Motorcycle Training

(Christchurch area only)

Bronze Course

Motorcycle Basic Handling Skills:

The very first thing you need to do to get a motorcycle learner licence is gain a basic handling skills certificate. This shows that you’ve mastered the basic skills that will keep you safe on the road while you’re working towards your licence.

To pass a basic handling skills test you have to show you can:

• Ride at a walking pace & perform routine and quick stops
• Negotiate a cone slalom course
• Signal and ride a curve and stop within a curve

Silver Course

Next level up includes:

• Slow ride skills
• Routine stop practice, using brakes efficiently
• Slalom for balance and co-ordination
• Quick Stops, simulating emergency situations
• Riding a curve
• Motorcycle Basic Handling Skills Test

Gold Course

• I—Identification of Potential hazards
• P– Predicting how these hazards endanger you and other traffic
• D—Decide on how to deal with the hazards
• A—Act on your decision
• Cornering—CMSBGA technique
• Overtaking—Moving past traffic safely
• Plus all of the Silver Course