New from South Africa
Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:07 pm
Hi All,
I`m from South Africa with a mission. There are very flimsy to non-existent regulation of Rider Trainers in South Africa. There are no resources or standards to be measured against. Every tom-dick-n-harry can become a rider trainer. You just go and redo your learners license and do the rider test as for everyone else and you`re an instructor
I`ve realised that this is not good enough for me and is in the process of having my skills tested in the UK and take corrective action where needed.
So the main reason for me on this for me is to "meet" proficient rider instructors to help me along the correct way.
I`ve done the American Ride-Like-A-Pro Course, In Cleveland Georgia USA, which is basically a 4 hour energy sapping slow riding course inside a figure 8, slow weaving, riding inside a circle and coming out straight, riding in a double figure 8 configuration. This was done with a rented Honda ST 1300 only 1 hour after I rented it.
In South Africa I did a basic course which was really only learning friction control, starting and stopping, u-turns and weaving through cones with the provide bike which was a 125cc.
The other course was and "Advanced" course which really was the same as the basic course but with my own bike and some track time as well.
As the UK also rides on the same side of the road (or is it the other way round that we ride on the same side as the UK) qualifications from the UK is looked upon more favourably than those from the USA. Though I fail to see why really.
I`m a Ducati Guy and ride about 20 000km per year.
Hopefully the above is more than enough about myself for now
I`m from South Africa with a mission. There are very flimsy to non-existent regulation of Rider Trainers in South Africa. There are no resources or standards to be measured against. Every tom-dick-n-harry can become a rider trainer. You just go and redo your learners license and do the rider test as for everyone else and you`re an instructor
I`ve realised that this is not good enough for me and is in the process of having my skills tested in the UK and take corrective action where needed.
So the main reason for me on this for me is to "meet" proficient rider instructors to help me along the correct way.
I`ve done the American Ride-Like-A-Pro Course, In Cleveland Georgia USA, which is basically a 4 hour energy sapping slow riding course inside a figure 8, slow weaving, riding inside a circle and coming out straight, riding in a double figure 8 configuration. This was done with a rented Honda ST 1300 only 1 hour after I rented it.
In South Africa I did a basic course which was really only learning friction control, starting and stopping, u-turns and weaving through cones with the provide bike which was a 125cc.
The other course was and "Advanced" course which really was the same as the basic course but with my own bike and some track time as well.
As the UK also rides on the same side of the road (or is it the other way round that we ride on the same side as the UK) qualifications from the UK is looked upon more favourably than those from the USA. Though I fail to see why really.
I`m a Ducati Guy and ride about 20 000km per year.
Hopefully the above is more than enough about myself for now