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 Survival Skills Rider Training is a
motorcycle training school run by BTEC-qualified instructor with over 30 years of professional riding experience, Kevin Williams, and specialising in
post-test, advanced & online
motorcycle rider training.
Survival Skills has been running since 1996, was one of the very first schools to offer flexible but structured advanced rider training courses aimed at the
differing needs of newly qualified riders, returning riders and experienced riders and is probably the first to
offer e-learning courses.
Scheduled advanced rider training courses run from Kent, Oxford & Northern France, and several times a year Survival Skills goes "on tour" to locations like
Devon, Wales and Yorkshire.
"Ordinary" training? Well the days in France are Extraordinary Training – it's a lovely day out, apart from an opportunity to practice skills on the "wrong" –
sorry, right – side of the road". (Barbara Alam April 06)
Bespoke training can be arranged anywhere in the UK -
we've run advanced courses
on the Isle of Man, in Southern France and Portugal.
e-learning courses are available to anyone
- log into our e-learning centre for details.
  Our Advanced Rider Training Courses are suitable for ALL full licence holders from newly qualified to highly experienced!
Survival Skills attracts riders from all from over the UK for advanced training - riders have come to us from France, Canada and Senegal
for training!
Choose from the pull down list above, click the GO button, and see what training Survival Skills can offer you!
Read six excellent reasons to choose a Survival Skills advanced motorcycle training course.
"I was at the Warren doing BikeSafe today. Have to say it was a great day (if a bit damp – but I can't blame the guys for that) and a great refresher for
Kev's training. Wayne recommended I do IAM/ROSPA based on what he saw today, i.e. he was very pleased ("best rider this year") and I owe it to Kev - thanks, mate." (Stephen June 07)
Riding Assessments
are also available for just £50.
Group Training in advanced techniques is also available for clubs and small groups of friends.
Survival Skills is an approved trainer and assessor for Buckinghamshire County Council
Scheduled daytime courses run from 1 March to 31
November, including most weekends. Short evening sessions are available May to August to take advantage of the long evenings.
Survival Skills is closed for training from December to the end of January.
 We look at practical skills like braking and countersteering,
swerving and emergency stops, lines and cornering, using a riding system, overtaking and slow control.
But importantly we look at road sense, hazard awareness and risk assessment/management. Most of all, we teach Survival Skills - a pragmatic approach
to riding that accepts that everyone - ourselves and other riders included - make mistakes.
I swear that Kevin is the most sensible talking, straight-up, common sense biker I've ever seen in 20 years... I stop and listen when he's on. I might
learn something that will save my life even if I consider myself very experienced. (Mark, February 2006)
Advanced riding isn't just mastering mechanical skills. By learning how and why road users foul up, we'll have a better understanding of where accidents
happen. Knowing that, we can learn to avoid those situations, and so ride with less risks and also have more fun where it's safe to do so.
 By using a combination of structured training and fault
-fixing coaching based on riding assessments, our on-road advanced training is flexible and personalised, and will offer new ideas for you to try as well as the opportunity to
fix existing problems, using modern training aids like portable video presentations, radios and on-bike video. Most courses are a mixture of theory and discussion sessions, mixing
practical riding tuition with exploring theory.
I definitely like to know the why/how. The thing is, riding seems to be a balance of positions that are all relative, for example there's too slow/fast, too
much/little throttle, too gentle/harsh, front/rear, too close/far from... Everybody seems to have their own approach to riding, and it takes time to
find safe/effective positions for yourself. The approach you teach helps because you declare a positive position, and can back it up with a 'why' I can agree with and work with. (Bev, June 07)
Alternatively you can explore better riding skills using distance learning techniques - see our e-course!
You can "teach yourself" with our CDROM guides.
REVISED "Course Notes"
v3.0 - advanced riding skills in CDROM format for only £12.99. "simple and uncluttered advice".
NEW!! "Getting Started"
v1.0 - guidance on how to pass the bike test in CDROM format for only £12.99. "just what I wanted to know".
NEW VERSION "Tarmac Tactics"
v2.0 - practical riding techniques for surviving on todays roads in CDROM format.
Basic training is just that. It's good enough to get you mobile on two wheels and keep you generally safe. But there's a lot more to getting the most out of your bike.
Survival Skills advanced motorcycle training helps you do that.
When we're not training, you can join one of our ride-outs.
No training, just fun riding with Survival Skills
Back in May '08
 When we're not riding bikes, we're writing about riding.
There's a regularly updated Editorial section with news and views about training and riding in general.
The site has a wide selection of advanced
riding tips in the Motoskills section - cornering, braking and analysis of risk are just a few of the subjects covered. New "Back to Basics" topics cover issues
such as Overtaking, Countersteering and Road Surfaces.
Survival Skills safety articles on advanced riding skills appear in every issue of 'The Road', the journal of the Motorcycle Action group, and have featured in
many other publications including 'Ride' and 'Two Wheels Only', club magazines and websites from all over the world.
There's a range of tests of everything from bikes to GPS
units in the Mototests section.
Contact details for Survival Skills Advanced Rider Training
(Or use the e-mail button on each page)
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e-Learning courses - courses starting throughout the year!
More details from
the e-learning centre
Buy one advanced training course,
get the second 50% off - want to bring a friend or partner along on a two day Survival Skills advanced course
or one day Bends course?
The second person pays just half the full price!
MAG Member or
VD card holder?
Book an advanced course, get the Course Notes CDROM free!
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Teeshirts - top quality full colour Survival Skills teeshirts now available
Hi Vis - sleeved waistcoats for extra visibility when riding and polo shirts for CBT instructors
Corded Earplugs - superior hearing protection
Sunglasses - impact resistant, frameless wraparound sunglasses in hi-contrast yellow, iridium mirror and smoke tints and clear lenses
Books - read reviews and order the best books on riding technique direct from Amazon
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The Shop
Gift Vouchers - quality printed, full colour gift cards, from £20 to... well, up to you really! You'll also save £10 when you purchase a voucher
redeemable against the full cost of a one day course or £20 off a two day course!
Get
Amazon Gift Certificates
here
Training in France - if you're new to riding on the other side of the road, why not join Survival Skills on the other side of the channel? You can take
our Continental Riding course, or alternatively the Survival Skills two day advanced and Bends one day advanced courses can now be taken in Northern France.
Booking now!
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