Passed - IAM Bike Test

[Andy S]

Not sure if this is the right area to post this but...

Passed my IAM Advanced Bike Test this morning, woo hoo!!!

[TheCatSatOnTh...]

Testing a massive and substantial change of the editing policy here on bikechatforums.com.

Apparently now you cannot significantly change posts that are over 24 hours old, and I'm seeing if this is true and to what extent.

Thank you all for listening to this random rubbish.

Have a nice day!

[stuartt]

well done , there insurance will try to beat any price you get for a car or bike or house

[Andy S]

[_Iain_]

[Andy S]

[The999Kid]

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[Ribenapigeon]

Im thinking of doing the IAM in the spring to improve my fast out of town riding. Would it be good for that?

[civvy]

Nice one I volunteer for Freewheelers, the blood bikes in Bath/Bristol, so might see you some time if you're handing anything over to come further in this direction
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Former: CG125, SV650S, YZF600 Thundercat, Sprint ST 1050
Written off by a van driver more interested in sat nav than the road: VFR800
Current: Honda VFR 750 / Yamaha XJ600 Diversion

[civvy]

[raesewell]

I am doing my IAM's observed rides at the moment, how many rides did you do before you were ready?
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Yamaha FJR 1300 Normanton West Yorkshire

[Andy S]

[Andy S]

[Andy S]

[Andy S]

[bamt]

I'm just doing the IAM thing with TVAM. I'm quite a new rider (though with almost 4,000 miles under my belt since passing DAS in November I'm gaining experience rapidly), and am finding it invaluable in getting me up to speed. My observer is showing me lots of tips that would have taken ages to pick up through just riding, and every month there is a big meeting where those riders who haven't yet passed can go out with a different observer to get a different view on their riding. I've got RoADAR Gold in car driving, so knew the value of advanced training.

As for pipe and slippers, there is a definite bias towards making "good progress" - just doing it safely and considering what you are doing at all times rather than just pegging the throttle and praying. My group also has specific skills courses for faster riding, such as "look, lean and roll" for cornering and advanced braking (done on a local RAF runway).

[Ariel Badger]

Well Done
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Bikers make great organ donors, get 115 on your licence today.

[Andy S]

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[covent.gardens]

I looked in to it ages ago, and it seemed to be too money oriented. Pay us £xxx for a Pass and then keep paying £xx just so you can keep calling yourself an IAM member (and don't worry about actually turning up for refresher training or doing bugger all else - as long as you keep paying us the wonga you're an advanced driver for life)... miss a subscription payment and you're shit again.

Going to sound almightily bigheaded, but I know I could pass it, so why bother paying to do so?

[bamt]

If your riding is perfect in every way then there is probably little point.

I know that as a car driver, with the best part of 20 years experience of driving silly mileages all over the world, I learnt stuff that made my driving smoother and safer. I thought it was worthwhile having somebody validate what I was doing, as it was so long since I'd had anyone look at my driving critically.
That was with RoADAR, and I didn't bother keeping up the membership as it didn't seem to offer ongoing value.

Keeping up the membership may save money on insurance (though I found no real difference in my car insurance - I am paying sub-£200 for an XJ8 though, so probably not much movement possible). My local IAM
group is also like a huge social club - regular runs of different levels (social, progressive etc.), holidays, courses etc., plus you can go through further training. I've only been to monthly meetings in December and January so far, well into 3 figures are turning up even in winter so there must be something worthwhile.

[Andy S]

[Andy S]

[stonesie]