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Old 23-01-09, 10:45 PM   #1
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Just thought I would see if any of you are interested in the North Wales Police bikesafe course which is run fron the Police HQ in Colwyn Bay?

Its a two day course, designed to improve your riding skills. Its half in the classroom, covering stuff like first aid, road positioning, etc. The other half (approx 3 hours per day) is spent out with a Police Traffic rider.

I did the course a few years ago on my return to biking after a good layoff. Let me tell you, if you think you can ride a bike, you havnt even touched the surface! The Police rider I went out with said "we will stick to 30's, 40's and 50's, but stay with me in the national limits.

Bloody hell! I was on a bandit 1200, he was on a Police Pan European. We headed down towards Betwys Y Coed and i couldnt keep up! and as for the low speed stuff in the car park! wow!

The course is normally £100 for the two day course, but if you live in North wales, you get sponsorship from the local councils, and the course is free!

Lots of dates all through the year. If anyone is interested, let me know. I have a list of dates.
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Old 23-01-09, 10:50 PM   #2
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I did it last year, and I agree with the speed limits part of that.

Though, I didn't really get THAT much out of Bikesafe. That said, I'm in the unique position of being a high miler (37k miles in 2 years on a then brand new bike), and I've actively researched advanced riding & tried to incorporate it before I did BikeSafe.

About the only thing that I've taken from the course is the method for overtaking (ie, pull out, indicate, go), and lining up overtakes after passing a hazard, where a car doesn't have the performance to match.

That said, it's a very good course, with decent feedback. Even better that it's free!
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Old 23-01-09, 11:15 PM   #3
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Old 23-01-09, 11:20 PM   #4
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No probs. will post a list of dates tomorrow. Knackered now so going to bed! Working tomorrow.

Heres the website to have a look at.

http://www.bikesafe.co.uk/Bikesafe/B...orthwales.html

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Old 23-01-09, 11:37 PM   #5
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I'm planning to do one of these this year.
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Old 24-01-09, 12:41 AM   #6
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I did the Merseyside Police one last year, it was fab and we went for a rideout to the Ponderosa on the Sunday...can't rave about this enough.

The Police riders are fab, even when getting caught up in a Taleban road block on the way up to the Pondy
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Old 24-01-09, 08:47 AM   #7
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Would be great if we could get a bunch of us going on the same date. We could overun the place with SV's

Ive already put my application in. You have to give three choices of dates. Ive shown my preferences below:

April 18/19th
May 28/29th
June 13/14th

Full list of dates for you:

21/22nd Feb
21/22nd March
18/19th April
2/3rd May
28/29th May
13/14th June
27/28th June
11/12th July
25/26th July
13/14th Aug
22/23rd Aug
14/15th Sept
19/20th Sept
3/4th Oct
17/18th Oct
31/1st Oct/Nov
14/15th Nov
5/6th Dec


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Old 24-01-09, 11:45 AM   #8
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I did my course with Merseyside police last year... can`t recommend it highly enough
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Old 24-01-09, 03:18 PM   #9
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Never does any harm to get to know a few of the traffic guys too eh?
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Old 24-01-09, 03:59 PM   #10
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Did mine last year , the best thing you can do for riding around these parts I reckon
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