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Re: [ST] Re: Motorcycle Roadcraft
- Subject: Re: [ST] Re: Motorcycle Roadcraft
- From: "Mike Bostock" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 00:28:37 +0100
In your message regarding Re: [ST] Re: Motorcycle Roadcraft dated Tue, 25
Sep 2001 16:06:16 +0100, Keith W Peters said that ...
>KWP- Ken at 03:28 PM 9/25/01 +0100, you wrote:
> >Roadcraft doesn't mean slow, though. I've been amazed by the speed that a
> >Police Class 1 on a Pan European can carry up twisty roads and through
> >traffic. And you have to remember, as you are cranking it up to stay with
> >them, that they are riding a touring motorcycle with extra lights, radio kit
> >and a siren, and with panniers full of traffic cones and other crap, and
> >that they are also riding quite serenely, within themselves and the limits
> >of the road. It's a revelation.
>KWP-
>KWP- When I took some training the instructor (ex police - class 1*) was on a
>KWP- BMW R1100RT and he just made it look as if I was standing still the way he
>KWP- moved with that bike. Since this day I have had a new found respect for the
>KWP- police motorcyclists of our country.
>KWP-
>KWP- *Note - Police class 1 is the highest qualification our force has.
If you ever get a chance, do a course with Mike Waite, he used to *train*
the Class 1s
One to one, £330 UKP for a two day course and worth every penny. He lives
and runs the course in Somerset.
His email address is "Mike Waite" <mwaite.ins@xxxxxxxxxx>
Telephone Number 01963-371017
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