Surviving the midlife crisis - Safety courses in ChCh?

[Ollie.T]

I did my basic handling and a rider training course through mainland driving school, the instructor I had (Dan) was brilliant. All up, it was about 6-7 hours of training for $250 - subsidised by ACC (from $400?).

there was another rider training course, which was designed to follow on from this or as a refresher (what you are after i think) which was $150.

this was a few months back, dont know if the prices are current (the refresher course might not of even been that price a few months ago, however I think I got told $150....)

Im in Wellington at the moment, just moved back up north and gonna be getting my restricted in about a month or two. Seriously thinking about flying down and doing that course before i sit it, if its still cheap...

Ollie

[cold comfort]

Hokay... so I've decided to have a pleasant wee midlife crisis and buy a 600cc adventure tourer.

In my distant yoof, I drove (entirely untrained) for years on a 250.

Ok, so now I want to get back into it and...
* I know I'm rusty... my muscles still know what to do... but I'm not sure how well they'll do it in a crisis.
* All I know I made up myself anyway (or discovered bouncing down the road on my head).
* I've heard rumours of ACC sponsored courses.

So my current plan is this... take the day off, find a quiet circuit on the Waimak.... and "hamster wheel" around and around and around for the full day until the muscle memory matches bikes performance perfectly again.

But hey, with age (at least for some people) comes humility... I know I suck, but wish to learn to suck less....

Are there any (recommended) courses Christchurch?

Try "myGSXF". Shes a big fan of www.roadsafe.co.nz (Andrew and Lyn) based in Wtgn but they do courses down here. I did one of theirs Jen organised in Nelson. Well worth it for a handling refresher

[Mainland Mike]

Hi. Check out this site. http://www.driveschool.co.nz/motorcycles. I'm one of the instructors there. We offer triaining for beginners, road courses and advanced courses at Ruapuna and Levels to lift up open road skills. Courses have limited numbers to allow for one on one training. Feel free to call if you have any questions.

[90s]

If you are Otago or Auckland way (could be a nice long ride) RRRS runs fantastic courses that I would recommend to any returning rider - or any rider no matter what experience.
http://www.rrrs.org.nz/index.html
They used to sometimes do elsewhere so it might be worth checking to see if they have C/Church or Welly planned anytime.

[CookMySock]

However if you engage with the instructor and participate(ie "any questions?...ask one) then others will prolly also start to participate and the whole thing becomes more interesting.

Hrm, I did a PADI SCUBA course some years back, and 90% of it was boring as fuck. Only when we went to sea (the salty sort) did I feel anything except boredom.

I tried making it more interesting by asking technical questions and getting involved, but the instructors' annoyance only grew and grew. Eventually, this clown actually socked me in the face and knocked my mask off, while on the bottom of the pool.

After that I don't go on courses. I go read and talk to people and make up my own mind. Maybe it's just me?

Steve

[MyGSXF:Me]

There has been interest in running another Roadsafe www.roadsafe.co.nz course in ChCh.. following the very successful course last year

We do however need a suitable venue.. if anyone knows anywhere????

It needs to have a sizeable flat clear outside area & a room to do the theory (with facilities to make a cuppa)

In Nelson we use the ENZA yards.. there is a large covered area to lay out all the cone exercises in & then around the outside of the buildings, we have counter-steering, braking, etc exercises.

Does anyone perhaps work in a factory type place that is closed over the weekends, that we could use???

PM me if you have any ideas please

Cheers
Jen

[sleemanj]

There has been interest in running another Roadsafe www.roadsafe.co.nz course in ChCh.. following the very successful course last year

We do however need a suitable venue.. if anyone knows anywhere????

Couple of suggetsions...
1. Wigram, the large tarmac area outside the Airforce Museum down as far as the tower is Air Force land and they often have groups in there using it (I've seen blokarts often and I think that the pocket bike crowd uses it too). Cafe in the museum, they have a meeting room also. Worth asking.

2. Canterbury Showgrounds/Saleyards, large area there. Contact the A&P Society.

[SVboy]

Jen, I could probably swing the same venue as last time.

[batboy]

I did my basic handling and a rider training course through mainland driving school, the instructor I had (Dan) was brilliant.

Yeah Dan is awesome, he knows a lot, and races too, good man to deal with.
Not sure if its been mentioned, but there are slow speed skills courses run every know and then at the scooter shop down the road from sportszone between mani and madras, i think A LOT of people need to do this course