If, in the last couple of years, you have picked up a copy of any of the motorcycle magazines or Motorcycle News, you can't have failed to notice that many of the articles now concern advanced riding. You can also find some sites with riding tips. I don't intend to duplicate those articles here, but to take a fresh approach and to go off at a slight tangent, in an effort to make you think beyond the basics.

I'll be adding to these items from time to time as points of interest crop up.

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What is Survival Skills all about? 01 How are Survival Skills Courses put together and taught? 02 The Making of a Good Instructor - musings on my Driver Education course 03 Would a National Standard for advanced training be appropriate? 04 Writing a riding tip - what detail is necessary? 05 What to do if you've had an accident 06 Accident Statistics - dispelling some myths 07 Improver or advanced, pragmatism or perfection? 08 Piling on the miles 09 Compartmentalisation & Practice - the key to learning new skills 10 Countersteering - Question and Answer 11 Braking Rules and Tips 12 Over-confidence and Riding at the Limit 13 Practice makes Perfect 14 The Danger of Misunderstanding 15 Learning from your Mistakes 16 A Moment of Inattention 17 Staying Warm 18 Staying Awake 19 Don't just ride for yourself, ride for others 20 Filtering - what's legal and how to do it 21 Cornering Problems 1 - Lean or Brake? 22 Springing into Summer - polishing off the winter rust 23 Group Riding - Rules and Tips 24 Awareness of Risk and Risk Management 25 Cornering Problems 4 - Stability and the "Point and Squirt" technique 26 Cornering Problems 3 - Staying out of trouble! Pro-active Braking or Acceleration Sense? 27 Cornering Problems 2 - Staying out of trouble 28 What is Risk? 29 Avoiding Diesel 30 The Vanishing Point - is it enough? 31 Posture - the key to smoother riding 32 When the Two Second Rule is not enough 33 Riding in the Dark 34 Roundabouts - straight lines, stability and safety 35 Slow Speed Control 36 Aquaplaning - what it is and how to deal with it 37 Rear Observation - when to & when not to! 38 Staying upright on icy roads 39 KISS - 'Keep it simple, Stupid' or Low Effort Biking 40 Overtaking Safety - avoiding vehicles turning right 41 Proactive versus Reactive Riding 42 Living with  Lifesavers 43 Which Foot? The Hendon Shuffle - Question and Answer (updated March 07) 44 Carrying a passenger - Question and Answer 45 Riding in the rain 46 Riding in strong winds 47 Sorry Mate, I didn't see you - an analysis of SMIDSY accidents 48 Ever gone into a corner too hot and had it tighten up on you? 49 The Point & Squirt approach to corners 50 A time to live... 51 Target Fixation - Question and Answer 52 The Lurker, the Drifter and the Trimmer 53 The five most important things I learned as a courier 54 Overtaking - Questions and Answers 55 Precision riding - or keeping it simple? 56 Wide lines, tight lines, right lines - the law of Diminishing Returns 57 Surface Attraction 58 Euphoria - when your riding is just too good to be true 59 Straight line -vs- trail braking 60 Sit back, close your eyes, relax... and hope for the best 61 Before you overtake, do you...? 62 Do you need to blip the throttle on a downshift? 63 Holiday Riding Tips 1 - Dealing with hairpins (a new occasional series) 64 Holiday Riding Tips 2 - The (drive on the) Right Stuff 65 Why SMIDSYs happen 66 Avoiding dehydration - riding in hot weather 67 Riding errors - and avoiding them 68 Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness - riding in fog 69 Where does Point and Squirt come from? 70 Overtaking - lifesavers and following distances 71 Offsiding - what is it, and why you should think before you do it! 72 Anger Management - dealing with "red mist" and "road rage" 73 That indefinable gloss 74 Overtaking on left-handers - experts only or best avoided? 75 Apex or Exit - what's important when cornering? 76 Developing 'Spidy Sense' 77 Armchair Riding - how to improve summer skills in winter 78

IMPORTANT

Always remember advanced techniques of machine control can only increase your safety and reduce the risk of an accident if they are supported by positive attitudes, concentration, critical self-awareness and above all, by self-control. Safety must remain your primary and overriding concern when considering any of these techniques.

The information on this site should be taken as a guide only. Survival Skills cannot accept responsibility or liability for accuracy, clarity or your interpretation of this information.
 

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