Basic Motorcycle Courses / Training
This beginner motorcycle riding course takes a rider who has never ridden a motorbike to a level where they can safely commute.
- Aims of basic training
- Safety equipment and clothing
- Eyesight check
- Motorcycles and their controls
- Basic safety checks and use of stands
- Wheeling the motorcycle and braking to a stop
- Starting and stopping the engine
- Riding in a straight line and stopping
- Slow riding
- Using the brakes
- Riding in a figure-of-eight
- Changing gears
- Emergency stopping
- Rear observation
- Turning left and right at junctions
- U-turns
- Riders brief prior to on-road training
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Practical on-road training using bike-to-bike radios, so your instructor can warn of potential hazards. In this element we will practice the following:
- Conspicuity
- Legal requirements
- Vulnerability
- Speed
- Anticipation
- Rear observation
- Road positioning
- Separation distance
- Weather conditions
For a PDF of the various pre road test manoeuvres please click here