Advanced Motorcycle Rider training in Devon and Somerset

Welcome to my advanced riding page, here you find tips and information regarding my advanced motorcycle training and useful resorces and tips to help you on the road. I offer advance motorcyle courses to people all over the southwest like, Taunton, Barnstaple, Bridgewater and Exeter, if you are interested in taking any advanced lessons in your area then feel free to give me a call.

Regards Rob Reed

OBJECTIVES ARE:

1. To Improve the standard of motorcycle riding.
2. To reduce collisions on motorcycles.
3. To raise awareness of the rider.
4. Most important reason is to enjoy your new skills when riding.
5. There is such a thing called Fun,SO TURN YOUR MILES INTO SMILES.
6. What your advanced motorcycle training includes:

7. The training is not a 'one size fits all' approach - it's all personalised for you.Rob  will help you with the areas that will make your riding more enjoyable.I will give you expert advice and show you how to improve your skills in areas like:

   • cornering
   • filtering
   • negotiating bends
   • positioning
   • riding smoothly

 

About the advanced motorcycle riding test.

The Advanced Driving Test lasts for about 90 minutes and usually covers between 30/40 miles along a variety of road types - including city and country driving, dual carriageways and motorways (if available).

Motorcycle Riding skills

To keep yourself out of trouble you've got to be good. If you're already good, you can always make yourself better. The best motorcyclists ride defensively so they are less likely to have accidents. We all meet careless drivers on the road and motorcyclists are vulnerable to their mistakes. Those with good defensive skills ride like they expect to meet one every second. They are in control, so they enjoy more relaxed riding.

Make sure you:

• Anticipate the actions of other motorists.
• Are alert and observant. Important when you are negotiating junctions or roundabouts; and when you need to look out for other vulnerable road users - children, pedestrians, cyclists and horseriders.
• Ride at a speed that will enable you to slow down and stop in good time. The unexpected can happen. Ride according to the conditions: slow down if it's wet, foggy or icy.
• Position yourself in the best place, usually the middle of the lane. Take up your road position in good time before turning right or left, showing others what you aim to do.
• Overtake safely. Can you see hazards? Is there a bend or junction? Can you overtake without speeding up or swerving too much?
• Take a 'lifesaver' glance over your shoulder before carrying out manoeuvres when you need to know where other drivers are and what they are doing.
• Make yourself seen. Dipped headlights, even in good daylight, Reflective stickers can help you to be seen,day or night.

Motorcycle Counter Steering Tips below

• Something many new motorcycle riders may not understand (or perhaps may not even be aware of,) is the effect of countersteering. Countersteering involves turning the front wheel in the opposite direction you want to turn the bike. That’s right, when you abruptly turn the front wheel to the right, the natural reaction of the bike is to lean to the left, in turn causing the bike to turn left.

  Physicists have tried to explain in many ways just how angular impetus, torque, vectors, and gyration affect your motorcycle while at speed. We, as riders, really don’t need to bother with the physics involved in countersteering, but it is important to know the basics of how motorcycles work in order to operate it safely.

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  Counter-steering is achieved by turning the handle bars in the opposite direction you want to turn. How then, you might ask, does turning the front wheel in the opposite direction you want to turn, cause you to turn the direction you DO want to turn? When you’re moving at more than about 5 to 10mph, what causes you to turn is leaning. Leaning to the right will make you turn to the right. So when you’re moving and you abruptly turn the front wheel to the left by countersteering, the natural reaction of the bike is to lean in the opposite direction, which is to the right.

  This happens because of the momentum caused by the wheel moving left, forcing the bike to lean (and turn) right. Just as would happen if you were traveling very fast in a car and turned the wheel to the right, provided you had enough traction. The result would be the car flipping over (leaning) to the left.

  The proper use (and knowledge) of countersteering will enable you to quickly and accurately place your bike on the path you want. This can make your Sunday ride in the canyons or on the track much more enjoyable. More importantly, will provide you with the tools necessary to help get you around that obstacle in the road that may otherwise cause you to crash.Thankyou for reading this.

  Best Regard's Rob Reed.

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