ONLINE COACHING sessions and ONLINE BRIEFINGS for practical on-road sessions can be held ANY TIME from 8 am to 12 midnight all year round.
ON-ROAD TRAINING available from NW London all year, weather permitting.
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And there's a Survival Skills course for every rider!
Watford / St Albans area
Waltham Abbey / Epping area
Beaconsfield area
Brent Cross area
Egham area
A20 / A205 S Circular Road
Lee Green area
Oxfordshire
A40 / M40
(May to mid-October)
ALL YEAR
ONLINE COACHING sessions and ONLINE BRIEFINGS for practical on-road sessions can be held ANY TIME from 8 am to 12 midnight all year round.
ON-ROAD TRAINING available from NW London all year, weather permitting.
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
ON-ROAD TRAINING and ONLINE COACHING available MONDAY TO SUNDAY.
MORNINGS
Morning ON-ROAD sessions start at 10am and finish early afternoon - so no setting-off at silly hours to ride to meet me.
AFTERNOONS
Afternoon ON-ROAD sessions start at 1 pm and finish early evening - so you'll be home before the worst of the rush hour.
SUMMER EVENINGS
Evening ON-ROAD sessions are available from early May to mid-September. Start times vary between 5:30 and 7:30 pm and finish before dark,
WINTER
From mid-October to mid-November then mid-February to mid-March: ON-ROAD sessions at ALL venues start at 12 noon to allow roads to dry and make the best use of daylight.
From mid-November to mid-February: ON-ROAD sessions start at 12 noon ONLY from NW London.
BESPOKE COURSES, OTHER LOCATIONS &
ADDITIONAL ON-ROAD SESSIONS
Need even more flexibility? Survival Skills will work with you to match training to YOUR needs. Let us know what you want and we'll do our best to fit around YOUR timetable.
ADVENTURE TRAINING
'Adventure Training' courses are two or three day trips for a small group - max THREE bikes - based around a one- or two-night stay in a pub on the England-Wales border. Cover the content of the Performance: BENDS / Performance: SPORT one- and two-day courses on a mix of great roads around the borders and up into the Cambrian Mountains.
Returning in 2022!
Q - Does Survival Skills deliver the Enhanced Rider Scheme (ERS)?
The answer to that question is a straightforward 'no'. I investigated joining the Register of Post-test Motorcycle Trainers (RPTM) when the scheme was first announced. I was actually accepted but decided the cost of registering was too high and would have to be passed on in the cost of my courses. Secondly, the ERS is not a challenging standard and recent changes to the road riding element have not changed my opinion. I would still describe it as 'DAS-plus' and any Survival Skills course is a much higher standard, as well as being truly client-centred and delivered by an experienced rider coach.
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Excellent tuition from a highly skilled trainer and the best bit is it's great fun. You taught me a lot more than a couple of new skills, I learnt a whole new way of thinking. Thank you Kevin best money I ever spent.
- Terry Malka
Having just had a debrief via Zoom, I can safely say I was much more in a state of mind to take in information and comments than after the actual ride. Besides, during a debrief at home you can sit with a cup of coffee, no distractions (except cats ofc), take notes, go through video footage in minute detail on a larger screen etc. Also, as debriefs are scheduled to everyone's convenience, you can choose a time to suit.
- Patricia Stiemke
Excellent training - I booked an online course to help gain confidence with a new bike following a crash. Although it was a new way of doing things, the online teaching was first class... that ultimately turned nerves into a big wide grin in a matter of hours. I look forward to booking more courses - highly recommended!
- Julie Hicken
Everyone - whether you’ve done Bikesafe, IAM’s or not done any extra training - you SHOULD DO THIS!
- Mike Armstrong
Don't just take my word for it...
A very informative and worthwhile investment in my riding! Well pitched for my needs, sound explanations, very useful riding techniques and diagnostic assessment of my riding. It was also fun. Plus excellent support material available from the site. Only a single day but I would come back for more for sure.
- Dave Murray
I highly recommend Survival Skills to other motorcycle riders, regardless of their level of skill, years of experience, advanced rider credentials, and preferred style of riding. I did two days of Survival Skills training in July. I received excellent, responsive training with a lot of thought and years of detailed research behind it, delivered in a lovely and non-threatening manner. Kevin did not waste time teaching me stuff I already know well as an IAM Advanced Rider but instead built on that, working on honing my hazard perception skills and showing me an alternative approach to bends and braking not taught by IAM.
- Johann van Duyn
I thought with 18 years experience I would not achieve much but how wrong I was! Bloody good course and well worth doing, All you need is someone like Kevin to help you read between the signs.
- Steve King
read these reviews written by my trainees...
I took the 2-day Survival: SKILLS course and it was great. Kevin knows a lot and explained (and demonstrated) very well what and how to do things better. The course changed the way I look at things now and I would definitely recommend it!
- Rene Friedrichs
I had been working towards getting my advanced motorcycle license, but everything came to a grinding halt due to a long lay off due to major surgery and the Covid lockdown. When I resumed my motorcycle skills and confidence had taken a massive hit, I felt like I’d gone back to the beginning. I felt a sense of improvement during the ride and... overall I took a lot from this course and would recommend it for anyone who feels the need to iron out bad habits and regain confidence.
- Jim Knight
(Jim dropped me a line to tell me he had passed his IAM test with a First a few weeks after his two days' training. Well done!)
“The observation stuff you do really made me think. I thought [well known police-run advanced school] covered it all but that was like a 5 on the scale where what you do is a 10. I never realised you could get so much information as you ride!“
- Jason Knight
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