref>{{Cite document|url=http://www.superbikeschool.com/machinery/ |title=Machinery |publisher=California Superbike School |accessdate=2009-05-04 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504083001/http://www.superbikeschool.com/machinery/ |archivedate=2009-05-04 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/boating/1277436.html |date=February 2001 |title=Keith Code's No Body Steering Motorcycle |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502174027/http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/boating/1277436.html |archivedate=2008-05-02 |first=Cliff |last=Gromer |deadurl=yes |dfurl-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url= http://www.soundrider.com/archive/safety-skills/nobsbike.htm |title= Keith Code's No BS bike |first= David L. |last= Hough |authorlink= David L. Hough |magazine = [[Sound RIDER!]] }}</ref>

==Writing==

Code writes 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 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613173745/http://www.rubbermag.com/news/0707/070720_01.html |archivedate=2008-06-13 |df= }}</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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As a member of the [[Church of Scientology]], his life is cited by the church as a success story.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whatisscientology.org/html/Part05/Chp19/pg0326.html |title=Successes Of Scientology |accessdate=2011-09-15 |work=What is Scientology? |publisher=Church of Scientology International |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209011310/http://whatisscientology.org/html/Part05/Chp19/pg0326.html |archivedate=February 9, 2009 }}</ref>

{{quote|Well, I didn't have an occupation. At the time, my idea toward life was to see how little I could do and basically how much and how many kinds of drugs I could take. I wasn't doing anything with my life. When I got into Scientology a lot changed right away. For the first time ever, I saw that there was hope and that was very encouraging. When I received Scientology counseling to handle my drug problem, my life started going up and up and up and hasn't stopped since.|Keith Code|}}