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01-05-06, 08:19 AM

I did this yesterday in Dorking. Apart from the rain in the morning it was good to learn something new. An hour slide show in the morning followed by the rest of the day riding around the countryside with an IAM observer.

My initial thought when booking was all about reducing the insurance followed by the road safety aspect.

Although you can get the obeservers to work on any weaknesses you have the main thing I learnt was that my positioning on the road was rubbish - largely fixed now. I was suprised they didnt teach us this on our DAS course

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Something new also was vanishing points and what it means in a corner. (I was the only one in the class that wasnt in the know

)

One thing that was suggested to all of us was more advanced rider trainging. Some of the options suggested were IAM or ROSPA as well as a track day with an organisation like Hopp Rider Training. Has anyone done any of this these? Rate them? IAM vs ROSPA?

dirtydog · 01-05-06, 08:32 AM

I'm doing IAM training at the moment, it's definitely improved my riding. TBH I don't think it's that expensive either (cant remember how much it cost cos i didn't pay for it!)

Definitely worth the money i think

01-05-06, 12:33 PM

£85 for iam which includes books and training and test.

£10 discount if under 26

01-05-06, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by dirtydog

I'm doing IAM training at the moment, it's definitely improved my riding. TBH I don't think it's that expensive either (cant remember how much it cost cos i didn't pay for it!)

Definitely worth the money i think

Where are you doing yours DD? The guys I was speaking with yesterday were based in Ripley. £85 for membership which didnt seem like a great expense for what they had to offer. Also seemed a good excuse to get more bike time out of the other half

dirtydog · 01-05-06, 05:28 PM

Yeah i'm doing mine with the group that meets in ripley. It's a good group witgh a lot of different bikes /people, normally quite a good turn out.
They meet 1st sunday of the month at the the village hall in ripley

02-05-06, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by nutty tart

£85 for iam which includes books and training and test.

£10 discount if under 26

I never got discount when i did it @ 17 in 2004!

dirtydog · 02-05-06, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by $i

Quote:

Originally Posted by nutty tart

£85 for iam which includes books and training and test.

£10 discount if under 26

I never got discount when i did it @ 17 in 2004!

They obviously just didn't like the look of you

03-05-06, 03:50 PM

Cheeky ***ker.

dirtydog · 03-05-06, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by $i

Cheeky ***ker.

Who little innocent me?

01-05-06, 08:19 AM	#1
Demonz Guest Posts: n/a	Bike Safe Dorking I did this yesterday in Dorking. Apart from the rain in the morning it was good to learn something new. An hour slide show in the morning followed by the rest of the day riding around the countryside with an IAM observer. My initial thought when booking was all about reducing the insurance followed by the road safety aspect. Although you can get the obeservers to work on any weaknesses you have the main thing I learnt was that my positioning on the road was rubbish - largely fixed now. I was suprised they didnt teach us this on our DAS course . Something new also was vanishing points and what it means in a corner. (I was the only one in the class that wasnt in the know ) One thing that was suggested to all of us was more advanced rider trainging. Some of the options suggested were IAM or ROSPA as well as a track day with an organisation like Hopp Rider Training. Has anyone done any of this these? Rate them? IAM vs ROSPA?

01-05-06, 08:32 AM	#2
dirtydog Knob faced knobster Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haslemere Posts: 5,419	I'm doing IAM training at the moment, it's definitely improved my riding. TBH I don't think it's that expensive either (cant remember how much it cost cos i didn't pay for it!) Definitely worth the money i think __________________ 2001 SV650 in shimmerin green, Not broken anymore

01-05-06, 05:28 PM	#5
dirtydog Knob faced knobster Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haslemere Posts: 5,419	Yeah i'm doing mine with the group that meets in ripley. It's a good group witgh a lot of different bikes /people, normally quite a good turn out. They meet 1st sunday of the month at the the village hall in ripley __________________ 2001 SV650 in shimmerin green, Not broken anymore

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01-05-06, 12:33 PM	#3
Anonymous Guest Posts: n/a	£85 for iam which includes books and training and test. £10 discount if under 26