|
Bike Plus
|
|
|
| 'Bike Plus' is a post test scheme that aims to help newly qualified,
and inexperienced bikers stay safer when they take to the road. Also helpfull for people returning to bikes after a long break from them |
|
The scheme was launched in January 2005, and is the first of its kind in England to offer a subsidised post test development course for bikers’.
Like the Driving Standards Agency's (DSA) Pass Plus for drivers, ‘Bike Plus’ offers post-test guidance to people who have passed their bike test, or those who are returning to riding after an absence.
Qualified instructors work with bikers, on a maximum 2:1 ratio, to develop their riding skills and improve their awareness of potential hazards on the road.
|
|
|
So what to do next
|
First step is to call Shires and arrange your Bike Plus day.
Bike Plus is done on your own motorcycle so on arrival at Shires you will need the following.
- Both parts of your driving licence.
- Your bike must be in road legal condition including tyres, lights, indicators etc.
- Bike must be displaying a current tax disk.
Without all the above we would not be able to take you out
- A full tank of fuel and means to refill if needed (cash or cards).
- We also recommend that you are a member of some sort of recovery company.
Shires recommend that you have a little riding experience on your own bike before the course, but this is not essential.
During the on-road training we will cover the following aspects of your riding
- hazard awareness
- forward planning
- road positioning
- overtaking
- rural/urban riding
- bends and cornering.
We at Shires have found that everyone who comes on this course has an excellent day , and all go away
having learnt something.
|
|
To give you an idea of what to expect on a Bike plus day, one of out customers kindly wrote a diary of the days events
This includes from arriving at Shires, to the final feedback, including pictures from the day and a map of the route
|
|
| Click here to see the diary |
|
|
