Bikesafe or other further training?

[PaulDillon]

I got my license 2 weeks back and have now got a Kawasaki ER-6n after a year on a 125. Scary stuff, so I am considering further training. I have heard Bikesafe run by the police is good. I wondered if people here thought it was either too soon (or is it never too soon?) for me to think about more training. Should I gain some more real-world experience first? Also what recommendations for alternatives to Bikesafe do people have? Thanks in advance
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[davebike]

Bikesafe as a start

Then get some experience before full on Advanced training

I would recommend IAM but I am biased as 20Years a member and Did 15+ Observing as they call their trainers
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[Val]

Bikesafe is good. You can try the free London code if it is still valid courtesy of Stoney and TfL

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=304462

I have done it last week see my feedback in the post above.

Any training is good.

Even you can try free DIY one. Ask some mate to video you from behind as you ride. You can learn a lot watching yourself.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

IAM will definitely improve concentration levels and obs. Observers will also know where the best roads are, and their knowledge usually encompasses fairly large areas. The ipsga "system" can be useful as well, which rospa also use - it all comes from plod roadcraft. You'll probably make a few new mates too (although this kind of crap can be cliquey as fuck to start with). tl;dr - suck it and see.
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[bamt]

Definitely get more training. It may be worth getting a few miles in first to get the best from a bikesafe day, as at the moment you'll still be getting comfortable on the bike.

Personally, I'd find your local IAM group and join up ASAP - it may be a few weeks before their next meeting or until you get an observer allocated anyway (especially at this time of year). In fact, that's exactly what I did - three weeks after passing my test I was out on my first run. I did have 1500 post-test miles under my wheels by then. My observer did comment that he liked having "fresh" riders as it meant fewer bad habits to correct, and it got me up to speed much faster than doing it myself.

[Marclev]

[ScaredyCat]

I would very much recommend the i2imca Machine Control courses mc1 and mc3 run by Tom Killeen.

Worth while and mc1 shows you very clearly just how stable your bike is.

Personally I did mc1 before I did BikeSafe I then went back and did mc2, although I wanted to do mc1 followed by mc2 in the same week, but they were out of places. Everything takes place on airfields and proper tracks with lots of space.
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[FriendlyEllis]

This
https://www.iam.org.uk/riders/riders-courses/advanced-riding/skill-for-life-motorcyclists
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

It'd be better if you explained what was good about that, and what wasn't. The IAM has already been mentioned above and there's a danger you're not really adding much.
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[FriendlyEllis]

[Beehive Bedlam]

Further 'training' is for the type who wear day glow ...Faggots.

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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

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[Amber Phoenix]