Motorcycling and An Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)

The Newbie Training Update
Well I have covered some personal background in these blog entries so far and will return to that shortly. In the meantime I have been asked by numerous people since leaving kiwibiker last year and while out riding over summer, whatever happened to the Newbie Training Update. This was a forum thread in the General Bike Ravings Forum – Wannabe and Newbie Bikers Sub Forum. The material was deleted from the Forum at my request and the Blogg was ‘emptied’ by me and my login changed to terminated. I will discuss this further in the context of the Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder – OCPD as this blogg here develops.

The material was well received here in New Zealand, and through other forums around the world I received a lot of congratualary comments and encouragement, in particular to perhaps consider magazine and book publishing. One may say this is a ‘work in progress’ and the element of introducing the clinical condition OCPD is a significant factor for me to ‘kick around for a while.’

After leaving Kiwibiker I noticed however that the Newbie Training Update is contained in the Blogg section of this website with No Title and under the name of Terminated. Administratively this was something that occurred after I left and that material as far as I am concerned is under Kiwibiker website control. Its availability and access is outside my control.

A Few Comments About Riding Review
Ever hear the expression “It’s like riding a bike – you never forget” I believe that relates to a bicycle.

We have heard it time and again “you never stop learning” and similarly we may hear the term “complacency”.

Without a shadow of a doubt - for less than the cost of half a litre of petrol a day spend some well earned money on having a professional review your riding technique. I attended the Advanced Riding course with Roadsafe here in Wellington conducted by Andrew, and his wife Lynne in February 2007. I saw them recently and will attend the course again. Andrew recently told me that he has altered the course and includes some new things. [Postscript: I attended the course again in September 2009, and yes it re-affirmed my riding skills set and gave me a few things to work on and fine tune.]

You can read about someone else’s journey along the way to riding ‘proficiency’ but that will never remove ‘complacency’. These two may sound alike but that is all. There is no substitute for professional consultation and review.