Doing my Basic Handling finally!

[Indiana_Jones]

Was there with AJ for both passrite & Riderskills.

Goto passrite if you wanna pay to be shouted at, ride on a tall dirt bike with no neutral light (not very nuce for short people like AJ) inside a building smaller then a tennis court.

The old c*nt at passrite thought he was God's gift to motorcycling and any questions about his methods etc were to be met with anger and aggression.

After AJ dropped it a couple of times he put her on a scooter, which you can't do the test on now (which has changed a few months ago) after they spent about 20mins trying to find the f*cking key for it, wasting AJ's time and money.


While on the other hand,

Riderskills was a far better experience for AJ and myself. From the moment we showed up they were polite and helpful.

They had GN125's for the people to ride (Don't see too many 125 Ginnys anymore!) which were perfect, easy on the throttle and nice and low to the ground.

They had a huge carpark for the riders to buzz around in, which is handy for when they over-shot a corner or what not (as opposed to Passcrap where if you did over-shoot you'd go into a concrete wall).

The instructors gave decent one on one advice etc (i.e running backwards in front of people so they could follow him with their heads through a corner)

They had a guy there who had never been on a bike before and he's up and going in no time! if this guy had been at passrite, he'd have crashed like 4 times.

when it came to the test, they were very clear on the rules and instructions _b


Overall a very good experience at riderskills, far far far better then passcrap.

I would recommend Riderskills anyday to do your basic handling, they also do some one on one rider training on the road using headsets etc.

Thank you heaps Phil & Ian

-Indy

[Donor]

What Indy said.

No wonder I keep referring people to Riderskills.

Onya AJ...

[Curious_AJ]

Was there with AJ for both passrite & Riderskills.

Goto passrite if you wanna pay to be shouted at, ride on a tall dirt bike with no neutral light (not very nuce for short people like AJ) inside a building smaller then a tennis court.

The old c*nt at passrite thought he was God's gift to motorcycling and any questions about his methods etc were to be met with anger and aggression.

After AJ dropped it a couple of times he put her on a scooter, which you can't do the test on now (which has changed a few months ago) after they spent about 20mins trying to find the f*cking key for it, wasting AJ's time and money.


While on the other hand,

Riderskills was a far better experience for AJ and myself. From the moment we showed up they were polite and helpful.

They had GN125's for the people to ride (Don't see too many 125 Ginnys anymore!) which were perfect, easy on the throttle and nice and low to the ground.

They had a huge carpark for the riders to buzz around in, which is handy for when they over-shot a corner or what not (as opposed to Passcrap where if you did over-shoot you'd go into a concrete wall).

The instructors gave decent one on one advice etc (i.e running backwards in front of people so they could follow him with their heads through a corner)

They had a guy there who had never been on a bike before and he's up and going in no time! if this guy had been at passrite, he'd have crashed like 4 times.

when it came to the test, they were very clear on the rules and instructions _b


Overall a very good experience at riderskills, far far far better then passcrap.

I would recommend Riderskills anyday to do your basic handling, they also do some one on one rider training on the road using headsets etc.

Thank you heaps Phil & Ian

-Indy

What Indy said.

No wonder I keep referring people to Riderskills.

Onya AJ...

totally!!! i said it just right you did babe! aren't i glad we know eachother so well.. (you do the insulting that i actually want to but am too nice to do )

but yeah... i reckon there's a league of difference between the two. I originally just went for passrite because i didnt know much about my options.... but now i realise how much better some people are than others at teaching!!.

edit to indy's post: I only dropped the bike once.. but i did put my feet down heaps in the corners etc or i would have fallen over... i just don't do high centre of gravity bikes!!

[georgie]

WooHoo Go AJ! I did my BH with Ian and Phil from Riderskills to, and as soon as I got my head around Ians accent (Irish?) (or maybe it was phil...can't remember which was which) it was sweet! They had so much patience with all of us on the course that day. Good luck with the bike buying

[Curious_AJ]

WooHoo Go AJ! I did my BH with Ian and Phil from Riderskills to, and as soon as I got my head around Ians accent (Irish?) (or maybe it was phil...can't remember which was which) it was sweet! They had so much patience with all of us on the course that day. Good luck with the bike buying

yeah it was phillip with the accent but it wasn't hard to understand for me.. lol.. maybe because i know lots of people with accents?? lol i don't know.

and yeah, major patience with all of us, and man were they calm! i think that's what makes a good instructor for anything really, patience and calmness...

and thanks, i'm going to maybe have a looksee this weekend (on sunday though as the only day i'm working this week is saturday! *doh* and the people i want to take on my trip round the shops are all busy working or at uni during the week lol.)

