iconic944ss
Elite Member
This has prompted some interesting discussions elsewhere:
Rider Training Video
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miloVanMultistrada
Webmonkey
The lead rider certainly likes the other side of the road, those white lines can be fairly slippery in the wet...
I want one of those silver saloon cars like the one following them - manages to keep up no problem!
I want one of those silver saloon cars like the one following them - manages to keep up no problem!
Probably comes with blue flashing lights behind the grille 
RobbieT
Elite Member
I was wondering that too...
Davcat
New member
Did a Bikesafe course with the old central scotland force and they recomend being on wrong side of road coming up to bends so you can see further round bend .
i know it sounds mental but did try and yes they are correct but my argument was a car will let you back because you are police but me im likely to get stuck out there because cars will block me out and end up
facing oncoming.
I do though have to say they did pass on a lot of helpful tips but some of the things they did i just did not have the bottle to attempt
i know it sounds mental but did try and yes they are correct but my argument was a car will let you back because you are police but me im likely to get stuck out there because cars will block me out and end up
facing oncoming.
I do though have to say they did pass on a lot of helpful tips but some of the things they did i just did not have the bottle to attempt
Mike the Bike1
New member
Brilliant piece of riding !
Remember you are seeing the view from camera on bike behind some distance back. The rider in front's view will be excellent.
Also notice no braking at corners, anticipates ahead and selects correct gear.
I did the Bikesafe course in Fife a few years ago even though i have been riding for over 30 years but maybe not doing so many miles as i used to and it was well worth it.
The cop who led us was on a basic Jap 600 i think and was making fast progress on country roads with no braking at all. There was two guys on big Jap sportsbikes and they just couldn't make the same progress as him. They couldn't get their heads around the 'non braking' and correct positioning etc.
golddesk
New member
Watched video again; apart of bit "on wrong side" I do pretty much all of it except (Miles pointed out earlier) crossing the line so much, in dry so so, being so wet, no no. To me anyway. As for "seeing further" "racing line" gives me enough time (this is assumption one need to understand BEFORE getting on bike; all depends on how good your peripheral vision is) to assess MOST possible obstacles. If that's not enough (tractor pulls in front of you just after blind corner) you were probably hitting it anyway. Or facing oncoming. I've heard Jackie Stewart saying couple to James May: "into bend as slow as possible, out of bend as fast as possible" and "never get on throttle before you sure you wont have to get off it" or something like that. That was in a car but one can certainly apply that to riding motorcycle. As advice go I personally have benefited more from those two than most of that videoP.S. Mike, pretty much all of us here been riding bikes for over 30 years :lol2:
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