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Riding Basics: Weekend Course Overview
The First Day
Everyone begins at the same level, learning to walk the motorcycle and getting used to the feel of maneuvering a motorcycle around. Balance, brakes and looking ahead are learned on an unpowered moving motorcycle. There's a bit of pushing involved here. Students learn how to start up and shut down the motorcycle engines.Now it's time get into first gear. This means leaning about the clutch and it's friction zone. A lot of attention is paid to this step. Students must grasp the understanding of smoothly transferring power to the rear wheel with the clutch.
Students practice riding slowly and smoothly by keeping the clutch in the friction zone. This exercise is crucial to being able to handle a motorcycle at slow speeds such as in a parking lot or rush hour traffic.
The lessons progress step by step with students moving off from a stop, accelerating in first gear, executing circles and right and left hand turns. The emphasis is always on good clutch control, looking where you want to go, smooth progressive braking and shoulder checks. Each lesson is discussed and demonstrated throughout the course. Questions from the students are always encouraged.
As the first day progresses so do the students as they learn how to up shift and downshift, push steer, and very importantly, to look ahead and through the corners. By the end of the first day they've come a long way from where they started.
The Second Day
The morning of the second day is devoted to traffic awareness and defensive riding techniques. A great deal of attention is paid to potential emergency situations. Straight line braking, swerving around an object, swerve and stop and stopping in a curve are practiced for the first part of the day. In the afternoon, the M2 licencing test is discussed and demonstrated. The students are given practice time and coaching before the test is conducted.
A passing grade gives you your paper work to take to the ministry to upgrade your licence to an M2. Please refer to Licencing for further information on remaining riding restrictions for the M2 licence.
To read more about the requirements for motorcycling safety gear, which you must bring with you to your course, please read our Requirements page.
For more information about the courses offered by the Rider Training Institute, please read our Courses page.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions info@ridertraining.ca
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