ADVANCED RIDING SKILLS
BE FAST BE CONFIDENT BE ADVANCED
Nick Farley shows you how you can lower your odds of becoming a statistic
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s you’re a biker I’m sure you’re used to constantly hearing from your non-riding friends, your parents, your partners, and from every other wise person on the planet, that motorbikes are dangerous. They insist that you’ll probably kill yourself by the end of next week and the chances are that you won’t even last that long. They will say that they know that it won’t be your fault, but it’s the other silly beggars on the road, because on a motorbike you are so vulnerable. And they’re right of course — we are very vulnerable. The accident figures for motorbikes are pretty bad, because the sort of minor error that in a car might lead to an emergency stop and a slight dent in the bodywork can be fatal for us. However,
if you learn to ride to an ‘Advanced Standard’ you can start to change things. To be a qualified advanced rider means that you will have learnt to ride to a very high standard. It doesn’t mean you’ll be slow; far from it. It means that at any speed you will simply be a much better and more confident rider. You will corner, brake, accelerate and filter better than most other riders on the road. Being an advanced rider is not a guarantee that you won’t become an accident statistic, but it will dramatically change the odds in your favour and, above all, you will get much more fun out of riding anywhere and everywhere with anyone in any conditions. For more info, visit: www.kamg.org.uk
BE A BETTER RIDER Since it started over 40 years ago the Kent Advanced Motorcyclists Group has trained more than 3000 riders to the Advanced standard, but KAMG is not just a training group, it’s also a social motorcycle club that last year organised six tours across seven countries as well as countless one-day rideouts. There are monthly group nights with guest speakers and bike demo nights, plus there is a full colour quarterly magazine. Be a better rider, be a more confident rider and enjoy riding more by joining KAMG. Contact Tina Underwood at chair@kamg.org.uk 14
April-June 2020 • South East Biker Magazine
