A Thread to ask Micky Questions about being a Police Rider.

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1. Is the RT the current wheels of choice for the polis nowadays.?

2. I am interested in doing the IAMs training/test....is it worth it.?

3. I truly believe that police riders are the best...How do you get to that level.

I will have others...:beer::thumb
 
Micky? you do realise the world was black and white when he was in the job :D


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lol....I think you will find sir it was a Velocette 200cc 'Noddy' bike. Flat twin, water cooled, side valve engine with shaft final drive......x
 
tastiehastie said:
1. Is the RT the current wheels of choice for the polis nowadays.?

2. I am interested in doing the IAMs training/test....is it worth it.?

3. I truly believe that police riders are the best...How do you get to that level.

I will have others...:beer::thumb
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Sorry I'm not Mickey... but

1. Yes most are using the RT's with a few forces trialling a few oddities for town use. Bikes have been out of favour in recent years as accountants worked out that they do not represent 'best value' or some other crap phrase to get rid of them along with the riders, however they will come back in as they eventullay realise their worth. Even the Fire Service and Ambulance have cottoned onto that!
2. IAM is worth doing, however it depends on the standard of instructor you get. Most are very good indeed and will provide you with the approach and thinking that police riding is all about. It's not expensive and a good excuse for getting out!
3.Most police riders are good its true, but that has come not only from training but from hours/weeks/years in the saddle having to get to places quickly and dealing with countless clowns on the road determined to take you out. In my opinion that experience develops you a better rider than the training ever does. Having said that the standard and advanced level courses provide a good grounding in technique, theory, safety and dealing with speed. However safety is always the overiding factor. You are no good to anyone waiting at the scene of a RTA (sorry RTC or whatever it is these days) if you are arse up in a ditch 3 miles away. Various books and DVD's on police riding are available which is good intro prior to taking on the IAM boys.
Good luck! :)

Excellent picture above by the way. Thankfully I'm that old to be sat on a Velly! That must be the opening of the M1! Love the number plates talking about about being arse up in a ditch!
 
Strewth ... I've been retired 16 years now :rob

Any training is a good idea Tastiehastie, nothing to lose but everything to gain :thumb

Not necessarily so that all police riders are the best ... although it usually is so :eek:

I've ridden in the company of a few lads'n lasses who have never been police riders, but are every bit as good as the best of 'em :thumb

Dogman has helped with his post ... thanks Dogman :thumb

You need to be hungry for information, hungry to be better. You need to analyse your own riding and that of others. Why does he look smooth, why does he look ragged.

Some hints'n tips here to be going on with ...

Enjoy :thumb

Speak to you later JB :JB


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Cannot help you much in the way of advice on the courses BUT I remember reading a few years ago about one of the writers in BIKE mag doing a days course with the police.
There was 5 of them I think that took him out that day, and he even admitted he learned alot and got sh*t scared when they all had to ride within very close prximity of each other at speeds of 50+mph, it does not sound alot but he said it was very daunting to be that close to another rider on the road.
I think the secret to good riding is being smooth, keeping off the brakes and reading the road.

Spike
 
I had a Ex Police rider run me through my ROSPA course a few years back,worth every penny,passed with a gold due to his good instruction.
So much time was spent on reading the road,reading the tell tale markers that the highway agencies put out for us to read,they are rather kind sometimes!
Like everyone I love to spend money on upgrades to the bike,but its worth putting of that loud can or new screen for a few days of advance riding.
You become smoother,more confident in the bike and your ability which in turns leads to you becoming faster.Cant lose really-then buy the exhaust!
 
Micky said:
Strewth ... I've been retired 16 years now :rob


You need to be hungry for information, hungry to be better. You need to analyse your own riding and that of others. Why does he look smooth, why does he look ragged.

:beerjug:
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Good grief, that long you old fart!:D

I agree with you, I rarely just 'go for a ride'. I'm always analysing to work out what I can do better + looking to see what other people do - sometimes I think 'that looks good, how did he/she do that?'. Other times it's 'oh ****, I would'nt have done that!' :eek:

I like to go for the smooth controlled approach - as one of our acquaintances once said '10% of the effort 90% of the results':).

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Magnet said:
I rarely just 'go for a ride'.
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I do....................some days i'm good, some days i'm bad:blast

I try to have the stuff I should be doing, in the back of my mind and usually do most of it by instinct hopefully

I just ride to my own envelope, not others nowadays
 
JohnnyBoxer said:
I do....................some days i'm good, some days i'm bad:blast

I try to have the stuff I should be doing, in the back of my mind and usually do most of it as instinct hopefully

I just ride to my own envelope, not others nowadays
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:stupid

Yup: Riding the bike is about fun not analyzing and systems. Hopefully my youthfull, suicidal optimism has gone and I don't take stupid risks or have anything to prove anymore.....and my fear of pain and expense keep me right...

...mostly....

:rob
 
Micky said:
You're probably right when I think about some of the police riders I've had the displeasure to ride with ;)
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From my experience, an airhead with a full fairing can't keep up with a RD400 through Londinium traffic :D
 
H.R.H. OONYACK said:
A half decent rider could out ride one :thumb2
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Bulls**t!!! I did some enchanced rider training with Norfolk police last year and they would leave you in the dust! anyone who can ride a fully loaded RT/Pan european at a ton in pouring rain knows what they are doing. Just because they ride safetly and don`t pull wheelies doesn`t mean they are slow.

My riding has improved 100 percent since riding with them, give it a try and you might be surprised. All the coppers I met were bikers when off duty and were top blokes. The reason they were doing training was not to stop you enjoying your bike, they are just fed up with scrapping bikers off the road!!
 
nig5 said:
Bulls**t!!! I did some enchanced rider training with Norfolk police last year and they would leave you in the dust! anyone who can ride a fully loaded RT/Pan european at a ton in pouring rain knows what they are doing. Just because they ride safetly and don`t pull wheelies doesn`t mean they are slow.

My riding has improved 100 percent since riding with them, give it a try and you might be surprised. All the coppers I met were bikers when off duty and were top blokes. The reason they were doing training was not to stop you enjoying your bike, they are just fed up with scrapping bikers off the road!!
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Calm down :comfort

We are not all shit riders like yourself in here so please do no class us as such :thumb2
Some of us were on the road 12hrs a day for a living, doing more miles in a rear wheel skid than most cops.
Yes I have done a bikesafe course and found it advantageous but thankfully the 2 hrs that it took did not improve my riding skills 100% that would be worrying :D

I admit I was posting to get a reaction but ffs :beerjug:
 
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