Former Police Motorcyclist, TeapotOne was invited by Devitt Insurance to attend a BikeSafe workshop with the Metropolitan Police, serving as a good refresher and opportunity to explain the reasoning behind Roadcraft and why police motorcycle training is underpinned by the police rider’s handbook (Roadcraft). TeapotOne delivers his account of the day through two excellent video […]
LambChop had not done any advanced motorcycle training since gaining his full motorcycle licence back in 1992. Our friends at Devitt Insurance invited him to attend a BikeSafe workshop with the Metropolitan Police Service (BikeSafe-London) and he thought this would be a good opportunity for his own skills MOT. He said he was rather shocked […]
Police Sergeant’s Finn Quainton and Phil Walker (Lancashire Constabulary BikeSafe team) offer some thoughts/tips on how to upskill and stay safer on two wheels. This video blog was filmed in May 2022 and provides some valuable insights into motorcycle accident causation factors, along with aspects of the role of police motorcyclist that can too often […]
PC Glen McArthur, BikeSafe Coordinator for Sussex Police offers some helpful pre-workshop and general #motorcyclesafety tips in this four minute video. Whilst the content of this video relates to Sussex BikeSafe, it has value for riders booked to attend BikeSafe with other police forces.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland BikeSafe team discuss how the core issues of cornering, junctions and overtaking, are central to a significant increase in serious motorcycle accidents since 2019. With the busy months ahead, road racing and more riders being drawn to the The North West 200 routes, PSNI BikeSafe is working hard to […]
A few years ago I had never been on a motorbike. Encouraged by a friend I did my CBT and loved the experience and freedom a bike offers, not to mention it was a new skill and challenge.A few weeks later, after just 1.5 days of lessons, I passed both Mod 1 and Mod 2. […]
Metropolitan Police Service BikeSafe team joined at The Bike Shed by Devitt Insurance friends & Influencers – TeapotOne (Motovlogger), LambChop (vlogger), Alan Dowds (Moto Journalist), R1Liz (Motorcycle Artist), Alexander Strange (Visordown Content Executive), Will Hatlapa (Lifestyle Photographer), Rav Wilding (TV Presenter), and Charlotte Barnes (Motorcycle Adventurer) + VC London. First-class ‘skills check-up’ for all concerned.BikeSafe-London […]
More skills = more safety = more confidence = more fun. Utilise BikeSafe as your opportunity for a ‘skills check-up’ and steer on which is your best route to attaining (and retaining) advanced rider status. Here are some thoughts on IAM RoadSmart. Attending BikeSafe as your first step = a 10% discount on membership.Read more:https://bikesafe.co.uk/iam/
20 years delivering BikeSafe workshops! Today (Friday 8th April), Cambridgeshire BikeSafe Coordinator, PC Simon Burgin retires from the police force, after 20 years delivering BikeSafe workshops! In awe of what I learned on my police motorcycle course Dear Motorcycle Community – you made it all worthwhile. Thank you. I began with ‘BikeSafe 2000’ as it […]
I’m now 56 and came back to bikes about five years ago I started riding motorbikes when I was about 14, mostly 125’s off-road, given I didn’t have a licence at the time. I then ‘graduated’ to an FS1E moped when I was sixteen, before shifting to cars when I got my licence and passed […]
