Advanced Training - Riding Defensively!
Thats all about riding slow and wearing Hi Viz isn't it?
If you have had a car pull out in front of you lately or ended up saying to yourself "That was Lucky". Then now is the time to think about how you ride and maybe seek some advanced training.
Training doesn't have to be expensive or boring, there are many roads that you can take if you want to enhance your riding skill and take on the challenge of Advanced Riding. Private Training Schools, The Internet, Friends and books can all aid you development, which ever you choose you have a duty to yourself to make sure it is an approved system. A good willed friend might seem like a viable option, but are you going to end up with their bad habits?
RoPSA however is one of the largest and most respected Safety Organisations in the World, The RoSPA Advanced Riding Test with its graded gold, silver and bronze results is based on the Police System of Motorcycle Control, a well developed and proven system of dealing with hazards. A Gold Award is respected as the highest riding award available to the civilian rider.
Riding a motorcycle on today's roads is a mental and physical challenge which requires constant practice, it demands high levels of concentration. How we recognise hazards and preempt what "could" happen is something that most riders don't practice and they have very little planning involved in their riding, this means that they constantly react to a hazards or other road users actions much too late. How we deal with hazards on the road can mean the difference between riding home or not!
By joining Devon & Somerset Advanced Riders you can be confident in receiving quality training within a well respected syllabus this will be delivered in an individual way tailored to your needs. Wether you go on to take the test or simply want to go round those bends with a little more control or confidence, we can help you.
Please read the articles on the site and take a look at the membership options open to you on the Membership Information Page, you can join quickly and easily by selecting the Register link from the user menu.
Please also visit the forum link at the top of the page, the forum is new for us and we are still in the process of moving entries from our old site to the new one. Thanks for reading this and on behalf of the group, welcome and hope to be riding with you very soon.
If you answered yes to any of the above, join us now.
Advanced Training with DSAR is great fun and our expert tutors will show you just how to get the very best experience from your bike and your riding!
Read More about advanced riding here
Riding a bike requires great skill and observation - If you are having any issues that are spoiling your riding or preventing you from being the best that you can be you need some training. It's not unusual to undertake training in your career, in fact most employers have grown to recognise that continuous training makes employees more knowledgeable, skilled and productive. Riding a bike is no different, even the top GP riders get it wrong, and they practise till it hurts! You need continuous training to be at the top of your game.
Devon and Somerset Advanced Riders is a non profit making charity committed to helping you to improve your riding skill. We are affiliated to RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) and we use their Advanced Riding test to measure the quality of the training we provide. The RoSPA test is graded from a Gold down to a Fail, we feel this gives you a more accurate assessment than all other Advanced riding Tests because they simply have Pass or Fail. Are you up to the challenge of chasing the highest riding award that is available to civilian riders in the World?
By joining Devon & Somerset Advanced Riders you can be confident in receiving quality training within a well respected syllabus; this will be delivered in an individual way tailored to your needs. Wether you go on to take the test or simply want to go round those bends with a little more control or confidence, we can help you. Read more about what and how we teach you by clicking here. It only costs £30 to join our group and then you can have instant access to our training forums and articles as well as being welcome on our monthly training rides on the last Sunday of each Month.
Working with Road Safety Professionals and Local Authorities
To Reduce Casualties and Improve Rider Skill