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Advanced riding is not just about being able to
ride quickly. Specialist coaching in slow riding
machine control skills will enhance your ability to
cope with almost any situation that requires you
to ride slowly, such as filtering through traffic or manoeuvring around stationary vehicles.
As part of your Introduction to Advanced Motorcycling (ITAM) the club offers all associates the opportunity to
participate in a short course which will help prepare them for taking, and passing, the Advanced Motorcycle
Test. All associates taking part in the ITAM are automatically booked onto the course which takes place on the
Saturday following the classroom session or the following Saturday depending on Observer availability. An
Associate’s observed ride for that day will follow the course and start from the course venue.
The course is primarily intended for Associates preparing for their Advanced Test and will be given priority when
allocating the available spaces on the course. Full members preparing for the Enhanced Advanced test should
also consider updating their skills and will also be afford and opportunity to take part if space is available
but it should be noted that all Observers should be able to provide an Enhanced Advanced candidate
with the opportunity to practice and be coached in the necessary techniques.
Any member may apply to take (or even re-take) the course if they feel a little rusty. Places on
most courses are limited once Associates and Enhanced Advanced candidates have been
taken into consideration but members should not be put off from applying and will be allocated a
place on a first come, first served basis.
In early 2005 one of our Observers came to the conclusion
that he did not have the necessary skills for slow-speed
machine control and was, therefore, unable to pass these
skills on to his associates. It was also becoming clear from
Examiner feedback that test candidates were not acquiting themselves very well when it came to the slow
speed manoeuvering portion of the test. In collaboration with another member, himself a qualified CBT
instructor, he acquired the requisite skills and between them decided that it might be beneficial to the club to
provide a course specifically aimed at those riders who had never done a CBT, who had lost the skills or lost
their confidence in applying their skills.
By the end of 2005 a couple of experimental courses had been conducted, a curriculum set up and perfected
and plans made for the courses to start with the new riding season in 2006. The first course took place in
March of that year at a small private car park belonging to Saga at their Ramsgate site. Many Associates and
members availed themselves of the opportunity during that first year and feedback from the Examiners showed
that the courses were having the desired effect with fewer test failures due to poor slow riding skills.
In 2008 the course relocated to its current venue at the South Kent College campus in Folkestone and
continues to provide coaching and encouragement to associates and full members of the club in what some see
as one of the dark arts of the skilled motorcyclist.
The Slowcoach team would also like to thank Kay Hull for unstinting efforts in providing light refreshments to
those who participate in the courses.
Slow Riding Control Skills Course may be booked on-line using
the form below. Associates on the ITAM portion of their training
need not book as this is done automatically and are afforded
priority on each course. Associates who, for whatever reason,
are unable to attend their allocated course should apply at the earliest opportunity and prior to arranging their
Advanced test. Please tick the appropriate box in the booking form.
Candidates preparing for the Enhanced Advanced test should tick the appropriate box in the from - they will also
be afforded priority after associate members
Full members wishing to refresh their skills should be aware that their application may be deferred if a course
becomes oversubscribed by priority candidates.
Should the form above fail to work then please email the Webmaster in the first instance.