[Blue Babe]

I've been Pillioning on Roxanne for the last 2yrs or so & have decided it's time to get my learners, so I'll be doing my basic handling in the next week or two when I'm not working on a Saturday. It's not a cheap do this stuff aye ??.

[Curious_AJ]

I've been Pillioning on Roxanne for the last 2yrs or so & have decided it's time to get my learners, so I'll be doing my basic handling in the next week or two when I'm not working on a Saturday. It's not a cheap do this stuff aye ??.

no it's not actually!!... but yes, go for riderskills!!! dooo eeeet!!! lol... and good on yah for going for it! it's actually quite fun when you go into it with a bit of a sense of humor and keep telling yourself things like "you can do it! you're awesome!" and don't forget to egg on your fellow BH buddies that do the course with you, it creates a better atmosphere and you end up having lots of fun and sharing experiences etc

have fun on your BH!

[Blue Babe]

no it's not actually!!... but yes, go for riderskills!!! dooo eeeet!!! lol... and good on yah for going for it! it's actually quite fun when you go into it with a bit of a sense of humor and keep telling yourself things like "you can do it! you're awesome!" and don't forget to egg on your fellow BH buddies that do the course with you, it creates a better atmosphere and you end up having lots of fun and sharing experiences etc

have fun on your BH!

Thanks Curious AJ, I'm looking forward to it.

[Deviant Esq]

Well done AJ, congrats! All you've gotta do now is to go and sit your learners - a much easier task than the BHS test! Hopefully we'll see you on a steed of your very own sometime soon.

[Curious_AJ]

Well done AJ, congrats! All you've gotta do now is to go and sit your learners - a much easier task than the BHS test! Hopefully we'll see you on a steed of your very own sometime soon.

Thanks hun!!

and yeah, the learner test should be way easier. i still gotta get me a road code and study up though. I wanna do the test perfectly (or almost lol) first time!! I can't believe it's taken me so long to get here! but now that i am i'm never looking back!

[Blossom]

Good for you. So when you doing the learners? You can get your roadcode online now here and other helpful learners stuff here
Also you can get a copy of the actual bike questions for $5 from your local LTSA to practice with.
Good luck and congratulations.

[xwhatsit]

Phil from Riderskills was very good. Very earnest, lol. No he did a good job, and put in the extra effort with a middle-aged woman who kept arsing off and eventually got her there. Good gentle, no-pressure introduction. After hearing about Passrite I won't be sending my girlfriend there when I finally persuade her to get started!

Learner's scratch-'n'-win is just common sense and I managed to get 100% very easily. Hadn't done a car licence before either.

Reckon you should check out GiJoe1313's A100!

[Curious_AJ]

Phil from Riderskills was very good. Very earnest, lol. No he did a good job, and put in the extra effort with a middle-aged woman who kept arsing off and eventually got her there. Good gentle, no-pressure introduction. After hearing about Passrite I won't be sending my girlfriend there when I finally persuade her to get started!

Learner's scratch-'n'-win is just common sense and I managed to get 100% very easily. Hadn't done a car licence before either.

Reckon you should check out GiJoe1313's A100!

oooh he has an A100 up for sale?? lol I was looking at those for a little bit a while ago!

and yes, send your gf to riderskills you know you want to lol. ah, yeah i know it's common sense, but it doesnt hurt to read up on stuff like tire depth etc etc. all those silly little questions that can get you off guard.

ps. thanks for the link above the quoted post! the only thing is that they have nothing on bikes!! I looked there earlier today and couldn't find anything.. unless i'm not looking in the right place??

[Blue Babe]

Good for you. So when you doing the learners? You can get your roadcode online now here and other helpful learners stuff here
Also you can get a copy of the actual bike questions for $5 from your local LTSA to practice with.
Good luck and congratulations.

I went to the AA & got my Questions there & yes it is all on the net, so you don't have to purchase the book. Just have to get my arse in gear & away we go

[MVnut]

Good on ya AJ