© 2012 1st Class Rider Training
Feb
14
Air Bag Jackets. A UK Surgeon has today called for Air Bag Jackets to be made Compulsory for Motorcyclists in the UK. A demonstration was shown on the evening news, where a stuntman, wearing an Air Bag Jacket threw himself from his bike. The jacket which is attached to the bike by a low resistance [...]
Feb
11
MOT’s (Ministry of Transport) Test Certificates are needed on all motor vehicles once it reaches 3 years of age, and every year thereafter. Everyone who uses a vehicle on road must keep it in a roadworthy condition. The MOT looks at some of the more important items and components on your bike but you should [...]
Feb
9
The next series of Blog News pages gives a summary of how 1st Class Rider Training-Cardiff came to be formed. As a result of my close association with Peter Cramp, the Sales Manager at Rydale BMW Motorcycle Dealership, Cardiff I was able to become involved in the World of BMW Motorcycle Training School, based at [...]
Feb
9
Just another chapter, in the 1st class Rider Training-Cardiff formation history. When Harley Davidson was looking to set up a Europe branch of their Rider’s Edge Motorcycle Training scheme, I wasn’t far away. The Director’s of the training school based in Builth Wells, Mid Wales needed Direct Access qualified Instructors and in the early stages [...]
Feb
8
This, together with the Blog page below, is part of the 1st Class Rider Training-Cardiff, story. I was asked by Peter Cramp, the Sales Manager of Rydale BMW Cardiff, at the time, if I knew a training school that wasn’t tied to a dealership to pass on any refferals for CBT or Direct Access Training [...]
Feb
8
What am I doing advertising Cardiff Motorcycle School, on the web site of 1st Class Rider Training. Well I am often asked how I got started in Motorcycle Training and it was Stef & Simon at Cardiff Motorcycle School who got me into it. I was still a serving traffic cop at the time and [...]
Feb
7
Sorry but it’s the New Motorcycle Test Again. a Newsletter recieved from the DSA today reveals that the New Test will be split into 2 modules and from the date of implementation will no longer be able to be taken in Cardiff. The actual date of the first test to be taken under the new [...]
Feb
6
Filtering? Can We?, Should We?, Do You? How many of us do it. I would guess, at one time or another all of us have, or have considered it. It has always been a bit of a grey area and the subject of much consultation between Lawers and Insurance Claims Advisors when things go wrong. [...]
Feb
6
Once again the Introduction of the New Motorcycle Test is a topic for conversation for Instructors and clients of 1st Class Rider Training-Cardiff. Due to be introduced last September, it was postponed as the DSA had failed to meet the requirements for the building of the New Multi Purpose Test Centres. (This meant that large [...]
Feb
6
Why not join us for a Ride Out. At 1st Class Rider Training-Cardiff we run a Rider’s Club and organise a Monthly Ride Out. Starting in Cardiff, we meet at MacDonald’s at Coryton Interchange at junction 32 of the M4, just off the A470 on the Northern outskirts of Cardiff, on the 15th of February [...]
