training advice needed

[how much]

all

got aproached by a neighbour... he knows i have been riding bikes for years and always asks what bike i have at the moment blah blah..

anyway, he has gone and got himself a honda cb125 and has had a couple of wobbly outings on it and quickly realised he needs help!

thing is he passed his bike test in the sixties on old triumphs and the like with t'gear change on t'right

big bonus in his favour is he came asking for help and advice and when i suggested it he was keen to get some training to build his confidence and ability



BUT

what training would suit him (aged 60ish) and his 125 best



thanks
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[Droopy Dick]

Most firms that do CBT for the DSA test will take on 'returners' without it being hugely expensive.

Perhaps your pal needs a couple of days 1-1 tuition and then buckets of practice.

 

[rocks]

CBT

I can second Droopy's advice. An instruction centre/company that does cbt courses, wil probably have an open area for bike control lessons. Mine did when i did my test. He would be able to practise in safety and build his confidence and get his road craft back. Good on him for giving it a go..

 

[Loiq]

CBT plus finding a big empty space and doing figure 8's left and right, then all the slow riding skills for 20 minute sessions. With little ride outs around the shops nothing too complex cos if he does have a spill bits of him are going to snap off.

fair play to him for getting stuck in

 

[turbine_2]

BMF. If he's got his full license then the BMF will basically teach him to ride the bike, all the training he can use for the price of membership.

 

[ovenpaa]

I saw this with a friend of my parents - he was late 60's and picked up one of the new retro Triumphs quite cheap and rapidly realised it was not the same as his old Tiger of the 60's. Luckily he lived to tell the tale and the bike was sold.

CBT or BMF or similar, just get some quality time off the proper roads to get to grips with a bike again.

 

[BBB61]

BMF. If he's got his full license then the BMF will basically teach him to ride the bike, all the training he can use for the price of membership.

The BMF Rider Training Scheme went tits up 2 years ago. Although the BMF still list it as a service on their website, the centres they will refer a person to are commercial schemes that pay the BMF an affiliation fee.

 

[turbine_2]

Arse. In that case ignore me.

That's a real shame, I learned through the BMF and do feel it was a great scheme. :-(

 

[how much]

thanks guys

i was thinking along similar lines, will hook him up with one of the local cbt trainers i know


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[BBB61]

Arse. In that case ignore me.

That's a real shame, I learned through the BMF and do feel it was a great scheme. :-(

It was a great shame. I instructed with the BMF from 1985 until it's demise in 2005. I even met my wife through it

 

[650EssexBoy]

I didn't realise that either Bob - that is a shame - one of the only reasons I really ever supported the BMF with my hard earned. The BMF scheme in Barnet was brilliant, and as you know I learned everything I know from some of the best instructors in the land ;-)

 

[BBB61]

We were brilliant Stuart...................and so modest too

 

[ironandsteel]

Coming Back

I started riding again four years ago after a twenty year gap (children, time, money, etc..) - bought an adventure and fell off into the sunset several times. Even though I had instructed before, I found it a whole new experience - mini roundabouts, traffic volumes, etc..
I booked a day one to one with an instructor and found it did help to build confidence (so did the BMW off road course) but it must have taken 10 or 12,000 miles to get back to a reasonable level of competence / confidence.
On a different note, my son recently did his CBT and I found that it took several hours on local industrial estates in the evenings to get him to a level where he understood the basics and grasped what the CBT lads were on about.

It's great to be back though

 

[Keith Chapman]

We were brilliant Stuart...................and so modest too

Wembley was better I instructed 81 - 85 there.