Advance Ride Course
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Road Warrior
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Advance Ride Course
Can someone tell me whet to expect from this course? I took the beginner course years ago. I cannot find any info on what the advanced course is all about. I have been to the ms website, but it does not give me detailed information. I am taking this course to become a road captain. Any information would be appreciated.
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emergency stops, serpentine, fiqure 8, swerve, ride a line below I think it was 5 miles an hour, you do alot of clutch work, when ya do the swerve you cant let the engine rpms fluctuate, same for the serpentine. On the emergency stop, ya get up to about 20 mph and the pass a line and then stop using the front break within so many feet. very good course.
The advanced riders course is pretty good. Is a lot like the riding portion of the basic course but with your own bike and a few more drills thrown it. Retaking the course on your own bike can truly make you feel good about your skills on a daily basis. The Navy requires me to take the course every 3 years and even if I wasn't required to I would anyway. Its always good to go back to basics and confront any bad habits you may have picked up along the way.
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Here is a picture of me being chased by a Ninja in Oregons Advanced rider training course. There course is on a go kart track. Worked mostly on entering and exiting turns, advanced braking techniques and high speed swerving. Awesome experience.
Tourer
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I presume you are talking about the Experienced Rider Course from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.
I took it last summer. It is a one day course--it took us 4 to 5 hours to get through, but there were only 3 of us taking it. There is a little bit of safety review from the basic course--the ladder of risk, etc., but more riding through the exercise course. We just did the "classroom" stuff standing up outside on the course.
In my view, nothing extraordinary, but a good safety and skills review and practice.
I took it last summer. It is a one day course--it took us 4 to 5 hours to get through, but there were only 3 of us taking it. There is a little bit of safety review from the basic course--the ladder of risk, etc., but more riding through the exercise course. We just did the "classroom" stuff standing up outside on the course.
In my view, nothing extraordinary, but a good safety and skills review and practice.
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I took it about a year ago. I don't feel like it was worth the 100 bucks I paid as I didn't learn anything new but I got to practice some of the things I was already aware of.
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I never took the basic course until I'd been riding for around 25 years. I had some friend who wanted to learn to ride and I decided to go through the course with them. It was a lot of fun. I took the advanced riders course about 5 months later. It was pretty much the same thing but went deeper into defensive riding techniques and, of course, we had to use our own bikes for the riding drills as apposed to the small street bike provided for the basic class. That was the main reason I wanted to take the class. I wanted to see how my own bike (a 93 Goldwing) would handle the drills as apposed the the the little 250 Rebels they provided for the basic course.
I felt like I learned a lot in both classes and it's been long enough that I should probably take one again. The only thing I'm concerned about is the last couple of times I asked about an experienced riders class, I was told they weren't offering it any more in our general area. I hope that doesn't prove to be true. We'll see.
Ride Safe,
Steve R.
I felt like I learned a lot in both classes and it's been long enough that I should probably take one again. The only thing I'm concerned about is the last couple of times I asked about an experienced riders class, I was told they weren't offering it any more in our general area. I hope that doesn't prove to be true. We'll see.
Ride Safe,
Steve R.
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