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Quick Reference Chart
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Structured Training?
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Suitable for experienced riders?
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Suitable for new riders?
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Upgrade to this course from Confidence Builder or Creaky Rider?
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One to One training?
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Bring a friend?
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Full briefing?
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Full debriefing?
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Course notes?
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Email backup?
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Course notes on CDROM?
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Weekend training?
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Weekday training?
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Evening training
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Suitability for new riders:
This course is usually suitable for new riders who've recently passed Direct Access, so long as you feel
comfortable on your machine.
If you are looking to build up basic riding skills please take a look at the "Confidence Builder" course first. Returning riders who have not ridden
for a number of years should consider the "Creaky Rider" first.
If you are in any doubt, please contact us to discuss your needs.
For longer term riders, the training is flexible enough to cope with a rider of some years experience who wants a new challenge.
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Course Summary
A one day course exploring the application of advanced riding techniques to bends.
Double Bends
For those riders who take their cornering seriously, why not add an extra day to your course?
The course is suitable for most riders with a full licence. It is equally applicable to motorcycles or automatic scooters.
Location
Kent or Oxford (This course can also be taken in France, Montgomery (mid-Wales), Tideswell (Peak District) and Dartmouth (Devon)
Course Content
The Bends course covers the skills required to ride corners as well as exploring in detail how to read them. Hazard identification and risk management techniques allow us to set
the correct speed for a bend, an assessment system similar to that used by Keith Code and the California Superbike School will allow the trainee to apply a systematic approach to reading
bends on the open road, and we also exploring the machine control needed to place the bike accurately where we want it.
A particular point will be to contrast late turn/late apex "Point and Squirt" cornering with classic "Maximum Radius" lines.
The course uses a building block approach to learn core skills, avoiding the risk of teaching a skill which demands prior knowledge of some other technique, a problem that can arise
during unstructured training.
At the same time, the course is flexible enough that the depth and content can be adjusted to take into account the prior knowledge and ability of the trainee, thus moving forward at
the right pace to be challenging to all abilities. You are not locked into a rigid course which may be inappropriate to your own riding standard - you won't get bored or pushed too fast.
After first cementing the basic skills for riding bends, the extra day will be an extended ride out on more technical roads to really work out the skills learned on the Bends course, as well
as exploring the pros and cons of techniques like popular techniques like body shifting and trail braking, as well as the extra safety benefit of braking IN corners, and where possible hairpin bends.
Format of the course
Both the one day and two day sessions will usually commence at 10am, beginning with a briefing over a coffee (allowing you to revive after the ride to meet us) followed by a discussion about
riding bends. We will then introduce the theoretical ideas and work through increasingly complex exercises to improve your bend swinging. We pause for a short break for tea and a bite to eat mid
course and end the day around 3pm with a debrief.
 We will be honest about your progress and will advise if we
feel you need to spend more time on training - courses are described as open-ended for that reason.
You will cover around 75 miles on the day on a mixture of open roads - twisty country roads and more sweeping A roads. Routes have been carefully researched to provide
increasingly complex challenges as the course progresses.
Training is normally done on a 1:1 basis. If, however, you wish to take training with a friend or partner, we will be
happy to arrange that and the second rider will qualify for a 50% discount.
Logistics and teaching
Survival Skills courses use professional quality bike to bike radios, allowing real-time coaching and correction.
Course content has been researched in depth, is exhaustively tested and subject to continual review and improvement. Courses are structured and employ proven teaching techniques.
Outcome goals are set based on your riding needs. Using the "learning loop" of explanation, demonstration, practice and correction, you are set clearly understandable and achievable goals
at all times.
You will be provided with a lesson plan and brief course notes, and if weather permits, video footage will be available for review at the end of the course.
In short we aim to bring each trainee to the highest standard of riding he or she can achieve by offering you ideas to make you THINK about your riding, rather than forcing you to ride to a
particular style or learning to do it parrot fashion to pass a test.
Quite simply YOU, the trainee, come first at Survival Skills!
So why settle for less? Book a Survival Skills course now for the very best in qualified, independent advanced training.
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