Phoenix Motorcycle Training Trail Riding Course
Trail riding is riding outdoors on trails, paths and forest roads and not on roads regularly used by motorised traffic. Trail riding is usually done on loose ground, allowing a rider to improve their skills when the bike is sliding around and acting abnormally.
A trial riding course is a great way to improve your riding abilities on the tarmac and off-road, teaching you valuable skills about motorcycle mobility and control which will be useful when riding in tricky conditions.
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The course itself focuses on learning how to lift, balance, and move a motorcycle alongside riding at slow speeds and improving clutch control whilst riding on trail roads on different surfaces such as gravel and dirt tracks. Being able to ride safely on tricky surfaces is incredibly important, that’s why off-road braking is also incorporated into this course which will help with day-to-day riding.
The advantages to this course are increased riding ability skills and abilities, this will help to improve a rider’s confidence whilst riding knowing that they have the skills to cope with more road surfaces including gravel.
Improving your riding abilities is incredibly important for many reasons, the first being that the better a rider you are, the more confident you will be on the roads and therefore less likely to get into an accident.
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You will have strong knowledge of your abilities and know that you can adapt, react and improvise in any situation where you may be required to do so, including riding on gravel and uneven road surfaces. This is important as it will keep you safer on the roads and may reduce the likelihood of an accident.
A course like this can also help to reduce your insurance premium in many ways, firstly it can take money from your insurance if you can prove you have taken the course as it falls under the category of ‘additional training’, some insurers will reduce your premium if you have taken this course.
Another way it can reduce your premium is due to a rising no claims bonus being added thanks to a lack of crashes due to improved riding skills.