No clue what your next test should be, but why not concentrate on what you like. For me, it would be riding a ridiculously too large enduro bike off road.
<!--quoteo(post=170171:date=Fri 16th Jul 2010, 03:35 PM:name=LDRider)-->QUOTE(LDRider @ Fri 16th Jul 2010, 03:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Cool.
Probably an unreasonable question, but could you say what the key things you learned from that course were?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The emphasis is on safety through observation and riding defensively.
I was quite familiar with a lot of it beforehand, but it made me think more about my road positioning and they suggest covering the brakes more often than I did before.
-The other thing I learned was that Honda Pan-riding Police motorcycle examiners do like to you "make progress" and to overtake when there is the slightest whiff of an opportunity.
<!--quoteo(post=170160:date=Fri 16th Jul 2010, 02:48 PM:name=MCBodge)-->QUOTE(MCBodge @ Fri 16th Jul 2010, 02:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->As above, I've now passed the IAM test. I appreciate that I've still got things to learn and improve and wondered what the next stage might be.
Off-road (I've mountain biked for a long time) Enduro and track riding/supermoto are appealing, but expensive.
I'm not thinking of ROSPA as it strikes me as being very similar to IAM.
Cheers.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
i think you will find that iam is a lot more on head checks ect i passed it,then i went for the rospa wich is different all together you will pass with a gold silver or bronze,i got a silver,they but you throgh a lot more twisties ect with a police rider in tow for your test.
<!--quoteo(post=170160:date=Fri 16th Jul 2010, 02:48 PM:name=MCBodge)-->QUOTE(MCBodge @ Fri 16th Jul 2010, 02:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->As above, I've now passed the IAM test. I appreciate that I've still got things to learn and improve and wondered what the next stage might be.
Off-road (I've mountain biked for a long time) Enduro and track riding/supermoto are appealing, but expensive.
I'm not thinking of ROSPA as it strikes me as being very similar to IAM.
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<!--quoteo(post=171976:date=Wed 28th Jul 2010, 05:37 PM:name=Somerset)-->QUOTE(Somerset @ Wed 28th Jul 2010, 05:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Do they ask you questions on the highway code at the end of the advanced test?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
They can do. If the examiner considers that your riding didn't demonstrate a knowledge of the Highway Code then he will most likely ask questions about rules apertaining to what he considered sub standard riding. There are no hard and fast rules about questions.
Similarly, there are no slow manoevering tests in an IAM test, but if the examiner is concerned about you slow manouvering, he is quite at liberty to ask you to do a U turn.
IMA... It might help you become a better rider ..BUT does it make you a better person ?????????? how thats the question [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/doubtfull.gif[/img]
<!--quoteo(post=172000:date=Wed 28th Jul 2010, 08:41 PM:name=newstu)-->QUOTE(newstu @ Wed 28th Jul 2010, 08:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->fair play to you for passing - well done!
you considered looking into putting your skills into something like this??<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Are you a blood bike rider too Stu?
If only everthing were as simple and reliable as the pitch fork!
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