They didnt say that exactly, but i think thats the aim of the course. Theres no way there gonna stop us from going fast, so they might as well teach us to do it safely.fever wrote:do they actually teach you to ride slower?
what about teaching riders this:
"if you gonna ride fast,heres how to ride safer at speed?"
It was an excellent day for sure tho! Spent a few hours in the classroom learnign about riding techniques, hazards etc... then we went and put it all into practice. Started of riding round town in traffic etc..stopped, discussed any problems, ride again, discussed anything else had lunch (all paid for) and then hit the country lanes!
And was the same again, stopped, had a quick talk then got going again, on the second stop my instructor said my riding had improved alot and was much better, he also said -
'youd be approaching corners and im there thinking, hes gonna brake in a minute, hes gonna brake in a minute, you start turning in and i think your gonna fall of, and somehow you manaege to make it round the corner. Which isnt a bad thing cos it shows you know hod to ride the thing'
And this was coming from an advanced certificate police rider! So quite happy with meself after that really. Got a certificate to say id done it and all for 30 quid! Also i had the luxury of 1 to 1 tuition, we were all grouped up according to our ability and cos i was youngest there by about 5or6 years i guess i got 1 to 1
Theres me looking happy with meself (2nd from left and needing a haircut) with all the other guys who did bike safe. Guy on the very left (my right) accidentally put diesel in his gixxer750! oooops! amazingly it still ran ok just smoked....quite a bit, luckily hed only topped his tank up with about a fiver so wasnt pure diesel.