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I did my 2 day bikesafe course this weekend and can thoroughly recommend it to anyone who`s thinking of doing it... I didn`t realise quite how much i`d learnt til I got out on the road and put it into practice. My observed rides went better than i thought and i got great feedback. I did mine with Merseyside but it took place on the Wirral and they were a fantastic bunch of guys. They have said that they`re more than willing to run a 2 day dedicated SV650.org bikesafe if we can get 10 members, obv only people in this area would be interested due to travel etc.

I really can`t emphasise enough how valuable this course is and how much I enjoyed it and the amount i`ve learned. The most noticeable difference for me was riding alone to Wales after the course and also riding alone again today.... for the first time since I bought my SV I felt confident!!! :D I felt I knew what i was doing and was more aware of not just what was going on around me but also of my own riding, i`m not saying i`m gonna become a riding goddess but my attitude now is so positive.

:smt026

Big thumbs up to the Merseyside bikesafe guys...... and here`s just 4 of them lungeing just for the org lol


http://uploads.bikechat.net/Speedy C...safe_lunge.bmp

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Did you get ya baps out??!!? :lol:

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whats the guy on the left doing? looks like hes about to 'lay a brick'!! :)

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look like you thoroughly enjoyed youself speedy c. and you obviousley never fluttered your eyelashes did you?

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haha great pic of the guys lunging! :lol:

Glad to hear you got a lot out of the course, you had a big smile when we saw you at the Ponderosa so it looked like it was going well. :D

Count me in as one of the 10 .Org'ers that would be interested, I'd love to do the course but GMP don't do it & Cheshire Police never got back to me despite me submitting my details twice! :roll: I was considering the Staffs one that Shelley posted about but the Wirrall is a damn sight nearer for me.

PS that high-vis vest really suited you haha :p

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:smt043

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The guy on the right is clearly a very experienced lunger.

Sounds like you had a good time, Speedy.

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Yeah, Cheshire police never got back to me either, so providing my shift pattern fits in I,d love to do a course, provisionally count me in.:D

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OI!!!! no I didn`t lol and I didn`t flutter my eyelashes either :D In honesty I dreaded being assessed by these Police/Fire motorcyclists that I was in awe of but I found them to be a fantastic bunch of guys, with sense of humours to match. I`m still buzzing from the course and am now a Bikesafe ambassador lol.

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Erm you weren`t meant to have seen me at the Ponderosa!! you should`ve all been well gone by then..... i was mortified when i saw you all lmao

I did have a big smile tho.. was such a buzz and I felt brilliant :D